Clara Barton gave to the world a greater influence than Catherine of Russia with her millions of subjects—her name will be remembered when that of Catherine shall have been forgotten.
Parsons (Kan.) Sunday.
The sign of the Red Cross, in crimson red, had come nearer its true significance under Clara Barton’s direction than it ever did before, whether by Constantine, named, or borne by crusader bands in assaults upon the Crescent. Worcester (Mass.) Telegram.
When stricken Armenia called for help in 1896, it was Clara Barton who led the relief corps of salvation and sustenance.
Grand Rapids (Mich.) Herald.
Resolved, That we regard Miss Barton the highest representative and purest embodiment of the Christian humanitarian spirit in America. The Church of Martyrs (Armenian Congregational Church). Worcester, Mass.
They knew, in Turkey, we had taken our lives in our hands to come to them, with no thought of ourselves. Clara Barton.
No American will hereafter in foreign lands feel any less security since the American National Red Cross has been before them in Russia and Armenia. Clara Barton.
When the cry came from Turkey, what man was there in all this land brave enough to lead where Clara Barton went, like an Angel of Mercy? The boundless love of that woman’s heart! God bless Clara Barton! Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey.
When the wail of the Armenians and downtrodden of the Oriental World was heard, Clara Barton was among the first to raise the banner of the Red Cross, like the crusader of old and push forward to the scenes of anguish and carnage.