The Presbyterian of the South : [combining the] Southwestern Presbyterian, Central Presbyterian, Southern Presbyterian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1909-1931, June 23, 1909, Page 8, Image 8

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8 aiming at is to. impress t grasped the great definite Jesus Christ and when w action, we have energized Church. Take this thought horn in the rank and file. The does not lie only upon th panv of ministers. It is 3 thought and purpose is jt icti is xo oring a soul to J< done this what a splendid ings in the Church will c< healed, the ranks will be hastened, and your prave "Thy Kingdom come." REX i If Christ should come agai And preach of peace as H< Wipe the eyes of all that 1 Seek for the lost and the i Visit the fatherless, free tl Cheer the lonely, aid the Would the world receive 1 "Away with Him" and "C if riirot r.i 1 ?? .. vnoi, auuuiu cume 10 til In kingly robes, with a roj Seek out the rich and the Despise the weak and the Preach a new doctrine of Oppression and war?woul Yea, the world would be si If the world could be save< Rex Chrlstus is coming?w But we know there's a fin For a soul is a scul, he it I Clothed in rags or in gari Then away with pride, an 'Tis love for mankind tha The gospel bids you your And chocse whether Mann HOW THE TURK By Austen I Almost every day the some new issue or aspect revolutions which, withi months, have brought to government, the depositic remarkable utterance of i Moslem faith, declaring these acts with the teach and the enthronement of has been a prisoner, have in fVPrv r?r*r\b- on/1 ... - . ?IWWI\ ?IIU V.V/I Iltl At the same time a ma in Armenia, savage and the blame lies with the '1 Where did thcv come fro tory? I want to answer everybody is asking. * I THE PRESBYTERIA his tact; that when we have aim of the Church of the Lord c have put this purpose into 1 all the other agencies of the e with you. I speak to you. great business of the Church e hearts and hands of a coni rours as well as ours, and the ist xnis; tnat our aim and objsus Christ, and when we have 1 result follows. The bicker?ase, and the divisions will be filled, the millennium will be r and mine will be answered: CHRISTUS. n humble and poor, e did of yore; sveep, straying sheep; tie oppressed, distressed; aim? No! Hear their cry? i uvjiiy. is world again fal train, proud of birth; poor of earth, hate and greed, Id the people heed? aved in a single day, i in a worldly way. re know not when, al reckoning. >lack or white, nents bright; d fashion and greed, t the world i3 in need, tribute bring mon or Christ be King. ?John Richard Moreland. BUILT HIS EMPIRE. Cennedy de Blois. newspapers confront us with of the Turkish problem. The si the short space of twelve pass a constitutional form of >n of Sultan Abdul Hamid, the the chief representative of the the entire harmony of both ings and laws of the prophet, a prince who for thirty years aroused the intensest interest of the world. ssacre has been going forward brutal to. the last degree, and birl-c WU oro T* 1.~ ^ ? i Iiv HI V UK.9V 1 IIIK.S. m? What has been their hisa few of the questions which .n of the south. The Turk a The Turks started on thei the highlands of Tartary. on found themselves too near are quiet, patient, irresistibh will absorb or pliminit" in their vicinity. The Tut Chinese, began their marc They conquered the vast Ioi and Persia, since known as Pursued by alien Mongc madic, these "original Turks still westward. In Asia Mil weakening. The repeated Crusaders were decimating the fierce strength of the order to save themselves t of Turkish mercenaries into of these grew to upward of A strange, dissolving vie of the Saracen, the Turk is s and the dynasty of the Seljv a career of splendor and which Persia and Armenia r .1 empire 01 rnese ?>eljuk Turl> extinction. Genghis Khan, quered India and was adva the outward menace. In a gated tribes were restless inner turmoil. At this jun made itself felt. The members of a smal tribe had been wandering leadership of Er-Toghrul, t came one day, so the story armies were engaged in fi the reckless and daring spii forces with the weaker cont rapidly giving way. Theii battle and secured for the plete victory. The army thus saved fi be that of Aland-Din, the ^ and their adversaries a h( The grateful sultan grantee lowers a tract of land on th they settled. Osman, son of Er-oghrt the Greeks, so the sultan hi prince. From this prince ai derive their lineage and f name of Osmanli, which E man. The Founding With Osman, then, the < empire was laid. It was la Less than fifty years after i helped to win. theattaoks ol so vicious and tremendous be successfully resisted. Ti with a crash. The invaders men. They could destroy 1 after the dust and smoke < June 23, 1909. s a Pioneer. r career of adventure among the borders of China. They the Chinese. The Chinese e. Give them time and they y people, all people that lie ks, unwilling to become h toward the setting sun. tie country between Tartary Turkestan. >1 forces and naturally nos" pressed 011 westward and lor the Saracen Empire was assaults of the Christian the ranks and destroying warriors from Bagdad. In hey introduced a multitude 1 their armies. The number ? mi y uiuu.iaiHI. w effect followed. Instead seated in the place of power, iks lias been founded. After conquest, in the course of i were made tributary, the :s was itself threatened with a Tartar chieftain, had conncing westward. This was ddition, some of the subjuand defiant. This was the cture a new force suddenly 11 but independent" Turkish hither and yon under the heir hereditary chief. They runs, to a place where two erce battle. At once, with rit of their race, they joined cstant, whose defences were advent turned the tide of losing side a sure and comrom annihilation proved to >eljuk sultan of Asia Minor, irde of marauding Tartars. I to Er-Toghrul and his fole Byzantine frontier. There ll, won certain cities from onored him with the title of nd his tribe the Turks tcday rom him they obtain their uropeans corrupt into Ottcof the Empire. cornerstone of the Ottoman lid in the following fashion: the battle which Er-Tog!iru! t the Mongol Tartars became thnt t It ^ 1 ~ ? ?> \.uuiu iiu lunger lie Seljuk empire went clown were fighters but not states>ut they could not build. So, ittending the shock of their