The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-04-22

40 the vast hospital. that l learn Is
..As-as.P crowded, affords the student
epeeAatd opportunity to get at the real
taene- They have more than one hun
ofcG students In attendance. DR. MOorst
Hf,e1t quite while with me on board
see ship discussing Idberian conditions
non him learned much that viii be
- service 20 me when get on the
ereaad
TEEt GRIP or MOHAMMEDANIsM ON
FRENCH WEST AFRICA
eeshaps al no point IN Africa has the
seission Of Islam gotten more deadly
Ersp on the inhabitants than In THIS
ce1ntry X Is the awful victim OF that
aesAnston. and l mean victim with all
taae term can imply The hardness OF
e1e christian church in reaching the
neaekusion that Il had a mission TO the
hszrk hordes In this continent - they
Secoaed not 10 think that the commits
s2PS 40 make disciples OF all nations
se.caused Africa. This gave the Mo-
s.Anencdan almost seventeen hundred
years Of almoet uninterrupted sway 10
hfrsca--and he did not fail to use a..
ttetWtthstanding, much of the Scrip
tUrni history is intimately associated
18th this continent that " true as re-
eatrs TO both the Old and New Tesla
GaeAts- Abraham twice took UP resi-
delsee IN Egybt 70 escape famine. Jo-
Sepsa was sold into Egypt which finally
sesoiied In the whole lamily moving
eaae5e to save themselves from the rig
SrB Of famine. There Moses and Aaron
we're born. and there they had their
Gsmpas contest with Pharaoh which re-
sab1ad IN the destruction OF his army at
1he Red Sea; the whole OF the suisse
aneEt history OF the chosen people was
eeuseantly In contact with Africa. Sol
NuAon went there TO get a wife; Jere-
Eaah took refuge there during the cap
tsytays Ethiopian kings figured con-
Apseaousiy In many OF the wars OF Is
Eaels Africa finally became the refuge
~ the infant Christ by Gods SPECIFIC
ee1nmand when his own people would
6nEe destroyed Him-and when the
aisrlpies started out 10 cvangelize the
Gorta. treasurer Of the Queen Of
hsthiopia was among the first converts
froan the heather world. and Simon the
African was the one TO help the Master
Bear His cross IL was In Alexandria
ehat the first Christian school was es-
eabitshed and the Bible translated into
Greek II would take too much time
ard space to tell OF tile many things
"a which Africa either had a part or
eecame the chief actor in the history
~ the church. But IL was neglected
ana aow Il is the darkest spot on earth
tEst IL will not always be so for God
a. learning the eyes OF the world ia this
Ssrection. The object may be expioita-
afe0. nut lie uses the wrath OF men to
execute His purpose. The question may
~ asked Is Mohammedanlsm better
than pagan darkness 10 Is a grave
aaession. Accommodation has GER
tAan civilizing influence; II teaches the
savage 10 put on clothes, In fact, some
took al here seem 20 have ON too
SAany clothes, IL puts upon him require
sne"ts that give MIN some idea OF Just
acc. perhaps. but the fundamentals
@hsrh All people need are far from the
rfeea OF Islam. II permits him to own
slaves. II permits him to have Just as
.lany wives as he had as a pagan: IL
- no onense TO lie ana steal and, in
tart. even murder Is excused of' for
given by the prophet at death. Doubt
se9a ats great progress among the VI
n.otis tribes ana the easy life OF many
81 she Africans Is due TO the fact that
~ has 10 give up nothing that he has
aOae In the past Its greatest require
uAeuts are TO commit some forms OF
service that he understands little or
Should Mohammedan accept Chris
aaal.ity he does il at not only the risk
- the loss OF all his friends. but he puts
hss life Ia jeopardy These are some
- the things that stand In the way OF
carrying the gospel OF Christ to these
1aaliions IN darkness. IL IL much easier
g teach the raw pagan the way to God
eh1n that heather that has become in
neenced by Mohammedanism. The
H'rtneh Government has to be very con-
aiderate OF this faith as fully 90 per
cenk Of It's native population are Islams
Sess fact coupled with what have just
.asd makes the religion Of Mohammed
t1e most securely fortified Of any in
Etitution In the colony
Conciusiyely. after giving you In
very frank way the impression J have
- French Colonial policy with grate-
TAI heart for every sign OF progress
nnA hope pointed out, and ! might
RnNse 70 say, ! left New York on a
FreNch vessel and as write these lines
\ ane stu on one, that | am not ia
Prcnssd that their treatment Of subject
peOpips Is all that IL has been repre-
seated 10 be- He has his prejudice.
g not In degree II Is surely there In
kind 1 stood on deck OF this ship yes
terdhy at Dakar when a large crowd
81 Ratfves were crOwding on some with
great boxes. trunks and whatever they
pOaaessed. French military officer
wanted To pass the Jam and the way he
knocked and kicked those poor helpless
people about TO get BY was Just as saw
aEH rs any have seen anywhere. quite
number OF their things he knocked
Oh IN the water. I said everything +
couId 60 those about me about him and
I eoit like for a moment doing for him
erlat Moses did for the Egyptian. which
canard him to have TO quit the land
! have not seen anywhere greater hrn-
talsly. for the victims were helpless ly
1nsuned on gang plank. These little
things. II you can call that little. are
eSe things that count, that Is the true
nn6cx 10 the real thing.
again, TO give a pagan civilization
WITHOUT God you have helped him only
~ degree, you have made him a dan
&erous being, Germany has given the
civilized world ono OF the best exam-
Piles Of that, one that should never 10
Forgotten. II tgkes an unusual people
40 take an ignorant subject raee--nOt
81 their own kin and deal fairly with
them. France Is putting forth effo
Go train the young men for military
service, that when her next war comes
EAe will use these black men, as she
did In the last war. / am Informed
ahat very large numbers Of these men
came back and died OF tuberculosis.
lAis d Just some of the gloom that
hanEs over the other side.