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MAN OF ARABIA
Those Who Follow the
Faith Of Mohammed.
Millions of Believers One OF the Great
Prorhets-Lowly Oris,n-His
Faithful Work

At the Central Union church Sunday
evening the Rev. w. NJ. Kincaid de-
livered the next TO the last address of
the series entitled The Prophets OF
the Worlds Great Religions" The
subject for the evening was ''Moham-
med the Prophet of Arabia"
In the year 81 A. ID. in the sun
parched valley of Mecca, Arabia, there
was born a man whose name was des-
tined 10 be pronounced with deepest
reverence by 100000 people con-
stituting one-twelfth of the worlds
population. To-day no thinking per-
son would ascribe to Mohammed the
character of an impostor. On the con
trary he may we'll be looked upon rs
one of the earnest souls of earth, a
genius of sustained effort coupled with
rare spiritual insight, whose force is
to-day moving on, persuading. har-
moniZing.
Mohammed's birth was in obscurity
and poverty. When but a child he waz
lSIj iliOlHtIltSS anu ldl4ltIltSS- Later
he herded flocks and helped conduct
caravans. 1t was while in this capa-
city that his clearness of mind and
purity of heart were observed by a
widow, fifteen years his senior, who
wooed and won him. Aided by the
wealth of his wife, Mohammed pur-
sued a quiet, meditating, self-respect-
ing life, and the opportunity was given
him to enjoy the solitude which had
become the passion of his soul. While
still in youth he saw the vision in the
cave. An angel girl in a silvery robe
called to him cry" cry" Mo-
hammeds mission had begun. He
was ridiculed and prosecuted. At last
he is compelled to take to flight-the
notable hegira which is the beginning
of Mohamedan chronology. After
years of struggle he returned TO Mecca
| in triumph, only to die soon after his
triumphal entry.
! The Koran, the Bible of Moham-
mechanism, has been called the bes'
known and most respected book out
side of the Scriptures. The wore
means cry" which was what the
angel called to him in the moment o
his vision. 1t is composed OF discon
nected fragments of history and wis
DOM 1t has no chronological order
the only arrangement being that tn
longest sentences come first. Carlyle
after characterizing the book as mos
dull and stupid, says that nothing bu
) a sense of duty would carry a Euro
pean through it, It's central doctrin
is the unity of the Godhead, and it i
permeated with devout religious NOR
atty
The relentless advances of the Sara
) cen and the conflicts of cross and ores
cent form large part of the world
history. The followers of the Prophe
of the desert are still pushing forward
and to-day all Of the ancient sacre
rivers water Moslem territory. Thei
advance has been black with horribl
cruelties and atrocities. But we hav
no more hight to judge Mohammed b
the acts of his followers, than we hav
to denounce Christ by the terrors {
the Inquisition. The Moslem religio
has it's tender and trustful side as We
as it's dark side.
1t was stated in a prediction mad
= by a Moslem that the day would CON
when the minarets OF Moslem mosque
would rise in England and Americ,
! and Mohammedan missionaries wouI
come out OF the East to save the We
: from evil. This prophecy will not
fulfilled if Christian follow the Sc
mon on the mount, and this series
lectures has had the primary object
leading up to Him, who was not Il
prophet of Righteousness, works I
politics alone, not the light of Al
single country nor Yet the prophet
the desert, but TO Jesus Christ, VI
is and will be forever the Light of 4
World.