The blight of Asia : $b An account of the systematic extermination of Christian populations by Mohammedans and of the culpability of certain great powers; with the true story of the burning of SmyrnaHorton, George
History
The blight of Asia : $b An account of the systematic extermination of Christian populations by Mohammedans and of the culpability of certain great powers; with the true story of the burning of Smyrna
Horton, George
Christians -- Turkey; Fires -- Turkey -- İzmir; Greeks -- Turkey; Turkey; İzmir (Turkey) -- History
The teachers of Anatolia College are “scattered.” This is doubtless
a correct expression to apply to people, many of whom have suffered
martyrdom and are in Heaven, along with many of the teachers of other
colleges. Let us breathe the pious wish that they are not too widely
“scattered” up there, as they will certainly long to get together and
talk over their experiences. Continuing, the doctor says:
“Just at the present time in the absence of regulations, the
schools are hampered in their religious teaching. The Turks
have given orders that there shall be no religious instruction
and for the present there is nothing in the form of direct
instruction during school hours and none of the students can
be required to take Biblical studies or be present where
religious instruction is given. Under present circumstances,
it seems wise to those who are conducting schools in the Near
East to comply with these regulations until a more substantial
understanding can be reached and the educational system of the
country be put on a sound basis.”
If by a “sound basis” the doctor means—and he can not mean anything
else—the permission of the Turkish Government to convert Turks in
Turkey to Christianity, he will wait a long time. The “sound basis,” to
arrive at which the Turks have been shedding rivers of Christian blood,
has already been achieved. And in the meantime, some of the Christian
missionaries have accepted to cease preaching Christ. It is about time
for the cock to crow. Doctor Barton continues:
“It is well known by Turks as well as by foreigners that Turkey
needs what these institutions can give, in order to enable her
to organize her present administrations on a basis that would
give her a worthy place in the sisterhood of nations.”
When Jesus appeared to the Eleven, as they sat at meat after the
Crucifixion, He enjoined them: “Go ye into all the world and preach the
gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be
saved. But he that believeth not shall be damned.”
He said nothing about educating foreigners so that they could put their
administrations on a sound basis. This is a laudable object but should be
done and paid for by the foreigners themselves.
I am informed that the distinguished and erudite Rabbi Stephen Wise, of
New York, has estimated the entire value of the American Mission property
now existing in Turkey as being not more than ten million dollars. His
has been one of the most eloquent voices raised in behalf of the martyred
Christians in the Near East.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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