The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-12-06

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The Constantisoph oefrsspondsat 81
the New York Evsning Post thus wEiiss
concerning tho Koran and certain chsness
relative y it:
rHE KORAN. 81
The gre a,est changs which the reform
ere claim 10 that tho Koran shall Be trans.
lated into modern Turkish sad printed q
% cheap : price = 70 bring + within the
reach Of hli classes. The Koran, y i
we'll known, j. in its originsl lsngsags.
the Arabic and pefhsps, on The pies
that it might be dangerous to transiateis
into any other idom, asin rsmsins sesled
book 70 Oh who are not veil acquainted
with shat tongue. Its language i, how
ever, extremely pure and simple, and
needs comment only when connected With
the historical occurrence Of the period in
who the Prophet made 1t public. The
Persians have, nevertheless. translated it
into their language, and interpret come
OF its texts so - to suit themselves. 30
far, the reformers are Protestant 10 their
views--snd certainly there is no All
dence Of Christianity in any II these De-
mssds- though IL cannot now b foressen
how far they may endeavor or desire to
reconcile Islsmism with Christianity.
THE SULTAN.
The Sultan Of the Ottoman Empire is,
IS you are we'll aware, also the Caiiph. or
successor to the Prophet. He is said to
be very conscientious Musselman and
neither drinks nor smokes, and moreover
has but one legal wife. His title to that
character may b somewhat weak. and is
fatty depied BY the Persisns. who bod
that it il only Hereditary 10 the family Of
the Prophets nephew and To- Law,
Ali. But 10 point Of fact be 10 the CO
liph, and Is such il 10 duty bound "a
maintain the Islam faith. ~ much 90 Is i,
10 that Of the President of the United
States I'd uphoI' the Union I. cauno,
be supposed that he witnesses the de-
mauds OF tho reformers with much salts
faction, a. any deviation from nis inter
probation of the faith weakeus his OWE
hold upon the minds of his pssple.
ATTACKS UfoH THE KORAN
To attempt to prove the fAllacy of the
Koran, to convert Musselmans to Chris
sianity in the Sultan's own capitals il
direct ofsnse against himself, aad coule
BE- severely punished in bis own Christia.
subjects All foreigners here are consid
cred Is being on the footing of guests,
and il is scarcely prudent or courteous s
offer 30 gross 40 outrage upos the Sullan'
hospitality IS to publish books in Turkish
and spread them through the capital
, showing that the Prophet wa an impos
cor and his faith matter Of sbhorrsnce
Religious zeal, however, ovsrlooks muci
that be Is generous and discreet, and lesd
, some TO desire to exteod their own belle
, or spiritual impressions, il not BY Ii,
sword, ct least by its more powerful CON
petitor, the pen, in such : manner as /.
more than leopard the good which thsy
might effect BY quiet precept and ex
|, ample.
Il Several years ago . work appeared II
, the East, in the Persian language, called
! Mizem el Hdk. or, the ''Scales II Truth, :
written. BY an erudite missionary, DR.
Pfaoder, IN Anglo German, Who has lona
resided in Persia. It vas printed in Lon.
don. Recently this work appeared her.
in Turkish, translated by the same sla
botate Oriental scholar, printed likewise
in England It vas introduced into
Sianboul 10 4 secret manner. without
I passing through the Custom House, and
more an attack upon Islamism than %
exposition Of Christianity, aud 30 soon
called Tor an able refutal BY one Of The
Islimas Of this capital. In this the sams
missionary made weighsy reply 10 Turk
ish am not aware that any other mis.
sionary has ever written and published
ANYTHING here. against Islamism. Fo,
reasons which are obvious to any discreet
man, the course pursued BY Dr. Pfandsf
was condemned BY many Of the othss
missionaries here, and BY none more
forcibly than she Americans, whose labor
are confined almost entirely to the Chris
tiAns Of the East, among whom they sell
cheap translations OF the Bible and Tesla.
ment, and ther works Of religious and
moral character, not even Of . sectarian
color. Their plan is not 10 proselyte
but to insiract, aud to place the sources
Of the truth and the simplicity of original
Christianity in the possession Of oil ciassea
Of people
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