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ARMENIA
A Martyr Nation
A Historical Sketch of the Armenian People from Traditional Times to the Present Tragic Days
BY
M. C. GABRIELIAN
Author of
“The Armenians, or the People of Ararat,” “The Armenian Question and the Massacres of the Christians”
New York Chicago Toronto
Fleming H. Revell Company
London and Edinburgh
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Copyright, 1918, by
FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY
New York: 158 Fifth Avenue
Chicago: 17 North Wabash Ave.
Toronto: 25 Richmond Street, W.
London: 21 Paternoster Square
Edinburgh: 100 Princes Street
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DEDICATED
TO
The Memory of the Martyrs
OF
1915 AND 1916
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INTRODUCTION
The history of Armenia is a history at once ancient, romantic, tragicand instructive. One of the peoples early mentioned in the OldTestament, the Armenians have maintained themselves for thousands ofyears, in a region close to the birthplace of mankind and associatedhistorically with the greatest of the cataclysms which have afflictedthe world, the Noahic Deluge. That God, in His providence, should havepreserved them as a people through so many centuries and amidst suchchangeful circumstances of peace and war, joy and sorrow, suggests thatthe Nation has yet before it an important mission in connection withthe destinies of Western Asia. The present great World Conflict hasbrought the Armenians through the persecutions and martyrdoms whichthey have endured from the cruel and heartless Turkish Government, veryclose to the hearts of Americans. They appeal to our people on thebasis of race, for they are substantially Indo-Europeans; on the basisof faith, for they were the first of Christian Nations; and on thebasis of Humanity, for their indescribable sufferings have evoked thesympathies of the world.
The author of the History of Armenia, as exhibited in this volume,the Reverend M. C. Gabrielian, M.D.,[Pg 6] is a native of Armenia, wasfirst trained in the American Mission at Marsovan, Asia Minor, cameto the United States in 1881, and completed his theological studiesat Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, N. J., in 1888. He thentook up a course of study at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, and received in 1892 the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Itgives me great pleasure to write this brief foreword to the History,congratulating the author upon the excellence of his work.
(Signed) William Henry Roberts.
Philadelphia, Pa.
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