The Archive · 1905

A Visitor from Armenia

Wo were visited recently by the Rev. Mr. Usher of Philadelphia, who kindly favo ed us with some account of his journeyings for some two and a-half years through arts of Russia, Turkey, Armenia and india. He had some fearful tales to tell of the terribly cruel persecutions of the Armenians by the "Holy" Greek Churel, Tt seemed that, the granting of religious Freedom was little other than a scheme by which to ascortaia the sentiments of the people, and that those of the Greek church who availed themselves of it and @esired to change their church relations became the objects of the most bitter and cruel persecutions even unto death.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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