1896 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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our poor, persecuted, suffering', and starving- Ar- 

 menian bretiiren. How little we in our comfort- 

 able homes, safely sheltered from winter's cold, 

 with plenty to eat, drink, and to wear, and enjoying 

 all the numberless blessings of peace in a Cliristian 

 land, can realize the awful outrages intlieted upon 

 their hapless victims by the " unspeakable Turk" ! 

 Think of it tor a moment. Rev. R. Chambers, one 

 of our missionaries stationed at Hardezag, Ismidt, 

 whicli is vpry near tlie scene of these terrible out- 

 rages, writes: "Fifty thousand unresisting men, 

 women, and children have been butchered amid the 

 most friehtful barbarities: wliole districts liave 

 been laid waste by Are and sword; the trade and 

 industry of ix provinces have been destroyed; 

 mission buildings, colleges, schools, chapel, and 

 missionary residences liave been liuinf>d, with all 

 their contents; thousands and thousands of people, 

 largely widowed women and fatherless children, 

 are without the shelter of a roof : .500,000 Christians 

 are in danger of death from hunger and cold, hun- 

 dreds of them dying every day. God only knows 

 the tears and heartaches of this long, long strain, 



for tills has been going on for months 



Everj'where the religion of Islam is offered as the 

 alternative of the swoi'd. Many poor people have 

 accepted Islam, tjut God's noble ai'my of martyrs 

 has received accessions by thousands during these 

 months. The people here, with all trade stopped, 

 and most of the worlring people thrown out of em- 

 ployment, with the stress of poverty and ttie added 

 stress of winter upon them, are responding with 

 marvelous liberality to the appeal of their suffering 

 brethren. Some have sold flour from their scanty 

 stores, others have taken clothing from their backs 

 (and the very best they had): others have put them- 

 selves on very short allowance of food, while still 

 others, themselves objects of charity, have, with 

 flowing tears, begged tbe privilege of some task to 

 perform by which they might gain a little sum to 

 send. I commenced a movement here, and have 

 just sent off' twenty bales of clothing and $500 in 

 cash." 



Surely such a terrible spectacle will have our 

 deepest pity, and enlist our warmest sympatliy. It 

 is stated by competent authority, that "ten cents a 

 week will keep a human being in Armenia from 

 starving." It is not often that a chance comes to 

 any of us to do so much for so little. 



What do you say, brother bee-keepers and friends 

 of Gleanings ? Shall we not claim our privilege 

 to have a share in this noble work ? and can we not 

 send it as a " Gleanings Armenian Fund from the 

 Bee-keepers of America " ? I have always delighted 

 in the name as well as in the sentiments of Glean- 

 ings, especially in its plain, practical gleanings of 

 truth in its Home Papers. Shall we not give an 

 added luster to its liright name by sending to it our 

 sheaves, be they big or little, to aid in feeding, 

 clothing, and keeping from freezing our persecuted, 

 starving brethren':' I have no desire to interfere 

 with any of the "Armenian Relief Funds "now in 

 existence; may God bless and abundantly prosper 

 them all! but the want and misery and suffering aie 

 so awful that there is more than room for every 

 cen t that can be raised l^y all of our organizations. 

 rT3id some friend ask, " How will the money reach 

 the Armenians'? and are we sure it will be wisely 

 spent " ? I am glad to say that the very best facil- 

 ities possible are in this case available. The faith- 

 ful, devoted missionaries of the A. R. C. F. M. are 

 scattered all over this terrible region of desolation, 

 and are now acting as angels of men-y; and our 

 "gleanings" can be sent to them first by Mr. Root's 

 check to the A. B. C. F. M. at Boston as often as 

 necessary, and then l)e included in their remittances 

 of relief monej' which are sent by them twice a 

 week, and sometimes oftener, by cable to the mis- 

 sionaries in Constantinople for distribution where 

 most needed, so you see that the cost of forwarding 

 and distributing the money is but a trifle, and the 

 facilities for properly distributing tlie food, etc., 

 could not possilily be better, as the missionaries on 

 the ground will have a personal knowledge of near- 

 ly every case, and know whether the applicant is 

 really ncedj' or not. 



The Montreal Witness, always ready to help in 

 every good work, opened a " Witness Armenian 

 Fund " about a month ago. and on Saturday last it 

 amounted to over ^^4000, all of wliich has been dis- 

 tiibuted tills way through the A. B. C. F. M. ; and as 

 the fuller knowledge of the terrible suffering of the 

 .Armenians is each day more and more apparent, 

 this fund is rapidly growing. Let us each do what 



we can, remembering, especially in this case, that 

 " he gives twice who gives quickly." 

 Danville, P. Q., Feb. 17. Geo. 0. Goodhue. 



[I will explain to our readers, that, with the above 

 kindly appeal, comes a clieck for $10. Although I 

 have given $2.") to be sent with the contribution from 

 our church, 1 take pieasute in adding another $25 to 

 go with the $10 friend Goodhue sends. Now, if any 

 other reader of Gleanings would consider it a 

 pleasure to be one of the Gleanings Armenian 

 Fund. 1 am sure both friend Goodhue and myself 

 will 136 glad to send theirs along with ours, lie it 

 much or little. Before the kind letter was received 

 I had a sort of feeling that the Gleanings family 

 ouglit to have a representation in this work. But I 

 put it off', feeling tliat many of them liad been giv- 

 ing heavily; but when the $10 came, you i-ne the 

 thing had started itself. Now, please do noi. h si- 

 tate, any of you, because your contributions inay 

 be small. It is not so much the amount as it is the 

 spirit; for you know "the Lord loveth a cheerful 

 giver." 



Later, March /2.— We are just informed that the 

 Montreal Wit)iess fund has now reached nearh $7000, 

 and that of the New York Christian Herald, which 

 was started somewhat earlier, is now five times as 

 much. Over $200,000 has been sent from this conti- 

 nent, and probably a similar sum from Great Brit- 

 ain. What is true of the American contriliutions 

 (and we presume the same holds good with the Can- 

 adians) is, tliat this fund is mostly raised outside of 

 tlie cities. The Red Cross committee are using their 

 funds largely in setting the people at work. Every- 

 body agreesthat such a course is far better than 

 giving the money outright. As far as possible they 

 purchase raw material, then set these poor, discour- 

 aged, outraged iieople at work; and we are told 

 that the change brought about in these plundered 

 and almost desolate villages by this sort of effort, 

 brought about by tlie missionaries and the Red 

 Cross people working conjointly, is enough to pro- 

 duce a sight that is sufficieut to touch the heart of 

 a hardened criminal. Where before was suffering, 

 starvation, discouragement, and misery, is now a 

 scene of activity, joy, and hope. Send in your con- 

 tributions, friends, no matter how humble, and we 

 will see how much of a fund the hee-keepers of the 

 whole world can raise.] 



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EDWARD B. BEEBEE, Oneida, N. Y. 



HATUH CHIuKENS wiui the mouel 

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 made. GEO. H. 8TAHL, 

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