The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-16

his mosque for worship. guarded py 1000
armed men, many OF them mounted on
prancing chargers, will hear of these SYM
| pathetic meetings for the Armenians,
tnen through some OF his 500 wives.
| What 10 do with him? There ought TO be
/ some 81. Helena TO which he could be exiled
| while the Nations Of Europe appoint n ruler
OF their own TO clean out and take possession
| Of the palaces OF Constantinople. Tonight
this august assembage in the capital OF the
United States in the name OF the God OF
| Nations, indicts the Turkish Government fot
the wholesale assassination in Armenia and
| invoses the interference OF Almighty God
and the protest OF Eastern and Western
Hemispheres.
But what IL the duty OF the hour2 Sym.
pathy, deep, wide, tremendous. immediate
A religious paper. the Christian Herald. OF
| New York has led the way with munincent
| contributions collected from its subscribers
! But the Turkish Government is opposed 20
any relief OF tho Armenian sufferers. as
| personally know. Last August, before had
! any idea of becoming fellow citizen with
you Washingtonians, $4,000 for Armenian
| relief was offered me IL | would personally
| take that relief to Armenia. NV passage was
| to be engaged on the City OF Paris. but n
| telegram was sent to COnstantinople asking
II the Turkish Government would grant me
| protection on such m errand OF mercy.
4 cablegram sail the Turkish Govern
| ment wished TO know to what points In
| Armenia desired to 80 with that relief. In
| our reply four cities were named. one OF
| them the scene Of wha; had bnen the chief
| massacre. A cablegram came from Constnu-
! tinople saving that ! had better send the
money to the Turkish Governments mixed
commission. and they would distribute II.
| So a cobweb of spiders proposed relief
| committee for unfortunate iiics. Well, q
! man who would start up through the noun
| tajns Of Armenia with $4,000 and no Cow
! ernment protection would be guilty of mOnu-
| mental foolhardinoss. The Tur ish Govern
mont has in every possible way hiniercd
Armenian relief.
Now whcreis that angel Of mercy. Clara
Barton. who appeared on the huttlenclds Of
| Fredericksburg. Antietam, Falmouth and
Cedar Mountain and under the blaze Of
| French and German guns at Metz and Paris
| aud i'm JohnstOwu floods and Charlastown
| earthquake and Michigan fires and Russian
famine2 II was comparatively Of little inn
pOrtaucc that tho German Emperor dec
ora,ri her with the Iron Gross. for God hath
decorated her in the sight OF all Nations
with glory that neither time nor eternity
can dim. Born In n Massachusetts village
she came in her girlhood 10 this cityto serve
our Government In the patent oflicc. but af-
torward went forth from the doors OF that
patent OtlicC with a divine patent signed and
sealed by God Himself 90 heal all the wounds
she could touch aud make the horrors of the
Hood and fire and plague and hospital
ly her presence. God bless Clara Barton.
lust "a expected. she hits the banner Of the
Rcd Cross. Turkey aul nl Nations are
pledged to respect and defend that Rel
Cross, although that color OF cross does not,
In the opinion OF manv. stand for Christian
ity. In my opinion Il does stand for Chris
tanity. for was not the cross under which
most of VA worship rel with tho blood Of the
Son of God. red with the best blood that was
ever she'd, red with the blood pouring out
for the ransom of the world; Then lead on,
OH Red Cross and let Clara Barton carry il!
The Turkish Government is bound 10 protect
her, and the chariots OF God are 10000 and
their chariotpers are angels Of dcliverance,
and they would all ride down ut once to roll
over and trumpe under the hoofs o.
their white horses any OF her assaian
May the $500, 900 shs seeks he laid at her
feet Then may the flips that carry hcr
. across Atlantic and N diterranean seas bo
guided safely by Himy - trod into sapphire
= 'yement bestormed G"lilec. Upon sci! in
Q cHrnauIucu Van mHt,, ruJ.n -. ... -,
| Cross be planted until every demolished vil-
{ lage shall be rebuided ami every p1ng oi
y hunger be fed and every wound OF cruelty
: be healed and Armenia stand with as much
4 liberty To serve God in its own way rs In
e this tho best land Of all the earth, we. the
( defendants of the PurltunS ami Hillnulprs
]
s Christ who came to set all Nations lre,.
: 1t has been said that II we 90 over there tc
Interfere on another continent that will i'm.
ply tho right for other Nation, 70 interlcr,
with Affairs on this continent. and 50 th,
lloErC" doctrine bs Ig1parliZrl. No. not
pr,-!ient Cleveland expressed the sentiment
: Oi every intelligent and patriotic American
wncu he Numbered from the White Hous, "A
warning 10 all Nations that there Is not one
acre or one inch moro %! ground on thi-
continent Tor any transatlantic Government
/ % occupy. And by that doctrine we stand
now and shall forever stand. But ther, Is a
do'lrin" rs much higher than the Monroe
doctrine rs the heavens are higher tuua tho
2 earth. and that is the doctrine of human.
- i'arialtm and sympathy and Christian holp-
, iulueSs witch one cold December midnight,
with load AMI mu,tituiinops chaat.
awakened tho shepherds. Wherever there Is
. "a wound II i our duty, whether a. indi-
{ yiduals or as Nation, 20 bul-lm il. Whrr-
ever there Is Hni!e Of assassination lifted
2 IL Is our duty To ward OFT tn, blade. Mher-
! ever men are prosecuted for their relig-
ion II Is our duty to break that arm Of
power, whether II be thrust forth from a
Protestant church. or "A Catholic cathGdra.
or Jewish synagogue. or mosque oi
Islam. We all recognize the right on a small
scale. IL, going down the road, we find "A
ruiilan maltreating n child. or human
brute insulting woman, we take hand in
no contest II We are not towards, ana
though We be- slight in personal presence,
because OF our Indignation we como to weigh
about twenty tons, and the harder we pun
Isn tho villain the louder our conscisnce an
plauds us. In such case we do not keep our
hands In our pockets. arguing that IL wa in
teriere with the brute the brute might think
ne would have a right 10 interfere with us
and so ieopardize the Monroe doctrine The
fact is that the persecution OF the Armenians
by the Turks must be stopped. or God Al
mighty will curse all Christenlom for its
damnabe Indifference and apathy But the
trumpet Of resurrection is about to sound
for Armenia.
Did say in opening that on ono Of the
peaks OF Armenia, this very Armenia OF
which we speak in Soah's time the ark Ian /
ed. according to the myth. as some think.
but according to Gods "say So" ~ | know,
and that II was after a long storm OF forty
DAYS and forty nights, called the deluge. and