Show I I TARSUS AND ANTIOCH Rev Re William Rader who visited this section a short time ago gives this brief sketch of Tarsus and Antioch and the significance of the persecutions persecutions reported from front there thero In the Asso Associated Associated Assod d Press reports Antioch today tollay is a city of Once it Il was the center of commerce and learning It was when Antioch was filled with art and culture that Josephus the historian ranked her with Rome and Alexandria and It was during Juring this period of o her prosperity that Christianity entered her hel gates In Inthe Inthe the he person of oC certain disciples who were scattered abroad after alter tho the mar martyrdom of Stephen in Jerusalem Among them was Saul of oC Tarsus afterward Paul These men preached to lo o the tho Greeks or according to some sonic ancient authorities Grecian Jews It was In Antioch that lb l the word Chris Christians Christians originate 1 It was from An Antioch Antioch that Paul started on his great greal missionary tours In Antioch was founded tho the first Gentile church tho mother of all other churches It is also associated with the prelacy of Peter and the tho immortal name of ot the golden mouthed Tarsus Is linked historically with Antioch through St SL Paul the tho apostle Here Hero ho he was sas born educated and re resided resided sided for a number of oC years ears It Is IG his great name that has made Tarsus eminent among the tho cities of or the world There Thero Is In nn an old tradition that Sar built the city in one day but when It became a Greek city a legendary origin was established To Today Today Today day It is a collection of oC rather dilapidated dilapi dilapidated dated buildings far Car different from tho the Tarsus of Paul During all years the tho Christian faith has struggled for In tho the city and has hns had a checkered career Bj Byzantine anUno Greeks Armenians Turks Egyptians have hae held beM anti and lost It The Turks captured it in 1078 1075 Then Ihen TI hen tho the Crusaders held It for a period In 1322 tho Egyptians Eg devastated tho the city and surrounding country countr In I 1166 tho the army arm of o Mohammed II captured I I I I Tarsus It was captured ct by hr the Egyptians In 1832 1532 and held 1840 1540 when It became subject once more of oC the Ottoman power grower Religious fanaticism Is the fiercest of all nil and aud none has proved more bloody blood and ani unreasonable than Ihan that of Islam The sword has from tho the beginning been the time instrument instalment of the lie Moslem propaganda tho the symbol of tho the great grent fanatic known to history as asI asi Mohammed Today in the tho east cast the crescent and the cross are arc In deadly conflict again while the tho western world taught to settle differences by b the tho of oC rea ren reason renson reason son looks on In horror at the senseless massacre of English and American Christians Carlyle sa says s A greater number of Gods creatures believe 1 In sword at this hour than thanIn In any other word whatever |