Land of the Lion and the Sun Personal Experiences
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ft in th e mou tains fo r s e v e ral days no k owing of th e d ee d l e gth som e pass e g e rs brought word to City and w e w e t to b i g th e m down It was a d re a sight which w e moth e rs w i v e s w ere unabl e to r e c ogn e th e ir sons hus b a n ds W he n p e rs e cutio s gr e w fi e rc e and bold th e gov e rnm e nt put soldi e rs on guard to prot e ct th e Ch r is tians as it has always don e and put an e nd to it S e v ere p er s e cution against th e Christi ns in P e rsia b eg n as e arly as th e tim e wh e th e d nasty r ul e d ov e r ssy r ia D W e n St T huma St T homas a d s e nda t of St T homas th e apostl e and his f e w Ch r istian f e llow m e n w ere brought b e for e th e k ing of th e worship e rs b e ca s e th e y r e s e d to wo r ship th e sun and th e moon and b e caus e th e y con f e s e d that God had b e c o m e inca r nat e and c o m e to e a r h i n g was d e t er min e d that th e y sho d wo r ship th e and issu e d an e d i ct that thos e who wo d not wors p th e and th e moon sho d b e put to d e ath by t erri bl e to r tu re T h e Christians said God is th e c re ato r of th e sun w e ca ot substitut e th e c re at e d for th e c re ator and if w e r e fus e to wo r s p th e k ing how can you e xp e ct us to worship th e a c re atu re without lif e W e hav e on e God J e sus Ch r ist only Saviou r as th e obj e ct of our worship Our Lo r d t e ach e s us to b e fait u to k gs and p r ay th e m but w e forbidd e n to worship any cr e atur e T h e k ing h e a r ing this command e d must b e b e h e ad e d i n th e mo r ning Th e y sp e nt th e ght in a dung e on minding e a c h oth er th e apostl e s who also had sp e nt m ny nights in prison T h e y said Prison is h e av e n b e c aus e th e pr e s e c e of our Lord is with us Th e y pa r too k of th e body and blood of th e ir Savio r in holy comm nion and said T omorrow w e shall b e c ow n e d T h e n e xt mo r ning th e y w ere b e h e ad e d Th e s e C istians or th e ssy r ia s who form e d as a church al re ady in th e t m e of th e apostl e s hav e b ee n p r ais e d among th e E ast e rn nations for th e i r ze al in sp re a ng th e Gosp e l but at no tim e hav e th e y b e en f ree f r om p er s e cutions Th e y li ke th e bu r n ing bush of o ld hav e b ee n p er s e cut e d but not c onsum e d T h e y hav e pass d th r ough th e agony of d e ath but wit a spirit of f i t h de s c ib ed t h e c i e t us c i pt s i s p e v g e l c l b e li e v ed t h e i t y God t h e t h e t h e t h e o l y h o s t th i b e s to i s c h pte e s to i s s bmission th e y h v e b e e n loyal to Ch r ist T h e spir i t of ma r ty r dom still liv e s among thos e p e opl e at th e pr e s e nt day and th e y ar e wi ing th e ohamm e dans by th e ir Christia lov e mid dr e adf f e ars I l e ft my hom e fo r E urop e to p re par e mys e lf for my wor k which I had prom s e d to carry on th e r e st of my lif e my way through dist n rm e i I m e t groups of m e ans who l e ft th e ir hom e s and f ili e s in ord e r to sav e th e ir liv e s th e y told m e of th e barbarous tr e atm e nt whi c h th e y had fro th e Tu ks urds spo ke of th e butch e ry of human b e ings whi c h th e y had witn e ss e d in various districts of th e cou try I also saw hungry and a ke d N e storia s l e aving th e ir hom e s for re fug e oth e r c ountri e s T h e followi g l e tt e r was e nt to m e by a f r i e nd during th e first y e ar of my abs e nc e from hom e ithin six months from to Christia subj e cts Tu k e y hav e cross e d th e bo r d e r into P er sia in th e dist r ict of of e v e y ag e s e x Th e y a re na ke d p e il e ss hu g y E ch day bands cross th e bord er e a c h band t e lls of oth er s who will follow a c h day b r ings th e wint er s cold n e a re r and r e duc e s th e stoc k of p r ovisions in th e hands of th e ir f e llow Christians h ere T h e su e ing is dai y b e coming mor e acut e Th e sights t h at m ee t ou r e y e s a re pitiful in th e e xtr e m e O u r doo r s ar e th r on e d with hungry ragg e d sta r vi g p e opl e whos e conditions d e fi e s d e sc r iption Littl e childr e n almost na e d i n th e cold wintry pp e l i r e sistibly to sympathi e s Th e Ch i ti vill g e s owd e d with th e s e e fug ee s b e ggi g b e d Th e y om e f om th e s e ttl e m e nts of th e V ll e y G w Jilu Diz f om th e e gion of th e pp Th e m j o ity rm e N e t i s Th e tot l Ch i ti popul tion of this egion is l e ss th two thi ds of whom p actically hom e l th e e m i d e immi e nt d ng e r of iv e n f om th e i vill g e s oth e y e r lik e th e l st must e ti e ly d e popul t e whol e of th e s e Chris tians Ku dish obb e y b ee n llow e d a f ee hand and on th e tt e r e d comm iti e s th e e b ee onst nt r ids opp e s iv e t x tio without p ot e ction whi h r n e d th e count y Vill g e ft e r villag e has b ee n d e popul t e d Tw e nty y e s ago th e Christi ns w e r e f m e d th e i w e alth in fi e lds c ttl e To day th e ir h e d b e gg s Not a singl e word act of b e llion not e v e n an ov e z e alous r e volutionary spirit can b e u g e d as e x us e this fea f oppr e ssion C ld and f mi e now fo cing th e Christians to l e av e th e ir hom e s M ny hav e fl e d by night ov e r frequ e nt e d ro ds avoid th e f onti e r guards station e d th e r e to fo ce th e m back to c e tain d e ath by starvation Even th e ir ght has b e com e sourc e of profit to the Turks who a consid e r tio e g g e to conduct them cros th e bord e r th e n on parting rob th e m o f e v e ryt ng worth taking sending the m on their way naked cold and hungry Ye t w i th th i s t h ou a d ar e e scaping in spit e of th e wild m o tain trac k e r e d with snow to find and i cult to keep spit e of th e c u e lty th e y subj e ct e d to and th e win cold with sc ty food sl ee ping in th e s h e ep holds in th e op e th e y e ach us with nothing but f ew rags that l e ft to th e m Th e p e opl e h v e e scaped fro m T r ish r e w i th the i r iv e s Th e Ch isti ns h e re will share w i th the m their own sc nty s o e s of food Th e y wi sh e lter th e m t h e d st bl e s hold no mor e T he P e r ian r e c e iv e d th e m without pr e jud i c e but do not a i d th e m Th e y ca not b e cloth e d or w rm e d ithout out sid e aid M y must from lack of food and sh e lt e If th e nu m b e r of r e fuges continues to i ncrease o y th e s e tting in of sti s e v e r e r weather closing th e roads p e v e nt this is hard to se e how they can liv e Som e of our v ag e s on the plains of h v e l e dy a r e fug e pop ation e qual to h lf two t ds of th e ir own numb e r W e m ust ha v e o g iz e d pl n of h e lp cannot a ord to wa i t I hund e ds of ssyri ns co m ing from Russ i a to th e i nativ e land of P e si Som e had b e e n robbed and kill e d l e ft in th e ocky mountains oth e s were ng tow rd home h ving b ee n obb e d of th e r b elong ings th e b e d of th e anxious w i v e s had be e n ta k en from th e ir h ds th e y wer e l e ft p e n e ss and hungry th e s e c u e l d e eds wer e don e by s e lfi h M o who w e r e unwi ling to work b ut ea g er ro b w i dows and orph ns of the v e y b r e ad that was giv e n to th e m by kind f i e nds Wh e rev e it us to tr v e rs e the h y country w e p id sol e s to g d e us ov e r th e rough p ts l st w e found ours e lv e s d e th e Russi n gov e nm e nt Th e n w e f e lt s f e dang e r had p ss e d lthough in som e p ts of Russi w e had rea son to f e Th e n I l e ft my companions and trav e led lon e Th e citi e s n e P e si Turk e y are i abited by n tions th e Moh mm e dans have not th e lib e ty to th e y pl e s e but ar e pu shed for wh t e v e th e y do not in k ee ping with th e law I e w n e th e c e t l p rt of Russia I came to th e la g e to s of Ki e v Moscow e tc wh e r e the h bita ts m i y Russi ns Th e m e n ar e of light compl e xio st ong although in som e p rts of the cou t y th e lim t e s ee ms to gr e with th e m Th e wom e st o g e cons e qu e ntly th e y have th e hard wo k to do Th e law e qui e s th t st g e rs sh ll have a p sspo t th this th e y go th ough th e co try Th e p s port giv e s d e scription of the man who h e is wh t his busin e ss is e tc if h e do e s not pos s e ss on e h e is li bl to b e c st into p ison as soon as d e t e ct e d I visit e d m y plac e s in th t co try and l e rn e d a littl e of th e p e opl e I did s oci t e v e ry much with th e ativ e s I ould sp e k th e i l ngu g e su i w e ll B e fo e l e vi g th e count y I was ro b bed of n e a ly my mo e y and my cloth e s I paid my f i e nds at H mbu g a short visit During b i e f st y in G e m ny I l e e d littl e of th e lan gu g e b e am e om e h t quaint e d with th e cus toms th e p e opl e I th e n d e p t e d London Th e E gli h l ngu g e s ee m e d to m e abic wo d to E g ishman but my H e v e nly Fath e who took m e f om P e si to E gl d id e d m e in l e rning th e langu g e I e m i e d E gl d for bout thr ee y e ars th e pl e su e of s ee ing th e sights of G e t t in fo m e d th e cqu i tanc e of g e t many Engli h g e ntl e m e n In my lo e ly lif e th e obj e ct of my trav e ls has b ee n to g ow in th e knowl e dg e of th e Scriptur e s I h v e p e s e d my Bibl e to my br e ast p aying to God to giv e m e st e gth to c y th e gl d tidings of His s lvatio to thos e millions ov e r th e r e THO S E M I I O NS O ER TH ERE T h y i t tho i ll i o o v th hop C h t th y do h T h y t to o T h i t o f i t g lo g tho t tho t o g T o b l th i h l ho T h y p tho i l i o o v th C i t th y do h T h y p l g i f Sh ll i p th i t y Sh ll t th i i ght to Sh l b i g l i f T h y th ll i o o v h l if C h t th y do h T h y h l C h t h th d d to v th y to v ll t b l d C H PTER O O R The most succ e sf way to spr e ad th e Gosp e l among th e Moham e d ns is to op e n schools and e duc t e th e i childr e n It r e qui e s dilig e nt and faith Download 24 Kb. 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