Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-25

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Persia succumbesl IN the fwelffh ysal
Of the H~gira. ~ undertaking il
which R0ms had. after seven HUNDRED
years Of effort, failed Ii accon,plishine
while three years later Jerusalem va
taken. and It has been held ever since,
Notwithstanding AL Europa, = says
Anna Comnena. the historian. ..vss
loosed. and hurled upon Asian 5or IL
rescue. In a. p. 60. o. eighssu ysass
after Mohammed,s Night, Alexandra.
the second city IT the Roman Esnpsre.
was taken. and marching aloux vest
ward. Carthage, the former rival of the
city on the Tiher. togethsr with Ill
northern Africa, beyond the Pillars OF
Hercules, became tributary 20 the
Caliph, whose tent was pitched By
Tigris. Ninety years after this doctrine
was first preached all spain and half
Of France were Temporarily, - well -
spiritually, under ths domiui0n Of tile
barba.ia Of the desert. And had not
Charles Martel. In A. D. 7s2 ct that
time the master Of the degenerate king
of the Franks, under tho title of may.
or Of the palace. met them at Tours
with the .sons Of those who overturned
the eagles of the western empire OF
Rome. ali Europe had besn overrun,
and the peopleof america. evsn, might
now proudly point to the robtsr II the
desert as nm ancestor, instead OF % the
Saxon franklin. the Morse pirate, or
sturdy German.
From Cape Cormoran almost 70 the
Arctic Circle, from the Grrat Sahara
almost to the very gates IL Rome, nom
the Chinese wall to and beyond the
pillars nf Hercules this religion was
the one triumphant aud honofed, and
The Muexzin's call - prayers oaassd al
either Voluntarily OF otherwise 70 turn
the face Of devotion toward far rslR Msc-
q, the, we may say, shrine Of their
devotion. their holy of holies.
And all this IN less than tsc0 cest.r-
les.
Then came disaster. Genghis Kahn
arose, and conquered the greater part
II Asia. His WAS different religion,
and though not = perss:utor, Islam
seemed lost.
But the c0nqueror adopted tho rslig-
on Of the conquered, As the Norman
adopted the customs OF the Saxon, and
with Tamerlane and Bejaxet, though
hey warred with one another. Moham.
mechanism was again supreme.
In A. D. l45S, Constsntinople, which
,ad been chosen by the first Christian
Emperor rs his capital, hut whish 70
emotest times hal been, under the
lame of Byzantium. place Of impof.
ance. fell, and entering upon the sast,
md making that point their seat Of
government, they again essayed the
Europe. and success crown
d their Efforts till met under the very
wallis 0f Vienna by john SObrieski, sc
he head of the Sarmatian fPoltsh)
egions.
Since tien they have never made
lead against those nations which pro-
rss the Christian religion, either 10
making converts or IN augmsnting
heir territory.
OF course all these conquests were
lot made by the Arshs, but all pso-
les who have accepted their religion
ave been those originally II the like
labits, customs, desires. with like
and w.hdsrsrs. Mohammsd
vas the father and inventor ofhis faith,
politician, = statesman. = jutge Of
len. soldier. = general.
Not Hannibal, nor Cesar .nor any IN.
lent lawgiveror general. not Frederick
he Great, nor Napoleon, nor washing
on, was ever % truly great II their
uccess i compared with Moham-
ned's.
While their names are heralded
round the world BY the trumpse1 of
lme, bis Il revsrsncsd a. that IL moro
han man by sect aH numerous all
he Inhabitants IT Europe and Amsri-
. combined. He WAS osss Of ths great-
1t men. (:f not the greatest mani who
vrr lived. and bis name and power
1iil never die.
il this article snseis with any approx.
|, Ut slime future day shall take
ieasure In treating OF the causes Of
he decline nf this religion. b.
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