Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-13
A MOiIAuaEDAN'S VIEW OF
CHRISTIANITY.

10 l. an unwontcd. n strange sound
that falls upou our cars from a penian
prince--namcd Malcolm Khn-who
boldly says In the Oqt,Hiy31rdry
Reuicr that the gr,ht obstacle 10 The
elevation " Eastern civilization "a
found In the influence OF christianity
and civilization rs synonymous terms.
or rather tho first a. tho cause aud the
second NJ ~ legitimate aud necessary
effect. Aud this w ttill believe to be
the ease, a. history amply shows, pro-
ivdcd the highest anti b,at civilization
bc the subject under combination.
There can 81 course bU certain kind
ofclvililation even without the pure
aud rcgenerativc principles OF Chfisrs
mans Possessed II; but their civilization
was not enduring. Ifthry had known
and obcycd the only and true God Ms
revealed In the Person., example,
character, and pmcept II Jesus, they
would have been advancing all the
time under sclf.rn0vating Influences,
aud would have possessed the sources
of PERENNIAL life aud progress. u l.
curious, again, 10 be- told In word, OF
fiery carn.stncs by Prince Malcolm
Khan that the Christian n n P0l,.
theist and an lola er because lac be
llcves ia the rrinity. OfcOupe lac ~ &
over against this conception Of the
Trinity the Mu~ulman'a notion Of the
one aud ouly God, and the Mua.ul
mans single duty 10 propagate faith IN
this God and obcdienro 10 hls laws.
The priucu dwclis with much cmpha.
Via upon the Mohammedan principle
that there Ia no distinction between
the secular and the religious, that God
Is regarded as the Ruler Of earth no
less than Of heaven, that all relations
ARE adjusted aud nil society conducted
on this one Idea Of religion, that ma.
terial gain aud worldly station are
nothing rs conf AIRED with tho appro.
baton Of God, that thc Mohammeian
must and does resent every proposition
coming from Christian ~ from an
enemy Of God, AMI 10 accept ofChrist's
teachings would be 10 degenerate from
monothcism Into idolilary. Nor H. TIL.
all. Tho prince SUSPECTS, and his
people suspect, that all efforts 10 In
trOduco Into their country railways and
telegraph anl electric lights are Gun.
ming devices for disseminating the
doctrines OF Christianity. Rnslsii nc
should be made 10 these s0-cnllci I'M
provemcnts, which mrs really, IN nj.
eyes, OF little Importance In themselves,
Just ~ much 10 the missionaries with
Bibles aud tracts In their hands. In
short, the only object OF the follower of
M0hammcd In life should he 10 obey
Allah and 10 fight his enemies. The
prince makes one admission viz:
that tho Mohammednn practice,
OF pelygamy Ia attended with evils.
He maintains that IL IL really
inconsistent with the true principle. Of
lslhmism, and that the most enllght.
cneI minds In Persia and Turkey are
beginning 10 see the disastrous effects
Inherent Ia the syirm, This
being the case, Il Il doomed to d.
out In the natural COURSE OF events
With this source Of evil abolished
Accommodation will DO perfect. IL
contains all the germs ami tenduncics
Of rcgcncrntc world. Those germs
only need developing into their legltl.
mate fruits 10 furnish the emancipation
OF peoples from tyranny, from In.
Justice, and all the ills 10 which fle.h
IL heir. This article Of the princu's II
painfully suggestive. 10 IN n fresh
evidence, strongly put, Of what hns
long been known by few well
Informed travellers but hardly realized
10y othcrs, via ., the exceedingly aim.
cult-we had almost said the hopeless
nature Of the task OF converting No.
hammedans. And yet even these
intelligent, traditional, and bitter
opponents Of the truth are not 10 be
despaircd Of. Christ ~ more than "A
match for the prophet. The great -trug.
gle between the crescent and the cross
Is TO emu IA Victory for Jesus
Chrisiian ~ Wort.