The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-12
MEN, WOMEN / /
 AND THINGS

their knees, yet with sublime faith
 still believe that the God of Israel will
 succor them.
 It was the set purpose of the Turks,
 backed by Prussian ruthlessness, to de-
 stroy the smaller people who still clung to their belief in Christ. The
 work was undertaken systematically
 and was marked by fiendish atrocities.
 and it will take the Christian world Q long time even to forget, to say noth- ing of forgiving, those responsible for
 the miseries and the massacres. |
 | The le-bodied men were either
 forced into the armies, set to heart
 rending tasks, tortured or slain. The women and girls were given into the hands of the soldiers for a life worse | than slavery, and that soon reached | its end in death. The old people and
 children, by fthe millions, were driven | exposure and hunger. but some lived | in spite of their forsaken condition,
 and we must feed, c1othe and give l them a chance to work.
 l With 100000 who are down and
 out and among them 100000 orphans, Is
 1t any wonder that s30.O0o.000 is asked
 to try and at least meet a part of the pressing needs? These children are the futu hope of western Asia. They
 must be helped and helped at once, for they are literally starving. It's your
 dollars In a race with death, and some | child's life hangs in the balance. So speed your money.
 Today the whole world is watching as never before the star of hope rise 1 in the east. Heavy clouds have for
 four years been hanging over the Bible Lands, spots made sacred by the life | of Jesus. A country which has given
 LIS our Christian religion has witnessed thousands of men, women and children die from lack of food, clothing and shelterH The familiar byways and highways connected with our Biblical stories and journeys of Paul have been strewn with those who have been driven from their homes, and perished
 on the march to the desert. Noah and Abraham were both adven- turers of faith and gloriously passed the tests to which they were subjected Many centuries later their descendants l as nation went through a still harder | trial. They were taken by pagan mas ters and deported into Babylon, the an- now in alien hands However, this was not so cruel as the persecution of the Armcnians by the Turks today. Then there was food and shelter for the people, families were not separated and scattered, and though it was be secretly lived on.
 While the nation in the old days was | under these oppressors, their prophets encouraged them to hope for return 1 to their own land. When they said that their land was all taken up by strangers, their prophet told them of q
 
 where river would flow for it's irri- gation, making it rich and fruitful. When others murmured of the long journey that would be necessary to re- turn, Isaiah told them of his vision of a short and safer road that would make the journey a delight
 
 Lo this new hope and when the time came they went back to their old homes with | a stronger hope and trust in God. Their
 religion was all more hopeful because of the trial it had had The trial in those days was not so hard as that enduring today under the oppression of the Turks.
 Let us join reverently in the song: Christians, To, the star appeareth; Lo, 'tis yet Messiah's day; Still with tribute treasure laden,o Come the wise men on their way Christians To, the star appeareth, Leading still the ancient way; Christians. onward with your treasure: It is still Messiah's day" Many children live in the land where the babe of Bethlehem was born; many children hunger in the land where the lad of Nazareth walked and played: many children are dying in the land where Jesus taught and wrought. And the words of the Master come floating down the centuries, Suffer little chill dren to come unto me-" They are wait ing now hoping that the children of America and their fathers and mothers will send tlrem something to eat and to wear.
 |N Jesus was very tender in his loving thoughtfulness and care of childhood It will always be recalled by lovers of little ones that the Great Teacher when he was on earth took up children in his arms and blessed them It is one of the pictures all child lovers like to dwell upon. It was the gentle Christ who said "nasmuch as ye did it unto one of the least of these, my brethren. ye did it unto Me"
 When we soothe earth's weary chIl- dren,
 Tending best the least of them. 'Tis the Lord Himself we worship. Bringing gold to Bethlehem" father of five starving children writes to friend over here: Our only