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A stirring "living history", for today's Christian family, to give an accurate understanding of the sufferings of those who chose to die for Christ in the Armenian region of Turkey, 1894-95. The author skillfully captures the customs, dress, practices, family life and faith of the Christian Armenians, and finally their infamous sufferings and massacre at the hands of their Muslim rulers.
This historical novel tells the story of what happened: their widows and orphans wandering about in cold and hunger, multitudes of orphans who had lost both parents, homeless, starving, hiding from the wild dogs in the streets: and every child might be safe and happy in the Mision houses if there were money to support them. The Turk respected the foreigner. In the heights of the massacres, all who could crowd into Mission premises were safe under the American flag. And in those massacres, numbers of those who perished had their choice, and chose to die for Christ. Their orphan children were starving. Miss Alcock starting writing this book on July 29, 1897 with no characters, no plot, no scenery, nothing but the title, By Far Euphrates., and a vague idea of her hero, a young Englishman. A friend, Miss Mellinger, told her how the black Euphrates glows into gold at sunset. "The dark river turns to light"-there was the motive for a martyr book; and among the host of soul-moving scenes and incidents related, the writer's practised mind began to pick up the threads of the story.
