Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-12-17


springs; verify, this is a discourse distin-
gushing good from evil, and it is not COM
posed with lightness. Verify, the infidels
are laying plot to PROSTATE my designs,
but will lay plot for their ruin. Where
fore-O prophet! bear with the unbeliev-
ers; let them alone for while''
The omnipotence, omniscience and ON
nipresence of God, are set forth in the fol-
lowing beautiful and striking language:
Whatever is in heaven and earth, sing.
eth praise unto God, and he is mighty and
wise. He is the kingdom of heaven and
earth; he giveth life and putteth to death !;
he is the Almighty. He is the first and
the last. the manifest and the hidden, and
he knoweth all things. 1t is he who Gre
ated the heavens and the earth in six days,
and then ascended his throne. He know.
eth that which entereth into the earth, and
that which issueih out Of the same, and
that which descendeth from heaven, and
that which ascendeth thereto and he is
with YOU whersoever We be; for God seeih
that which We do. His is the Kingdom of
Heaven and earth; and unto God shall all
things return"
The foregoing extracts conclusiyely
| prove that, if the Koran were really writ
ten by Mahomet, he was not the ignorant
and illiterate individual he has been repre-.
scented, but that he was gifted with mind
of superior order, improved by education,
and that he was capable of understanding
and approaching the grand and beautiful
IN the works OF creation, and of applying
them to the illustration of the great moral
and benevolent designs of the creator -
1t is said, by those who are disposed 10 de.
preciate the talents and requirements OIL
Mahomet, that the Koran was written by
a Syrian monk, or at least that he aided
him in its preparation. If this be true,
the monk must have accompanied him in
all his expeditions, as the respective chap
tiers were promulgated at various times
and places, and generally to answer some
particular end That this monk was hi:
constant attendant, does not appear from
the history of the life of Mahomet, and
indeed, few monks of that age were capa
BILE of such mental exertion, or of display
ing such intellectual power, and such Ii
terary accomplishments, as the Koran
exhibits.
1t is evident, however, from perusa
of the Koran, that Mahomet, or whoeve
was the author, was intimately acquaint
ed with the Jewish and Christian scrip
lures, and that liberal use was made OIL
them. Large portions of many Of the
chapters of this extraordinary book arr
but paraphrasos of Jewish and Christian
writer's. Many of his prominent doctrine:
are evidently drawn from the former, S,
modified or altered TO suit the peculiar con
. dition and the prejudices Of the people t
whom they were addressed. The Maho
metan doctrine of the unity of God, ant
, the attributes attached 10 the Divine Be
ing, are essentially the same as those o
} the Jews. The paradise of Mahomet
t taken from the Jewish paradise; but Ma
r homet has peopled the shady walks an
odorferous pavillions of his paradise, wit
5 black eyed maidens, who flourish in pei
petual youth and beauty, and gwen to ii
D pleasures and enjoyments character {
. voluptuousness, calculated TO attract an
F., please the taste of a sensual people.
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delphia American writes: One seldor
has time TO embellish his observations {