The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-12-31

spicuous figures is that Saadln whose charac-
ter WAS for many centuries 80 grossly miscon-
ceived In western Europe. and first depicted
in its true colors by Losing In his Nathan
der Wese." One OF the stories associated with
the famous Sultan OF Egypt and Syria is re-
counted by Mr.. Arnold in the following verses:
, %g q ;o,,ny sns %ns.. gss%" "o great
The record written OF salah.ud Deem
The sultan How he met! upon a day,
Woman WHOM, he led f to die, fGs veil
M"' ' ssF %sfG w
Aud her lips drawn with terror ut the cry
s.S%
r.r ,he lay stood that sinners III, such a, ,ne
So went the wan Hinltrsss to her death.
INV % from from liz ss.:!s ps.sSs$ lie
yin M ne S,S
ssS S WITH thirst hia lay yyeed and fell
Garna upon the water out of reach,
a. A"S nsss we're ~SSs s , ms wsn abe
AiG Abe I""iI .sorrowta and looping up
The long silk of her girdle made u cup
g a III ccs Ss d s"d S s"s
SO nsd tn embroidered shoe aud gave q uraus,t
VIII VII s .%s s glad oo s st tSai HIM
liz S Sa s fs ali dor, S s fr
Her one friend in that city.
Riding within his litter. marked this thing,
sa such sS"ErssiS Tor Ne mssTy c,, and n,e
Ana issa her to hsr honss il pcassI lS.sia
For that which !hon has. wroash, but there is
s. ,s u: ss:i.
Death could not make ungehtle hold rule
dare not show less pity unto thee"
Lest the great stress laid by the Moslem re-
leion on the forbearance and clemency Of God
should inspire habit OF remssness and
spirit OF overconfdencc. there are certain cpl
thets OF Allah which remind the faithful that
the same omniscience which appraises every
generous impulse and right action will also
measure every sin Of commission and omis-
sion. One Of the traditions about Mohammed
exemplfes the care with which the Prophet
himself sought to purge and rcctify the record
OF his dealings with his fellow man. The legend
is thus reproduced in the book before US:
A,xaksitl "EquitaIe ;" make us knoo.
As men haze Wrough, they stdH be drought W,M 80.
Three days before our Lord Mahsmnsd passed
P sfS STe s no co wnJs he
s Nv % r.' III" @ VIM s'0"
Sne I'm hand nan on sS 81 e " words
The last which ever fcll from those lit lips
| And said - Ne men OF Mecca where lived,
Going ih and AZ, coming tss,ifyins God
is there among ye here here one 'i have wronsed,
T@a' 1,S and .iSE%i Eays aissS
TIE PTi Il s amend, Lei who ns, sai,h Yea
Ard WI! bars ny 5aSk d l, e h, may s"ltc
SS' , I.t h% si Him .n sae be here
III. Prophe, now, telling the sin wrough,
Declare T Il. i isfr%"isa any here s'''e' '"SS
Buying or selling -
Except the sound OF sobs and falling tears
From stern breasts and the eyes Q: bearded men,
| Because our Lord would pass
Ahama, with his cord across his hack
Three drachms OF silver owes, thou me
For wood | bore thee after RainadhanN :"
Good friend thank thee, softly said our Lord,
ARD not before The, Judgment seat q God
Wherein ne Pr m hsS Ss- ,n the y. nana
wi, 5Ie ng" i, tn lap OF Ay i ,d roy Inns
That murinured. Allah pardon me my sins -
Our last extract from this delightful volume
shall be Mr.. Arnold's version of the story meant
to elucidate the nscrutability Of the perfect
wisdom attributed to God. The Moslem. like
the votary Of every other religion. has had to
grapple with the problem presented by the
presence of evil in n world presided over by Il
being at once ALLOWING and all powerful. The
| following tale is one of many ventures in that
! mcliiOu VI SD'uliOl Willtii t'Hio W auIct uio-
giving by showing that what seems fragrant
and unmixed calamity may in its unperceived
intention and ultimate result. be II safeguard
| or a blessing:
| PRAISE him, ii-Wu'ibtI' Who's, deere.
| Is lciser than the Wu Of man can see
'rs written in the chapter OF the Cave"
A. A. Angel Of, o. me Lord :, = nn MN
a%' " %a @ 4Is ' XXX: IA ss said:
knn y.lalga IN II / IN f., IA pSt M.
Question ne not, Whatever shall do,
In sr the .Sh' a ass hy tic eng:
p i nat .T 's cou iTn na a I @
The Angel answered." be thou silent now !"
Yet farther, and they met an Arab hoy,
rte An.e W1, ana ali s Warm blood troze
And NTH I1 he sank to e snr,h and dsd
Wsodid no wrong, ri. : Si,ard ri"s seen"
Thou wouds not bear with lne' Question me mott"
Then came they to village where there stood
O l@ Il e cray '"s ton AID " aSi and 1 '
T Es ,: s tg u the s9. .nF %s bean"
what hire asked Moses 'ha,st thou for this deed,
Yrn. the p,r,ny D. TnsI the the AM Angs hs said
y, WI d., MAKE manifest The thing,
p s1% nSsys nai Gs1 mS HnS~s % my Lord
IT, saiR h. H5oks ,sry,h peer tsh,, folk
king that way, Selling all n9nl. found whole;
noW nave tNrN peace, IoHrillnS the Arab boy
In two moons he had slain his mothers
Being perNrrsc; but now his brother lives.
Whose life unto his tribe more. aud he
Deth blood .guiltless. For the garden wall
Two dly youths dwell there. offspring OF one
That loved his Lord and underneath the stones
The father hid u treasure, which il thtirs.
This shall they find, building their ruin up.
And joy will come upon their h.uscl hut thou,
Journey no more with me. because | do
Nausit Of my self, but all by Allals will
Mrs. Fietcher'u Autobiography.
Tho light thrown upon the manners and
ideas Of cultivated society in the British Islands
during the first half Of the present century b,