Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-08-31

The above Is the Arabic name OF
Arab Pasha. The name, when trans-
lated into English, means, II praise God,
/ the descendant of the pure Arab
AS this man has become of great inn
portance, an outline Of his biography
may not be out of place. The follow
/ ing is condensed from the. Sunday
School Times, whose informant was
for long time resident of Egypt:
AS every one who claims to be . pure
Arab claims to trace his descent back
to Abraham by Ishmael. so this man
not only claims by the paternal line,
but also that his mother, who was one
of his fathers concubines, was lineal
descendant of Abraham; so that he is
an Arab Of the Arabs. It is not neces-
sary to notice the fictions that have
been injected in his history. He IL
now in the prime Of life; and even in
childhood his Egyptian associates dub
bed him 'El Urabi, to distinguish him
from themselves. Having taught him
reading and writing at home, his father
entered him as student at the Uni
vsrsity Of Ell Azhar at Cairo.
AS this is thoroughbred Moham-
.medan institution, 1t may be interest
ing to know what is taught In It, that
we may understand the mental train
ing received by this distinguished per-
sonage. The Mohammedans are be-
hind Christians. They have not yet
become either ashamed or afraid of
their own Bible In their schools. Like
the five books Of Moses, the Koran
contains their civil and ecclesiastical
law, and is the basis Of all their train.
ing and instruction. AS textbook In
school, the Koran is codiAed or ar
ranged according topics In three d.
visions. The first Of these, for The sake
of brevity, we will cali Theology; or,
the Science of Religion This includes
everything pertaining To the spiritual
and future welfare Of man: Is includes
all rites and ceremonies, such as pray
ers, fasts, pilgrimages, alms-giving,
publication, ablutions, ,circumcisfon and
sacrifices. The second we will call
"fThe Law. of Personal RelatiOI1s.U
This incluies everything pertaining to
the relations Of husband and wife and
parents and children. The third may
called '.The Civil Law in q broad
sensei or, 1.-THE Dealings of Mem and
Nations With Each Other" 1T in
cludes the laws controlling real and
movable property war and peaoe.
This division has q penal statate con-.
nected with IT, prescribing punish.
ments for violations Of any Of the pre-
ceding laws. sy .s.
Thus we see, in the University Of Ell
Azhar, Ell Urabi was first taught his
relations to God and then those he
owed to men. course Of instruction
which might be proftably copied In
literary institutions called Christian.
But Ell Urabi was man of action; he
did not enjoy a sedentary life. About
1860 he left the University and entered
the Egyptian army; but during our
late war he became very rich by grow
ing cotton. Ishmail Pasha, the former
Khedive or Viceroy of Egypt, was
afraid of El Urabi. aud would not pro-
mote him above the rank of Subadar
or Major. But when the present Khe-
dive came In, El Uurabi was made a
Bey or Colonel, land then Minister Of
War.
In conclusion, If any one thinks there
is no trouble ahead of England because,
the Egyptians are cowardly, let such
remember that Ahmad Ell Urabi is q
Bedouin, and they are natural-born,
fearless and desperate fighters. Ell
Urabi is well trained man, thor
oughbred Mohammedan, and strong In
all the traditions of his race; and among
these is the well-founded idea that Mo
hammedanism Is the scourge which
God uses on recreant Christians. It ID
not for nothing, then, that when Mo-
hammedans charge on Christians In
battle they shout "Allah Hull God
with US. Twice already Mohamme-
danism has fulfilled Its mission; and II
in Gods sight Christianity has become
50 corrupt as to demand a scourge, Mo-
hamnedanism will come again, and
Ahmad, Ell Urabi, while claiming to
look for their Messiah, may yet be sc-
cepted as such yet.
z In the meantime, the military display
Of England as against the Bedouins 10
a farce. The Coldstream Guards, COM
by prince of the blood royal
have gone to the front. Their military
has consistedtin review; the
experience of their leader has
in looking at the aforesaid re-
views. Bedouin tactics will make wild
work with them. If England wants
Egypt cleaned ont well and promptly,
she would do well to cede to US all her
North American possessions for tho
loa, nf Texas for one wear. Il. T..