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

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| springs; verify, thi. is discourse disiin.
| gushing good from evil. and It is not y m.
posed with lighiness Verify, the iuidels
are laying plot to prosirote my designs.
but Twill lay plot for their ruin. Where
fore-O prophet! bear with tho unbeIiey-
crs; let them alone for while"
The omnipoience, omnseience and ON
nipresenco Of God, are set forth in the fol-
lowing beautiful and striking language:
"Whateveris in heaven aud earth. sing.
eth praise unto God, and he is mighty and
wise He is tho kingdom Of heaven and
ieor'h; he gIyeth life aud putieth To deoth; :
i he IS the Almighty. He is he first and
the last, the manifest and the hidden, and
he knoweth all things Ii is be who ere.
aled the heavens and the earth in Six DAYS.
and then assembled his throne lie know
eth that which en'ereth into the earth, and
that which issuch out Of The same, and
that which descendeih from heaven, and
that which ascendeth thereto aud he is
with YOU whersoever be for God seeih
that which sc do, His is the Kingdom OIL
Heaven and earth; and unto God Shall all
thingsreturn."
The foregoing extracts conclusiyey
prove that, # the Koran were really writ
ten BY Mahomet, he was moi the ignorant
and illiteraic individual he hns been repre-.
scented, bul that he was gifted with mind
of superior order improved BY education,
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and approaching the grand and beautiful
IN the works OF creation, ana Of applying I
them tn the illustration oil the great mora |
and benepuen; designs Of The creator -
Il is said, by those who are disposed 10 de.
preclaie the talents and requirements OIL
Mahomet, tia; the Koran was written by
a Syrian monk, or ut least, that he aided |
HIM IN IFS preparation. If this be true,
The monk must have accompanied him in
all his expeditions, as the respective chap
lers were promulgated at various times
and places, and generally 70 answer some
end. That this monk was his
constani Attendant does not appear from
the history Of the life Of Mahomet, and
Indeed, few monks Of that age we're capn-
BILE Of such mental eyertpn, or Of DISPLAY.
ing such intellectual power, and such Ii.
terary accomplishments, as the Koran
exhibits.
II is evident, however, from perusa
Of the Koran, that Mahnmot, or whoever
was the author, was Intimately acquant.
ed with the Jewish and Christian scrip
ures, and that liberal use was made of
hem. Large portipns of many Of the
'haptors OF this extraordinary hook arc
lni pqraphras2s of Jewish and Christian
writer's. Many Of his prominent doctrines
IRE evidently drawn from the former, so ,
modified OF altered 70 suit the peculiar con
illon and the preiudices Of the people to
shom they were addressed. The Muho.
netan doctrine of the unity Of God, and
he attributes attached 10 The Divine b.
ng, are essentially the same as those oil
he Jews. The paradise of Mahomet is
AIKEN from the Jewish paradise; but Ma,
lomel has peopled the shady walks and
'dorlierous payiliious Of his paradise, with
lack eyed maidens, who flourish in per. ,
'etpa youth and beauty. and gwen to its
pleasures and enjoyments a character Of
calculated % attract and I
'lease the TASTE of sensual people. h
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