"Freedom!" I answered, "on my head Let fire descend and thunder burst; Let foes against my life conspire, Let all who hate thee do their worst: I will be true to thee till death; Yea, even upon the gallows tree The last breath of a death of shame Shall shout thy name, O Liberty!" THE WANDERING ARMENIAN TO THE SWALLOW. By C. A. Totochian. I. O swallow, gentle swallow, Thou lovely bird of spring! Say, whither art thou flying So swift on gleaming wing? II. Fly to my birthplace, Ashdarag, The spot I love the best; Beneath my father's roof-tree, O swallow, build thy nest. III. There dwells afar my father, A mournful man and gray, Who for his only son's return Waits vainly, day by day. IV. If thou shouldst chance to see him, Greet him with love from me; Bid him sit down and mourn with tears His son's sad destiny. V. In poverty and loneliness, Tell him, my days are passed: My life is only half a life. My tears are falling fast. VI. To me, amid bright daylight, The sun is dark at noon; To my wet eyes at midnight Sleep comes not, late or soon. VII. Tell him that, like a beauteous flower Smit by a cruel doom. Uprooted from my native soil, I wither ere my bloom. VIII. Fly on swift wing, dear swallow, Across the quickening earth, And seek in fair Armenia The village of my birth. NOTICE. The author of this book delivers lectures on the following subjects: Armenia, Armenians, and the recent Atrocities. The Sultan of Turkey, Hamid the II. American Missions in Turkey. Social and Political Life in Turkey. About 400 stereopticon views, as well as large maps, and costumes are used to illustrate the various lectures, which are highly instructive and entertaining, and never fail of interesting the most critical audiences. The lectures are delivered upon very reasonable terms. For particulars address, Rev. Geo. H. Filian, Cor. Eastern Parkway and Cresent St., Brooklyn, N.Y. From the testimonials of prominent clergymen, authors, and secretaries of Y.M.C.A.'s, the following few are selected. From Dr. R. S. Storrs, President of the American Board of Foreign Missions. Your address to my congregation was admirable in its tone, and its entire impression upon those who heard it. Your knowledge of the facts presented is, of course, accurate and complete; and your method of presenting the facts is clear, impressive, and leaves the minds instructed and the hearts quickened. From the Faculty of Chicago Theological Seminary.