The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-13

6. JANUARY 1S. 1S9
manity to protect Gods subjects in any
land, and. again. as individuals. to as
sert themselves I'm such a way that the
demand for righting the Armenian
wrong shall extend throughout the
country.
He said that this text came to his
mind. Gen. iv:1O what hast thou done? ?
the voice of thy brothers. blood crieth
unto me from the ground" Shall we
as nation give Gains answer, Am
my brothers. keeper" The voice of our
brothers blood in Armenia crys unto
us from the ground. he said. and we are
world owes a debt to the Armenians
that can never be paid. While our an
cestors were dancing naked around
human sacrifices, these Armenians held
fast to the Christian faith. He thor
Oughly agreed with Judge Hand and
Colonel Boies that the time had come
when America must step in with bullets
as well as bread. He believed In peac-
able means. but supplies should be sent
under the protection Of q United States
fleet, and our messengers must say to
the Turkish government: Here Is
bread for your starving subjects, but
II another life Is sacrificed you will
have to settle with the United States"
This was said with such vehemence
that the pent up feelings of the congre-
cation found vent in a fervent burst
Of applause.
DR.. Mcleod in speaking on the Ar
menian subject at last weeks meeting
OF the Pastors union Is reported as
having made the fieriest and most We
hement speech ever delivered before
that body But his speech before the
Union could by no manner OF means
have been 80 replete with denuncia-
tion and righteous wrath as that OF
last night. The effort almost cost him
the momentary loss Of voice but not of
hVid countenance glittering eye and
ardent gesture. He said: :.
The Crime Of tho Centuries.
The cry that comes to us from Armenia
Is the cry of the desolate, the hungry
and the dying 1t the cry of multitudes
Inc. 1t Is the cry of oppressed and perss-
cuted Christians. 1t Is the cry of wives
ana mothers. and sisters. and little chill
den. whose anguish is indescribable. be-
cause they are In danger of being ex-
posed to the Internal and pitiless demon
of Turkish lust and cruelty and murder.
II Is the cry OF thousands whose fields
i, have been wasted. whose homes have
unspeakable outrages, because, and only
because. they have worn the name Of
Christians. 1t Is bitter. pitiful cry. TO
which the ears of Christian nations have
been almost deaf. 1t Is a cry to Christen-
dom to avenge the greatest crime Of the
centuries. 1t Is q cry, especially to Chris
tian England and to Christian America to
unite their forces against the unspeaka-
BILE Turk. and crush out OF existence a
power which, through all It's history
mas been utterly destitute OF truth and
Justice and mercy and humanity. VIII
ChiStendom. will England, will the Unit
ed States heed this cry? Armenia was in
all probability. the cradle of the human
race. There was the garden of Eden and
there. too. Is Ararat, on which the ark Of
Noah rested. But apart from this--even
II this could be proved to be only Legend
has claims upon us.
From the days of Gregory. "rhe Illu-
Christian. It has had its ups and downs,
like other Christian peoples, but it has
always held fast to the essentials Of
Its list Of martyrs is long
cres furnishes one of the most thrilling
chapters in the history of martyrdom.
You have read the story which told us
that at the king and destruction of one
ago. a number of the fairest Christian
women were rescued from the slaughter,
and We're promised their lives and liberty
on condition that they would renOunce the
cent. They were pointed to the dead and
mutilated bodies of their husbands and
brothers, and were threatened with a
similar fate. Did they yield? No, indeed.
loved dead. they said. Why should we
ieny Jesus Christ? He is our beloved
Savior We are no better than our mur-
iered husbands and biethers. We will
lie rather than deny our Lord. XIII us
too, and the brutal. inhuman fends did
Kill those fair Christian women.
bloody and Aceursed History.
I ventured to say last week that when
he careful and impartial historian comes
% write the history Of the recent Ar
neDian atrocities, he will be obliged to |
write the blacklist. bloodiest and most
iccursed page Of history that faithful |
The unspeakable cruelties of Nero and
his excess of wickedness toward the early |
christians were shocking and we read !
he story with feelings Of horror and pity. |
empire was wholly heathen. There was |
10 earthly help for Christians then. The /
.rueties and slaughter perpetrated by /
Alva in the Low Countries were fearful.
rhe barbarous and inhuman conduct Of /
,harles TX and Catherine de Midici, when /
hey ordered the slaughter of the Huguen-
,ts on the eve of st. bartholomew IL q
iahs perished. their blood running In
treams through the streets of Paris.
Fhe atrocities Of Alva and Of Charles IN
we're perpetrated more. than 800 years
Is bordering on the twentieth century
IND 1t is precisely because the barbaro,is
nd fiendish Turk could be prevented
rom carrying on his Infamous persecu-
ions that the page Of history to which !
ave referred will be the blacklist and
loodiest on record.
For England could have prevented all
his slaughter and she did not do 1t. Ger
many or Russia could have prevented 1t,
nut they have not done it. Hence the
rles of the Armenian Christian have
allen on deaf ears. Here are four great
France. Germany and
tussia-all OF them within easy reach OF |
he Sublime Porte, and able to put an end
0 the murderOus work Of the Turk, and
lowed the bloody, horrible deeds to be
And why? Because their
nightly arms have been paralyzed by NIL
ual jealousy and by mutual distrust In
lew of the ability OF the Christian ma
ions to stop the slaughter of Christians
4 Armenia, and In view Of the fact that
hey have not done 1t l call their inaction
reatest crime Of the centuries.
w. Is tho United states Guilty?
But Is the United States guiltless in this |
sspect? 1 think not. We have not heard
T one single strong protest from cur gov
rnment against the barbarities Of the
urk. We have demanded protection for
in Turkey, but We have not
nforced that demand. We do not need,
e do not want. we would not take as a
life a single foot of Turkish territory, but
e do want and we should demand OF
urkey that her inhunian treatment of
lose within her bounds who bear the
hristian name shall cease. and we
ught to enforce that demand by all the |
loral and natural resources at our dis |