Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-10-26
HELP FOR IS
ARMENIA
Dr. A. B. Collins Preached
Sermon.
GREAT CRISIS.
Pastor Points Out That Present
Crisis Is the Greatest in the
History of the World.

AT the First Presbyterian Church
on Sunday morning last an Offering
was received for the starving peonle
or Armenia, DR.. Collins preached a.
sermon bearing upon the subject, bas-
ing his remarks upon the text Matt.
zo:40 And the King shall answer
and say unto them, Verify 1 say unto
you, lnasmuch as ye did it unto one
OF these my brethren even these least
ye did it unto me.
He said in part: when Jesus shall
come again to earth-as he is coming
he shall determine destinies in ac-
cordance with the deeds done in the
body, for it is through the activities
of life that life itself finds it's express
sion''
The description of the judgement
hour given in this passage of scrip
ture sets forth the fact that there
Will be many surprises in that day be-
cause we fail to interpret and under
stand Alright the purpose of our be-
ing christians, viz. witnesses for
Jesus Christ and helpfulness to hu-
manity. When Jesus shall say to some
Il was hungry, and ye gave me to
eat; | was thirsty, and we gave me
drink; l was a stranger, and ye took
me in; naked and ye clothed me; l
was sick, and ye visited me; l was in
prison, and we came unto me- They
shall say, Lord, when saw we thee
hungry, and fed thee? or thirst, and
gave thee drink? And when saw we
thee a stranger, and took thee in? or
naked, and clothed thee And when
saw we thee sick, or in prison, and
came unto thee? "And the King. shall
answer and say unto them, Verify l
say unto you, Inasmuch as We did it
unto one of these my brethren even
these least ye did it unto me-" And
again when he shall say to others, 81
was hungry, and ye did not give me
to eat; | was thirsty, and We gave me
no drink; l was stranger, and We
took me not in; naked, and We clothed
me not; sick, and in prison, and We
visited me not Then when they
shall ask in wonder, Lord, when saw
we the hungry, or athirst, or a stran-
ger, or naked, or sick, or in prison,
and did not minister unto thee?" "Then
shall he answer them saying, Verify,
| say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did
it not unto one of sthes least We did
it not unto me-"
We are passing through the great
est crisis in the worlds history at this
present hour. The European war with
its slaughterS its sacrifice and it's
death appalls us, it's outcome what
ever it may be will mean a changed
world. But dark and terrible as is
that picture of the war that looms
up before us there is yet a darker
background in the sufferings and
death and worse than death that has
come to so many hundreds and thou
sands of women and children.
'"There is no record in human his
tory that, fo- inhuman brutality, can
equal the terrible and tragic story
of Armenian persecution at the hands
of the Turks. Men tortured until
death relieves them, women and girls
maltreated and brutally killed, little
children dying from hunger, from
prosecutions and exposure, these are
the facts that go to make up the
story
1t is the Christians testing time.
From out of the suffering and hunger
and peril and death there comes cry
to the christian world for help, a cry
the response to which we must one
day explain before the King as he
shall say to us Il was hungry and ye
fed me,' or 1 was hungry and ye fed
me not
The Armenians belong to one of
the Oldest existing races of history.
Armenia supplied the ancient Tyre
with horses and mules as recorded by
Ezekiel. The, King of Armenia was
an ally of Cyrus the Great in the ov-
erthrov Of Babylon j" the sixth CEN
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