Oxford eagle., 1912-07-04

In examining
the various sys-
tens OF religion.
great car must Be exercised in
searching for the points OF contact
less we strive to make them points
for the amaixsmation OF Christianity
With the non-Chrfstian system. Mo
hAmr1ed Is considered the last OF the
great prophets Who inau<ursted these
great religions systems He vas born
IN Mecca about SEQ years after Christ
AZ the age Of twenty-five he married
wealthy widow for whom he had car
red on brsiness. BY caravan. between
Necca and Damascus Later be BE-
xaa 70 have religious aspirations and
on vartcas occasions vhile in seclu-
ssn1 N cave sxperterced strange
haliuctrzto-< that he attributed to
TIE ineusrce % Angels. He oorsid-
e-e~ himself constituted 4 prophet by
Gabriel ard took Up the work OF re
fcr-afiou- He becare bitter against
tdoistry ard opposed some Of the In
constituencies of his tine Hoxever.
as ysa-s Eent On - hecane grzxpfnz.
waich eanse1 hlr. 20 break his own
Avs ard 60 i-eorsissent things To
tl<-ify hius~if II ssi<. he claimed he
h,e received revelations granting him
SPECIAL rerrsirss-= 20 60 them He
socr t,ok % N. sword and became a
leader C a 6-s1 - hrfxzrds. After
his c~afh. Ahg Bssr took up the work
and hsEaz the cozgles, OF Palestine
and Syria 7; E-x carried on by his
slccsssc-s until Al. Minor ard North
Africa we're ccngueret They then
ATTEMPTED % get into Europe through
Co1s-arriaopIs ca the east and Gaul
On th% vest Ther we're driven back.
which delivered 1s-upe from the woke
q Moha--s<snisn- The conquest
tser went 70 ne east tozard Ir1Ix.
ard southSart frto tAe Sudan IN
Africa
MohammS1a1is-n Is MIXTURE of
Pazaaism and Judaism u Is strong
y MczesA%tsftcs teaches anecluse PRE-
eesrizAfion and that o1iy Nozie=,s are
saved It's E-irfs Is rule or rum
p-ac@aaiy z there Is no Opposition. bar
wtth th@ f-cz bel u necessary. No
sa=z1s6 <o- his idea of God from u
sstsza- He took o1ly the attribute OF
Justice ard .1de a got Of law TO
uhon Ae gave ABSOLUTE sovsrefsn,y.
hut attrihutet TO hf- HttIe interest in
TIE veal CT woe o. the human rs-ee-
Since - considered God 70 b but one
psrScu- he becare very bitter AGAINST
Christianity CT ths ground that he con-
sssere1 y polytheEs-ic because Of the
three persons IN TIE Godhszd In or
Ger TO acco1nt for Christ. the Noharn-
rscans teach that just before Christ
vas er1ciasd- the angel Gabriel ar
ranged for some one else. who looked
ike Christ. 20 - crucihed in his place
Nohammed IN order to secure for him
self divine authority asserted that he
vas the ras7eIete whom Jesus had
promised fs considered Jesus
g-sre prophet and inferior 70 himself
He himself being the last Of the
prophets ot God TIE Mohzrmedan
view Of creation Is very much similar
20 that found in the Bible However.
the creation q man differed in that II
= said that Sod took a lump Of claS
and broke Il into Two pieces. creating
mankind frs-as them both OF the one
he sait. These 70 heaven and I cara
not and OF those made from the 9th
er lump he said. These TO he'll and I
care not
Sin to the Mohanmedan is far ttf
fsrsnt from stn TO the Christian. In
the first place. sin has nothing TO do
With our nature. for man inherited
nune of the sinful nature O, Adam
Second sins of ignorance are not
counted as wrong dsing Third. only
the wilfui violation Of knoxn Law Is
I considered sin Their belief in predes-
/ ttnatton and fatalisn makes their IN
ture Fixed 80 that salvation through
I aionelent IS not necessary Neither
have they any provision from the ures-
/ ent power Of sin To match thi.
strange teaching regarding sin. the
Noh-nnedans have planned a heaven
fuli Of sensual indulg@aces where they
expect 10 rest upos gold couches. be
attended bT celestial beings and b-a
always eating and drinking. but never
satiated- Nohamrlsdans look upon
the resurrection OF the body as real
and literal They teach that n will,
be produced By living principle re-
siding in ore Of the bones Of the bo5x
which viii 5e inpresnated BY a forty
days rain before the resurrection o.
ours and VIII cause the bodies 70
sr-out forth Ike plants The sourca
Of this teaching ane Of the Koran
their sacred book, might be termed
mechanical Inspiration They believe
the Koran to be uncreated and e,er-
nal the original copy being kept under
the throne OF God Teh Koran Is sn.u-
er than our New Testament
The treatment accorded Nohanra-
dan women is almost as severe as -,
be found rnder brutal pas-ufsn A
man may cause his wife to ;eava h,r.
BY saying. Thou art divorced Ver
duty to him is implicit obedience ana
reverential silence in his presence A
1ohemnecan Woman's hope Of heaxs,
Is to have a husband and thus 10 no,
In TO be his attendant
| When the dust Of huzfras. o.. en-