Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-28

near 10 anu accordingly ASK 10 Doe
baptized; but when IL c0me- 60 repent.
ing OF sins anu humbly bowling
before the Will OF our Heavenly
Father and fora kirg paths OF
evil, they are not sitAuinst onuu. Do nuu
In a very short time they COL OH, oud
then, OF cOurse, baptism be- ont % tue
question. Win TIE Atmuuiaus DO be-
different, for they Investigate nuu
strive Tor the Holy E lHi by fasting
and ptayCr, Hnd thls iar. accounts Goo
the progress Of The Lprd's work iu tn,
NORTH, Alspp0 ana Auah, where %
great part Ui the inhabitants are
ATmgniaus, while here iu Palestine
anu syria, where The great majority %
the IeHTlu are Arab. Tire success ul
the Elders has not teen sO enc urREi 90.
AuOiher drawback in the syrian par.
of the mission Is the language, which,
extremely difficult uf Itself, a made
still more 20 by the many other Ian.
gunges missionary is uuutiuuaIy
coming Ia cOutaCt with. Tho length
OF time sront In this mission istctrto.
~ enough Ia which O. matter the
language undcr existing c.rcum.
stances, and when uu Elder b. released
he ~ succeeded by some one totally
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and customs VI this RuCiuutanI p,Cu.
liar people.
understand a Il W has been
startled la Utah iu which future
misBiOnafiCe may gain ut least "a
foundation VI modern Arabic. would
recommend that those who study
Arabic with the view Of filling
mifsiun iu this country acquire also u
] d. a q fHN "a.
gunPe iHindispeuenule TO missionaries
Ia Paitsliur. Our Elders have iOuul "a
number Of choice souls iu the Ger
man colonies throughout this land,
and no doubt there are few more
waiting TOT the rays OF the Gospel
light % burst In on them.
Though my views concerning the
Eastern people have undergone some
change since arriving hero a year ago,
I still believe there 10 great work %
be done "a this land. Numbers OF the
House OF Israel will be hshrd out of
the dark places aud be- mace 10 rejoice
Ia the Ggspol. The Elders Will nave
TO be patient and full 0f faith and
Christian love, tor they will cerniuly
meet with much opposition from those
who ptoic's 90 be- followers OF tho meek
and l1wly jesus ns wei 90 from
/ tho followers OF MnhomrL Tue
/ Scflhus and phariseu8 aud the
Hufoiianp, though dying dit.
iufent c1i0ra, are iuat ~ much part
" PalUstiuu today 40 when tuu Captain
Of our salvation wa made 90 suiluf the
death VI a malrhcior on Galway; aud
! though the spirit OF the age prevents
them from doing the came with G0d'8
servants ia this day, they me their
hands ~ high Ia horror, aud pull just
~ long faces ~ the mention %.
Prophets, Apostles, anu blessings iol.
lowing he believer, aa dii the soli.
righteous bigOis WHO cried, "His blood
be- ON ua Eui our children" eighteen
hundred years ago. Our Lord "iAught
Or one having authority" and
laid the axe at tue r0lt OF all the false
religious syrirms Of His day; and His
July authorized anu commissioned
servants % all ages have done the same
thing. No wonder they were, and are,
rejected and opposed hy the great ma.
lJ1uiy Ut tue world, The stone that
wa huwn cut ~ the hill Cum0rah
"with0ut hands" continues o. roll and
/ gather NOES aud the "AingdOmH Ol
! this world are gradually becoming tho
Kingdom OF cur COD anu HIS Christ p
and ] see nothing but brgut future
for the Turkish mlssiou.
Dos &. w. MuBsER.
=. S.--5luce writing tho above
have received a letter from Brother
Herman from which learn Of the
destruction, by fire, Of tho "Gfoal
Mosque" Ia Damascus. This magnin.
cent building was 81 one time a heather
/ temple OF either Greek or Roman
architecture, a. Ne massive stones anu
beautiful arches Indicate. After Con.
stantino's conversion this nrntheulsh
temple was changed into a Chfistiau
cathedral, aud was dedicated 10 John
! the Baptist. Three centuries later,
| when the city fell into the
hands Of the Muslums, the church
was divided, by lreAiy,,qually between
the followers VI Man0met aud the
followers Ui Christ, ana Tor tue next
century these two Churchus WJI.
shipped side by side. con the accet.
siou Of VALID, tbs sixth khllif OF the
OmeuyairH,n says FcggusoI, "tho
whole church WAS Il mAndtd by the
M0slrms. The Christians ref USED uud
showed that, by tho trrms Oi their
original treaty, their rights were SOL
EMMY guaranteed 90 them. But Mos.
lem policy, then ~ crooked as it IL
still, found an easy mode Of cyauiug
iucOnycnlunt treaties; anu the
poor Christians were compelled
10 submit. The khAlii Immediately
entered the church with guards and
ordered them 10 remove or destroy
/ every vOstige Of Christian WuTEhip.
Stauding on the grunt altar NRiid
himself directed the work OF spyliatiOn.
Seeing his position, one Of ms follow
eTs, more aupefstitiOus or more timid
than the rest, thus addressed hiui:
| Prince OF the faithful, | tremble TOT
your safety. The power Of that image,
against which you stand, may bu
oxerted against yOu,' Fear not for
me, replied the proud Aloslem, 'iOr the
first spot on which shall lay my battle
axe Will be that image head Thus
saying, he lifted bis weapon adi dashed
the idol 10 pieces. lhe Christians raised
q cry OF horror, but their voices were
drowned m the triumphant shout,
Ullahu.Ak-bar. Having thus obtained
possession, Valid spared neither time
nor expouso Ia decorating the build
ing. lie made II the mtBl magnificent
mosque IN his wide d0miuiUns. AMI
even now, neglected and shattered O..
IL n, Il has lew equals IN the MOham'
medau empire"
The uoiquu was surrounded by busi'
ness houses, bszaars, etc, and / under
stand one or two streets VI bazaar
were entirely burnt ut. Brother
I ~ "a d q O..