The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-04-19

faith upon all Africans. oven those who are
mot yet enrolled under tie standard Of the
Prophet.
A. to the worl, ~ moderation performed
by Islam within its expanding pale Mr..
HADEN tell. as That with the inst stop iu-
land from the West Coast you are struck
with the different a-pcctof localities accord
ing as the inhabitants are heather or Mo-
hamucdau. The divergence runs through
the form OF government, the social
laws the manners and even the amusc-
mcnt5 Of the people. Passing in 1873
from Sierra Lconc 10 Futah jallo,
he had To traverse Some large pagan VIII
lagcs. aud oonaftrrwnrl entering Mohom-
mclan town. hc soemcd to breathe higher
aud purcr atmo-l here the character. scuu-
mcut4 AMI condition " the population hnv-
iug undergone a complete mctamorpho.i-.
1t appoars that the ascent Of an African
community in the social scale. under Mos
lem impulse. is often attended with signal
exhibitions Of individual capacity. Those
whoarc familiar with the Mu-sulinan world
" western and northern Africa tell u Of
| more than one great man among the negro
| converts who ha-cNrrci-cla potent Influence
/ in the religious and political affairs, not
only of his own land. but of tho older and
classic seats OF Islam. In the Arabic
collections of biography, many Mus
.ulman blacks uf merit are said 10
figure and much space Is given
to- the achievements of negro named
FoDiE. whose zeal and daring won to the
true saith large part OF the region watcrcd
hy the Niger. one OF the most noteworthy
| persons of recent times In the country lying
between Timhuctnu and the West Coast wis
a rative uf luiah-luro known as the Shck
OMANVA1-llAJ. This man. brought up hy
an Arab missionary and instructed In Oh"
Arabic language. made two pilgunag's 90
Mecca and returning to his native district
undertook pro-'ly ting campaign against
some Formidable heather tribes whom he
subjected To- Islam. nest setting himself to
purify the practices OF several Mu@Suman
peoples among whom vestixcs Of idoatry
vet fingered. We may add that sons of this
Moslcm apostle militant are now rrsn-
ing in two Of the largest towns Of
central Africa. One or two additional
facts deserve mention. For instance. IN
Sierra Leone and Liberia the MohAmnelAn
converts build mosques and maintain public
worship at their own cost. and cuntrilute
largely 60 the support Of Arab missionaries
c1mh. from foreign parts whereas il j.
notorious that tho native Christians depend
almost wholly ia -u,h matters ou European
ami American ail societies. Again. in the
last A-unufre war thc -.lAcuc-i ul brave
est o the biuc. troop, Ncir the liau-I-.
who are strict NoAammeian-, wuAc tnr
Christian ncglue- proved qul" unstable.
Mr. BLyprN assures Us that Sir GARNET
NoLsrLYs statement in an order of the
day, that "tlo udigenou, African f~i- a
-upcr-titiou- terror of the white man. If
applied To- the hcaihcn on Moslem black Is
ludicrou-ly ill-fouudcd.
Now. the KEY to this straug" contrast in
the effect Of tine two religions upon the ma
tive African doubtless lies in another faot
Frequently remarked and in the explanation
AZ tAat fact. Almost all travellers g-t'c
that the negro convert go Islam imc'- 81
sentiment of personal dignity and -c!i-rc-
Sprct not observed In the Christian nep-
phytos. The rca- 10. II course is NOT tar 10
sock. II Chri-taritv were now preached a-
il once was, o. the uun-Aryan races hy o.. So
sioual'- uf their own or Il Jos. aiken -io K,
we might possibly witness something ike
the success of those HISTORIAN monks who
SWEPT n.ros- central Asia into China some
tom centuries lnl lrr the advent ot the Jc-uit-
in the ls'for coul'rr 1876 a. n U.s. th" work
oi Christian iiupa-ai.'...u i- SD. 'Ii, D'Nil-
uiftei 80 Hu of iurni 'ln or.-;.u. that
i- to men n Whom the subtle tcach-
in-- of iV- unl MANNERS. Of literature
and ait. have l,.au. . a4 oNerV"'..us lful
ifNtirrn'" pride off ricn. w. cnu judge
boss. ..fN,.a lIrt i"rlns iau-. uu,rt
a.rl .-'. H''!ir.Nl -,l. atiN on tHninf of
their Hi.'n pastors with tN' African