The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-08

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SCENE IN THE EDEN GARDEN, CALCUTTA.
natives enjoy even shadow Of the
rights of self-government. You have
heard of the Nizam OF HyderabAd. no
doubt. He has entertained more Eu-
ropean notables than any other Indian
prince. When / arrived at the station
in Hyderabad found a gorgeous out
fit awaiting me made up of servants,
native soldiers and costly carriage.
remained in Hydera bad three weeks
without seeing the ruler although he
much desired an interview with me.
The amiable Nizam, who to all out
ward appearances is a monarch in his
own right, is not allowed to eat a meal
out of the sight of paid servant of the
British government. Whatever the
British resident advises he knows he
must do. or else he will be subjected to
new indignities.
I was permitted to lecture in the
state pavilion in the public garden of
Hyderabad and received an ovation,
but the tent was surrounded with SOL
diers to prevent me from using incen-
diary language. / also spoke in the
great mosque located in Hyderabad
and the two thousand Mussulmans.
after their prayers, expressed their
willingness to die for me, the highest
honor a Mohammedan can pay to a
human being. 1 made imIaediate re-
ply that such sacrifice would never
be necessary as came upon a peace
full mission.
The four months I spent in India
form the pleasantest memory of my
life. l lived among Mohammedans
all of this time. l found a richer,
so-called ''barbarians" than l can find
in the great metropolis of the new
world to-day. The Saracenic archi-
lecture at the time Of Emperor Akber
is the most beautiful in the world. l
have never seen anything which can
compare with the grandeur, the
beauty AID, the simplicity of the great
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chants are honorable, courteous, re-
fined and devout. l confess that my
relations with them made me at heart
a real Oriental as well as sincere
Mussulman.
One has no right to condemn what he
does not understand. How many of
those who have called me an
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in the Koran, have ever read the
Koran? How many of those who con-
denim its followers as ''barbarians''
have ever met or conversed with an
intelligent Mohammedan? We of the
west judge Mohammedanism by the
Arabians of the desert. It would be
just as reasonable for the east to judge
the Christians by ministers who are
imprisoned for their immoral deeds.
Mohammedanism satisfies the soul:
Christianity does not. But l will not
burden you with a missionary plead
ing.
l wish that you may visit the east as
I have visited it; that you may meet
and know those devout Elen who leave
their business, no matter how impor-
tant it may be, when the hour
for prayer arrives His brothers
of Islam, friends and strangers
alike, are always welcome to eat
at the Mohammedan's table and
to sleep upon his mat. He is not sus-
picious that he will be robbed. He
does not spend his time in the enjoy
ncnts of this world. he does not seek
wealth and position with that greedi-
ness which characterizes eastern peo-
pie. He considers this earth but
brief stopping place, period Of prep
aration for the world to come, and
upon this principle is fashioned all of
the habits and actions of his life.
One can scarcely open an American
newspaper that he does not read of
some revolving instance of mans or
woman's immortality or disloyalty- For
years the Christian church has fought
crime and misery and immortality, but
crime and misery and immortality still
exist, yes are even increased. We
never see an outcast woman upon the
streets of a MohamInedan city. We
never witness any of those revolving
scenes common to Our own cities The
besotted, filthy. disgusting creatures.
bereft of all of the nobler instincts of
manhood and womauhood. who come
before the judges OF our police courts
in New York, could not exist Ii Mos
lem city.
lam Belierer in P9lyqdmy.
Before you throw up your hands In
horror wait until you have heard what
/ can say. To teach polygany IS not
for the present a part OF my teachings
here. 1t is not now, and it never has
been. one OF the doctrines of Islam. al
though il is not forbidden The Mo-
hammedan husband makes only one OF
the women of the harem his real wife
The remainder are merely dependents,
who have found 4 home in his house
They receive the shelter of his roof,
eat of his food and are clothed by him
They become companions to his wife
and enjoy pure social atmosphere Is
this not better than the Christian way
Of throwing the woman upon the
streets to earn livelihood by a means
against which the soul of . woman
possessing eyen a tithe of purity re-
volts?
During the winter I shall lecture
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