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T r a n s l a t i o n .

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T h e th ings tha t we can perce ive .with our senses are coarse r and denser . T h e liner a t h ing is the r e m o t e r it becomes to ou r senses . Air.- heat, and e lec t r ic i ty are more difficult t o pe r ce ive - t han w o o d and stone: for the f o r m e r ~tre-liner than t h e la t ter . Similarly- g r a v i t y and g r a v i t a / t!0n, e ther ic waves and radio ac t iv i ty require 'a" finer pe rcep t ion tlian solids or fluids. M o r e o v e r the f i p e r a th ing is the m o r e pe rvas ive it be- Comes. FAectricity. ether , aud ene rgy seem to be p e r v a d i n g e x ' e r v w h e r e . l 'Ut the mate r ia l th ings are very- restr~icted in the i r sphere and b~-,und in a smal le r compa_ss. '1"he ~iner t h ings seem t o be compfehe i l s i ve and .o f

~m.ore pe rvas i ee natm:e. " T h e i m m a t e r i a l seem t,}/ be in, Out and around the mater ia l . T h e verses q t t o t e d ' a b o v e r e f e r to this law tha t ,~¢ivel'ns th¢~ universe , ( ;od is l iner thafi any'thing, and the re fore b e v t m d the ken - f all intellect. T h e eves cann6 t pe rce ive Him: n o r i n t e l l e c t ;rod reason

, canno t f u l l y comprehe~;id l l im . Y e t reason c a n n o t den~.- l l ini t h o u g h it m a y b e bl~ndlV g r o p i n g its way. Th i s p roves t h a t (~;od netist be in, a round, a b o u t . ' a n d beyond the utfiverse. W e i'eel l l l s pres.ence y e t (vt: c au n o t c o m p r e h e n d ] J im . . Bu t t h e r e is one dif ference, l [ o u r senses and in te l lec t and rea~¢ ning fail to find [Iim~ l ie . out Of l lis o w n Mercy . reveals l l i s O w n s e l f to c -nv ince u s t h a t l i e i s fllere, bu t l h e o the r lh]e th ings of u n i v e r s e h a v e - n 0 t t h e p o w e r of self- i 'evelat ion. S o h e r e t h e • a n a l o g y e n d s . God revea ls I l i m s e l f for l le is All -knoWing. - l i e kuows h u m a n needs , l i e k n o w s tha t r easo , l lw i thou t the l ight o f reve la t ion is

a bl ind alley.. In m o r a l : g o v e r n m e n t it has neve r succeeded. But ev t ' r r man is not litted to r ece ive divine revela t ion , because ex 'e ry one doe[~ not preparelfimself , . . . -..f°r its..reception.. . ' I t needs . . . . -t lifelon,;.. ~ l~rel , , ) ' t ra t ion and !

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revealed cer tain proofs, tl~rough these divine men; and i f m e n pri.,fit 1,V them then it is they u-ho gain . for they b e c o m e p : ! r takers of d ivine ligh't wluch b e c o m e s . t h e i r gu ide all t h e i r life. I f they turn as ide t h e n it is

" t h e y w l l o suffer , for they become to t f f l lvb l ind , los'ing even tha t d im ligllt which they liad. a l ' r e a d ~ " p o s s e s s e d . Disuse of ( ;od-g iven factl!t ies has ] alkvavs been a l ) re lude ' to the i r ent i re loss. q;he pro t )he t ' s d u t y i s .on ly

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T h e devi l e x e r t s - a n i n f l u en ce , n the. s o n ~ff m a n a n d t i le a 'ngel t .o~ T h e d e v i l i s h i n f l uence is tO i n c i t e . a : n a n to w i c k e d n e s s . a n d t o deny ' " :

the t r u t h : a n d ~tlle inf l t ience o f t im , snge l iS. to impe l m a n to d0 g o o d a n d " t , ac t -ep t / the t rut la . " . . . " ..- ' . ; - ' " "

1 [e is n d t of u s w h o d o t b n o t o r d e r tb.at W h i c h is good., a n d p r o h i l f i t " tha! Which is b a d . "

l i e w h o t r i e t h to r e m o v e t h e w a n t of h is . b r o t h e r , xx:hether he :be - : . i. success fu l o r no t , :.Allah will.forgix:-e Iris s ins . " -

T h e b e s t : o f m e n is h e f r 0 m wl mm"~o Od a c c r u e t h t o - h t m i a i f i t v , ' " . "

. T l i e r e w a S n o t a n Y M e s s e i i ~ e r seiiiE b e f 6 r e - m e : b y ~Al lah . b u t f o u n d . . . - • frit;nds and: c o m p a f i i o n s , wlm. e m b r a c e d h i s t e a c h i n g s a n d - b e c a m e h is " '. d i s c i p l e s ; a f t e r w h i c h w e i ' e . b o r n t l iose: Wlm .~oave o u r " p r e c e p t s w h i c h . they did n o t p r ac t i c e t h e m s e l v e s . a'nd d id w h a t t h e v " W e r e - . f o r l f i d d e n - t " . : d , i - l~e l i eve r s a r d t h o s e Haen W h . r e s i s t s i lch f i , lk wi l : l{ : thei r haf ids; w i t h ttwir, t o n g u e s , a n d Wi th t l i e i r h e a r t s ' , an d : there i.s m / t h | n g ' i n : f a i t h b e s i d e s . this, even u n t o a g r a i n o f m u s t a r d s e e d . . " -. . . .

S peak to m e n aedord in f f tQ t h e i r m e n t a l ca-lmcities, for: if v¢,u s p e a k " itl-I t h i n g s t o . a l l m e n . s o m e c a n n o t u n d e ? s t a ~ i d . x ' o u a n d so t h e y f~ill i n t . : . t t 1"1"~ ~ l ' S .

I:ear. n o t the p o p u l a r b l a n i e in e x p r e s s i n g a n d e x p 0 s i n g A l l a h ' s t r u t h . Say Whal: is t r ue . a l t h o u g h it. m a y b e b i t t e r . a ~ l , d i s p l e a s i n g to t h e

pe!aple." .- Islam.. lie,.z'm.., in . f . r lo rn . . state. , . :and i t will. . .quickly:. . ,return.. t . w h a t i t was in t h e be g in i r i ng~ t l m n b e j o y t u l ye w h o a re f i rm . . . ' :

R e f r a i n f r o m seei!~g a n d s p e a k i n g Of t h e v i ces o f , ! n a n k i n d , , for y o u k n e w t h a t you y o u r s e l f a r e i i o t f ree from? s in . - ' • " : -. : • " ,

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"l'h~m r o a s t e d w i t h 7"hy //re. . . . . \ \ . ' ho k m , w s ~ , l i a t : n m y . b e t h e tles- \Vhoeve i" c o m e to T h e e i n j o y " ' " ti-nv . o f o u t - present : c i v i l i z a t i o n . " i i T h o u tu rned , l i im -away in t ea r s . - t h e r e is t o o nfl tch p r o s p e r i t y in one

t ; i l t i l I b e c a m e i n s a n e ' f i w - . T h e e p a r t ~f t im w o r h l and t o o - l i t t l e in M y head ; w a s . b e r e f t of" all s e n s e : ' . t i l e o t h e r ? E f f e t e n e s s a n d prosper- 3l.x': l i fe fiw T h e e m y fancy , .wlur t a i t y - o n o n e s ide al id t h e f i e r cenes s tit

f a v o u r . . . . . - . . n e c e s s i t y on. the : . t h e r - s i d e b a r e oft- I l a .~ tT lu ,u d~m~ to me. so dense . " en c h a n f f e d t h e l e v e l s in t h e geog-

: " " " " r a l , h v : o f n m n k i n d a n d has c;tust'd MY L'0xge-Fever. b ' ¢ G o d , T h v f u r y t h e u n c i v i l i z e d to l t 0 w i n Upon the- t .Mitkes T h e e an inf ide l m o s t J ) r ave ; p r 0 s l ~ r , m s a n d t h ~ : e f f e t e , d e s t r o v - " P, u t T h o u h a s t m : a d e me " . A Mos lem ' . a s u b m i s s i v e s l ave , m g t l l e i r - - c i v i l i z a t i o n as the)," d e -

" - s t r o v e d t h e i r I m p u l a t i 0 n . T h e 1.6~- D i r e c t o ~ t i t is T h e e " . . : s o n ' i s t h a t c i v i l i z a t i o n c a n n o t afford T h a t ' c a u s e s all u n r e s t ; . . M o s l e m o r N o n - M o s l e m t h e r e is ' to h a y e b e y o n d i t s l e v e e s a risinff

t i de o f i m p o v e r i s h e d h u m a n i t y kept Thy" s i m m e r i n g in . every breast , a w a y f r o m w h a K t o t h e m . i s a won-

T h e .Messiah t h a t w a s sa id to l ) e .de r fu l sm-i)lus, 1)y a r t i f i c i a l i ' e g u l a - 1.tJcated s m n e w h e r e in t i le " [ ] 1 - 1 1 1 ~ [ - t ions .

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HEAR WH'AT THE LEADER SAYS

c~. -\ licrson drinks and thinks :in'l" a r r i v e s ' a t a cer tain "co nclusion, s tand t o g e t h e r . One of thenl m u s t

T h e same au,1 acts accord ing to that . An 1)e wrong , rule applies ,,thcr.t~erson also -tliiuk2s in h i s own to.all . . the beliefs and_act ions of life. - :

. way :t;1¢1 reaches cer ta in conclus ions T h e y mus t fall u n d e r t h e two cate- : . .1 m . u h l s h is . . l i fe accord ing to gories. . T h e y - m u s t e i t h e r be - fa l se .. flint. "~Vhat r ight has the . o n e : t o or t h e y mu-st be t r i te ; there can be

dent,talc6 the o the r? A: I f it .means Why. t h e y c a l l

each uther- l iars , then tl~eir c onduc t is rig[at reprelaensible, for ly ing pre- q tpp .ses evil in tent ion. None has .a right to th ink or regar d o ther as a li;tr, unless and until o n e gives t h e , ,,thei" a,: occasion to cloubt his bona- o r - t h e mora l s ide .of man : I f the) ' ~:

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fi,lc,~ or until{.tlie one b'etrays s igns °n?-;uncl'~ a~erVslemif , , f l v ing in his word.~ and deeds . Tc 1 " - " '- • a ~t(se ' a n d r e v i l e otlaers, never be- the re is a d i f ference of op in ion , - tha t c- rues .imble souls, .tinless one is.: must be sacrificed o r Compromised justified in the Course h i : is adopt - "f0r the g o o d of all2 B u t J f . t , l ~ d i f - -

i , ~ : But if the ques t ion iniports.; fe rence of opin ion touches t h i e v e r y wiw pe~ ple i!egard e a c h o t h e r mis- " Vital th ings of life : i f - i t affects the taken then it becomes a l toge ther dif-- mental , n;0ral a n d SpirituM sides to ierent. I t will resoh 'e t lwn into a f a r - r e a c h i n g e x t e n t , and if one tw. c a t e g o r i e s . V.iJ.her.the two dif- ferent ideas are two independent roads to one a n d t h e salne conchl-

' siam If tha t were so t h e n nobody has a r i g h t t o re:Card t h e . o t h e r ms ini.~talken for when b o t h t h e roads lead tt~ the same o l a c e then bo th are on a liar a n d i t does n0t beconae one to b l a n l e the o ther , f o r t h a t w.nld surelx; c a u s e schism and dis- turhance. .But i f t h e difference of

was a t rue Messenger of God whilst _the o t h e r r ega rds h im as an i r a - poster , these two v iews can never . . .

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n o third way." -. T o g ive a practical , shape t o this

difference 0 f opmiota . t h e n ' again " there are t wo ways . Cer ta in differ-

e n c e s m a y b e ahout mere details or mat te r s o f - m i l m r itnl~ortance which do not at al l touch the spiritual side

l?artv is denvin~ a t ru t l a -wbich is self 7 evident . : then " it becomes the o ther i~ar tv ' to w a r n the first of the ser ious consequences of the i r i l l :ad- vised coui'sei " ~ T h a t w 0 u l d be tlae mos t h u m a n and p roper c o u r s e to a d o p t I f w e do n o t - o f f e r ou r he lp t o a bl in 'd-manl and if We do not show h i m the w a y there is.a dan~er . of his fa l l i i lg . in to the p i t , a n d before God and .h ' l an w c are. acc0tm:table

,,piili0n per ta ins : - to the real i ty or for o u r - s h o r t s i g h t e d n e s s a n d dere- .unreality of a th ing then I t h i n k fiction o f h m n a n d u t y . for. h i s fall evdrvlm~lv has a r ight to rdgard the w i l l u l t imate ly affect u s ; s o |nsepar - ~ii.~: of ~;thel ~ Lmistaken. for c0nt ra- abh : c0nUected we are : 0 n e t o - a n - ,liction.~ can not be reconciled. : Fo r .. 0fher; T h e onh" .preCaution is that~ instance a nerson thiiiks tha t there we do. not asstli{le the r01! of a men-. is such a t-hing~ as God. while the c to r or a boss to become our b ro th - ,,ther think~ flUtt t lwre is m, S u c h eCs-keener , in a w a y . f o r t ha t has thing as God. NoW in the na tu re of been .the.. bane. of a l l such well-in- thin~s you caniai~thelp th . inking0t l l - • ten t ioned Courses. : There : should e rwise . ' Both i f f . : these-s ta ten ien ts nei ther be c o n t e m p t nor ha t red in can n o t b e t rue a t one and the -same our words as well as a t t i tude w h i c h time.- One of flaem needs mus t b e . should b rea the :of - s incer i ty , svm- wr .n~ . l ie wl~o believes in God patl{v, and fel low.feel in¢. T h a t

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W H A T T H E M E S S I A H A H M A D S A Y S

W h a l - i s real l ight? It is wha t comes d,awn from heaven and descends t q)ontl~e hear t of a person, c . n s o l i n g and c o m f o r t i n g him. This. li.~ht seel~er a f t e r s ah ' a t i on needs, for if one is n o t free f rom doub t he is not free f rom to rmen t , l i e w h o is depr ived of d iv ine vision here wilt a lso be wi thou t a n f l i g h t in the nex t l i f e . T h e h01y -.~Vord savs i "He w h . is b l ind in this life will 1)e 1)lind in the life to come and his c ~ M i t i . n will t i e worse t h a n b F f o r e . " Sca t t e red all , v e t the holy book w:e come across r e f e r ences which tell us tha t God i l lumines t h e hea r t s o'f: those who s iee l /a f te r - l l i s light, so much ,sd tha t they. Will be x 'ouchsafed divine vision. I te.s,4y s tha t l i e w i W m a n i f e s t ] I i s m~ght a n d G l o r y u p o n t h e m

: in a w a y t h a t .a!l mig l ! t ; amb worldls- ghWv Wi'll b ecome ins ignif icant in t]~eir eyes. T h 6 s e are j t h e th ings tha t I I ] iwe d i r ee t l r hear~'l ~ f rom 1lira t h r o u g h His revela t ion to me. M y soul c r ied out t o me, T h i s is the way to reach and knokv H i m . a n d t h a t ; i s the. o n l y - w a y t o o v e r c o m e Sin. F~/r ;t:seeker a f t e r r ea l i t y and / t ru th it is neces sa ry tfiat he fol lows I t r u t h and real i ty . Suplmsitid/as, hypotheses, : and theor ies cannot avail u s any th ing in thi's p a i h . W e a1e w.itnesses o u r s e l v e s a n ' d we b e a r wi tness befrire all the w o r m ~hfit;,ve have' found this t ru th -a !M rea l i t y t h r0ngh tl{e Holy Quran . • W e bea rd /God ' s voice and we sa(+ tl .e mightY,, signs'~ff 1 ItS riCh't hand. the s a m e ' G o d wh6 sent dowl¢ this Quran . W e are convinced that I le is th.e t rue God and tlel, is tlie Mas t e r of all the w o r l d s . \Ve. are sure i~f i t as we are sure o f tlie fact tha t l a n d under w a t e r is sa tu ra ted with it. It is wi th a cer t i i intv aml c0nx"icticm tha t we invi te o the r s to this t r n t h

1 7 . " . • , . ° " / ° ° " " . - ' and light. A \ e haxe found thls:Tl r u e L igh t wluch (hspels ;ill darkness . I I Th i s real ly m a k e s - u s cold to all U'oi'l¢lly desires and riches, and t h i s i s

1 the 0nly w a y hv which a man can pu rge h imse l f of all hnpur i t i e s aim da rknesses of tile ttesh. T h u s can lie get o u t of h i s self a i ld - low i lesires as a Snake g e t s Out of his m o u l t e d ski,n. ,. T h a t is the l iv ing faith: that - we possess . T h e s e d i v i n g s igns of:~ ~livi~ng f,a~:tli "tre denied to the p1"esent-

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da,¢ Chr, s tmmtv .0 though the p romise is- there .ili the gospels . T h i s is just pn 'mfis ing someihink~ to ou r ea~s and denvln.~ it to bt l r hope. Chr ' ist ianity is dead. dead tO all in ten ts and .purposes, for it d o e s not .~ive us anv- ] i~ing promise . ] :or itr~ p roof it onl)) takes us back. \ V h a t ~s t l ie Use ,~f a rel igion t ha t onh" offers us stori'~s f rom the pas t and lms no ready. th ing i n t h e . p r e s e n t " T h i s is. What we m e a n b y the d e a t h of a religh~l;. I f we ~_annot ,~et an x ~ h i n g n o w w h a t c a r e we for the pas~t. NO s ign of life.in. Claris t iani tv i i0w 3 we a r e n o t ' c h i l d r e n t o he a m u s e d and plea'seal with t h e ' f a b l e s ; "l.et the dead pas t l m r v its d e a d , Xv~ a r e in the l iving _ present . (_'ome, g ive us s o m e t h i n g nonr ' ishin~ and l i fegiving which can . { sus ta in ou r life n,~w. T h e ea r ly f;i thers had t h e thin~-: whx: c a n ' t we have it n o w ? T h e lWt'sel)t will l irove the pas t o r w e shall have to discard it as a useless " " ~ ' ~ ' " . . . . . ] • thm~. \ \ ' e don t need hfeless heirh~onis~ 2~,way with it, ¢ ; i re its the b read of life or begoue and be forever fo rgo t ten . i " I F C H R I S T C A M E • B A C K " even if our L o r d J e s u s ' w e r e once C. ] l . Za leske . ]~ernand0..t 1~,. A., aga in to a s s u m e h u m a n . f o r m a t ida t - j

LIL.B., lXI.A,I.C., at tile Munic ipa l _ . t empt t , en t e r these and o the r : .

i Council of Colombo. in f avor of h i s Chr is t ian coun t r i es . n ient ioned ~n mot ion aga ins t the K e n y a decision, the mot ion (Canada , Aust ra l ia . said. S o u t h Afr ica; : K e n y a ) he would be

" ' \Vhat a ]~arad(,x of Chr i s t i an i ty , k e p t o u t as a despised A:siatic ('tCe.v; " a Religion f o u i ~ d e d b v an : \ s t a t i c loll Independent"6.9.23.)

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want t - f,~lh;w this one tcachitlg of .Jesus and neglect his others. \Vii)" do.t l icv hSve more than one stilt of. clothes, an~ ~crip or coin : why is it that they mar ry or drvorce: wily l., it t ha t they are tbink, ing , f morrow

this very discussion of future wars and {heir a t t i t u d e t o w a r d s it smacks: of t l iought of: thel mor row? Let them be consis tent in. their att i- ttide and let them llve a Chr i s t i an

X,. ::)\~,,1. ~ April, 16:214 life :~s lesus t:ttt~bt it. Chari.ty.l~e- " ging at" liome. " I3ef0re tliey g o ottt

tell ing otliers wha t they should or B E M O S L E M S A N D D E F E N D :shoUld not do let thcnl tlrst be t rue .

A M E R I C A to Jesus. Le t them~ be frank. \Ve . A g .od deal of cont roversy is go- "are addressing here the Christian

inff o n oll the pu lp i t as well as in ministers Who want to be pacifists tile lwess.about the future course of " at au3 ~ cost. As to those who Want American policy in connection with t o be patriotic as w e l l a s Christian r the war.- There . are certain organ- we sav.~'our object i s :very laudable, izati~ms whose purpose , as we read bnt 3,on can uot be t rue Christian. them,.is to ndvise America to ini- Jesus absolutely, forbade war, b u t tiatc a policy 6f absolute peace and y o u r pat r io t ism requires tha t you

• ileclare against a l l kinds Of war . s h o u l d . b e iii the fo r e f ron t of those. .~olnc cx'en go so far as to a n n o t l l l c e __~O a r e wil l ing to lay down their iheir intent'ion 0f. refusing t o bear lives: for t he sake Of the i r country:

, a'rms even i n case . o f a defensive Jesus r tea6hing is on13~ mean t for the : war. \Ve. are not to discuss here recluses an,;1 hermits:, who liave " the merits of. t h e q u e s t i o n one -way n o t h i n g to do Witli this life, w l i o . r t h c other, for ours is a non-p01it- s c o r n life a n d all tha t it s tands for. icat religions paper. I f we say anv- I f Jesus could h e . w o u l d have en- thin.~ t i l a t - i s from purely I r e l ig i0us forced tlle doctrine of Castration on p oitl:t of :view. \,Ve a r e ' conce rned a wh01esal~ Scale. and, t h e r e would here with pulpit, the Christ ian pu l - ; have. been a n end" tO t h i s thr iv ing . lilt. we mean . Of Course w e can and l i v i n g w o r l d a s w e see i t : t0day. easily unders tand the position o f You wan t t o live, .and it is on this tho.q~, who Want t o h a v e Jesus first, condit ion tha t you would a l low the T h e v w a n t t o b e ' o u t of war a t a n y world to live. ': 'Bu t Jesus : says resist cost~ because Jesus ' sa id : R e s i s t n o t not evil. Hence you will have to Evil. The i r a t t i tude is perfect ly stop all . this tall taik of Chris t iani ty understandable. Jesus i t was who and fall into line with Is lam, which

• said that if you are smit ten on the says and c0tnmaild~ F igh t aga in s t ri.~ht cheek.vot, t are to turn )-our lef t t h o s e who fight agains t you; bu t ex- :d'so.-and if ~'tn 3 onetai~es away votlr .ceed not l the limit. .If yon hes i ta te c,mt w)u migh t wilffl g o o d ' g r a c e to declare yourself forl I s lam for

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hated over y o u r t r0t ' t sers-as well. some obvious_reason, then rest as- Those Who want to f o l l o w Jesus sh red tha t by ) ' o u r practice y o u are through thick and thin are abso- end0rsin~ an Is lamic principle and

' lu{ely justifie d in refusinff t o - b e a r re jec t ing Chris t ianl tv jus t in t h e arms evel l . in self-defence, for did same way a s vou have been discard- he . imt say that those who li~'e bY ing o t h e r saiient points of Chris; the sword d i e b v the sword. This t ianitv in favor 'of Is lamic principles, is plain logic, bttt we fail to Under- l)ut you are too proud to admit it. stand why iS it that t h e s e g e n d e m e n Any(~'ay the yictory is f o r Is lam,

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which v - u wil l h a v e l~, a d m i t s o m e t ime . S 'ou c a n ' t be C h r i s t i a n as w e l l as d o t l i e f i g h t i n g job. I t s h o u l d be u n d e r s t o o d t h a t w e a d d r e s s h e r e t he C h r i s t i a n s a l o n e . -

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O U S S A C R I F I C E - .

O u r C l i r i s t i a n friendS, b e l i e v e t h a t

lhr , ,u.~h l l is d i v i n e son Jesus. This w e t h i n k is a fa i r e x p o s i t i o n o f the C h r i s t i a n p o i n t of v i e _ w , a n d w e be-

: t i eve w e h a v e l e f t o u t no necessa ry a n d e s s e n t i a l . p o i n t . to g i v e a. fair h e a r i n g .

.. That a lllall c a n n o t e s c a p e sill , , w i n g t - - t h e h e r e d i t a r y t a i n t We. b e l i e v e ~s an idea whic l{ is d e r o g a - t o r y to the s u l ) l i m i t v i~ff h u n l a n na-

a lan c a n n o t e s c a p e f r o m :s in , s ince ture . ]i" a perscm w'ere to ca re f td lv it h a s l ) e c o m e i n h e r e n t in hinl o w - e x a n r i n e h i s o w n se l f he wil l ntJtit"e in t~ to t i le s i l ls 0f h i s f i rs t p a r e n t s , , . -. . . . . • ' - . . . . " " . • . . " - t l l a t l i e i s t l o t a t a l l t i l e c r e a t u r e d f In~s t ip lmr t o t t i l ls t i l e r say t l l a t i t ts ~ . , .... ~ . ;

; | . - % . -,- - , , , l a t e : tie is a t r ee a~..,r¢~llt m o r e o r le~;< easlt~r to Slll [nan to (to ~,o'OOCI. l u o r e - " " ' • er " ' " " " c r ~ " " " o " , , l l l t i l e i n o r a l , e , o v e r 1 1 1 i l e l l t , o t t i l l s l i ve r Inan re. ,ar¢ls Sill ;is a ~ r e e a m e , , ..,.,- .. . . -

" " " " " ¢ r , , , , w o r I ¢ l . 1 n e r e . i s . 1 1 o p o w e r O l l I - a n t i v i r t u e a ( l l S ; ~ r e e a l l l e i l l l r ( l e n , • ~ - e "" . - " - , - . . .

- . . . . " : , • . ' ; ; S l ( t e , o i l l l a n S O ~ , V I I I r e e w l l l t h a t 2 ' i S S l l l I S l l l l l e r e n t t l l e r e l o r e 1t ( ' a l l - . - - n o t be w i p e d Off. a l t d g e t h e r . Re - can fo rce h in l to a c t o t h e r w i s e . T h . e .

tmh" d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n m a n and p e n t a n c e m e r e l y c a n tu rn a w a y t h e t h e " l o w e r a n i m a l s i s - t h a t t h e y can p u n i s h m e n t b u t * n a t u r a l , ccm.ce- •

b e d r i v e n w h e r e t i le d r i v e r li-steth que 'nce s c a n n o t be d o n e axxay wi t l i , w h i l s t t h a t is n o t t l ie c a s e w i t h - a l a n .theVout. th~taverthe: fOrnaturalinstanCe,consequ.encetl)ev p0intof "l'l~e: t h i n g i s t h i s t h a t s in can" be

f o r n i c a t i o n and p r o n l i s c u o u s s e x u a l c l a s s i f i ed ~ undei" . t w o h e a d i n g s - - • i n t e r c o u r s e is e i t h e r g o n o r . r h o e a o r m o r a l a n d s p i r i t u a l - - t h e l a t t e r be--."

. . . . . . . . . i n ~ Old{, t r a c e a b l e - t o the- d iv ine SVplIII]S. I - e l l l t anee l l lav k e e p a w a y , • ~-~ , . . , . ~- J; -- ' .- • • ". t a w s • i e o i ) t e t r ee u ' o m m o r a l Sills t h e c h a s t l s e n l e n t , b u t i t . Is i l l i n o i s - - " . . . . . .

• , , ~ , . . . . . • " ;'-::;" c a n be fottild in all r e l i ~ ' . i o n s ~ i t - i s l i l l e - t o a X o l a t i le v e n g e a n c e o1 t x a - ,', - • - p o s s i b l e t l i a t e v e n a n l o n g t i le a the- l u r e . I n t e r c e s s i o n a n d r e p e n t a n c e . . . . "" .

a l w a v s . f o l l 0 w sin and n o t p r e c e d e ts ts we' m a y n l e e t w i t h i ) e r sons w h o it ! h e n c e t l l e 3, c ; tnno t be o f a n y e , ~ ! l . l a y l ) e p e r f e C t l y f r e e fl'Onl all n loral c acy , f0 r sin n l u s t en t a i l i t s Cnnse- s ins . : \ s a m a t t e r Of f ac t i t . i s sti l l a q u e n c e s . "] 'hat. is why . b e l i e f in re- l : e n t a n c e and i n t e r c e s s i o n m a k e s a m a n b o l d in t h e c o m m i s s i n n o f s ins. F a s t i i i g a n d p r a y e r t h e y - a l so t l i ink a r e o f l l o ava i l ( ( ' h e n o n c e vbtt l m v e been in t h e g r i p of s in. ' O I l t h e / , t i l e r ha'rid t h e y say t h a t i f a Pe r snn is l e t of f v d t h o u t n i m i s h ' h l e n t : t h a t ~s a g a i n s t t i le j u s t i c e and r i~hteou.~- . nes.~ o f God . . L a w a n d i ts o rd i - n a n c e s o n l y m a k e a a lan sin.ful, fop ~in t h e y sa\~ c o m e s • w i t h k n o w l e d g e . T h a t i.~ wh 'v t h e y l n d v a n c e t h e i r p e t t h e o r y ' o f v i c a r i o u s sacr i f ice , f o r . a c - c a r d i n ~ to t h e m . it is i n _ t h i s W a y

nlO,~t . p o i n t wbezther sin i s h e r e , l f • tn r .v . . K v e t ( i f vale adil{it t h a t it were so. w e can s a y t h a t i t ig e a s y }o-es- c a p e f rom -it. I t is t r u e . t h a i : physi - . c a l l v a a l an i n h e r i t s t h e .p!lvsical t r a i t s 0f his p a r e n t s : a s x:phil i t ic in- h e r i t s a s v n h i l i t i c n a t u r e . a n d a tu- b e r c u l o u s T a . t u b e ÷ c u l o u s . , I t m a y bi~• s u P l m s e d t h a t s p i r i t u a l d i s e a s e s m a y .

- b e t r a n s m i t t a b l e t l i i s w a y . g u t t h e r e a r e t h r e e e o n s i d e i ' a t i o n s . .1.- I I o w -far can o n e i n h e r i t t h e t a i n t of s i n ? . . . . . . . . . . . sin i n l l e r i t a b l e ? 3. A r e i t s e f f ec t s e f f aceab l e ?

W e k n o w t h a t those , d i seases a l m i e t h a t t i le ju s t i ce , l ne r cv ; and a l o n e a r e i n h e r i t e d xx:ith w h i c h t l l e . r igh teousnes .~ o f : G o d a r e r e c o n c i l e d . p a r e n t s a r e i n f e c t e d . . I t n e v e r hal,- and sa t i s f ied . Je sus . d ied fo r us a n d p e n s t h a t s v p h i l i s t r a n s n l i t s f ever e x p i a t e d fo r o u r s i n s . t l m s Saris- o r p t h v s i s , d i a b e t e s . S e c o n d l y , the f v i n g the iu:stice o f God . and t t i e r e - s a m e ~ t i s e a s e i n f e c t s t h e o f f s p r i n g " f o r e p e o p l e h a v e n o w h e e n f reed w h i c h i n f e c t s t h e p a r e n t s , a t the f r o m t h e bonda f f e of sin on a c c o u n t t i n l e of c o n c e p t i o n . 3. O n l y s u c h - f t h i s m e r c i f u l d e s i g n of G o d d i s e a s e call i n f ec t t h e e m b r y o which

ha- taken a deep mid pcrlnanent If that were so the world would scal in the cmlstitutio:n of the par- have been full o£ vice without a cot,. Taking all tlae.~e things into trace of virtue. The facts belie this o,u.-ideration we can say that as;:ertion. Moreover if it appears .\dam's sty,, if any, cannot l inger easier sometimes to sin, it is not be- louff. . cause it is really.easier, but because

According to t he Christian S c r i p - ' w e didn't: care to go into tll e ques- tun's Adanl ate of the tree of knowl- lion. The fact is this that when a cd.'."e; hence the chikt Was tO inherit person makes , his -first a t tempt at

' t h i s disease, of knowledge, hmne- lying he reallv finds it hard to do it. diatelv after tile e/ttifig o£: fi'uit we :t'le Who is accust0med to speaking a'e tgld tIiat A-dittorepented, hence the t y u t h finds it a terrible ordea d it is this permanent i r a i t that the t O teli a--lie.. He s w e a t s and per= . :

. ,ff~,win,~ of Adami was t o i n h e r i t spires all over ; l ie cannot find it in . - | ~ , - • • ~ • . . . ° • .

am l not tile temporary aberratmn of lus heart that lie has done tile mght mind. His immediate a n d . prompt repentance shows that . the disease had not taken a d e e n root. hence it could not be h6reditar~'..,; Adam did nc~t l{ersist in sin and fie die~l a true repentant. I t is n o t always true that all disease.s are inheritable. As a-m.atter.of fac t even the so-called hereditary "diseases are "riot some,

th ing, he cannot-show his face; he cannot look boldly into the faces o f

o t h e r s lest t i ler- detect Ir is :weak- ness ; and he is ~;ery much confnsed. Similarly a- thief for the first time finds it hard to reconcile his con- science wi th Msdeed. For the :first time a guilty mind finds it real hard to conceal his guilt. I t is only when

times a t ' a l l transmitted. V e r y of- " a.liar, a thief; or a guil ty person get ten a tuherc(flous does not beget liardened in-the~.habits; when they a tuberculOus.i Then again, it is repeat the.same~thing o v e r a n d Over an established-fact iba t a famih" sUf- again, tha t they become callous and h.fin~ from such a malignantl3, dis-", so they find i ( ehsier to g o . i n t o it tressfuIinheritable disease is wiped - with a l i g h t h e a r t l Yet it is easy out in a few generations or the dis- to see that .this is the unnatural ease disappears. I t can never b e state of mind. .No person ever that t'he disease m a y take:a p.erma- feels confused..and confounded when • nent hohl and linger on endlessly, he is doing t i le ÷ight thinffi That If that so the world c o u l d s h o w s that. right. .is natural.... . :and.. were nnt ~ on for lOng. Even if sin had s t a r t ed -wi th A d a m it nmst have stopped10ng, long ag6. More- ,,ver we k n o w that regular trent- ment of almost all. he;reditarv dis- eases can help efface all "Ttraces

' t , f such diseases, if. care i s taken frmn the t ime o f conception and this h a s been p rac t i ca l ly demon- str~ited. Good food, h ealtlly up- 1,rin~ing and training, and good a t ,

• m0Spllere and social relations h e l p a t~reat way. Hence it is nnbeliew able., tlmt sin could be s o mal ig - nantly tTersistinff and it is wrong : to

,ImseoniFs fundamentals of religion ¢,n such ,'i shifting basis. - " -.

"F,~ say that it is easier • to sill than ta act righteduslv is again not a

-. rig ll .~ppreciation;of hnman nature.

-wrong is unnatural, and .it is really. n l igh tv hard to do ~vrong so l o n g ' a s . one is not h a r d e n e d into wicked- n e s s .

-There is ano ther aSlCect td- this : question. W e admit some natures f ~hink.- it easy to go wrong, but as we have shown that this is due t o the: warping of intellect under ' -unnat - - u r a l - c i r c u m s t a n c e s . . Y e t we Imve ~i a right to-ask th i s t lues t ion . \Vhat would you think of . a man who thinks it right, t0 do tile right tiling?. Shall we'.6av that h e h a s inherited virtue? Tliis one fact i s suff icient h~ ext~lode this theory of born tMnt. for nobodY; can deny the fact that there a r e ' s u c h good Souls in the wnrhl and:h is tory mm~lv bears o u t

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case of hardened cr iminals we find that they do not look upon their handiwork as . ~ , 1 in every case. The re are t imes when they are filled' witli remorse at their own misdeeds. ..\ thief or a robber may tal~e actual pleasure in the thin~, bu t they never like the ~ idea that Hae.v m a y be s imilar ly despot.led of their spoils. T h i s state we never filld in t]~e case qf a r igh teous person, l i e can never rehea t of what h e hasdm~e or hewt~uh'l never he displeased at the idea t h a t the lte0_nle should, do the same thin~ towards him.. Apprec i - a t io t l 0f sinfulness, i f , there is real ly st!¢h a thit~.~, is a l w a y s linlited lye- t ime and pl,~ce but t h e usefulness Of ~ood is universal and . un l imi t ed . F o r ins tance the doe r -o f r ight will have the satis.faction t o know tha t . he is do ing the r ight riling, and he will ahvavs like t h a t o t l a e r s should do the s91~ie thing. Evil untler cer- triin mental conditf lms and d u r i n ~

"the ac t of commissioi~ ma;c be re "~ - .~'arded as not a bad th ing by a de- ffenerate but he is never of the same ,,pinion under all c i r c u m s t a n c e s and a t all times. ITtter ¢legenerate m a y

• he-al l exception.~to this rule, bfit we ehm't despair cif man. :Sometimes? under g rea t p ro roca t inn people have exhibi ted such signs of degeneracy , b u t t h i s is only a teml~orary aberra- tion o f m i n d . - A !~ealthy mind has

if he is not a sinner, then, sureh- there ix no use for this vicari,,u's sacrifice. It is 1)reposterous to think- tllat a - s ing l e mi s t ake of A d a m I~e s,o nianifold in i t s incidence as f0 ~ v e r s h a d o w .all h u m a n - a c t i v i t i e s . vet his l i f e - l o n g v i r t u e s and right- eous l iv ing s h o u l d b e alt0geHaer con- s id led to total oblivion. \Vha t a t i ' avestv 4~f h u m a n i t y ! .Is i t n o t a fac t tha t A d a m had "repented of his sin aud G o d had accepted h i s re- morsefu l promise 6 f reform ? Did he nr~t die a r igh teous s e r v a n t o f God?. Gc, od or bad can alway.-s l~e.jud~ed as a whoie. You c a n nex.,er judge a person f rom his isolated Word 9r deed. T o say! t h a t r epen tance ran- n o t . t a k e a w a y the n a t u r a l conse- quences of one ' s action.~ c a n n o t he advanced by. a believer, i n Atone- meat . few ii; shire o f the i r ' be l l e f in the death of J e s u s no t rue and fai th- rid ( 'hri~lian ha~ ever been able t6 e s c a p e the na tura l consequ6nces of his ac~ons . TTe is nnt. a wh~t bet- h,r tli~m ~~thers who dou ' t believe ;il th;,: l~n:rti~'u!:,r dt~etrine: J~s to the ,,~ho,-ax-~,rhl and t h e R~de'ment o f bur deeds.-,~ogd a n d bad . Whvi re~e,~t- once ~s as t,c~d, if not more . as this .~heddin~ rff..innnCent hlcind to ap- pease an. r~ffended deitv.

( T o he cmatinued. ) . . _ - . "

never t h o u g h t like th~at. I s lam i s : " T h e r e 1.'~ no dei ty bttt I t is said tha t as sin is he r ed i t a ry God: ITe created tl)e un iverse and

and-can b e t r a ] l s n d t t e d : f r n m gener - rules i t With love and mercy . He ation to '~elier, ' itinn.whv, it is no sin alone i s to 1)e: worshinne.d : in :Him at all. \ V h a t c~tnllot !~¢~ efffiCed is ,cnnfidence is to be p laced in :time

-~ no sin. I t is a .~oi't of inst inct , YoU of a d v e r s i t y . T l i e r e m u s t he nn " caq ' t hel l ) d o i n ~ i t I t is no s in . to

m n r m u r i n g s at lTis decrees : !~fe--. feel hunge r and thirst, s o . i t : i s n n sin t o Sin. for we a te not fi'ee agen t s your own a n d Others dearer than Hlere. W h a t cannmt be c u r e d m u s t y o u r ~wfi. m u s t be placed i n I i i :-

b e : endured. I f sin cannot" be hands in -trust" and :love. T h e fatal- omi t ted w h a t about those ~ener~t- is.m which has come to be reearded. titnlS t lmt precede/d th% Con'lfll~ of a.~ par t of tlie Moslem creed lind: _Tesus?. W h a t a b o n t t lmse n rophe t s ; m~ l)lace if~ the .sYstem established and the r ighteous folk :who Pas~ed 1 )V3[uhammad who again and a ~ a i n hefore I e sus? Is Al~raham a. sin- d i s t i n c t l y : a n d e m n h a t i c a l ! y repudi- her and an inmate of l-iell? .qurelv ated the idea. M u l m m m a d taught thnt is not. 6r shmdd t lo t -be the he- refiv'4n :rod:not revolution."~Harms: l i e f o f any': God-fear ing person. Y e t 7~'orlh'F.ucyclopcdia.

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\\ riles the New \ \ ' i tness of 1.on-:. ,hm: "I t seems absr~lntelv incredible that the C h r i s t i a n dwellers in Icrusalem, du.ring the early cen- iUl' i t '5 Of o u r era, shouhl have 'known n,, I;,etter way of manifes t ing their c.ntt 'mpt for the Jews than by" l~eap- ii~g ,,ver Ibis r o c k t h e choicest and m..-t--unsav0ry filth s~f a not x:erv cle:m .city. -.Yet so it was. \Vhe;~ the t.'alili~h ~)ifiar conque red l!ales- tim- in 657 ?\. ]).. h i s f i r s t care Was t. have this piled up tilth removed, the rock"thorouglfl~,; cleansed and linallv d renched , with rosewater . Sixty'_ y-ears la te r , the mosque,- like s.me enchanted palace of the imagi-

-natii,, rose over it and Ires protected than

the New Tes tament . \ V e r v e noth- ing to de; with the interpretat ion of

. his .words by. his-apostles and others af ter thelfi. If Wetak .e the plain words reported to have proceeded from his b lessed mouth, we clearly s e ' ~ t h a t they teach the same sub- lime trutlas a.s oui" prophet llimself ihculcated. Jesus (lid not li~.'e long to complete his missi~ll, Muhamhiad completed it. Iloth w e r e God's rues-. sense "s "--Noh's on Islam.

. W H O W A S D E A D ?

A preacher"who fouud nt) one at l)ra.ver-meeting - began to t o l l the bell. A dozen folk came . running in, and. one asked, " W h o is dead?" " T h e Claurcl~." replied the preacher,

it ¢~ver s i n c e tlarough more as he pu.lled away. at tlie ro l )e . - -The .twelve centuries. Defiled b~; the Cevl0n Daily. Mail. earh' Cbristians, neglected b'v the ~ . -- h'w~s, v~stored tO h0nor by the 'g rea t iSaliliff;:(it has: bec , ,me" the ,iiost i A C R I T I C i S M O F I S L A M

sacred treasure ~Jf Is lam. And it i s M r . J. C. M010nv'in his ilhmminat- under, the grea t dome that .sba_rs " ing cri t icism of th'e N . t e s on Is lam ab,ve it and the .shining Ealstern m a k e s some very t renchant remarks L'rescent t h a t surmottnts it. t h a t ag~,tinst Is lam. ~,Ve are glad that he 3h,u,t Zion i s still the 'perfection d o e s not associate lHmself with a n y - of bcaut-v, the joy o f - t h e whole scho01 of tliought, l i e is its it were earth.:"' " I t is wrongly supposed a fr¢.e lance. "1 am not. I fear.:a con- that the J e w i s h templ~e ~Jr a Chris- vinced a d h e r 6 n t c f f . any part icular

" " .. faith, says he. tiat¢-ChUrch was pul led down to form of religious " - " m:ike ~way f o r this holy . l nos que . 3~et in spite iif t h a t lie is conx-inced The story is an inventioir O f : the- . f the indubitable t ruth of Christian . . . . . enemies of I s l am and it is in keep i ng sphe re . T h a t is a very easx, way of -- with the . lying agen.cy that f a b r i : , raising object ions anc|'escal~e tak'iUg - c:tted, the Story tha t the Alexandt:ian q lome thrusts.- - ]lut hever mind tlmt. I.ibrarv was burned down unde r t i l e \Ve take him -at his w o r t l s . W e c, rders of H a z r a t Omar . The mosque - w o n ' t . t o u c h Christi.anitv, though we was.built some f i f t y y e a r s after?tlae are afraid w e do no t" know" what

death of the Calipl L while.tl~elil~rarv these people mean bv Christianitv. • was burned down bx( the Cllristians t ? e o p l e h a v e a k n a c k ' i n these da,~-s -

timmselves- soine . ' three: hundred o f :deny ing all the fundan ien ta l s '0 f I _. years before t h e birth o f the Caliph. C!arigti'ani'i~v-anti still Calling f l lem- . ']:ictii-,il strange- are thy xX avs. : seh;es Christian and" exto l l ing Chris-

' " " " t ianity, lt~iS a mefitali ty t h a t w e ISLAM'S A T T I T U D E T O W A R D liave to meet. with everywhere , in

p re s s , l:mlpit, a s well a s in l i f e in C H R I S T I A N I T Y general': Peo!)le den;," the historici ty

'.'1 believe tha t Is lam is b u t a con- -of.lesus, the~ reject~his i m m a c u l a t e tifiuation and consummat ion of collception~ ant i miraculons birth, Christianitv.~s taught by Jesus h im-- they disbelieve hi~ miracles, they self in his" own speeches which are discard his death on the cross antl reporl~ed, in the Synoptic Gospels of h i s physical ascension into the

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heavt.n, they call lhe g,Sl~cl s t - r i c s myths , and they regard the L'hris- tian Scr ip tures }ts mere p lagiar isms of the B a b y l o n i a n . Chahlean, E g y p - t ian and G'reek wri t ings . B u t - w i t h all that we hear of Chr i s t i an i ty ou

i;tll hands. W e w o n d e r wha t ~t is. Even t h e s e called teachings of te- sus which is a ve ry fluid formula are. but the old t each ings taken f rom the prophets and o ther sacred writ-. ers. A n y w a y . w e ::re no t . conce rned

it phmged the wlmle Rom)tn world into the abysmal darkness of the dark ;tries. "Europe begafi to took" br igh t when it c~tst off the old shack- les , f C h r i s t i a n i t y and began to brea the more IreeJv'. So the prog- ress o f - t h e \ \ res t is not owing to Ch-ristianit~- lint in spite .of it. We

: q u i t e a g r e e With hini tha t rel!gion hag m u c h to sa{. in tlie mMter-,ff wor ld ly progress, and soc ia l amity.

• but w e a r e cons t ra ined t o -rctnm'l~ w i t h these points at present , l l e t l ia t the religion o f Iris t h i n k i n g has says, " f l o w then comes the fact . . . . been tried, and found want ing . Is- tha t I s l amic count r ies in the main la in has p r o v e d its wor th and sli]l have -wretched gove rnmen t s , and : awai t s its Oppor tuni ty . . are c rumbl ing a w a y before Chris=. ' Rel igion deals with eternal veri- t ian p o w e r s ? " Tile answer i s - v e r v ties. I t s funct ion is the bet terment

B e c a u s e ms tead of ac t in~ simple. ' " " " . . upon the t rue p r i n c i p l e s of Is lam they began to act upon the 0bsolete C h r i s t i a n doct r ine of non- res i s tance of evil, In s t ead of pu t t i ng and keep ing their house in order , and their home de/ences perfec t and complel~e they let .thitigs .haVe .their own w a y an'd w e r e easi ly sedui:ed

o f humai'V m i n d a n d h m n a n nature. T h e work ings of human nature all dou!n the centur ies have exhibited the same tendencies and t h e salne i n c l i n a t i o n s . Details may a l t e r a n d differ bu t the e tenml veri'ties remain the same. H e n c e t h e r e m t l s t be fin, aliti" and f ixi ty in those principles of "conduct w h i c h hax;e ever re- mained the same. I t "is absurd to b y - t h o s e who the \ ¢ wei~e io ld t o be I

Sl'~eeially cau t ious 'o f . T h e s o - c a l l e d .look for cliange in t he se things. It.. i Christian p o w e r s h a V e succeeded l~e- .is on ly the l ibert ines i o wh0nl all re- cause they bade good;, by'e to the s t r ic t i0ns seem a w k w a r d tha t ad- teakliings o f Chr is t ian i ty , a n d i n . i t s vance ' such nleas. O t h e r w i s e hu-:l place a d o p t e d tlle saner "print}iples-of m a n na ture 1-aas: had sufficient time lslam. The trend of all modern-legis- : to e x h i b l t its t rue self. " \Ve have l a t i o n is t owards Is lamimu a n d not come across a n y va r i e ty or var- a w a y f r o m Chrisfianit+. W e need. ient . Stich a long experience ex- not ~o into the details." Tlie:l~iws of t end ing o v e r so m a n y thousand mar r tage and divorce, social equ i ty years i s a .~Ufficient guide. I f Air. a, nd h u m a n dealin..~S, war and peac ' e - Mcilon~; h a d shoxvn h'nv variant .one ~re all a replica of. I s lam and the tli.~- c, mld c o n s i d e r h i s v iew0oint . There-

..,,dard o f . Clirist ianitv. . . l~ 'fr . Mo lonv .fi~re-it is an imbecile a rgumen t e'will note a.slr ikfl iff-contrast between a.~ainst f inali ty: - T h e r e -nms t he

l!is Chr i s t i an i ty if h e cares• to read some f i n a l i i v , o r tliere e v e r Would • and studt- hi~torv. .The ' f i r s t Mos- h e confusion. R e p e a t e d - e x p e r i - ~ Ins were the torch bearers of f ight men t s in the sel fsame th ing which .'~nd leatmiilg and s o long as the . have a lways proved the same restltt

r Moslem i na t ions abided b y the " i.~ a perfec~ .~uide t l i a t i t is time we Lteachings 0f their rel igion t h e . v w e r e , g a v e up" t l i i s c.ant and h3,pocrlsy - the mas te rs of the w o r l d . As soon and look to the ac tna t facts.

as t hey began to slacken, their hold Mr. Molonv pe rhaps f o r g e t s that ~ upon the world began to slacl~en IMam does "not approve .of any"

too. T h a t s t a n d s a s a stranR'e con- 0r ies t lv class, nor is t h e r e any. in • ' t rast with the pr imit ive and ~origi- Islam." I f a t h i n g is abused it never "i hal Chris t iani ty ; Ins tead of b r ing . " ' . " " " " • . means tha t the t lung: itself ts bait. -- ing l ight to the R o m a n civilisation . F o o d and wa te r a r e . - -good thing ~

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c~,~. n, ,body w.u ld ever st3 / that tile)' tion . t . the si, iritual side ~f dlis iir,. u.c_eless s imply because some question, for he seems to enjoy ,tad i,,.,,1,1e bnlv live to eat and drink. It appreciate the company of glut tons is , , range to hear that Mr. M01ony and winebil~l~ers. I t is too much to iin,ls fault with Is lam because it expect of him. h:t.- laid a ban on the drink ques- As usual; Mr. M01ony does take t i , , . , l-yen the inebriates, of the exception to tli*e Is lamic permission. W,-st are beginning t o realize t h e Of polygamy. Yet in practice all a~ v.tnta,~es of 1~roh~biti0n .~\ u r e a t over tl,e.se civilized countries man

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exper iment as under way m the has proyed lumselt po lygamou: . United s t a t e s of Amer ica a n d tl-|e Y o u cannot Waix'e aside this aspect ~,,untries of western Europe are on " c,f the qtiestion b y n, erelv savin¢ the r icht road of th i s eonsumma- flaat Is lam Ires. legalized Vice. I t is .tion. Mr. Molonv shows himself sheer criminalit,~" to. Suppress ti:e here i a true Chri 'st ian miss ionary natural in ,nat,. You can control it; Who finds fault with Is lam in. the but y o u cannot repress it.' Ea t in~ East because i t has permi t ted d i - and "drinking nobody in te rd ic t s for x'~wce and f0rbidden drink, while his : thev are the rmtu ra i cravings of a ,wn count rymen are pass in~ legis: hea l thy being. I t is sheer blindness.

" " % " ~ " ' ! " ~ " " S " ° " I t * o n , j u s t m a c c o r d a n c e wtth the to c l o s e o n e s e.xe.:to facts and still IslamiC: law, for the pract ical needs li~'e in the 0hl fool's paradise. The

i ,,f humani ty demand it. Prohibi t ion condition of thin~s in the \Vesteru is not a " m a x i m 0 [ excellent sense in lands is :fast mo;,,i'ng in the direction

A r a b i a , " .it is b eit~g demanded all o f e i t h e r polvganay or absolute m;er Europe ancl t .mer ica a n d h a s b r e a k u p o f S0c ie t~ . C h o o s e what become a law,of the land in many o f you will. Tl~ere is an excess O f re-

• the~e X\restern l a n d s . T h i s e x c u s e males over the males in terrible p r o , ff "modera te dr inking" i s b e i n g ' portions, b i r ths out .of wedlock, il- given n short sh r i f t here in America. legit imacy; a n d vice of all so r t . a re

M r 'Molonv sees no mer i t in fast- r a m p a n t everywhere . ,ins and perhaps he does not believe :~\re are -not for those who i r a -

, " in the:words of Jesus o n tha t score: p r i son their WomenfOlk in the com- X\'e c;'tli excuse fiim for thi.s belief or fOr*able assurance that t l ierebv they disbelief in t h e m e r i t of fasting, be- a r e paving the wa+ tO their ~sa lva- cause t o a people wlio c~ire more lion. I s l a m n e v e r . s a n e t i o t i e d and :,l,c;ut l ivin~ on theCfat of Others. i - a - - a l l o w e d it. BUt when a p e r s o n is • her tlian r o t t l iemselves it, the con a ou t fbr denunciati0n he m u s t look diti ,n of those whom t f i e v h a v e b e e n up far a n d :on all. s ides. E u r o p e expl~iting .~o lon~ withont i 'ealizing never o h s e r v e d t h i s sec lus ion of . their misery, it is a difficult thing, w o m e n ; ye t Europe was immersed "rht. r o e thin,,~ tha t C a h m a k e a caoi2 - • • ,list realize the misery of t h e lau- m c ,mmerian d a r k n e s s until two man i ty in .general i s t o p u t Itim.self centuries and a h a l f l a n d the Mus- in their t~bSiticm and undergo the lims who 01~served t la is seclusion. pa,~s o~ hnnffer aild thirst and then were the bearers of light and learfi- realize what i t is to stiffer the pangs ins f o r about o n e t l iousand y e a r s . - "

• " \Vhat it is that has. kep t backward ~f starvation aml need and depriva- I -tic, m T h a t is i h e o n l y way- to make " the Hindus . t h e Chinese, and the

his heart melt for others. To liken A f r i c a n s i n sp i te of their nori-ab- /:,sting t o a jocke.v's profession can- servance of t h e fetnale sec lus ion? I t " : n,,t take away the meri t of a thing. " i s n o t seclusion that has m a t e r i a l l y far after all "there is someth ing in af fec ted the downfall of the Moslem every..pr0fession that is wor th a t - peoples ; it is their go ing as t ray tt~mptin~ and enduring. I t w 0 u l d b e from the p a t h of r ighteousness that '

idle to draw Mr. Molonv ' s atten2, was clm!ked, qut for them bv Is lam.

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Mr. h lo lonv has no good word for the Is lamic lwayers. \Ve believe with him that mere repeti t ion of " p raye r s is n o t h i n g if they. do not proceed fi'om the heart. Rut who say's tha t lsI, 'hn lays dou:n mere repeti t ion of prayers . T he Hc, lv Quran denounces such folk who-tl~, the repea t ing and whose hea r t s do no t go with their Words. C o n d e m n a th ing s imply .because it is no.t r ight ly Used bY some would: be con- d e m n i n g eve~:\"thing in tl~e world. \ V e d o . n o t believe tha t a ny man can- lead a r igh teous l i fe witf iout prav-

. i ~ g -to God. " -~ Is lam is t h e - m o s t practical and semsible of re l ig ions . T h a t is ad- m i ~ e d by its b i t teres t adVersaries. I~lam never l o s t ' t o u c h With l i fe , it never t a u g h t abonl inable things~ it

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(). ~ \ \ 'ha t . i s your name? ."~. I.uke. Q. I)id you wri te the third ( ; .s-

pel called ; [ l ' t e f v o u r - n a m e ? -If s.. when ? " " "

A . I t is ascribed to m e . . S o 1as-: -.suine the responMbil i tv which pious invent ion has th rown t'm me. There should:l~e some th ing in.herent in the compos i t ion w h i c h lms led t o its ascr ipt ion t o - m y name. "l'liere. is a difference o f opinion a s to the date - f il:s . compos i t ion . : \ ccord i f ig t6 Ter tu l l ian; I reneas , and ]:.lfilflmnious i t was Written t0Wal:ds t h e ~ e n d ,ff the second century , but according to the o t h e r s its compos i t ion is-as si.gl~ed in t h e f i r s t qua~:ter 0 [ the second century . The former view is In'o!mbly. • cor rec t , for the lat ter is

asked l \Ioslems to live up to their hyl ;e thet ical o r g u e s s w o r k at best.' ,q:o e - s s l o l ~ .it ne.xer t a u g h t any- It is mos t ly SUl~poSiti0n. its ;eac~tin,~at~rl3xet°l~axu'~8 ''l nature" Q . Are y o u Luc ius of Cvrene , , f noblin,4 ",tu'ifx {n~" " ,'a-.,:pe.en,~ e!l- the Acts o r Luke o f the Epis t les? . "s ~ ' : ;. , a - , •2" - . " -\ . " I t does m?t nluch, matter I. the present ua 3 i~.[oslellls tllat when l assunie t h e whole resp0nsi- have s t r a y e d a w a y f rom the r ight bilitv. . • path. and : the i r .4aI{-ation lies in their Q : - Do. you claim inspirat ion f ,r back to the Quran polit:y'. T h e bes t this b o o k ? -life-'is thC life o f - I s l a m where one : \ : W ho says so? I er-er, the writer can perfect all one ' s God-g iven fac- nex'e.r-intende~l it to be s . . . t l , e says

. u l t i e s . I s lam was never d i v o r c e d : he . W r i t e s - o n r e p o r t s - t h a t ] h;td f r o m life, nor can it ever be, i t is .ri:ached him fi'om tliose who w e r e . life tha t w e have to f inders tand . the evewit l iesses tif the account , lfe

and _ 4 1 v eand n(,t the sat isfact ion of sa.vs" he wr i te .4 in: order,, which mere lust. e a t i n ~ a n d drinking, mat - means tha t :he will itdopt h i s .own in.~ and.sleepinff-.like thel~easts.- Is- l ine . l i e . does it he says .because lain is not for nou r i sh ing blind life many. o thers had taken u]~ the same like the sheep or ..~oat. " M o v e up : tllin.~, and m o r e o v e r he is writi~3g w a r d w o r k i n f f out the beast , and let " not..for the g e n e r a l p u b l i c , lint for a ~ ] l e ape and t iger d ie , ' " tha t is the Is- imr t icu la r pa t ro f f of his. l ie clearly lami~: life and w e c'an forego a ) '~w sets i t down tha t he did not at all -pleasures if need be for the sake ~f receive any revelat ion, l i e .bases th~s laigher 'life, T h e ifitv i~ t h a t this oia .rel~ort$. •

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these c r i i i c s o f I s l a m n e i t h e r s t udy .:-. Q" D o e s he gvfe t h e . n a m e s Of Is lam m)r t h . . con tlae r epo r t e r , so tha t " . .. • " . . . . d i t ious abotl t ~- ? s . , we naav jmh~e them, a/~d they .fro r igh t abou t air- for om.-selves h o w : f a r their tc~u- i ng t l t e i r own v i ewsb l i s s fu l lv i~nor- m o n v is reliable or: whe the r they"

- - .. were i'eal eyewi tnesses Of th'e thin.~s - an t of w h a t they a re say'ing.- Re- ' t h e y reeount~ "

liffion they xvaul: to make a plaY- \ NO h ~. d o e s not . )We.shall tlainff of tlieir fancy-, a baulfle, and • have - to rely o1~ h is accoun t wi thout n o t h i n g more. Let u s :stop tlfis aplfly-inff a(w of y o u r canons of his- .--ant and hypocr i sy , tory. ~Iore0ver," i t is not mere re:

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l,,,;-ts th.at he bases .h is account on ; Q. ] l o w will the hell 13e,q,le live th~ t'c a r e , it seems , o ther wr i t ten if they don ' t eat? Moreover , if they l,u; fragmentary" .sources which he eat and drink, w h a t a b o u t the social makes use of,-1)ut it is difficult to life? Shall they beget ch i ldren? . say w h a t h e reallx: used. A. I never t]~ought of that . But

t._). \Vhere did he ge t his a c c o u n t " o u r Lord said tha t there:wil l nei ther ,d the Na t iv i t y? . be m a r r y i n g nor g iv ing in marr iage .

~; Maybe" "he go t it l f rom . a Q. ' I[uke, y o u : s a y t h a t there Was s,,m-i:e Which u l t imate ly had it froiil d a r k n e s s ~over all "the ear th f rom _\[:try. fhe n iother 6f_ Jesus , bec~ause the s i x t h - t o t h e n inth h o u r at. the n,,I,',dv e l s e is supposed to k n o w these flyings unless .it be tl!e mo the r ht;rself. Y e t I doub t whe the r M a r y cve)" gave Such a t h ing away . .

t-).: ~Vhv do you say t h a t - I e s u s w;~ the scan ,,f Joseph ?.

A. If I d idn ' t the p r o p h e c i e s al~out lesus ' d e s c e n d i n g . f r o m the

t i m e of the--crucifixion? Th i s can l io t be: t r t re , , for the pass i ,ver a n d . crucifixion were at the full r e . o n time, and it is impossi l i le ftw a n . ec l ipse of. tlie sun. at file fult~of.the- m , ,o11 . .Tha t ahvay ' s t akes-P lace at the new- moon. .

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: \ . Well , T a m not an. a s t r o n o m e r - .lioe of D,°/vid.could no t app ly to and. d id not k n o w of such t h i n g s .., hhn? . . - . . . . " - when" I wrofe~ I . o n l y wro te down- _ il

O. Do you still believe that. he w h a t t h e people b e l i e v e d . " w a s 1,f~rn of a Virgin? . o. , 3 [ a t t h e w and Mark send the

A.". ~Viay, s tu 'e[ Josepll is m e r e h ' ' d i ~ i i ) l e s down? t o -Ga l i l e e , xxhich i s a s topgap to shOW tha t . the prophecY- aho{tt seven ty m i l e s " d i s t a n t - f rom . was fulfilled in t h e person of Jesus.- Je rusa lem tO see h im.of f on his w a y

(). You say'- t h a t when the to-heaven , while votl s a v . t h a t J e s t f s : w,,t'-nen c~tme on Stlti(lav m , r n i n g a s c e n d e d t l l ) into ' the~ heax'en a t -

they f o u n d the s tone rolled a w a y P, e t h a n v , w h i c h is .onh- t w o miles. and-at flie s.elmlchre there were two A. ~lTV . source: Of: in format ion ~5 men i n shininff, g a r m e n t s . whils t .tells. me that . .Xr;ttthew main ta ined : that an angel " O:- :Your-ffOsl)el says tha t Tesus . ~. ,l¢;:cenrlt~d from hea~'en and rolied ' 'asCended u p ' into heaven -xvitl'ainla . " ~ ii

" 'aW;tv the s t tme f r o m t h a t t o m b ? - i dav or so- after t h e crucifixion. A. M.atthew is ce r ta in ly wrop.g. wfiilst i i ~ t l i e Ac t s which i s also • ;: O. Is your . -book an eyewitness , calied y o u r composi t ion you say ~:~

ac6~,unt? t ha t he " w a s here on t i f fs ea r th for t~ ~ • " . -

.\. No. as l h a v e said before. I - d a y ' s : af ter t h ' a t , ex'ent. W h i c h ( s - .~ " "have rmh" r e c o r d e d tlie thin~s m o s t . co r rec t? . . -- . ~?

surely believed in the days of nar ra - :-V. T h e Acts were w r i t t e n s o m e - : tin,,.:- " -': -- - , years later. : .and tlfe- tr}tdition had

G. S o af ter a l l . t l f f s s t o w :is a [ ' h a n ~ e d . : .}~i. : i : ' . ' ."~ " .. . : ' ": i r e co rdo f belief a n d n o t ;l s t a t e m e h t . "~VelI.- Luke otir. '_friend,, no th in~ " ~;f f;icts. ~ . . . . ' ... " ' " " more at present , " B u t more later .on. -~- i i

.\ . Sure, belief, as I s t a t e d a t t h e .4n. re.voir. , . '/" - " " " " i,i

~t ' rvcmtse t . D~, Vcm thi~ik b e l i e f - : - - '-" ~! a n,t facts are differont t h i n ~ s ? :'xVe As reffards, the non- r i tua l : .use..of. i never t h o u g h t that . . " ma le Circumcis iot i . i t .max b e added

. Q . .Luke, yOl ! say . . they ea t and - ( h a t : i n r ecen t vears . .mediea l pro- ]~ drink i]1 heaven. IToW is t ha t ? i, fessJtm h a s beeff responsible . for its : i:

A. I I o w - c o u l d they live if they considerable extension. A m o n g - di,1 no t eat ? r, ther than: l ewish Children t h e op- ~,~:

Q. Your heaven, then, is l i k e eration, i s t~einff r e c o m m e n d e d n o t : ]! this pt 'esent worlr l? " " merelv.lin Cases o f ma l fo rma t ion bu t i.:

A. Excep t tha t the wicked a re in genera l ly f o r r e a s o n s iof. heal th. " .~:: hell. . " - " . . [ EncyclOpedia Br i t tannlca , \ ol. vi. . ~:

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I t is ob j ec t ed t ha t if t i le body of Jesus. when taken down f r u m ' t h e

cross, was in f a c t - a phle, g h a s t l y , r ig id corpse , it could no more come t,J life t han any o t h e r dead body . A n d i t is s a i d , suppose his t h r o a t had been cut from ear to ear , o r t ha t he had bee:i actually, d e c a p i t a t e d , a n d all his veins and a r t e r i e s em p t i ed of . l i fe 's c u r r e n t s cou ld he resur rec l If imself? Did he r e s i t r r ec t h imself , if not , who d i d i t ? O r sup- pose the bones of his legs have been h roken on the c ross as were t l te legs . f the th ieves , Could he h a v e a v a l k e d . unt i l t h e y hail b e e n set a n d b a n d a g e d and grokvn t o g e t h e ( :,-gain? I l o w al~out t ha t . . . . A h e a l t h v y o u n g nlan wi th a b u n d a n t vitalitY; . . . . could su rv ive t he agon ie s o f tl~e c i - o s s . t w o or thi-ee : days , and Somet imes even four d a y s . J e s u s w a s on the c ross on137 a b o u t t h r e e hours , and was d e a d as the

. so ld i e r s tho t tgh t , even 'be fore t ha t ques t ionab le t h r u s t of the spent'. In fact, John i s t h e or i l y sperson wl lo m a k e s that a s s e r t i o n . . . . P, ut there is no s t a t e m e n t by" Mark . o r .lc, lln; o r l .uke , o r M a t t h e w , t ha t anyone , as a g tmrd, r e m a i n e d a t t l ia t s e p u l c l l r e t h a t F r i d i t v n i g h t . . . . . I he nex t day . S a t u r d a y , b e i n g 1 c ass-

,we t , w a s a holiday, wi th t h e Jexx;s. N o b o d y all that Saturday w a s w a t c h i n g the t o m b . . - . .Syncope m a y have se ized J e s u s when suffer- in¢ /m the cross. T h a t cnun te r fe i t ~-ff dea th has mis led m a n y . and m a y have mis led those :wa tc l~ ing .the crucif ixion. M o r e o v e r . - t h e s o l d i e r s on the w a t c h were l ia rs and b r ibe - t ake r s , if t he stora, to ld of them be

]:-d.) . . . T ! l e re is a poss ib i l i ty tha t sy 'ncope o r fa in t ing t e r m i n a t e d h i s - s u s p e n s i o n on the cross2 . . .

T h e r e m u s t have been f rom sixtecrr to t w e n t y h o u r s . f rom the t ime the storm was ro l led to the door Of the t omb , and the a r r iva l of the so ld ie rs : \ r id ill t hose iaours t h e r e was time enough for t he d!sc ip les , if t h e y saw fit.-to, r e m o v e t h e body , and tu re-

m o v e it w i t h o u t de tec t ion . Fu r the r - more , : th.ere was t ime e n o u g h f - r J e sus tn r e c o v e r frail1 a syncope , if t ha t had g-iven b in ) t he appea rance of dea th .

L O R E N Z H . \ X r l I I T N E V .

3[oSt pe op l e , do no t k n o w how n e a r l y i m p 0 s s i b l e i t i s f 0 r a Chris- t i an to tu rn the 2X[ohatnmedan mintl. M o h a m m e d a n i s m not o n l y embraces a l a rge pa.rt o f th-e e s s e n t i a l doc- t r i ne s of Chr i s t ia r f i ty , b u t a ls0 ' a c - cep t s . Chr i s t . ;is a p rophe t . They" m e r e l y s ay t h a t ~ I o h a m m a d was a - .

l)1:9phet who came a f t e r Chr i s t . SAMUEL CROWTtIER.

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" T h e r e shal l b e w e e p in ' and wa i l in ' and g n a s h i n ' o f t ee th . " ex- pounde d t h e co l0u red e v a n g e l i s t to

; * t c - ' ~ . q !us a u d i e n c e , O11, m a h goodne.s. , t h a t le l s m e ,mr ." ' w a i l e d . a n old l a d y in t h e f r6nt pew. "Ah ain'l~. g o t n o t ee th . "

l e e t h . l . tah r r e p h e d the evan- .,~elist," wil l be f u rn i she d ' free of cha rge by the n iana .~ement ."

• J E W S A N D M O S L E M S .. . . . . . . . .

l:or Cel{tttries M o l m m m e d a n s and I * . , - .

Jews have b r e d t(~gether a m i c a b l y . . t rue . " T h e y . took a ] a r g e sum of : T h e l e a r t a e d : M a i m 0 n i d e s l ived pro-

and fo ~ . . . . • t e c t e d in E g y p t , p e a c e f u l l y t rans- m o n e y , " i t is said, l rge t t n e ne . . . . . . -, - . . . . . . : . " t h a t l~is d i sc ip les , ": . . . . . l a t l n g the G r e e k 1)hllos0nliers lnlo

came nv m g n t area l I " V~ " " ' "~' " s t " "hat , . , - . , ,- ... ' enre ", sa le I rom Lli r l . t la l lS T ,

s to le hhn away. w n n e t h e y slept.', . : m i g h t lmve b u r n e d h im, and a l .o ( T h i s s e e m s absu rd , l iecause, ac-

• c o r d i n g to t h e ~ R 0 l n h n law fo s l eep , f rom his c o r e l i g i o n i s t s in S p a i n that" e x c o m m u n i c a t e d :hinr as in t i le L o ~ L

cm g u a r d was a cap i ta l c r ime. Aga in lands " they e x c o n i n m n i c a t e d S p i n - the r e p o r t of his dea th i s : a l so based , o z a , the g r e a t e s t J ew. upon the r e p o r t ¢ff t h e cen tu r ion . ARTH.~JR ~JRISBANF-

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G R A C E are here. and with l l i s Grace we "'Mx qrace ~s sufficient for thee." shall be there. Grace, Grace, Grace.

2 ~ ,,r. 12:9: If af ter all it is the God is :good. ...r:~cc of (;od tha t we have to rely u ,,,u. w h y bo the r us w i t h t h e vicar- O N E R E L I G I O N i,,u~ Sacrifice.: ~Vhv not a d o p t - t h e sir;tight route instead of m e a n d e r - .In his pamphle t , the O n e ' R e l i g , iw_" us into devious allex-s. I I i s ~ion. Rev.. Chas. C: Eve re t t o f the

-,.,race remains the. decidin.~ a n d de- Unitarian: Church s a y s tha t theolo- ci , ive factor. \Vhv get h'old of an : gies differ b u t rel igion i s o n e . V e r y inn,,cent person, t o ~lCt the scape- t rue indeed. People differ in man. 5 g!,:tt fol~ o thers ' mi.4deeds-aud shor t - tnade th ings bu t the ;,vords of God'

never .d i f fer . T h e y t each , one prin- comings. I t is ungainl.v on the par t . ciple, the-x(0 ship of O n e T r u e God " ,,f a MercifUl B e i h g . It is nei ther r ,.,-r:tccful no r just. T a make an in- and the serxice of h u m a n i t y . W e iiogeut soll sul'l 'cr f o r no fault of his al?.solutely agree W i t h h im wlien"he does " not shOw~ a " lovinff l=ather." says " tha t One re l ig ious fai th-affirms

- t he goodness of God and the t rus t What is t h e u p s h o t of it af ter all.? tha t men maY put in it for life and Wc-h.tve still to r e l y u p o n - o u r o w n ~.fl,,rts and toil for o u r bread and bt.ar children w i t h pain. Each one ,-,f us is to b e a r Iris own cr0ss. \Vhere is t'he need 0f.a Jesus ' d e a t h . l.t.i-him live so that we m a y know that (;od. is a merciful God. I-Ie ~!,'~:S n6t need a n y . t opsy - tu ryy ex-- ,iati,,n. 1 1 e w a n t s each one of us to

ex i iate for our own sins of -omiss ion

fo r death.,. Ye t we are cons' trained to r emark tha t he is not t rue to his own orinei le Wher /he levels an un.- founded c~arge aga in s t a fellox'v creature , tile Moslem. tha t he calls. tlae Chr i s t i an a Chris t ian d o g ! T h e r e v e r e n d .gent leman could hax'e b e e n m o r e . c h a r i t a b l e t owards ..his

-feiiO~ b e i n g s . I n the M o s l e m books an(l conmaission, s o . t h a t - w e m a y be .--the Chris t ian .and the . lews are the hol ler for ou r experience. W e .-called t h e People of the Book. • If hax:e to lix!e rim- own li~'es..so the_ s o m e of the Christian. miss ionar ies death of an o the r Camiot fielp us i n out-' in the fore ign lands do the the le;,st. Le t h i m live' f o r us so ba rk i ng and snar l ing and thus earn-- that we tmn kfiow tha t we can live. . the n ickname, it iS not because they. It is all r ight .tO. th ink and dev i s e are Christ ians. bu t because - they do . it)lans.f6r our redempt ion but it is . the kenne l .work . T h e Rev . -gen t l e - ~t,l necessary to d r i n k o f a G o d as man 'sums up religion in the words a monster .u'-ho c a n n o t be satisfied " P r a i s e - G o d . f r 6 m . w h o m all bless- unless t i e satisties His lus f i ce i n a • . - - . . . . . . . . ings f low '" . I wish be h a d read t h e wa¢ that is u n l ) e c o m m g :_t-llS O l Y l n - r" " ~" " h 1 uran " itv~ ] le is R igh teous n 'o doub t , bUt . x e ry first v.erse o f , t h e o y Q .. llis r i gh t eousnes s is. fair a n d be- He could then do the s u m m i n g up c ,ming t l imsel f . I t . s h o u l d n o t be still bet ter . "All p r a i s e b e l o n g s to t n r e a s ~ n a b l e : . Af te r : a l l | - le is our Allah. w h o is the L o r d o f all the (:reator. Good or b a d w e are H i s . w o r l d s , " s a s ~ s t h e W O R D . I f p e o - Indeed t l e ga.ve us a freewil l , b u t . p l e Could oulv realize~ this in their the freewill is riot 0 f . o u r own c r e a - lives, t i le w0r ld wou ld be. a happier tin.~. " He ~ave i t ~tls. " I f we a b u s e and b e t t e r p l a c e ito-live in. - this f reewi l l , we are ti~ b lame no : ~ . . - donbL and suffer, bu t the power . to . use aml abuse We did not create our- • Tlie Vision of D u s e Mobamed All. : self, es.-- T h a t is w lw we have t o co}~- The E~,pt ian Historian. President - /ess that I l l s ?Me-rcy. encompasses Amer ican-Afr igan-Or ien tC°rp °rati°n- e verythinff and h u m a n exper ience London. N e w York. St. Louis. Chi a hears u.s! out. ~ \¥ i th : I l l s Grace we cago. \Vest Africa. Priced 25 Cents , -

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T h e Spirit and Struggle of Islam is a Small b~ok , f ablaut 1,~0 parses Ily Prof. T. L. Vaswani." The l 'ro- fessor, a non-Moslem hinrself, has the courage of conviction to come forth and salute Muha.mmad as one of the greatest benefactors of hu- manity. The professor wants to see a fairplay on the l)art-of Iris 1 lindu coreligi~:nists and he is.bm~adnlinded and generous eno~k~h to see Islam in its t rue ' l ight . 1 le is fi'al.~k enough to admit that ]s la l l i has given t 'he. world- a religion witl~out priests,

writer in his theorising. Says the auth6r ,ff Dafi-ul-llalaa. "(;- 'd-has told me t ha t Clu'istianitv is dead and the sn called gospels of lestrs are dead and ilnperfect teacliinffs. \Vhat has t h e living to do with the dead? No peace wi th the so-called Christianit, y. T h a t is all .trash and

perfect and complete except the llc~ly word of God, the Ouran.'s l ' lsewhere says t he sam e orientalist - "'1 le,tilailned"to be the Mahdi: xvllr~ : ik i-e.~ar¢led as the llrecursor of tlie

abolished infa~lticide, enjoined total -Mc~siall, b u t b y a development abstinence from'drink, emt~hasizin~ which d o e s not cJccur elsewhere ih the grea t qualities~ of~ f'titli,,. Courage,,,, M-uslim theology., he i~lcl2tifi,t~dTth, e endurance, and self-sac'rifice. Islam, Mahdi with the Messiah. " . . lus he s a y s . , introduced-a vigorous purl- shows as if the aut-lior fias studied tanism into Europe. I s lam accord- lhe Moslem t h e o l o g y thoro{tghh-

] ,ut j.u.st to show that - the wrlter, is ing to him ~ms been oneof- the-na tZ ~ . . . . . " . . . . . . . "" " " ionalizinff fprces in Indifi. I t has on ly f ict loninff and no functioninff, enriched t l l e a r t : and. architecttire, " we submit that t he re .is. a well the poetry and p h i l 0 s 0 p h v , of India. " k.llOWn tradition ill Kanzul Amlnaal If some of the Christian missionaries" xx'lilcli says. " l .a Mahdi" ?ilia Easa' " and their elu]~es had even a hundredth which means th,'it.~lahdi and Mes- - eft the sympathy. . of :1 c'rof. \ 'aswani the siah a r e ni3t ~:xx-ci different" th ings . world would have b e e n a l together This isabC, ll t tht~ scholarship of the different: , fl'lae bocJk i t well l;1-inted writer.: As to the ffeneral Hleme . f and in handy p0:cket form. I t Can l l l e l~o-k all = the x('riter has t o ' s a y b.e had Of the author or the pub- -~ thr!t thcu~gh :the demal |ds .of the hshers Messrs. Ganesh & Co. I 'ast are f i l o . ~ l c a l a n d irrational hut MadraS. illdia. The price is.Re. 1=8 .the Europbal~ sho~ild-make conces- or about 50 cents, sions s imply becau.% the F.ast is a n

ulareasonahle child. I t would ha\~-" Islam a t t h e CrossRoads . B y D . been lllUCh bet ter if the child li:td

L. O'Learv. D.D. " It is supposed to not had a. foretaste of the Eurol)ea|| be an ind~spensablb bool¢ for those Meas of i i b e r t v . and equal i ty , f t c who wish to amderstand tile proh= lems which conf rnn t the Furonean -says it is Eurol~e's own faul(. Yol " " ' " e t " ' " " - " ' C a l l n e v e r • " ¢ln" . . . . 1Hs deahn,.s. . ,~wJth t-he. Ea.t,~ m. In-. - ~ lay lrom" expect~ justice. . and fair-, ha. Persm, ~..,vpt..qvrla, etc. Like. p - t e fol!oxxeL of the cross.

all books on the-F.'ast by the so "C The K o ran . P,v George Sale. \ called Orientalists it i s fUrl Of a i ry :new -ninth edition" of this book i s ~,n nothings, fancies run wild. based oil lhe market . , l t is l~rouffht Out by nothin.~ substantial anil factual, hut " the J. R . .L ipp inco t t Company ~;f mere hearsay and ffrand theories. -Pifil~delphia. It it an icehandv. 'vol - As an .it!stanCe in point we take the - rune, well got up, paper , pr~nt~nff- ~ t a tement of the au thor that ]"a.. and hindinff, al l ex-tremeh, well a r ~ e part of Mirza Ghulam Ah- done ~\s to : thesul) 'ec : 1 , . . . . - - - , J t m a t t e r t i c

roads teaching amwd at-a reci-;~cili- translation is. the 0id o n e ' b v S,'ih, ation of Christianity and Islam." a l ldhence it has the impress 'of the ~\re quote the wnrd.~ of the Prom, ear ly . f i f t ies cif t he e ighteenth Cell- ised M'essiah ~imself- .~ this paint fury When the knowiedge of Islam to show how wide of the mark is the was v e r y meagre and almminahly

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mi. icading and 1)e it s;tid tot tilt: cr,,lir d r S a l e tha t he did-~ometlain~ t )!ift up this veil- of ignorance to a t'crfaill extent, although lie could nc>t t,,t;tllv free himself f rom the general :ttm,,sl)here of his t imes. T h e r e are

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tr~mslations b y tim Moslems t:heln- seh-t.s..and it xx-ouhlhave b e e n filuc'h bet ter i f the imblishers have had this tran.~lation revised u n d e r ttie li~hi of. the latest lml ' l icat ions on tllL: .~ubje6t.. : Hoxxever. ' tha t be. if ,I,,eg not nlueh lake. a w a y f ro ln tile vahle . o f the b o o k as.Sit is n o w l,rinted-al~d sold at a i-err reascm-. al, le"price ¢;f N . 0 0 per copy. W e rt.c~mllneH(l it to those Who are in - -terested in the compara t i ve studies i,f religions.

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All the g rea t teachers and proph- c t s of G o d - t a n g h t . g o o d t h i n g s in - their owfl day and their own way. Jesus , peace "be wi th his Soul, did the same thi~tg. H e t augh t life and, no t death . H e never t a u g h t that, . peop le should nlerelv believe in his death and the\; woui~l be s a v e d . H e

. emphas ized fife and a rebirth, t t e never t augh t flie unho ly idea of -man - be ing b0~il in sill. [ te . reminded man of t h e high e s t a t e f l m t is his. a n d t h e subl ime de~tinv tha t he is created forl . P, ut t h e "present day Chr i s t i an i ty is ou t - .0 f touch wit[i real l i f e a n d t h e . miil isters and teachers of this rel igion ins tead of teaching the real t each ing o f J e s u s are g i v i n g men the c o m m a n d m e n t s -of luen. One can ca r ry ou t h u m a n

.Itm.~'.. i t is a little bo¢'~k- or as the . r d i n a n c e s provided they are good author calls it hinIself Brief No te s for hu tnan i tv i n g e f i e r a l . Bu t we i ,mcllin~ on var ious aspects of I s : lain. T h e Notes indicate a c o m p r e - hensive s tudy of- l shun and o ther re- l ig ions a n d " t b e .vitrious schools of

w o n d e r - W h a t would t h e doct r ine of Jesus" v i c a r i o u s sacrifice do to the to i l ing-and .suffering huniani tv . T h e y w a n t life and not deatil, i t

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' th0uglat. T h e wr i te r is at pains to is t t s e l e s s to t e l l t l iem they have set f~Jrth t l la t Islaju. s h o u l d not b e been " l m n g h t With- the bl0od" of confimnded with Hie Mnh :hnmad- " ~ . . . . . . . . . . .

,t tllelu na to ~e l ie.saYs i t i s I s l a I n i a h m e : t h a t e x - ; . . . s . , . . . . s , " , . . . i-., actli- ~onforlus~ t i ) t h e modern scien- \~ Ii.v: dul)e thenr wltll la)se nopes tilic" ideas. Yet we regre t t o . s a y and prolnises?. People don ' t s tand . !.~

: lliat we couhl not exactl'v' f0110@,tli'e .iil need of l esus : death 'sO much • " :,lttllni" when he. says " t tm[ " T ? u e a s his lifel But where is that : Cliristianitv is bu t t r u e I s lam wri t l i f e? . N o t in the" gospe ls ; . A. lar.,,,e or ~]'rue Islaln is but ' t r u e few words of bea t i tudes as con- Christ ianity wr i t . large." I f ' h e tained in the Sernlon o n t h e Moun t nle:uls that: Islani is a c~mtinuat ion s e r v e n 0 u s e f u l purpose . T h e r e n lay -f t h e r e l i g i 0 n t augh t by lesus the :1~ e q~JllIC recluses and eunuchs tha t

p r o l ~ h e t - a n d a consuni~uation and ." ' . " " - :] i I ln~ght h v e them, but the o r d i n a r y -:- perfecticin of i t as well as of a l W~rkaday li.~' nee.ds s o u i e g r e a t ex-

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- the r rel igions of tiie wor ld xi'e are :tt ~,lle with h i l u . for this view is in emplar . Jesus is no t the man who c(mf0rnlitv. With facts, hut if he can: he a perfect guide. H i s life

- ile-m~ -an 'vthin~ . e l ~ e - w e be,~ to and t e a c h i n g s barelv- touch ou r str,)ngly dissociate frcnn Iron? .-%n.v- " ple.~ent .da} need~. L.de 1~ .ve ry w:tv we s t r o n g l y reconmaend this coniple.x and w e . h a v e to live it. So l,c,;k which can be l idd.fronI P robs . p l e a s e d o riot t e l l . u s tha t we h a v e thain & C0.. 41 G r e a t Rus.4el St ree t . been bough t o r s01d wi th the blood P, ritish .'xlnseum. Lol~don. \V. C. 1; of sonic one. Leave us alone to live

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I)r. Mufti Mttlmmumd*-Sadiq, a f - tcr a long voyage around the world; is l,assing through our city ; sent by thc~l)r6pilet Mirza .GhUlam Abroad, he has c a r r i e d t h e good word into Africa, Egyp t , Ge rma ny aud Eng- land.- l i e has obtained a wonder - ful success. The sum t6tal of his omversions exceed-.700,000. The. ~i'eat prolihet Mirza lives at Qadian, 'amon.~:st: the l 'unjabi a n d the tigers, at the foot of tile Himalayan uloun- tains and for twen ty years Muham- mad ,qadiq has lived in his compa'ny.

([ ()nlv lXlulaammad S a d i q travels. le . is 'dressed iu a long green tunic

faced with rose silk, o f a grave couu- tenance with a beaut i fu l beard , wearing spectacles aud Softly

• spoken.. " . " . . - - • " • T h e enterprise of Muhammad sa- diq is vast, h e preaches the essen- ti:il virtues of Islam, and the prer ct,pts of Ghulam Ahma d which says :

_ 1 have-been informed by c l e a r and fifll revelations t ha t I an~ the Prom-

happy. It shows so from belfind his spectacles and from the quiet tone of his voice, l t is ideas are beauti- ful and to. be praised. Mulmmmad Sadiq considers t h a t religious move like !roman beings xvj¢'h the times. Oue lnust give tlp.,-~, t h e ideas and believe Xx:itt{ all 0t~¢s s trength in the new propheL for the latest p rophe t is ahvavs the true one. I t ' is accordiug to this s t rong b e l i e f that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and hi~ messeuger Muhanunad Sadiq is able to conve r t peop l e of their o w n free will. They are helped with a little money b u t principally with wise counsel. T h e religion that they spread is not the o ld Islamic faith wbich admit ted no one except Mos- lems ifi the mosque bt l t the progres- sive Mosletn faith.

• " - " " " g* n If Christ has stud, T u r 3"our left cheek wlien they strike y o u on the right," Gbulam ~\bmad replies; "No, no, i ~ y o u ai'e struck d e f en d your- self with all your might." "Do not drink."-he.adds, "alCohol leads men to evil thoughts. .You mav divorce if y9 u are not happy in marriage and

iscd Messiah and who came at the y o u mav pbssess several wives, big- time appointe d by God to revive and -ainy being n.ot thus an offence." strdngthetf the weakening f~ith of These . , a re the. great ideas Of the Islam. And as every religion has its martyrs we venerate .there at Oad- Jan t h e m e m o r y of Mauh'i Sved-Al): dal-LatiL stoned to deatli in ~Af~han- istan bvlthe priests • of cabul , sh~wed ~'reat l{eroism f b r his.faith and ideal.

. Tl~e,Prophet Glmlam A h m a d m a k e s many . conversions daily, lie is t he in- spired- in terpreter of the revealed

progressive Muslim faith. Th ey may be ,-idapted t0 all peoples. In America we possess a magazine foi" -one dollar per ye/~r t o propagate the hlessings of the new law- I t may be remarked that ill this country of America a religion is as it were ad-: vertised to the public as a new brand of bootblacking, but this does

law, the m0dern Christ, whose corn- not det÷act or i o w e r i n any way tlie ing-was prophesied. H e i s .~ l so the faith. Muhammad Sadiq pnly hopes one who ha s built a br idge to save : f o r peace: and goodwill a m o n g s t the people: from unbelief immorality men. : He has extolled his faith' at mi.~ery and Cor rup t ion . . i - I ehasmade conference: in Paris, London . .Chi - ime thousand prophecies, and , p u b - ca~o and iflsewhere. If the prmct- lished 80 books. T i le prophecies h a v e ples of the old Musl im religion have heen flilfiiled and his books h a v e been en la rged upon, the ritual has been read bvcoun t l e s s reade r s : T l i i s never been.changed. I t is still the holy work "is in the care o f M u f t i ,same prayer repeated five t imes

Mubammad-Sadiq .who. t r a v e 1 s da i ly ; : in 7 positions and facing the -around" t h e en t i r e . 'wor ld with his East , . : . prayer . . . .

-: lm~s, and hisc loak. I am sure that The proffressive Muslim faith is the soul of the Mufti is peaceful and represented at London and Chicago

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by M~sques. Mufti .Muhammad h~q~es to build am, thor in ] 'aris. fiw l ' rance will surely become an ls- l a l l l i c l l a t i o l l Oll accl~Ullt , i t f l l i e ;.tll- I]loritv she exercises .ve r many • Muslim p e o p l e s . Muft i M u h a m - nmd, the hoh- man has also o ther Impes fro: t h e future, l ie e m ba rks F r i d a y on t h e Malora of the. P. & O. to return to his homeland there at Qadia'n, at the foot Of the I I i m a - layas, t h e land ~f the etm:nal snows.

Petit Marsdllais, " \Ved., 7 Nov., 1923.

The re is a learned Chris t ian inis- s i o n a r v w h o c la ims ti~ be an a u = tho r i t 5, on I s l am and Moglems. He has wri t ten books enti t led ) i rabic

Thought attd I t s Place in Hidtorl, and

:ts the "Saviour of mankind. \Vhrn" .~htmhi we expect tu .'-ee fair play at the hajads of the worshipers o f ' t h e lalllb:'

3Ir. 15. I". F. ll. savs in the Alos- h,iJifl 'orht tha t Chr is temhml blinks at immm'alitv. Whilst / s l a m ha's leg- alized it bY" permi.t t ing polygamy. \ \ 'e l l ; if tha t is so let liim l~r=.,;t a~--

.cuse God wh~i has made man l)olyg- alllOllS I)V na ture aml then. by con- n iv ing at des t ruc t ive wars l ie has tmdulv swelled thc~ ranks ,ff the females over the males. [ th ink l le o.uffht to have so designed that the excess ~f females s h o u l d have I)een e i t h e r elimiua.ted o r . tu rned i n t a d iv ine eunuch.4 or laerm:q)hrodites. He shGuld first cor rec t divine mis- takes and then turn i r is a t t e n t i . n to Islam. "l'lle c4u]niving of. Christen-

Short History of the Fathnide [Chali- dora at this immorality is a proof fate, etc. This saz'ant says tha t the -posi t ive of the fact tha t hmuan ha- P rophe t M u h a m m a d o r his ear ly successors had no intention of carrx'- tu re cann,~t be repressed by the ing tim religion of Is lam b e y o n d tile shor t s igh ted , res t r ic t iuns , f man. coiafines of the Arabs or Arabia. A Jesus preferred castr; t t icm t , ma!'-

• rm.~-e. What does b e t h i n k fff . thar?- wonderful s t a t e m e n t . . p r o c e e d i n g as .' it does f rom a g rea t au tho r i ty cm Isl~am :and this s t a t emen t inust be true if it cduld be s u h s t a n t i a t e d . l w facts.. Alas for ntlr[ missionarY" friend, we could not |lild ,'t single fact t h a t wouhl b e a r him o.ut. Ttle holy Quran tells the pral)het tha t l l e is a messenger for arid to all man- kind. Moreover he/is told to conr'cv his message to all. and he lind f o write epistles w h e r e he c o u l d not reach himself s o as he m a y ' c a r r y ~mt t h e d i v i n e behest . As" t4~ his ear ly successors t hey carried, t h i s divine message to ]he East and \ V e g t f rom the Atlai l t ic to the re- m o t e s t Pacific on the Chinese shores. 31"ay b e o u r miss ionary f r iend does not regard them as facts. /p, nt w h a t has her to s;tv to the -mes- sage of the man wh,~ said tha t he r,'as sent only foJ" the lost sheep of Israel. and that the. bread of the chi l - dren should not be cast befbre the $haik A h m a d Din do.qs. I Ie would no t preLtch even in A h m a d i a of Mas lem Mission, lhe Sanmritans. Yet him he regartls St. Louis , Mo., U . S . A .

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D I D JESUS D I E O N T H E rescue to whic:h"l~ alluded while he C R O S S ? sp.oke tile words " M y God, My God,

torsaken me on the >t,mc people don ' t like any reason w!ly hast T h o u " '"" " crOss. Wh.at becomes of this p rom-

.,r a rgun len t outs ide their own. ise if we let h im die on t h e c r o s s : Scriptures. So f o r the sake of these God i s ' t h e m o s t t ru thful in His fi-iemls we like to ,~o over this ques -

"-" point :of promises ? - - " • t i , ,n fi 'om the Scr iptural . . . . . ,~ . • \ V - said tile words o n t h e c r o s s ~v.i'cW. .qonle chapters in tile . ,ospets - . . . . . "" • . . . . . " " " " s ' " k o u a s k how Could h e e s c a p e f rom d , J s a y t l l a t . n e ¢ l l e ( l o n t i l e e r o s . ; , l i n t . - ' 7 . . . . " the cross. \ \ ell. there are n lanv In- a- there i s a good deal of discussion s tances record&l in h i s to ry in-which al,,,nt those chapters , sonic people --. . people s u p p o s e d l y d e a d on the cross bcin~ .t~f opinion tha t they, were :M,led af te rwards , a n d - m o r e o v e r the e s c a p e d alive u l t imate ly . T h e r e are cxents recorded be ing so untike ins tances 'where people were g iven mati'~ exlSerience in general , t h e r e - - up for dead, bu t tha t they r e c o v e r e d f, in. it hehooves us to see w h e t h e r ft;om their adven tu re on the cross. there are any ci rcunls tmlccs tha t A sinlilar t h i n g hai~Deued to Jesus e':lVe a clue t o ' t h e n la t te r one way or and here a r e some o f the clues. (1)

. . . . "Ohl [esus remained ou t h e cross for a theTcstament0ther, that:\Ve reada falseit mprophettlle is. _ "few h o n r s , bu t death by. crucifixion

was ahvavs a ques t ion of days. (2) s.tin put t o - d e a t h o r he m e e t s With T h e t w o m e n crucified xxith Jesus an un t imely and violent end. (Deut . were still a l i v e w h e n : t aken d o w n 18 :20) . A~ain i t sffvs tha t if a per- s .n dies b y hanging.._ s a y on a t ree Dora the cross; .lesus being., a healthy.

, , ,-,-, , - , ~ and s t rong v o n n g man, was no t sup- ~ r ; t s e a n - o l ( l ~ n e D e e o n l e s ~ ' l C C U l ' S e ( I O [ '~ . ~-" " • Y ~ n - i - " ; , " ,z. ,,. .,- . i - ,, , ,- - ponett to me so soon. ILven l ' l la te

t J D ¢ I . " O O ¢ 1 S . x v r a t n . i s K l n ( l l e ¢ l a f f a l n s [ "": • - ~ . . • • " . . • • . ! ~ . wonttereta at hiS so catlecl sutmen him and he-is d r i v en : awa v froln I l i s - - " " presence I Deut . 21:23) . T o believe death . .(3) T h e legs of his two [t..~llS died o~.1 the cross would mean conq'Janions, tlie thieves, were ih:tt he .was a false clainlan't, tha t he broken, bu t his were a l toge ther

. . . . . . h - -he spared "Vqhy is t h a t ? Does it no t w a , ¢, a e C l i l ' S e ¢ l o ! t , o o a n t i t a t t : • " ' " " I " " • •

" . . • ~r " ~- ' ' - . . - e - ( • "1 F, n o . ' k v t h a t t lere w a s a : s e c r e t plot i ' n ¢ ' l l l t e s o / . / e s u s w e r e j u s t l n e I 1 I ~ : , . " , . . - r . , - •

,,',,at t h e y did: Reliex;e tiin, a r ight - to save ' ~ ,m s tdl¢~ .s(,~,S~oot~e-a:ne . • . . , - * • ' , "" . l , itlrlate¢l j e • t o . t J

t ' t ~ t l S s e r v a n t o t k~tOtl, a n t i . y o u X V l f . • . _ . . . 2 . . . - . ' . . . . - .

have to r e j e c t h i s s t6 , 'y of. deat l t o , t °;t:a~C~l~xxsittd¢2Vne~n ttx?~acSh l:~ht~.y the c ross . . Again. i t is, w r i t t e n : t h a t - ,2 . ; . , ( ,; . , ~ P e ' ~ v , , ; ,efore the dax; of . h i s c r u c i f i x i 6 n : h e " a:;tu!l;~!0°~lo~a ~ n o g t t ' ~ r P ? e x[.~a~

pl';tved tile w h 0 I e n i g h l / l o n g w e e w J . n e . c e ~ t u . - ~ ge ot!l~ I ~ i : rr" in , , ' "nd cr.,in~' and with t i le - r e a t dead: : I t w a s done purp0se tv , r t e distress o f -h i s soul ask ing Ins dis- wa s pnxa te ly grat i f ied by thosexx o ciples and companions w h o Were:with were coucerned With tile life of their him. wakening tliem e('en many times master . Did not the same man o r his fn,m their sleep t o p r a v , a s k i n g God " " Out an u t te r ly c o m p a m o n s give t r o -

t , turn tl iat c u p away f r o m - h i m , t r u e repor t l a t e r on when t h e y were Such a p r a y e r m't~l~ h e ' h c a r d for' if hr ibed b~ ~ the j e w s t 0 s a y t h a t ' J e s u s ' fesus, the o n i v 6e~o t t en sot;. cr ies d i s c i p l e s t d 0 k ' a w a y h i s c o r p s e f rom i'or a th ing , x{'llv it should ni~t h e the grax-e whe re it was laid, ore- ~ranted? N o n e ' w o u l d ever believe t end ing t h a t t h e ) h a d fallen asleep in God o r p r aye r if such. a pr.ayer when m o u n t i n g g i r a r d A capital g,,es unanswered . I n d e e d we read crime acco rd ing to th'e R o m a n l a w in I Ieh. 5 : 7 . t l m t ] I i s p r a y e r was-' t o doze on d u t y ; a t tyway it shows granted.. T o s a y tha t he died:on t h e the state o f th ings under which the crc,.¢s is aga ins t ' t i l e soirit and iet ter whole d rama ;was ' b e i n g enacted. ,if the scriptures. I t seems that; (6) Jesus ' body w a s handed over .lt'sus had pl;otn.ise of divine help ali(l . to a h?.ving disciple of his instead

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,,f being btiried with the other malefactors, and he was carried into a specially prepared c lmmber hewn out of the rock in a garden outside the town so t h a t t h e fresh

_ air, soothing medication, and tender nursing fifight help revive him from his swoon which he had been b rought into by unnatural .circum- stances. (7) He was gi','en a sleep- ing_ potion to deaden h i s s e n s e s and m i t i g a t e ' h i s Suffering brottght on bv ext reme anxiety at tlle sud- dew turn the events t m d l t a k e n

: again s t - .a l l l i i s expec t a t i o i~ and. divine promises of help. This was to counteract the kill ing despa i r .

ai)pearances .Jesus is fl)nnd conce:tl- ing a n d hiding. W h a t ' s the mean- ing of this representat ion? (14) . Did he not say . tha t the accident tha't was going to happen to ltim wou!d be s imi l a r tn t h a t of Jonah the prophe t kvho was. three days aml

t h r e e nights in the belly "of the whale. T h a t wa~ the 0nly',~i n th'it he had p red ic t ed f o r that wicked ~eneration as h e called them. To

• keep u n the Simi lar i tv ihe must he ali:,'e i'n-the be l ly of tlle': eartli or th6 s imi l i tude falls. J onali was over- come by that s t range experience and h a d swooned. Jesus t01d his' ene-

(8) I f he had really risen froni the m i e s ; i n . a . w a y tha t all their plots dead there was no laeed to have the wouid be turned tO nanght and that stone removed from t h e mouth of- he w0tild be: Safe f r o m a n y serious the grave, thus giving rise to sus- h a r m . Tha t -won ld be a grea t sign p i c i o n s a n d doub ' t~ . l\ie ~ould trove., tO escape froin_tlle jaws of. de,.ath. come out as he did en te r t h e hg~,tse and aga in .d i s appea red l xv i t ho t ~ / t he (15) The double dealings of the

soldiers and- the repeated washings doors being tmloeked. In this case of hands on the part of ,Pilate. aml

. rumors were set afloat that his body the omnious dream of his wife. whfi w a s carried a w a 3 : 113" t!~ed.isciple s ,xvarned her husband: throt igh a spe- alto the people told that he !mtt risen c i a l messenger that he! should, do -from the dead. 'The fact- is this- that ..nothing t o t h a t r ighteous man are under cover of .d~irkness lfis :body was ret~loved!to a safe place where he migh t r e s t and reco x'er from the terrible nerv~- shat ter ing experiences; he lind undergone. (9) ~farv Mag- da.lene, whose sweet sound of rab- boni tingled him all over with sweet memories of tlie past, saw hini in the guise of a gardener. Where was the use to keep up tiffs disguise if he was really risen from the dead?" XVhv did he tell his people not to

• t e l l ' i t ' t ~ anybody? "~Vhat was he ' afraid of? N o b o d y cnuld harm liim- if he had really overcome deatfi. (10) I t was in the s a ~ e bod-y that the disciples saw h~m ~with his wounds still green on him: ( . 11 )He , still felt huf iger and a te w i t h his d isc ip les . (.12) W h y should he ask his disciples that they ~should go to Galilee to meet him t h e r e . . D i d he not want to be out"of , the harm's way? [13) In all post crucifixion

all signif icant in their own way. Al l this Shows that .Jesus ~ "" . was nnracu- Iously saved from the hands of liis e n e m i e s a n d he, as it were, received a new.lease of life. T h a t was a kind of resurrect ion and a rising fr0m the dead as we say in our common pa!-- lance. Onr Ciaristian fl:iends should deeply th ink over it" and :Bee if they can find any th ing that would i~;tti~f~"

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ttlelr natural .dOubt, s-- "]'here is a s t r o n g his tor ical e ~ l e n c e to show that Jesus had to leave lhis native land and migra te to a distant plate w h e r e remnants- of the lost tribes o f Israel w e r e living, and where he lived and preached a m o n g H l e m . dying at the age of 120. l':Iis tomb js still preserved in .Khan Yar Street, Srinagar, India. F o r further part iculars apply to M. 1~. Din. :Muslim Missionary[ 444,q \Vabash. - Ave . , Chica~0 Ill.. U. S.. A. Head- quarters . Q A I ) I . A N , I N D I A .

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Q a d i a n

Thank God for I l i s Mercy" it) cr , ,wning tlie efforts of our Mission~ :_tries to aver t apos tacy tha t was one rime supposed t o engulf cer tain p:ivts ~,f Ind ia and s tem the tide: of t linlhl propagancla. No t oiflV t h i s but God has g iven us. new conver t s fr,,m a m o n g the r a n k s 0 f those wl!0 w,.re ers twhile t r y i n g t o s l i c e off a 1,,,rti~m of ou r c o r e l i g i o n i s t s . I t i ~ .~va!ifyitlg t o leai-fi t ha t several

mission. T h a n k s be to Allah. l le- s ides tlie three lectures the Mauh ' i specially preached his Mos lem mem-

-bers bv w a y of t each ing them Is lam a n d asked them t o send their boys to ilais .sch6ol at Sa l tp0ud for educa-

• t i o n a n d t ra in ing so t h a t t h e founda- tiofi of the mission be laid o n Sound

" f , un . la tkm a n d We are g lad to note that some of t h e friends have s e n t tlieir b6vs dowii Without hesi tat ion. T h e Maulvi r e t u r n e d to S a l t p o n d on the 23rd of Feb rua ry . . M a y - A l l a h bless and increase tlie seed of

i t,,usand Sikhs .have jo ined t h e A h n m d i y y a t . s 0 w n dur ing t h e t o u r ranks of Is lam: W e offer our hear t - ' and m a y H e also bless the bre thren " " " felt congra tu la t ions to His Hol iness wh'o so a n x i o u s l y and g lad ly f o l - thk: Khalifatul- Masseeh and- his tle- lowed t h e Maulvi . :'~,l~.'d fidh,wers. - .. " " B . E . KEvl.sox, -'

Secre tary , Gold Coast . W E S T . ' A F R I C ~ . . . . . " . " . . . .

A n A h m a d i G r o u p . o f 5 0 P e r s o n s o n M A U R I T I U S

M i s s i o n a r y T o u r in W e s t , ' W e r ep roduce below, the cor re- . A f r i c a - spondence t l ia t pa s sed b e t w e e n M r .

()he h u n d r e d -and twen ty - th r ee : , D r a g o o n of : t l ie Amer i can consula te : fresh convers ions t o :)\hma(li MiS= at ColOmbo, Ceylon, and our .Bro ther

si,.m. - H. G. Muluunmad. A h m a d i Mis - .Mauh'i F. R. l l akeem. A h m a d i sioner at MauritiuS. "

F r o m M r . : E : D r a g o o n to H . G . -,. Missionary o f . Sa l tpond, left Sal t- 1,rind on a miss ionary t o u r on the M t ihammad. A h m a d i Esquire . 14th .Februar3~ ah)ng with h i s see- . T h i s m o r n i n g there was handed ...

-reiarv a n d w e n t as f a r .as 70 miles to m e a leaflet Which describes w h a t fnml".Saltpond fol lowed by over 50 i s called Ice M o v e m e n t A h m a d i and

A h m a d i s frcnh" ~-arions ] ~ l a c e s in " i n reading' ' t h r o u g h this leaf let I .\ssin state. During" h i s t o t i r t h e came across -these w o r d s : Les Mauh-i add re s sed - ; t h r ee op=en a i r A h m a d i s interp_ret le prophet ie tle meetings at Yankumas i . D o m p i m , la seConde venue tie J e s u s de llt and I"recoe in which expla in ing the fac0n don t Jesus expl iqna i t lff pro- : , ,1,leerof t h e c r e a t i o n o f man a n d phet ie d e l a seconde venue d 'Elie . t h t - (ya rn t0 a t ta in this o b j e c t . h e Jesus ne deva i tpas venir e n per- !i

exh0rte~l the attdiences to tu rn to-. sonne mais ~m atttre prophete devai t w:~rd the i r Creator . " T h e mee t ings .apprai tse a v a n t - u n e ressemblance ~ Were well a t t ended b y the p a g a n s p a r faite avec Jesus t o u t c o m m e la. i an,I .Chris t ians b e s i d e s tlie. vil lage p r o p h e t i e du- second avenemen t d ' i

.chief.~ and their council lors. Elie fut accompl ie pa r lappar i t ion tie Af te r the lecture" ques t ions were" Iean-Bapt ise . La p r o p h e t i e de la .~

5iwi.tt;d. Whiclt c i tme fr01u b o t h " pagans, a n d Ch/-istians a t t d - w e r e an.~wercd by :.the Maulvi ve ry com- prehensivel(', a~:ld some having. God willing, t h e " b e s t a t ten t ion Of the_. pa.~an fi'iends. In this t ou r of-a 10

• . days' period :123 m a l e . a n d female adults from a m o n g - t h e pagans and uo~-:~l.mmdis .joined the A h m a d i a

seconde Venue tle Jesus . :af f i rment les Almiadis. a e t e accompl ie par la

v e n u e d ' A h m a d qui v in t avec la , meme purssance q u e J e s u s , comnle. J e a n - e t a i t - - v e n u e avec llt puis- - sance d ' E l i e . . " _ - .

VChat .does t h i . ~ m e a n ? Does it " : mean t h a t A h m a d resembles Jesus

in all r e spec t s p hys i ca l l y? Or is it

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merel t" c~ m jr'el urtld • that . \hmad l"'S- sesses the same "'lmissance. "' if : \hmad resembles Jesus in all re- spects physical ly I challeuge you to selltl me his photograph. _ Also please furnish me with his address as I believe it is quite necessarv, . i f the physical r e semblanc~ i s poffaih'~ fi~r m e to know. the address.:

R e p l y I hereby beg to acknoweldge t h e

receipt o( your fakour, asking me about a point iu rel igi .n. Tha t

ctmle tc~ pass. that is the thhLt ~ .which. the I.ord hath sp .ken .

No sacred 1,~Jok gives the prom- i s e that G . d will speak to .any olle

face' t o face if t h e person follows it sincerelv; ; \broad was the man xxTllo ~'ollo{ved the holy Our;in and co'nsZ'quent~y_ received ~ . the reve ta - lion from the :Mos t I-ligh in these days of scepticism and materialism. I l e claiined to be the Messiah t,f the La t te r Days~.and challenged all the

C h r i s t i a n p r ies t s aud clergymen, t . shows tha t you are a seeker, af ter compare the miracles w r o u g h t l}y truth, l s o l e n m l v declare IJef.re all Jesus, son of Mary. with his o.wt~. the worhl that Is lam is the onh- r e - . l ' u t none caulc fc:~xvard. Coulpar e ligion wllich i s t ru th all in all. The the .P r0pheCies 0 f A h m a d and Jesus t ruth found in other re l igions is aud then you w i l l realize that m i x e d u p withfalse l ibod, that is wh_v Ahmad far surpasses hinl. . .- other religions are not p o w e r f u l . \ s to your p o i n t t h a t Ahmad re- enough to e le ra te -us to our. Creator .~embles ~|esus even physically, I d, #he AIost H i g h . Tha t is xx-ll~,: no no t i ' e ad it its. the nriginal pamphlet. prophet is born in other religio{ls The Ahnladis interI~ret the second claiming to be the recipient o f G o d ' s eomin~ of Jesu s just in tile same revelation. The i r sacred S c r i p t u r e s way as Jesus did of the second coal- have. lon~-since been dead and the i r

l a f l g u a ~ a - ~ e n o longer s p o k e n . • . .*" Prol~lets bef0re Otll" h o l y Prophet were t r iba l . l local t o r - n ; ~ = tional. Hence their boolcs arid laws also ,were national and~local which ' could not exist before the universal law the ] to!y Quran. T h e y grad- uallv died out and became l ike-a deat'l letter. T h e w o r k 6f Ggd-coinv cides with the word: of God. l i e let all sacred languages die. Sanskrit , Pall. Pch'lvi, /-Iebrew , (.;reek. and

in~ uf F.lijah. Jesus need not come (lt~wn personalh- i lmt another c-uhl al)~)ear hax:in~ "pcr,(ect ¢esemblance wi th - Jesus l a t h e s a m e way as John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.1~jah. The Ahmadis say ' t h a t A h m a d appeared in . . . . . . . . . . . and spirit of J.esus.

Your objection is not SUl~ported : by the actual Words of t h e I~amph- le t you allude t6.-:. \ V e don' t believe in physical1:esemblance. If 1 seml you the .photograph, how will y o u ¢lecide wlietl~er Ahmad resemfiles

Latin ceased to exist , The i r death Jesus o1" not. because, t r u e portrait sl~ows . i t ha t~ the \ ; edas , the |ewish of Jesus can be had nowhere? -. . .

• and Christian Scripture¢ Pa ) i , : and Iesus Well explains such resem- 17 erslan S c r i p t u r e s : are no longer iflances. Read. carefully t h e follow- w a n t e d . . . - . The work tif God's i ng v e r s e s from t i l e "gospels and book is to take nmn t o G o t l , a n d then send. tile t h e p h o t o g r a p h s of how can One kliow. t lmt such and b . t h Johil and ]~.lijah so that I may such has access in the sight of God. : judge for myse l f whether" John Ye-. If one comes so near to (;qd that" senlbles F2!ijah in all respects, , r he hears Hi s vo:ice~ and publishes it, Jesu~ merely conjectures that |ohn and . i t collies t rue , o u r ~certaiuty~. possessed tile same "puisSance."' It reaches its Climax.that the th ing is" is very s t range ifideetl t l r l t whe, i f rom God (Deut. 18:22~. ' : I f tl~e: the l'ews asked [esus if he w e r e t h e th ing fo l low not, nor dome to pass, _.-X[esslalf, " " , ' ' -H'here ~¢as Ehas (Elijah] that is t he thing wliicli the Lord ~oho was to come be[orehim, he to ld hath not spoken."" I t s converse also them frankly t h a t Iohn the Baptist holds good. If the. thing follow or was Elias,-fntt wlaen they went to

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l,,i;, an'd asked him about it he coming and wise are they who t a k e . ilatlv denied it. Th i s is some th ing to his warn ing . ;q.l,:]renth' confl ic t ing w i t h each ll . G..\[uu:~.~.~t.u)~ ,,1 her. and still you fo l low i t . [ ' lease n . : . l [i~lm 1:17-25. J o h n t h e l lap: T O O U R S U B S C R I B E R S A N D ti-t dtmies t - I~e Fli jah .or his . l ike- P A T R O N S tw.-s~ Now turn t o . M a t t h e w X V I I : . \Ve are runn in~ the MOSt.EM SUN ~ . " IU~I.~. ".-\hal.his disciples asl;ed l!im ~¢lsr at a great l~)ss . T h e total an- szcvin.~, xvhv, t!~en say t!¢el scribes nual income' does nt,t exceed .~X),

" ihitt::F:lias.mus-t first come? And w h i l e t h e annual expendi ture runs h'su.~ a u s w e c e d and said unt~ them oce r $1,500; ex/31uding the ed i t ing l;.li:,~ trulY shal l first come and re- and :clerical work for which no th ing : t , ; rea l l tifin¢s, p, u t I Say n n t o y . u , is .dmrged to the .,account.. U n d e r that I--lias is c~,me a l ready :and thev- km'w him n o t but I m v e ' ¢ h m e - u n t o him wha teve r - they. l is ted: I . ike- wide sl l ; t l l a l so : the s'on of n l a n st. lffer. ;.,t'.ihem." M a t t . X1:14; " A n d i f v e

.will receix~e it. this is F l ias ;~vhi;:h was fi,~"to c o m e . I le tha t hath.:ears t,, hear let h i m - h e a r Y Jesus was n,,t . t . c . m e pers, ma l l3 : f rom heaven

these c i rcumstances it behooves o u r pa t rons and su.l)scribers to d o all they can t o w a r d s h e l p i n g the maga - - z inc t o : s t and on its own legs. I f all

• t ,ur";4uhscribers were to p a y ' u p their arrears', and o u r pa t rons were t o . he lp us with t h e i r . - m u n i f i c e n t h e l p w e h o p e we shall v e r y - s o o n be in a posi t ion to : f i d e - o v e r - o n r - m o n e t a r y

fi,r he l!imself Says. " 'And no. man trOiihles. "All we ask our fr iends i's h;tth ascended up to heaven, hu t rhe'. t q clear up. t l ieir ttne.s, and niore- .that hath come dowi~ fr~,n heaven." over get for us each one of them at M m 3.:13. Jes!ls did no t - con ic down fi',ml I leaven, e v e r y b o d y knows full well. I l e was born , f M a r y a s any ,ith6r child is b o r m . J e s u s says mcwt, wer tha t F ? r l say U n t o y t m . w. shall nol. si,e m e hcm:e foHh. . t i l l ),c

. shall say Messed is he.: thut comcth in thr n a m e . o f thi" LordJ Matt . t_o:.~.. ). It. canno t be t h e same Jesus xx;ho .ai)peared ;1900 years a ~ o . If the word L o r d m m s "h,sus /d,nself then. s u r e b , i ~ ,q different" persona.~e from Jesus. all(I if rhe Word [:ord m e a n s God even

least two .new pav ing subscribers . Dtm;~tions on the par t of oh r pa t rons no ma t t e r how ~malI will in the l o n g . run hel!) a 10ng w a y in so lv ing ou r present difficulties. I f u n f o r t u n a t e l y

• tlaiS much n 'eeded he lp is"not fo r th - comih~, W e a r e afraid, we shal l have t O StOl~ publ i sh ing I tlie jou rna l fo r vt least a t i m e u n t i l , the C 0 n d i t i o n s m.aprove, bu t in tha t case w e shall : have tc~ begin o u r . w 0 i - k a n e w , and then a g a i n the whci le burden would - fall upon out" g o o d ~riends. I t i s .a t i m e l y w a r n i n g tha t /we gix;e. I n

then it d o e s not re.fer to 2fesus, fo r onr. p resen t condi t ion we are no t in he is called the son i , f G o d . . T h e a posi t ion to s e n d s e p a r a t e l a n d pr, mdsed ,i~e is to appear in t h e timelx; r eminders . f¢ , r e v e r y t h i n g re~

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name , f t h e 1.4w¢I, whom lesns fullY, qmres m o a n e r . . \ V e hop'e ou r friends describes in his para l ) le ;of the V i n e - wi!l not let this appeal of o u r s g o in

y a r d . T h u s it is Abroad .who ap- val.n- I t is-a. long xs[a,yofft0, make peared in power a n d ~pirit of Jesus - tile ma. ,az lne a montlalv, as xwtla tile jilst as John the lfaptist . . . . . . . .xl . s can ty mea-ns at o u r di.~i)osal w e ,~ ~ beha l f of l~':lljah..ItJ is lligh time. ~:an no t make ~t'.a :successful . q u a r - . f , r our Chr i s t i an fr iends to give up t-erly.. . . . . the :vain hope O f s e e i n g Jesus . .com- - " ing d,~wn in person., H e has passefl A S A D D I ~ A T H away and o n e - w h o is dead- is dead ~;~e.are .~ads to learn of the death -nce for all. he h a n n o t - c ~ m e b a c k .,d Shaikh R e h m a t u l l a h , o f the E n g 2 t,, this llfe here fm t h i s ear th. J e s u s lish \Varel i , t lse of Lah0re . T h e d e -

. warned people agains t . -h is s e c o n d " ceased was one qd the o l d e s t and

74 THE MOSLEM BUNRISE

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loving follow'ers of the Promised 3lessiah. l i e was a sincere and lwactical Moslem a n d though out- wardly h e had to sever his connec- tion w i t h Qadian Ahmadia Move- mer i t :he still adhered faithfully to his Mas ter \vhon~ he loved with all the zeal and hea r t o [ an ador ing

Mr. D. F: Cooper Abdull Ghani.- . Miss Linda Sealv ~ t u l l a h . Mr. J. S. L o u i s -Anmnullah.

-Mr. Edgar - A. C r a i g I A b d u l Gh;tf- foor. • -

Mr. L e o Logan Sher Mulaammad. ML'~V. M. Freeman-=Freid . Mrs. Virgi l J enk ins - - Jamee la . '

disciple. Mav his soul rest ifl peace Air. S. G. Greene- -Ghulab . and ma) the ~livine M e r c y enshroud . Mrs. Addie Youfig--Slml)ab. his place of eternal rest. T o hls M r 2 M e r r i l V a n Bat tenberg- - l l ad~ . sons and other ~itrx'iv0rs a.~ well as to his friends We ccmvev our sincere sympa thy in their great bereave- n l e n ~

Since the last issue of the Most.IL~t SuNrosm the number of new converts to is lani h a s been about 113 , . bu t I,elow we g i v e the names of thir ty- four only, because in the case of tile o ther 79 certain details we have not been able tn get, hence we leave over their ~ . . . . names for the next issue Of Mosr.Est SUXRISE. Tim American and t h e Moslem names :of the 34_we

r u d D i n .

Air. Dtmcan Hami l ton- - l l an ieedu l - lah .

Mr. 1Villie R o o k s - - R u k n u d Din. M r . S a m B u c k n e r i S a m e e u i l a h . Air. J a m e s I:-ridg~--l;reM. Mas te r B. 1Vi lson-- \Vi lavet . Mrs. Mart lm Hayes Ha:wwa.

Mr: Saeed .Hassen , a Syrian Mos- lem. has joined the A h m a d i i Move- n l e n t .

..CONGRATULATIONS

~X.re beg to convey our sincere co.ngratulations, to Sir Archiliahl Hamil ton, who , tlw0ugh : t l ieeffor ts af L o r d Head ley , himself a Moslem, l ias-accepted I s l a m . M a y his entry

give below : Mr. Howard Cafu the t s " Ham m ad . : :be a source of blessings not only to

h imse l f : and his- o w n ' k i t h and. kjn Mr. Anderson "Jackson--.)Munad Jal 7 and o t h e r friends, ' but ito Is lam at

eel large, and nia.v:his c o m l n g i n be the Mr. C. J0hnson - - Jml Mohammad. signal for Englisl imen to jo in Islam Mr. John Shntiago Sliamsud Din. in large nntnl)ers~ ~Ir . Olive Pibso£j = - P e e r Mnham-

n lad . -

• 3Jr; Virgil W a s h i n g t o n " Abdul Vqo- do0d.

Slr. Rothelz Mason Monawwar . . - Mr~James Mason Moneer.-

I¢.ev. J. D. l \ r. R0ss IAbdt j l l ah Sai fur Rchman. "

' Mr. John Samsofi - -Jamal . :".Muham- mad.

,llrs. E m m a 1 V i l s o u ~ A m a n a t Mr. Lee McG, ruder - -Lut fu l lah . Air. \Va l te r W a l k e r Muhamnmd

Saleem. Air. Janer Hil l--Hilaxvl . r Mr. T r o y I.ogan-~-Solieman. Mr. Wil] XVillianl~AIMnl W,,h),)d.

NOTES AND EXCERPTS

~[r. Purd6ni. wri t ing of Paul i, the Apri l issfic ,-,f the .l[oSlcnt H'orht says that he was all things to .all men. To the Jew he 1,ecame a Jmv,

t o a Greek" a Greek. Tha t is w h y we f i n d i n s t e a d of the pure teaching i ~f .Jesus • the. Patfline doctr ines in tlm present , day Christianity. \\re yvant our Christian hrethren to leave Paul back, and hearken to. the religion of ] e s u s Which is nothing ' lint Is lam. " : . " "

Muslim students in "l'nnis arc s o " Mr. Rufus K y l e s - - A b d u s .qul)han.- well brought up in their failli as well Mr. Peter J o h n ' [ 'eml,ert , m--A.l,dul a.4 111(, cmnl)aratiye meri ts , , f I~;lam

Kareem. and "Christ ianity, that " ,ne cc,ul,l

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I,i, ;, ,,ut any da.v at .hazard, a dozen conlin~ small ist;t~ls in a sea of 1 . . . . . . ,f the middle, class, sav of Islam." On y e brave. f,.i~ccu years of age, who (onld ,t~-,-uss,the doctr ines of trinity, t!~e . " I t has been impossible to follow cr~;cilixioh, sin. the authenticity Iof the efforts which have been made th," Ifil,le~ in a way which would to reach the ten millions of Mos- I~-:~',," h . v s ' o f a similar age in A m e r - lems in China without be ing deeply ica ,,r Ilritain in a m a z e o f astonish- impressed with t h e difficulties antl m,.ut,'" says a correspondent of flxe apparent defeat which have ~ccom- ~l,,.,'lcin r['oHd. " panied this pa r t i cu la r , ministry.

Chimt's Millions. Xk'i'ititi.~ in the Eas! and IVest con . . . . .

ci..rni~..~ the religions l i fe in Egyp t D r . K o h l e r says in his book Jec¢,- the Rev. \V. \V."Cash states tliat i sh "l'heoloqy: ' ; ' l 'he leadinff spirits fr,~,m 300 to !,000 C o p t s g 0 over to , i f ; Juda ism recognized . . . . the IsT;tm anmtall;~'. There is , ~ he ' says, .Christian land Mohammedan relig- "':t ~lr,~t~ Is lam.-wit l i n0thing but ion to he agencies o f Divine :Prov-- ct,lllt'illpt for the Christian.. . and. an idence; intru.4ted with the historical i,td historic Clmrch i~i danger .o f de- i mission of coopera t ing ill the build- car lhr0ugh lack 0f spiritnal v~tal= ~ g u p o f the Messianic Kingd6m, it-~:. ~x-hilst more Cliristians join t h g tlms preparing, for t h e ultimate r a n k - . t l , lam tnnuall th tn Mo~ , 'iL " s " : . , y ; - , i t r iumph of pure monothe i sm in the: lctllg become- Christians." \Vitli h e a r t s and lives of .all men and-na- .qL(I()0 Christian workers in Egvp t tions of the world. TheSe views. and N.r thern States of 2~.frica.'i{ i~. voiced b y lehuda h a l . e v i , Maimon- wl,rth considering whether it is w,, th its while t0 .kecp tile Claris; tian missionaries itr those l;md~ with a rec.rd like this.

ides aml" Nahmanides] w e r e reiter- a ted:by m a n y enlightened -rabbis of later, t'imes: Tltese point .out that both tlie ChriStian antl ~[ohamme-

, dan nations-believe in the same God ~,\"rites N. C. Tomlinson in .the and Ilis..reVelation to t n e n , i n the

-M,,slcm 'lForld for. April- " : \ Eu- unity Of human, race, a n d i n the - r,,pean converted t o ' I s l a n i ' com~. - future l i f e ; that t h e y trove spread - mcnced aggressive w0rk in. I922. t h e knowledge of God by a sacred

literature based Upon Our scrip- - " tures : that t hev have!reta ined the divine coinmandments essentially as c--

- - they are phr.~tsed in o u r Decal0gue:~ .and have .practically .taught to men to fulfill the Noahitic laws of ha-

The Scmtli African Islamic Mission was formed for the propagat ion 9f this faith to the nat ives; Europeans" :rod Indians of S0util .Africa... ~ nllssion was e s t a b l i s h e d ill Natal; and I -be i i eve . one ;n Transvaal[ This a c t o n the p~u't 0f . t le .~[.oham: inanity. On acconnt of the last fact IIt(!t];tll,':, Was brou.~ht t o t h e notk=t~: the . -~IedievaI" Jewisli authorities -f ministers :!ml missionaries;, which considere~l Christ ians. to be half- came as a .4hock to all."-.-~eehoxx] ; proselvtes~ whi le the Mohanlmedans ~ the-an.~t.ls of G o d - a r e w0rking f ~ liein.~-purelv monotheists, Were a l -

, . . , • . o . - ~ " . . ~ p •

• I.dum. . . . . ' I ways still clo.er to :Jndmsm.

, r : ' - - " " o - " " ' ! : " • " " ' - ' " " key. \~ . I."i'qa~t xxtlttn.~ from Kevtewmg the Book of Rehgmn, .l):thq~tnev m the I'orct.qlt P w.ht tacitly:. ;rod Empire :. 3.[r: A. Jeffery remarks .ulmits.t 'he pt:ecarious Cmlditions of; i n - the Mosl,/n(H.:orld ' that '.'many I the:Cliri~ti-m m i s s i o n s i n XVe~tern -Xroslem a-~ologists ha~,e-been en .\tri.ca against the risiiig title, ot .Is- barrassed Over the question Of mir~t- lain. Children of the freed slaves., clesl seeing-f loat Moliammad him- wh~i settled in Freetown and era- selfdeclare~l laisi imbil i tvto.perform braced Christianit~ "are rapidly be- any." l ' e rhai)s ' Air.- jeffery has

• i'(~ T H E M O S L E M S U N R I S E

never read a n y M o s l e m book on the subjec t , no r does he seem to. have ever come i~ con t ac t wi th a M o s l e m . \ p o l o g i s t . By the w a y w h a t has he to say to J e s u s ' a b s o l u t e re fusa l to show a n y mi rac l e to ti le v i l e and wicked g e n e r a t i o n un less .it x~n,s Of h i s : o w n su ic ide a i d e d mid abe t t ed by the d i v i n e fa ther . " I have ar - r anged wi th m y enemies to d i e on the c ross , " fpr i h a t is w h a t it comes

leges . . . . . the r e s iden t i a l c01- lcffe and co l l ege hal ls are, for the

" t ime be ing , the new t o y of the Intt~ °

Jan c duc a t i ona l i s t . I t is a good h~v, b r i t . ~ts s t o r y w o u l d ulti- m a t e l y be read in t h e ' h i s t o r y Of the d i s ao l 'm in tmen t s o f . wel l -nieanin - - . . . g

m e n w h o have s t r i v e n " to .hrin~ f r o n t a f a r good to IncHa." Preniier

R a m s a y M a c d o n a l d in his book, " 'The G( ,ve rnmen t of I n d i a . "

to. P e r h a p s t h a t was the f g r e a t e s t - " " and the o n l y mi r ac l e 6 Jesus . D I D ' J E S U S I N D O R S E " \ V h a t does h e . m e a n by a m i r a c l e ~ P O L Y G A M Y ? a s le ighl o f hand ? - (See 25th Chap. Matt . )

,, z ~ . i : \s lUost C h r i s t i a n s k n o w littlel Of the whole C l m s t i a n - c m n - ' . . . . . . . ~, , -~ , s o muni tY in I n d i a 90 p e r cen t have " a !mut , tnc ;i,te.sse~t t rolJ~let jesus, . . . . . . . t . . . . . . . ,_ , --- ', , -- . t o n w h o m n e p e a c e antl,l)lessiti~s of t o , t o ~rom the ¢lepressen crosses, ¢,r \ i l i11) ° x e t th i l - " " ~' "" the o u t c a s t e c 0 m n n m i t v ' CIf f l¢o r e - " . : : . - - " lk tha t "they Know maininff t e n t h dr- t h e . con4muni tv , at!;.x.vc Will. ~:t th t/~ew a s m s t a n c e , ab0t l t f ou r - f i f t h s a r e f rom the re , e x a m i n e t lus d l s tm. ,m.shed person spec t ab l e Sudl 'a c lasses . . ()f the wlmm t h e y e a l l God. - r e m a i n i n g one- t i f t ie th , m(,st a re P, e f - r e w e . t u r n , o n the searchl ight from the Mus l im f a i i h : of t l iese 1 wish to r e m a r k t ha t ( s ince they aga in the,' m h j , r i t v w e r e ~Mginalh- s a y t h e v . d o no t l ike the Maste(- m e m b e r s of t h e l l ' indu C()mmuni tv . l.'l:,)l)het~ 3 [uhamm;td . Peace h i - o n bu t t h e y liassc.d t h r o u g h \[ohan'a- h im' l .1 )eeause he s a n c t i o n e ( l ' p o l v g -

: u n v m his d a y and t i m e . w e will-see m e d a n i s m in t6 Chr i s t i an i t y . l h ' o b - i if i e sus w a s ' a n y b e t t e r , in th is r e -

• a b l y ; !ot more than one in a thou- s a n d . C o l the whble Chr i s t i an Corn- speet . F'iwther1(mfe. s ince the .M:ts- m u n i t y in Ind i a ) comes f rom the t e r -Pro l )he t a p p e a r e d m o r e thanS(10 B r a h m a n C a s t e . : '~ ~,ook of " s " ~2c l r rl/ ' ' yea r s af{er Iesui: it se'ems that he Miss ions in India . 1912; - i ' e h a b i t s o r r y for the peop le in the

wre t ched collt l i t i(m in Which the T h e r e a re four mi l l ion . . . . ~ c • ( I m s t m n s N a z a r e n e lef t them. and t )hl d i e

in the Ind ian l ) o p u l a t ~ o n o f a l )out a men if-thex: j u s t l iad t() havi, m,~re h u n d r e d t imes as m a n y . : . a m l they a re m o s t l ~ d r a w n from the o u t c a s t e s and the l~m'er socia l c'l;isses. Pro.~- tess is s low, and of the fi ,ur milli~,n ;, l a rge n u m b e r call. h a r d l y pass mus te r . The,;- a r e . p o t ; r de; if chi l - dren of dim and uncert 'a in l ight , b u t t hey have been b a p t i s e d . B y . n o m e a n s have t h e y al l been converted indiv idual ly , - E c o n o m i c m o t i v e s h a v e often de termined their pro- fess ion of faith, and the great col- !e~es f o u n d e d and m a i n t a i n e d by m i s s i o n s have y ie lded but scanty harves ts in converts . (T l ie b lack face ;ire o u r s . ~ F d . M. S.) . F e w miss ion- ames a re h a p p y al)out the r e suh , and there is a l~erceptible m o v e m e n t in favor of c l o s ing mi sce l l aneous col-

t_l}an tree wife , to t ake . no t ten, but h n~r.

X~,w w e w i l l t u r n t~tlt" sea rc l : l ight - ill)on _lestlS. whr, ul Mr. Mat- t hew: has t o l d us so much ahoul.

[ : u l l v exposed heft , re us now. ix tl e 1Yira'hle 0f the T e n Vi r~ ins . Mr. • M a t t h e w says tha~ these m'e the, kv,)Ms of the T', ' , ipllet J g s u s .

1st Ve r se s a y s : ".Then sha l l the. ldn .~ 'd ,m of heaven be l ikened unto ten virk, i.n?;: :which :to~,k t h e i r l a m p s . :!rid .1veill for th t o m e e t t he l~ i ' i de - o " o 7 ~ ... 1 t i t 1111 .

\Vha t I .am ;iskin.~ i s : Did the hcideffrotml r ea lh : in tend to marry ;111 ten" (ff these (4rcfins?

\ ' e r s e 2 s:avs: " F i v e of the vir~;ns were wise add five. w~re toohsh. . . . . .

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t~, x: t lding this m:t t tcr" it st'eros tn" it than its foe. If it be n~t st,. l[lal the. then pi'e,.'ailing cus tom .of we have no po.wer agains t the m,t~m~:,ny was, f o r each man to enelny, for tl~ey excel us both in

m; , r ry ten wives. T e n there mus t numlJer and /zquipment. if we are bc. ,.xcn if h a l f of them were crazy, equal to t hem in sinfulness, they

\ :crses 3, 4 and 5 s a y s : - " T h e y a'll are our super iors in s t rength . If we slumhcred and slept, -The foolish do not ove rcome them b y means of : ,,nes had forgot ten to put oil in their our moral , excellence we shall not

• l:ttnl,s. {Vhile t i l e wise o n e s ' lamps overcome them b y our s t reng th : . -11 (1 ~ i " .

w t f r o h l l e 1 : . " Know that . . there a re gtmrdians s e t

Verses 6 a'nd 7 s a y s : i ' A l i d a t o v e r you by_ (]od and t h e y _know t ii,lni.~ht there was a "ci'v m a d e . Pe- wha t ~,-0tt d0~ So refrain from do ing

hold. the brii!egrt)om colneth, go ye shameless . .deeds. Alld ask the aid ,,ut t~, nicet h i m : then. all t hose t e n _ of ( ;od-ag~i i~t - - 3-our own w e a k - . virgins ~.readv tt~ be marri 'ed) arose nesses . - jus t a s you implore His as- ::ml t r immed ' f l l e i r lamps." . " sistance, aga ins t y o u r enemies. I-

g . r - Verse 10 say.'.:.-: \ \ , lade the fool: do the . same, for . . . . myse l f and fo r you. i sh were g o n e .to buy oil f o r t h e i r i Be gent le to the Moslems in ma t t e r

• lamp~, tl{e, b r i deg room c a m e ( t o . of.. ) o u r n e v : compel . them. no t to • chffm aJl tell of ~the g i r l s , as h i s make s u c h ' t o n g journey-s as m a y t i r e

wives'~ and th0se t h a t were ready them, n o r l e t - t h e m make shor te r xi'ent in With him to the m a r r i a g e : j o u r n e y s tlmn the;,- can ea s i l y per- and the d~H)r Was .hut..s" '" "° form. . . 'unt i l tliev, re;tch the e n e m y

Ves. here is tl{e b r idegroom locked Without tlieir b e i n g f a t i g u e d by their • i~il, rs w i t h five of h'is ten w i v e s , . t r a v e l l i n g ; f o r they a r e g o i n g to an

while the- extra five were up and out enem,~" Who s t ays at home and whose in the dead of tile n i g h t b u y i n g : a r m y ' i s intact." Hal t f o r a d a y and laml,-.il . ha i r oil. pe r ' f umes . -etc... niffl{t even . w e e k . L e t y o u r camp ,.,citing ready. : \ n d Jesus tel ls us l;e away. f rom the habi ta t ions of ihc-l£it./.~dim'l t,f heaven shall- he t h o s e xx:ho have made peace wi th likt.ncil un to i h i s - lmrah t e . \Vel l . you and liave come under y o u r pro- -well. m, wonder thtt br, idegro~m~ re- t e c t i on and let none of y o u r corn- . ieCtt.d the ~,ther f i v e w h o came and 1)anions enter them except those Of k~,c,cked, for he a l ready had four whose I~ety" vot! are sure. And thou m,,i.c ihfin he needed. ".-\nd {ills is sh(mldst ha:¢e with thee sucla Of t hy ]~ui.a sample ¢tf:tl~e N e w l ) i spensa- . w n conntrX'men o r the people of d,,n f l ier h~~lle?' so m n c l i hb0ut. : tha t Country o f - w h o s e svmpatlav l ' , ,hgam\-? \ \ , e l l . this: "caps the .;rod t ruthful 'hess thou ar t confiden{,

'cthuax. . lot t he informat ion of a liar will be Shaikll Aht~md Din.

- - St. l .ouis. 3[~.

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• "'I c,,;l~mand thee :rod t h y fellow c,,ml,atants If; feai: (h,d un',ler all circlimstance~, ftw to- fear ( ;od is the be,t ~,f I~reD;trations "a.,c:,inst t he t'nemv and t h e wi ,6s t ,ff str:tta.,rems in war, And I hid .thee and those . th:tt are 3vith thee-h~ g u a r d them-" selves a..~aiust sin mort~ y-iffilantly _ than a~:tinst x-fJtll" enemy, for. the Are Chr i s t i ans r F o l l o w i n g sins ~.,f the army" are m 6 r e d a n g e r o u s . Teach ings of Chr i s t? T h e r e

o f no use to theeevet: l if he tells thee the t ru th in cei-tain mat ters , \ \ ' laen: t h o u appr0acI ies t the land of the enemy, send b e f o r e thee m a n o r . scouts , and disperse small par t ies ~ i,et{~'een th{-self and t h e enemy. Set up gua rds o v e r the a r m y and" be on t lLv gua rd aga ins t n igh t attitcks to the bes t o f thy pt~wer. God i s t h y

• p a t r o n and the p a t r o n of those tha t are w i t l i t h e e a n d H e is t hy he lpe r a~-ainst thv enemy, and He is o n e : Who is c.-rlled -npon for help."

the has

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b e e l l lit} t e ; . t e h c r till t ' ;H ' th WlhJ.~e teachings have been so vaun t ing ly admired and at the same time so ut ter ly neglected as th, se of Chris-

_tianity, and ask how m a n y Chris- t ians are carryin.~ them out.

"'Lay- not u l ) fiw yourse lves treas- ures upon ear th ." Matt . V 1 : 1 9 .

"A rich man slmll hardly en ter into the k ingdom of l i eaven . ' ; Matt. X I X : 1 9 . .

"It is easier fc/r a camel t . go th rough t h e e v e of a needle than f o r a rich man t o enter into thel~ingdon~ tif (Jod." Matt. X I X : 2 4 .

'4z~O l l l a n c a n s e r v e twi-) nl~.lStel-s : fur ei ther he will liate tile one and l . ve the other, or else he will hohl to tile one, a nd despise t i l e o£her. You cannot serve b o t h God and

Tam mon. "There fo re I say m i t o win, take

no t h o ug h t for your l ife. alJd wha t ve shall eat or x~,hat ve shall dri:nk, nor , ye t for body w h a t ye. shall, pu t ,,n." Matt . \ ' 1 :24 , 23.

" I f thou wil t be :perfect, ge, and

(rum thee : for it is prolital, le that ,,he of the members shuuhl perish, and not t h v ' w h o l e . b . ¢ l y shouhl 1)/: cast into hell." Matt. \ , :29, 30.

(-),m injunct ion of Jesus pet"t:dns [ IlOt to all his followers, 1,ut is onl.v meant for-such of tlieni a s have tile courage t , ac t u l m n itl \Vhen the

- disciples :o]? Jesus said t . hinb "'If the case of man be so wi th :h is u ire. i t is not g o o d to mar ry . " he re-lied " ~ 'AII m e n caimot- recei\-e t h i s " sav~ . rag, s ave they to w h o m - i t is given'." These w o c d s show tha t Jesus pro-. ferred celibacy to. marr iage . The words that~fol low show tha t a life of ce l ibacy~was with h f i n the ideal life, and those t h a t made themselves . eunuchs to enter t h e k ingdom 0f God were ideal me~l; " F o r t l iereare some eunuchs, which were so 13ori~ from their ,mother ' s wonfl).: aml~ thei'e a r e some e u n u c h s wh ich were . made e l l l l t l c h s O f ' l l l e l l : a l l d there are ~unuchs which have made tl{em- Selves eunuchs for the king(h,m 0f h//aven's sake. ] le tha i i s al;le to-

Sell tha t thou Imst , :and give l o tile receive it, let l~im receive it." lh)or, and th0u shal t have t reasure . - .

] e )' m w a x e n . M a t t . X I X :21. "Res is t not evi l : 1)ut wha t soeve r D Y I N ( ; L 1 K F CI- [RIST

shall smite thee ~ thv ÷iffht cheek. . • . " . . . . turn t o hin~ the o the r ' a l sn . )x£11d i f . . A l l i an . Oll being told by Ms d .c t , r any man will s u e thee at tile law, t h a t h c w a s dying, sent h,v two Cath,,- and ' t ake awa3rAhy coat . liet him have l i cq) r ies t s .These hol~'vttitures think 2 thy cloak • also. i And wha t soeve r ing there ~ouhl be some rich leavings. shall compel thee to gi! n mile. g 6 came postlmste and wei'e reqfiested t0 with him ~ " " ~ - t vain. Matt . \ :.~9-41. stand one .on eiich side of tlie bed.

" 'Take th'erefore m, th imffht for when they asked him if. he wish,ed to lhe l l lornJw: for the lllOrl-(Jv¢ .shaH. take though t fo r tile th in~s o f itself.

• Sufficient t r o t . tile day is the evil thei 'eof." -Matt VI '~4" "

" l ' rov lde 'nmther gold, n , r silver. nor hra~s in vCJltr p t l rses . n(Jr scrip fiw y 'our jour{wy. :ne i ther two co;rts. nei ther shoes, m,r y'et s t a v e s . " .Matt. X :9.

" I f ' t h y ri~dli eve - t / end thee. l;luck i t out." and cast it f rom . thee: f o r it is p¢ofitalili:, fiw t h e e t h a t one ~,f t h v member s should perisl! and not t h y whole lm,]v should be c a s t into he l l . And if" thv r ight hand offend thee. cut it . f t . and cast it

confess and receive the last hokus- --l)-kus. : The priesls were told he. did

not. "Why , then:, d id wm send f.r us ? " they asked. "'-.l:;eca{lsvc." said the (lying man" "'l w;mt-l,~ (lie like Christ d~d--~bel wt/bn tw.thieves."

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W H A T I S I S L A M ?

"I.¢lam is a very simple faith. It requires man to recognize his duties towards God. his creator, aud his fellow creatures. I t teaches the supreme duty of living at l~eace with one's surroundin:~s. It is preeminently the religion of peace. The vL'rv Imme. " I L A M " means " P E A C E . " The g0al o f - a man's, life according to l~!:~m is peace with everything, peace wi th God and peace with man. Quran, the holy b o o k of Islam, tells us. that the final abode of man- i s the "house of

/ peace." where "no vain word or sinful discourse" will be beard. The Holy I'rophet of Islam says tllat "a follower of Islam in the true sense of the word is

• otle whcJse h i m d s , ~ l g t ! e and t h o u g h t s d o not ' hurt Others." : O B J E C T .O'~ .-X AI,~.N'S L I F E . according to Is lam i s i t s complete unfold-

ment. Islam teaches that man is born with unlimited :capacities for progress. ]slatu floes not support the. idea that man is born in sin. I t teaches tha t everyone luts within hinl the. seed of per.fect development, and it rests solely with himself to make or mar h is fortune. ."~,Ve created man i n the best make;" says the holy Qlti'au. C A R D I N 2 \ L D O C T R I N E of ISLAXI" is t l ie Uni ty of Godhead. We bt:liex'e in-one God Who iS AllLGood, AlI-Mercy, 'and All-Power:. He is Perfec{: ant] Holv , 'Al l -Wisdom, All-Kn0wledge, and All-Truth. These are some of His

.great at{t~ibutes so far as we can understand. He .is free from al defects, Holy and Transcendent. He is personal to us in so far as we see His- attributes Work-

. ing for its and i n ns, but ' He is nevertheless impersonal, because He is Infinite, Perfect, and HOLY. .~ ,Ve do not believe that death, decay, or sleep.overtake Him.

~leither. do we believe that He is a helplessly inactive and inert force. Nothing happe'ns wi thou t His kno~,vledge and XVill. He neither begets uor is He begotten, because these are '_the traits of frail and Weak hunlanlty. This u n i t y o f God is the first and .moremost pillar of Islam, and eve ry othcr;,belief hangs upon it.

• Propht)thood of Afuhammad is tile sccon.d pil lar of Islam. W e believe that God through His infinite AIercv a n d Grace h a s been raising great teachers thi:oughout the ages, in a l l ' countr ies and all dirties. ~,¥e do not belie.re that His |]ot}ntles Ifave been restricted to 0ne place or people.• Hence we honor and

•.pect a l l - t heg rea t teachers of the past. We honor Buddha, Rama, and Krishna r ( ¢;

of In(lia, Confucius of China, and Zoroastr . of Pe r s i a much t l ie same way as we ..tlo honor .Moses , Ahraham.-and.Jesus~ w e regard them all and m a n y . m o r e as the heavenly. teachers born to reform "and regenera te man and lead him to God. We draw no .lint o f discrimination, All we" acid is that hl-uhammad was also a grent teacher and a Prophet .0f God, though from the magnitude and the extent of lii.~ work.~ve regard him as the greatest one of (hem all. Yet we do not believe that the divine door of p r6phecy is closed for t h e fu tu re , though it is n o w i n

- 'the footsteps of the Afagter-Prophet Atuhammad that e a c h o n e has to w a l k . Our- own age has not been without its Own witness, for in Ahmad Of India we have the Prophet o f the age whose sole mission has been to- lead mank ind to the sun of I s l am. That Js why we regard Muhammad as t h e s e a l of the Prophets , f o r with- out Xluhammad;s yoke n0b0d# can be the leader and- teacher of mankind.

• " T h e Q U R A N is our s~icred book. Jns t a s -we be l l eve in all the prophets Of all places and t lmes .so" do -we believe that a l l religions bad their origin in truth

• alld ritzhteonsness, hut with tile lapse of time trufll was either forgotten or became oyerlaid with human ifiventions. Ins tead.of t r u t h p e o p l e be.~m'to teach command- - " ments of m e n . Moreover, some of those teachings were of a local or temporary nature, and to these a universal character was assigned. We believe that our holy book preserves and includes all those . teachlngs tha t a r e l of permanent nature and supplies additional teachings of a Universal nature that can help mankind in its never-ending march of progress. We ho ld the Quran as the . .very W o r d Of God Which. has superseded a l lp rev ious teachings. I t is t.be final code for man's u p w a r d course of life. - - . • .. . . . .

Life After D e a t h is another piilar of islam. ~,[.~V~..believe~in the resurrection of the dead. Yet how i t is to come about we d o - n o t k n o w . This ranch we are t~d, that t he -nex t •life is to be no new one. bu t a continuation of the present to manifest the hidden realit ies-here. We are, moreov'~r, told that. this new phase of.life will liave an unlimited scope of progress. Salvation, we helieve, be~'ins in this very life, and the next life is to see only i t s Unfoldmenh '*He who is blind in th~s life will be blind in the next, too , " Say.6 the Quran~ Such a n o n e shall have • o wait for his perlodli0f '.Cpttrge" to l e t the" scales fall from_ his eyes. Yet, accord- ing to Islam, nobody~is doomed in the Christian sense of tile term. Everyone in the end will see his w~y to eternal progress.: But it does not mean that we regard t h e next life" as imaginat3-. .Nothing can.be more real than that. We believe the -spirit must be encased in some sor t o f b o d y to function properly, and we cannot conceive a spirit existing without a b o d y . So we believe in a future blissful state

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in which both body and soul must work out their own des,lay. W h a t that body would be like we can ' t say; maybe it is a sublimation of the ear thly material.

We believe in. angels .and we believe in predest inat ion h~ so far tha t God is all-knowing. But we believe in the accountabil i ty Of man, who has been provided with the means and power of discrimhiation. W e do not believe .that any other person can suffer to undo our mistakes; nei ther do we believe in t h e vicarious a tonement . ~3,re ~believe that our mistakes do entail misery and suffering, lint we can jus t make it up by r lght living. "No burdened soul can bear the burden of another ," says the hoh" Word of God. Sincere repentance, however, we believe, secures forgiveness . ; ' O h M y s e r v a n t s w h o have t ransgressed to your injury, despair not Of Allah 's M e r c y - f o r all sins do th Allah forgive, Grac ious and Merciful: is H E . " Ouarafi X X X I X " 5 4

~Are believe in prayer, fasting, and almsglving, a n d - w e believe in the all-per- vading and all-prevail ing Mercy of God. T h e r e i s n o pr iesthood in Is lam. Any and ex-ery qrue l~l lever can lead in prayet 's provided he is vet:sed in his religion. There is no need for a n t 0r.dinatlon. I t is sufficient tha t he is a good Moslem

Excep t ing the-dtfferences o f spheres in certain aspects of life, I s lam does not recogmze any difference of sex. "Man and woman have been ci'eated out of the same essence:" "women have _as much i ' ights and obligat ions as men have;" "women are the garments of men as men a re . t he garments of women," s a y s the h o l y Ouran. The Im!y propliet of I.slam says', "The bes t one among you is he who is be'st towards Ins wife and family. ' . . . . Heaven lies a t ' t h e feet of your mothers ," is another of his well-known sayings.

I s lam £orb.~ds impuri ty of every kind. Cleanliness o f body arid mind is a pre- requisite for a Mosleth. H i s body. his food t h a t makes that body, and lils thoughts" tha t arise in tha t body mus t all "be clean. T h a t is why pork, ;,vine and gambl ing are absolutely forbidd'en.

Science a n d knowledge have ahvays been encouraged in Is lam. Throughnn t Is lamic his tory you will not find people bein~ persecuted for- the sake of their- Imv- ing made certain diseove÷ies in science and art. I s l a m has ever been the cham- pion of rat ionalism anti scientific l 'esearch Is lam clahns to b e a rat ional faith and

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undertakes to sat ,s ly reason and conscience both. I t does not recognize any color bar, but on the o ther h a n d condemns it openly. I t teaches . the universal l~rotherho0d of man and the greatest, wonder and the miracle of mii'acles is that a m o n g its followers it has obli terated and practicallv-.effaced all ideas of racial or color sUperloritv. In the sight of God all ai-e equal and therefore a k ing and a slave s tand shle by side, shoulder to shoulder in the .p raye r house. Ira society, tbls dist inction of h l g h - a n d low, rich or poor, white , or I~lack is p rominen t by its absence, and this fact has been admit ted even by the ~v0rst enemies and detractors of I s lam. Says H : G . Wells. "Koran has kept Is lam together in a s turdy fellow- sh ip under ~l lah , a fellowship transcendiner race. color, language tha t naakes the bond of Christ ian bro therhood seem a futile sent imental i ty ."

The E T H I C S O F ISLAAf m ay be snmmed up in the ~ o r d s o ¢ ' t h e hol 1 • • " " " Y Qt ran: "Le t dtvme bapt tsm be your goal and what can be bet ter than divine

bapt ism?" .The holy Pi 'ophet sa~d: -"Develop divine a t t r ibutes and manne r s in you." Ano the r p i e c e f r o m the Quran t o t im same effect is as follows: "Blessed are they who fulfill t he covenant of God and break not thei r compacts ; a n d who join together what God has bidden to be jo ined; and fear their. L o r d . a n d dread the evil reckoning; and who f r o m desire to please their Lord are cons tan t amid trials, and observe prayers, and g i v e a l m s ifi secret as well in open out of what xl, re have bestow6d on them: and turn a s ideev i l wi th good: for them there is t h e recompense of that abode, gardens of eternal hab i t a t ion / in to which .they shall enter, together witJ1 such as¢ shall have acted r ight ly f r o m a m o n g t h e i r pareuts. their wives and their posterity, and ~he angels shall g o in unto them. by every

. . . . " " " portal (saying), peace be with you, because: you have endured with patience. Islam bas been- the greatest social and democrat ic force in the World. and tlie

future of lhe world lies at the / fee t of Is lam and nowhere else. The one distinc- tive feature of I s lam is tha t it is a l ivihg re l ig ion . I t promises and gi~,•es t h e . - . spiri tual blessin~zs which were-glven t@ the former peoples. The door of prophecy - it keeos open for all t imes and its devotees can h a v e a -d l rec t communion wit[1 God like the prophe ts Of old. Wil l you not accept i t and be blessed? I

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