The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1909, Page 52

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He Sent His Prayers.

Spurgeon used to relate an incident which oc-
curred in his early ministry. . A poor man with a
large family broke his leg, and as he would be con-
fined to his house for some time and could not
attend church, the members of the church agreed
to hold a prayer-meeting in the room. Soon after
Deacon Brown had opened the meeting, there was
a knock at the door. A boy stood there asking to
see the deacon. “I*ather could not come to the
meeting,” said the boy when the deacon came, “but
he has sent his prayers in the cart.” Looking into

The Lutheran Pioneer.

ing, plundering, killing. During times of riot in
Turkey, says an historian, the ery is always raised,
“Kill the Armenians!” And statistics show that
since 1850 more than 135,000 Armenian Christians
have been massacred in Turkish possessions. ‘The
bloody Armenian massacres’ of 1895 and 1896 are
not yet forgotten. They aroused the horror of the
entire world.

During the recent disorders in Turkey last April,
a series of massacres again took place in Asia Minor.
A report says: “Bands of fanatical Moslems began

rioting. Thousands of Christians were slain. ‘Iwo
American missionaries were killed. ‘he lust of

Driven from Home.

the cart the deacon saw a bag of potatoes, a ham,
a joint of beef, and a sack of flour. The hint was
taken, and after prayers had been offered, more
“prayers” came like those that had come in the cart.

Driven from Home.

Our picture takes us to a mountain region in
Asia Minor. It shows us a party of Christian Ar-
menians who have been driven from their home by
fanatical Moslems, or Turks, and who are now seek-
ing a place of safety from their cruel enemies.

The Armenians have at different times suffered
most cruel persecution at the hands of fanatical
Turks, who would go through their villages, burn-

blood once aroused demanded more victims, and
soon all the Armenian Christians in the cities and
villages of Cilicia in Asia Minor were in danger.”

Another report, sent to a church paper in Ger-
many, closes with the words: “We still have good
reason to pray with Luther,

Lord, keep us in Thy Word and work,
Restrain the murderous Pope and Turk.”

Blind Stephen.

Stephen Adorin, or Blind Stephen, as the people
called him, was a slave boy working on a farm in
West Africa when he became a Christian. Soon
after his conversion, he was bitten on the forehead