The Portland daily press., 1899-09-06

The Christians By this rnler and their
martyrdom for the sake Of their religion
brought tears 10 the eyes of many Of her
hearsrs Then she told about the 8 econd
queen Of that name aud how she had
embraced Christianity aud brought her
people back to the faith. In conclusion
the speaker constructed for her hearers
the downward steps Vt morality. Accord
Ing to her Views we In New England are
ON the pinnacle of morality; next lower
than the New Highlander ID the rest OF the
country; then comes the English people
In all the world; then the Prot estant
people Of Europe; then the Catholic ooun-
tries OF Europe and America; then the
Mohamedans; then the savages o. Africa;
then the Buddhists; then the Hindoos,
from whom has come dogmas Of the
Russian adventures, Nine Blavatsky,
the leader of the Theosophists, whom
many cultured women believe In. This
religion of Hindoostan, the speaker said,
was on the lowest possible level
MISS EMILY WHEELER,
daughter of the famous Maine missiona-
ry, who founded the college at Harpoot
In Turkey, was the next speaker. She
told of the Armenian massaores and Of her
own and her fellow missionaries escape.
Having described the conditions in Ar
menia where women were obliged to
work with donkeys In the field before
the Christian missionaries began their
teachings, she went on to describe IN
graphic lang uage the massacres Of No
vsmber IL, 1897. At Harpoot was Port
land man, Rev. Edgar Smyth Ellis. He
had predicted that the Turks would soon
begin their murders, but his predictions
were not believed. One day the refugees
began to come in bleeding ana wounded
and they described the horrible murders
committed by the Turks in their vii.
lagos. From the hill where the mission
stood they could LOOK over a plain covered
with peaceful, Christian Armenian vii
lagos. On November i1th the Turk came
and planted cannon and the murders
began. TheAmerican missionaries were
forced TO flee for their lives. The murder
GUS Turks pursued them and again and
again they were fired upon. DIR. Wheeler
was Al ah AhNdlAu , uhdiT, anu was HTeu
upon many times as was the speaker,
but both escaped death from the bullets
Of the Turks. The shells from the TurK-
ish cannon tore through the houses of the
missionaries, but no one was killed by
them. Eight out of the 12 buildings of
the mission were burned by the Turks,
and the villains were about to burn the
house in which the missionaries had
taken refuge when the chief of police
rode mp and con- msnded that the firing
cease as the Americans would be avenged
IL they were killed. Up to this dap not
cent OF tndempity has been paid by the
Turks for destroying the college tuild
ings, and Miss Wheeler said th at the
American government had not afforded
any protection to it's subjects in Turkey
that was worthy of the name. She said
that the ArmeniRns were not In revolu-
tion when the Turks committed these
atrocities, but were slaughtered in cold
blood. Her description was graphic and
she closed her address by an earnest ap-
peal for help for those in the mission field
SO that the Turk would have to bow
before the Gospel of Christ.
Following the evening session there was
a reception at which refreshments were
served and quartette from Gardiner
furnished music.