Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-27
with the snir,t Of cbr,st w,tho,,t also

with the spirit OF Christ without also
becoming imbued with the spirit OF
liberty. The gospel makes It's converts
champions Of human right every
where In this sense, the preaching,
and especially the schools Of the mis-
sionary, have been potential factors
in creating members OF the Young
Turkish party.
Religion and politics have been one
with the Turk. The unspeakable Alb
dull Hamid has been the mead of the
Moslem faith. Some of mis- blacklist
deeds have been done in the name of
the Prophet. The massacre of the Ar
menian Christians vii live in history
as one of the blots on the nineteenth
century. Now, under the new day that
has dawned Armenian and Greek
and Protestant Christian Will no long
er go about in constant danger of
their lives. In the new ministry which
has been formed to carry into effect
the promises of a constitutional gov
eminent there are two Christians.
Thus is religious liherts triumphng
throughout the world.
Christendom remembers, as it reads
of Turkeys reform. that the land made
scored by the Saviours life among men
is in the possession of the Sultan. What
the Crusades of the middle ages failed
to do. in winning that sacred soil for
christianity, may now, perchance, be
accomplished by the silent forces of
reason and truth.
One of the great lives associated
with nj IA
we wonder how he regards recent his
tory from the battlements of the other
worlD was Cyrus Hamlin the wise and
well-beloved His is a great name on
the roster of missionaries of the cross
A brief summary of his life is thus
given by Amos r. Wells:
Cyrus Hamlin was born near Wa
terford. Me-. January 5, 1911.
His father died when Cyrus was an
infant, and his mother was very poor.
While the boy was learning to be a
1eWeler he discovered a liking for
books. and decided to go through COL
lege and become minister
With wonderful energy and resource
fulness, he carried out this purpose
without any money except what he
earned, graduating from Bowdoin coll
lege and Bangor Theological Seminary.
In December, 1888. he sailed for Tur-
was the scene of his labors till his re-
turn In 1873.
He promptly learned Armenian.
turkish and modern Greek and was
set at the task of forming and conduct
ing, theological seminary for the
training of native preachers and teach
ers. This task he accomplished in
spite Of almost insuperable obstacles
put In his way by native bigotry and
intolerance.
Hamiin was man of great mechani-
cal ability, and thorough believer in
the virtue Of hard work AS training
IN industry and thrift, he established
stove factory and last factory,
which were successful in teaching the
natives to work, and providing en-
ployment for the converts who had
been accommodated for their faith.
During the Crimean war DR.. Hamlin
perceived the awful neglect of the suf-
fering English soldiers, and with Won
derful energy established a great -four
mill, bakery, and laundry. The $25,-
600 profit from these Industries he
turned to the mission treasury.
Christopher Robert of New York,
established Robert College. at Con-
great Christian college Of Turkey in
Europe. DR.. Hamlin was its builder
and its first president. The college
was opened in 1863. Into the found
Ing of this institution Dr. Hamlin
threw all his vast emery and boundless
versatility. 1t remains as his endur-
ing monument.
After returning to the United States
DR.. Hamlin, became professor in Ban
gor Seminary and then president of
Mjddlebury College, and passed his
closing years in Lexington, Mass
where he died on August 8, 1900. His
autobiography, my Life and Times"
is one of the brightest and most in
spring books ever written.