Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-20
TnG rnOpnEI OF ISLAM.
MonauMrD's cAmrn nnirrLY OFT.
LINED.


q tNlA ANN NiIHANN INtA AlAlNh
hlohsmmcdaui,m ia not uEc tue fc.
liglo uf BUD iba, C0nfucius, Btnhma
nul otbrra, whose origin ia uhfoudu1
Ia antiquity; % % comparatively a
modern religion.
Mohanmei, or Mahnmei, Ms ho 10
lndiscrimlrhiUiy called (meauing
"ptaltedn) Wus born hvo centuries
nllgr Christ had preached tho Gospel "
Christianity; after the Roman empire
hal 'allon 10 decay ana the iuhAbitHul o
NJ Europe were sunk tn the depths OF
Us ofnucC, whom Cldsuaulty itself
wAs almost busiud IN toe universal
ltthargy.
Mohammed's birthplace was IN
Mecca, tue capital OF Arabia. do wHs
dCscrndud from the Doble family OF
Hashim, Ui the tribe Of li0relsh, AMI
was reared ~ his uncle, travelling
merchant, No that most OF his youth
was spent Ia tho roe Rir Of tue desert.
Al tho age OF %, Ckdileh, n wealthy
widow, employed him Ia nog caravan
ne q came, driver, until, won by hib
good looks anu intelligence, she be.
,ame his wife.
Al this time the Arabians wonhincd
tho slAf', believing that they were Ia.
habltod by angels. Each tribe had Ito
Particular star, but the greatest object
OF their veuufAtion wns large black
etonp supposed 10 have ALLEN from hra.
ven with Adam. M0hammod, alter
bis marriage, sluiiCd the Talmud anu
the Jewish scripiufvf; ne believed IN
the existence Of a pefsoual, seli.cfcaiU1
Gli, sud rpeat much time mHditntlug
alone In cave near Mt. HaTn, OCCa.
0ionaily visiting learned mUn % I'm.
prove his knowledge. Fr0m the age
Of IS MI he was 10 no Voluntarily Gu.
dured such prlvhiiuna that his over.
wrought spirit went into ocstecies. Ho
had creams and spiritual Visions, until
he finEllY believed himself 10 DO the
embssrEu0r uf G1I 10 bring about
reformation. One day in bis lOlh , ear
he toll bis vile CGd Job that the night
before while whipped iu hia mantle
absorbed IN ttvCfip, a form ~ divine
beauty M d nlod OF lighi, appeared 10
him aud iu the name Of the Almighty
VINO created the heavens and tue cath,
thus spalt: "Oh, NJ hammoi, Of n
truth thou art tue pro- hot OF God and
1 am HisAngrl Gabriel"
Every one laughed Nc bic GOSPEL aud
bis pTttuusiors, except Cgijun, who
now, a. formerly, urged hlm on. 70,
three yeRts he lab1tpu, preaching the
doctrine that there was but one God,
and Ia all that time no only made
thirteen converts, During the mex
ten years, although bitterly perez.
cuted, hc cont nu0d 10 labor, aud In
tho Intervals VI preaching he wrote
the Kltan, consisting OF alleged Teve.
lAtlons from Coz. At last being con-
lidefed dangerous band q forty men
swOTe 10 asEArsiuglO him " herumHiuCd
longer Ia the cry. In tne midst OF his
/ troubles MA faithful vile died, SO At
the age OF hly-lurUO ho determined ~
fiy fur hi6 lifo to Medino. This night
| was nfttrwATd called the Hggitn anu
| from II the "laiihiup" date thOis hE.
tory In the same way thst Christian,
commence their oaUnJnf from the
birth OF Christ Mohammui was We
coined NJ Medina, whore lao bulk u
synagogue aud performed ghr rites VI
tie new religion; II T. a. this point that
| tho. second Auu leaBt mUTitOrUu8 ! ant o,
| his hiu commences.
When he found that the slmplrr
truth Of universal COD WIS iueuili.
client 90 win tho TtopiB from tltir
idOlaIrous ways he feslrled 10 the *,
/ pUuieut of promising th0tg who died
/ lighting Tor the faith paradise Ia
| heaven suited 20 their sensual ma
lures. lie declared That he hal pet
sOnally Welt the seventh heaven