Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-06-09
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ny r. W. HIGGINsoN.

upon the religion of Mohammed, in con-
nection with the sympathy which has just
been affirmed to exist between the great re-
| ligions of the globe. DIR. johnson said that
the two great objects Of interest in human
history were the Christian world and the
Mohammedan world. "All the rest may
be regarded as barbarous." And Charles
Leslie, an Englishnan who wrote in l712 to
prove that Mohammedanism aud Unitari-
anism were essentially the same faith, de-
| clared that "the Mohammedan religion hath
made 50 much noise in the world, its prog
ress hath been so surprising and speedy,
and its continuance amid an INFINITE num-
| ber Of revolutions carries Will II something
50 sublime, that history cannot afford us
any event that deserves to be more narrow
| ly considered
who was this Mohammed? He was
! man who, Without the aid or princely or
military station, with no claim to miracle,
with no aid from prophecy, overcame the
most ardent prejudices of one of the most
ardent races the world ever saw; converted
them from all idolatry, threw down the 800
| idols in their great temple, and made them
all fanatics in behalf of the unity of God.
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ne "'''n'e 'l' ru.eroi " "ieA'oii VI ''i' Wori"
u"c"nq"eIeu pe'oie' uico"quercu a',''e'
i1e"u''s MS i"''o" eiS III, ",'io'' "o i'''o ou"'-
I" '''eVi vi N'V'"' ie' ''i"' Sii''" ','' 'o't
acen empire farther in eighty years than all
the ereu' ho'''h "r"'IcS h"u Pe"o'r"'eu III
500.
Conquerng everything else, it all but
conquered Christianity, and did displace it
holdlhy at present TWO Oh the 'hree success
I'VE cen'IeS Vi .'ie O"iiStl'' "o'l eiuS"-
leil' Oohs'antlhop'e' ho'Le' 'erusaleh
was ''o "poS'o'i''i ''es, ol'oi'S' anu tnc sue
VI '"c SIe"' u'i'lie' Inc mosque vi omar
s''"uN "n0'o 'i,e 'e"'i'e S'"ou' ""u q or uS"-
ie'ii mas peell 'ol t"oiNc ee"'''lies' utmost
u"'' ul'e"'N' Mo'i''l'''eu"" Guy
CohStantinoPIe was 'or thouSahu years
'I' i"'l '"' ''''iOi'.i'' an" '"' '"'iVui" "i
oI Ht' HoPHi' was the cch're oI eastern
ChrIs'lai'ty' 'ohs'ahtihop'eha mas now been
Ior lour centuries inc nnetropoils Oh MO
hainineuahlsiii' anu 'he famous ca'hedral
Is no" mosque hohle alohe is !eit, ana
.''re' centuries ago 'o'he i'seli seemed SUN
III u"'Ser'
iou say '""' ''iis was hot uoi'e "ithou'
.lo "iu vi '"' ""' Weapons, vi course not
.". "'"i',' ''''s'u ~ 'iie Per'ou'
""' ,ni 's'i"i N'"s "io VI "ii others pears
're op''no' "",'' LOUIS iN) p"ue MS cruz
s"'','' "nV" ''oy i'io' an u"oeiic'er' MOI
~ "''o'i'P' " i'"son VIZ" mum ou' !" ru"
tuo '"''" INV "'''' w W '"o mt p"t 'nc
"'i",i ei'''S Pois""''o" i's'' an" oi'y
Pe'"''.' 'io "Seoi 'nc s"oru "neh 'he con-
: al hn-
Iuo'e' nav ieiuSe" u s"rrc'iuer anu De-
N''''o never on reiisio"s
Giou'u9 "'uHc' Ac'"ruii'Siy the ihoSt re-
mar N"pic "o""n'lneuah cohques's were
ui""e "i'hou' Nioie"ce' IL was peaceiul
missionaries VINO conVer'ed turkey; and
'"s i"i''i' n"S's' VINO from the i<th 10 'he
i''" oen'uiS oNelr"i Asia' enipraceu UNI
Versaiiy tue ia''h oi 'heir Mosiem slaves.
DulinS 'he eisn' ce'i'ulles "heh 'he Moors
heiu "P"'" "o' si"s'c i'is."nce ol coiu-
p.ooueu orucits was recorueu oi them'
lhey VooA n"'i 'he 'p"i''sh churches ana
lliaue 'ueii DioS'lueS, ie"Ni"s Tue 'hrlstiahs
10 worship uhulsturpeu III the o'her haii
IL was the on'y "'iiu "n" 'oie'a"' reiIsious
ePoch 'n"' unhappy Peiiiisu'" n"s Nho"h.
bul YOU say Moh",i''"eu"i''S'h Is ue"u
relSioh' lheh II Walks ai'er ueath' lhere
Is no feiigioh now upon lhe ear'h "hieh
makes such progress AS SPAN ana Port-
ugai once proudly dlvided the New World
between thehl' so Moh"ihmedahlsm ana
christianity are To-day proseiylihg the
globe: lhe one taxing ASIA ana Africa, ana
the o'her EUROPE America ana 'he lsIahus
oi the racine ocean. All African travellers
-Such as b"rth, "llsoil' TOMBSTONE VIM
"oou he"ue' pu 'haillu-aHtee that MO
hahiilleuahiSii Is sraspihg ana transform
ing 'hat vast continent J" Nhi'l tue last
nan century, says capt 'aho'' the h"-
manizing influence oil the Moran Is ac-
knowledged by all who have dealt with Ihe
interior tribes Barth says that the great
cr part oil the vast berper tribes were once
ana are now Mohahlmeual, ana lhat 'he
latter creed IS last oNerpo"eflhs the pagan
nations at the equator he says tha' lhe
Mohammedahs MAINTAIN government III
Africa, where the CHRISTIANS cannot; ana
that they apoIiSh siaverN mere, Wiiiie 'he
CHRISTIANS 90 not Wlhwoou heade com
PiaihS tnal 'hris'la"i'y i''lS 10 s'oP tue"
among the negroes ana says lua' holhihg
but Mohammedahism accompllshes H. All
place Oh pas"n'sih' SCHOOLS ahu iloraries are
estaoIlsheu' gaihp'lhg ana drunkenness
cease PolSs"ny Is i'"'i,eu' woman pes,ns
10 De eleNaIeu' anu mas her properly rights
guarah'eeu' ana instead oi human sacrih-
ees' you see inc 'o''aser reaulhg tue Moran
III her uoor'
80 III lnula' according TO that eminent
Ehg'lsh oinclal, COL sleemah' Mohamme-
dah'sm Is making converts by thousands
Mhere thristanily makes Dut handful
rms Is chlehy' ne 'hlhks' because hhgnsh
'nlis''"i'ity is per'"u'u ny .he spirit oi
c"S''' WhI.o Mon"'ii'iieu"'iiS'ii Is ue,ilocra'-
ic' "''" oi'o,s Tvs 1oinoi's a" i'ii'ioui"'e So
1'"' S"Ppor' " '"ne 'no p'"Vo VI wn"' 'nos