The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-03-05
SAD STORY OF THE ORIENT
Told and Illustrated BY Turk Lee
turing For The Christian Cause.

at Cumberland last Thursday
night the Rev. Mr. George Daniel,
Ph. D., minister of the Thomas
Christian church of Turkey. told
the story of the laborious efcr.
that are being made among the
unhappy Turks and tribes of the
Oriental countries, to establish a
knowledge of Christ. His teach
lngs and the eternal truths of the
Christian religion Rev. Daniel has
learned 10 master the English
language quite well and his lecture
IS given i'll pleasant, convincing
speech. The illustrations aid in a
description OF the inhabitants of
the Eastern country as we'll as in
the portrayal of the massacres and
other upheavels by the Mohamme
dams in the name Of religion.
Rev. Daniel has travelled extern
sively and will leave this country
for his native land early in April.
He is regularly ordained minis
ter OF the HISTORIAN or ST. Thomas
Christian church which claims to
trace its origin to apostolic times
and its founding direct to ST.
Thomas. Rev. Daniel stated that
the doctrine and teaching of the
St, Thomas Christians were in
harmony with the catechism of
the Lutheran church. Of the
Mohammedans he tells this inter
esting story in the course of his
lecture:
The Mohammedan doctrine tea
ches that there is one God and
Mohammed is his Prophet; it tea
ches hell for the punishment of
the wicked and an heaven for the
reward of the righteous. But
none will go TO heaven but Mo
hammedans. They pray FIVE times
day and often their prayer is as
follows: my God help me to steal
and rob. " They have Priests
which are called Mullahs. In
village of fifty families there are g
least fifteen Mullahs, many
whom: are making their living
stealing and plundering, especis
i'll Kurdistan There are bands of
robbers and they are always about
their business and they never for
get big share to the Mulch and
when he gets it, he turns to the
thief and says: God bless you,
my son, go and do it again
The Mohammedans believe and
teach that women have no soul.
All men marry from one to many
wives, there is no limit set. Some
Of them have 10 to 100, such as
the Shah of Persia and the Sultan
of Turkey.
All girls must marry from the
age of 10 or II years. Girls over
70 years old and not married can
hardly be seen.
\ girl costs S25 and if young
man has 500 he can marry four
wives with that money. No young
man is allowed to see his sweet
heart before marriage, or before
the money is paid Some of the
men have four wives but no home
to keep them in.
Any man can send his wife
away. They say, God has given
one king to all people and one
judge to a city, but for each wo-
man there is a Judge, which is her
husband He can kill her or do
anything with her, just as he sees
fit.
1T does not take long for man
to get divorce, the only thing he
does is to go into the street and
pick up three small stones, put
them in his wife's right hand and
say. go away, you are no more
my wife; and thereupon she i
divorced and can not marry aga.
because she is a divorced woman.
The women are considered the
lowest of human creatures in the
world and widows especially. A
widow has a hard time in the
Mohammedan and heather lands.
In India there are 90 600 ooo