National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1867-04-05

Heaven. They entered and found
Noah, who begged an interest in
'ne PROPHETS prayers. They pass
Ell on to the third Heaven where
they saw Abraham. Here among
many angels, was one so large that
the distance between his two ewes
was 10000 days journey. In the
fourth Heaven, they met Moses,
who asked an interest in the pray
ers of Mohammed. In the fifth
Heaven, they found Joseph ; and in
the sixth, John the Baptist. Each
Heaven was composed of different
materials. The first, was OF pure
silver; the second Of gold the
third, ofprecious stones; the fourth
ofemeralds the fifth of adamant !;
and the sixth, of carbuncles. Then
they entered the seventh and high.
est Heaven, made of glorious light.
Here Mohammed met Jesus and
asked an interest in his prayers. In
this highest Heaven, was remark
able Angel who had 10000 heads,
each head had 10000 mouths, each
mouth had 10000 tongues, and each
tongue uttered 10000 distinct voices
at once and all these voices were
continually praising God. Then
Gabriel told Mohammed he could
go with him no farther and the
Prophet had to go alone. He tra>
eled on till within two bow shots of
the throne OF God. On the side Of
the throne was written, There is
no God but God. and Mohammed is
his Prophet. There Mohammed
was informed that he should be tho
greatest of all the Prophets, and
commissioned to go back to earth
and teach men Gods Will. The
newly commissioned Prophet, was
conducted down through the seven
Heavens to Jerusalem where mount
ng Alborak, he was at home in the
twlnkling of an eye.
The false Prophet then proclaim
ed the swort! to be the key of Hcav-
cn and hell. He told his followers
they must fight for the truth, and
that a single drop of blood shed III
his cause would Ae Of more avail
hereafter than months and years of
fasting and prayer. Ii wounded
their wounds should shine with the
Splendor of yermillion forever Thus
taught, it is no wonder, that for 900
years. the history of AlOhammcdan-
ism WAS one OF conquest. Now all
Arabia has embraced the M0slcm
faith and the dclusion has spread
eastward taking in Persia, Tartary,
a great part of India, and thous-
lnds in China. rhe Holy Land is
in their hands, and Mohammedan
Mosque occupies the very spot
where Solomon's temple stood 5000
years ago. IN Egypt two-thirds OF
the people are MohamlncdanS. They
live on the banks OF the Nile, and
repose under the shadow OF the PVT
amids. Marching westward they
have overrun all Northern Africa,
Morocco, Algiers, and Tunis, are
theirs. The people OF Asia Minor,
and Of Il large part OF Turkey in
Europe are believers i'll the false
Prophet. Constantinople. AleXan-
dria, Cairo, Jerusalem, and Danas-
Gus. are Mohammedan cities. One
hundred and seventy millions of the
human family. are to day deluded
by this GREAT lmDOSture.
Let us inquire into the faith Of
the Mohammedans. What do they
believe Respecting the natural
attributes of God they have just
and true notions but these are
taken from the Holy Scriptures.
They believe in good and evil An,
gels. OF The good Angels four are
particularly mentioned. lst. GA
briel, the Angel OF Revelation. I'd.
Michael the special friend of the
Jews. Sd. Azreal, the Angel of
death. 4th. lsraiil, who will sound
the trumpet of the resurrection.
About the evil Angels, the NOLAN
medans hold many dark supersti-
tions. They attribute most of their
troubles to the agency of the wick.
ed spirits. They believe that the
Koran was treasured up i'll the sew
cnth Heaven from all eternity, and
was revealed to Mohammcd, from
time to time. by the Angel Gabriel.
They say the pentateuch was deliv-
cred to Moses, the psalms to David,
the Gospel to Jesus Christ, and tho
Koran to Mohammed. They be
lieve that 100000 Prophets have ap.
peared on earth, and among these,
six are prc-eminent viz: Adam,
Noah, Abraham, Moses, Christ and
Mohammed each one being great
cr than the preceding ones, and of
course Mohammed the greatest OF
all. They believe i'll the resurrec-
tion and the Judgment. They say
that as SOON as the body is buried,
the Angels come andcompcl the per
son to sit upright in his grave. Then
they ask him who is your God, who
was your Prophet, and what was
| your kebla ii. G. place toward which
he prayed) he answers, "Allah
was my God, Mohammed was my,
Prophet, and Mecca was my heDia,
then all is well. But if he iall III
either of the questions, then the
Angels beat him with al iron mace, ,
and seven dragons each with W
heads are employed to torment nm
According to the Koran the Jndg'
mont will last thousand years
The unbclicvcrs will ihen be sent t.
Hell. and the faith ful to Paradise
where the very meancst believer II