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Show - i THE PROVO' HERALD - WILBUR P. liESBIT - DANCING JELOIIARrl - m$ -- m tes . . -- pftg U J . - H A " . coramguiw:;i... v 1. TT II estimates, there are about -- 200,000,000 Of "these, ao .ess than 95.000.000 Mve under Mrltlsh rule- -a total of 6,000,000 In excess of the Chris-dan population of King George's Mohammedans. 1 ur pffi I It.' ;QV ' -- H " r: , F A: ; ; I - o- nSA47f ' fsrS r.J ' l ijS f1 Its own chief. 'Thus some centuries ago Itself In Islnui established While tli' rlst stan' rtiund abou- tAn' su suft she tlirlps th mt.'aiiure she fairly seems to float. :: fAffl? 'lfrW tVfitf the propagation XiLits. jdaminae-l- B concerned as yielding more and more to the teachings of the armies ot- - Christian missionaries spread out over it. But, according to a number of these very missionaries, who have gained their knowledge in the battleMine' formed by Christianity against islam and other religions, this Is by no means the case. From the front tney brTng the news that Mphammedanisjn,.. far from being quiet. Is pulsing with new life; that Us missionaries, tilled with fanatic zeal, are making hosts ot converts to their doctrines, not only among pagans, hut among peoples previously converted to Christianity 'SfOMJfff 0AfS Africa is where the pitched battle for converts WOS?JNPfMG . between Christianity .and Islam Is being waged most furiously. Those who have been over the KAABAH AT JiOCA ground declare that the religious rate or the One striking thing Dark Continent hangs In the balance Mohamabout this spread of the medanism" has made such progress there of doctrines of islam is late, .they aver, that it is a question whether that European colonial It will not soon become Africa's dominant ralth tend to governments Nor Is that portion of 'the earth the only help rather than hinplace where Islam is striding triumphantly forder It. The pacification ward. sedulously fostered by of , heathen countries Abdul Hamld, deposed SuTtan of Turkey, has and the suppression ot served to stimulate the aggressiveness of the the slave trade, It Prophet'B followers In India, Malaysia, Central seems, have been favAsia, Siberia, Russia and other lands. orable to MohammedThis aggressiveness is noticeable not only anism. among those Mohammedans who seek to recon-cil- e One missionary ex- their time worn religion .to modernity, but , Blalns why Islam Is alalso among the blind fanatics of orthodoxy, ready In possession of who will not give up one Jot or tittle of the great sections of north doctrines handed down, to them by tbelr foreand east Africa, and Is fathers straight from the days of Mohammed. steadily advancing, in The one great characteristic or the Moslem this wise: world today is unrest. "It has often ' been Likethe prodigal son in the parable, Islam . said that the transition la coming to itself' and is becoming conscious from paganism to of Its need. Three great movements in. the is very Christianity Moslem world at the present time are ail of much more abrupt them Indicative of this unrest the developthan that to islam But In addition to ment of the great dervish orders, the growth this, the . Mohammedan of the spirit and the attempt of the recog w-islam to rationalise the old oithudoxy Znlzea .lOehgioo as in -of "all them due to the same cause, namely, the other matters, a variety of Intermediate readjustment of Islam to the progress of modern thought and western civilization, either by stages. "He Is - satisfied, es- - " dehance; r of accommoda way --of protest-and ' tlon and compromise. peclally at the bgin The modernist movement touches every Mos -with a ning. very slight lem who receives education on western lines, decree of adhesion to - I lUt A'l 'J tly roKe.H in Central Celebes Sometimes a good number of Mohammedan families Bettle at the const, choose a cluef, and so from the beginning immediately form a political unity, liut whatever Its origin may be. a Moslem establishment always exercises influence on the heathen tribes of the Interior. Various reasons bring about this supremacy "The Mohammedan population does not chiefly live on agriculture. They earn their living by trade and. Just Europe, It is considered more distin guished not to be an agriculturist- - . The Mohammedan coast population do grow some the principal vegetables and fruit, but food, which Is rice, thev depend on the people "of ttie Interior. On their excursions tt).y"1iifve alwavs money with them and they never tor-get to make a show of tt "The Mohammedans nlso dress In a better wav than the heathen, and they very cunningly fTM WCE" . c. Sure lirr feet thoy are that small are not fret at all! Tluit An' th' ilu'eks uv her are rlddar than th at present establishing It .... that ' laysia and in this way we Bee Most people, in considering these vast hordes ot Moslems, never tor a mo- ment think or thenTaa" mliranT follow ers of the Prophet. They iooK upon the Islam world as auleseeat so. tar as a shteps out society-wit- Sumatra, afterwards tn Java Rnd Hie other Islands of Ma- - - mtmrtxtfid--atasr-"brcotri-- a . r Ahjwhln. crippled 'li'rryFtnn " ." Turks' his "name til his chin An rich oonxln" out th' music wUl h note;- wtifd iltes is formed whtch by and by grows Into a Moslem com- - v( y MOMAtMJMMS G0O 't , : as-to- . are In June, . An' lirr eves mo simppln' brlRht " As the fili"ll:Ht shtnra at night, While h! tlirips t roo all th' rompln' th' rarln' v ' anf-- . - th' tune, Ho.th'?aiHeir that wanro lept Kruss where mooubames crept Nlvver (TanceJ wld .aliUipa as graceful those av O'Hara's Nell Nlvver Talry hud th' chance To him Imw an' whin to dance So tli" nltiat tiv it's shieppln' wove njvver-dylshpell. ('er th' - V AS - " n' a Thrippin' fast an' thrlppln slow WUl her Hps half parted, so,. lunik ifw rr nestlr'- on- tV eiirviTi' av her cheek! Hack n' fort' an' her an' ther, Tin ttf lines av you wud swear "... both WSJ That tir- (lunrer nil' th' music . .. , playln' hide an" seek'.- .An'"-a- - - - ' Wag there Iver wan like Nell! Rure, a hllnd man he rould tell-That th' sunlight av th'.mornln' shteabj - .... r Its Klorv from hr-sati-lol An th' IlKhtnea av her feet Is llk wind acroet th' whoj"'-"c--- "' As Hhc dnnre.i to a tune ine heart to b'atln' all th' while! -- ' - The First Time. Poets Tiave written wonderful things about first kisses, and the first rosea, and such like beautiful thoughts, but articles Thev like to perlume themselves and it is doubtful if any man can recall tontnnt!y speak with contempt about eatlnx a happier time in hlB life than the first time he was allowed to go to a tailor pork and of other customs ot the people of th The first time be was In short, they know how to behave for bis suit. interior. really measured for clothes by a real as people of 'higher rank and quality than tn etailor! Of course there are people whq 7 "simpl- pagans were pampered in the lap of luxury, means Mohanlraedan all the these "Through traders arouse the people of the. Interior to Im- and had even their swaddling garitate their customs,, and all. these things are. ments cut and fitted to measure by 4 ut tailor with a crest on hts stationery,-bprofitable to a propagation of Islam." the ordinary, human being of the come Russia Asiatic similar From surpriar mala sex who had his oldef of Moslem encroachments in the tidings sing brother's A clothes the second workChristian conversion. of aeasoQ field pagan er In that territory tells how, at the beginning has a different outlook on life. Do you remember how timidly you of the nineteenth century, the "Apostle of the Altai.", reverend Father Macary, crossed the approached the tlor, and with what awe you admired bfa brisk way of' plains seulh of Tobolsk In Siberia to reach the Altai, and perceived the state ol the mil wTiltking the tape measure through the lions ol heathen Kjlrnlils llvlnij there lie asked air. J, nd he took yjoux.nameand..wrote the KusMun government to allow nim to begin It in a book and had Julius take down but ne Hie cabalirftlc figures. And yow stood missionary work among were too savage up on that little pedestal While he was told that cnam-e"24,- 36,-1. become tonveru 4o Christianity 6i, 87, 27, Bide nd Not long alter that Mohammedan missiontwoJiips," or something like that aries entered :he field, worked with great zeai And you grinned a grin of foolish,en ?" and perseverance, mid won over all the Klrghis chanted delight ali thetlmjaniOy tlelTd liTte saw aiifj, understod It. He i-i l ?s 3 jsi&-sA-s-a result of this did, he did. Ijut'-Tiwouldn't ffave let An ei !n states. oi (JuribUan the iLe;hod . . . . iwen probeiMUiug 1' ..i " ., n n rt i a few Individuals here and there ho -- "Tind uror-- compels unu to uuyi a uew iubuiuj nuu-- o "fhe irtTTTTn mlKSlrihsiry "as now to light, not "On for the world. 7lle knew. He knew Moslem that the tornierr any saying pay by new r philosophy "and new social .standards or attention to the deeper the weak and Iwggarly eleirents ot an animis just howyou fejt when he told Julius der to succeed, must be less ol a combatant reiigiourequlrements No ahrupt break In give up. his religion altogether. How far the to write "raise left shoulder half an tic religion, but the seemingly Inaccessible conditions is- and more of a wcoer." polygamous advocates of the new Islam go In throwing demanded, as is the case in Christian missions; inch. He inew-wh- at . In the great, islands of Maiaysm islam IS' granite" "fortress. .01, Islam." agony of mind overboard their cargo to savo the ship Is, while magical practices and other A was yours ' w hen you couldn't success. the in situation tell likewise with Siberia general marbii(UKfgardmg Buperstl, meeting ' ' in a book, "The Truth About islam,"'' Hons are tolerated -' whether you- wanted the knees wide or the siii.ie missionary says: Christian missionary In those remote parts de'Muhammad Or "The convert thus loses nothing, but bo the Just published at Cairo by "Mcivlf hi t ropaganda 1s gaining in strengtn medium. He knew-th- e bou! throb that: clares that the population ol larjje portions or contrary gains in social position and consldera--tion- Badr, a graduate of Edlnburgh'Cnlvertlty No the-b- it and Mf h.iii'nedan Itilfnence is growing, .while was. yours when In Sumatra, and other less tin JavavTilpfces. so that bis adhesion is almost orthodox Moslem would recognize this preChrMUn influence, as represented by the Kus your teeth and answered right off the : portant- I'vaiide-l- s aHmauer"; already quite Isiamized X of course." sentation of Islam as the same religion which In Borneo, he adds, MosletiOfrfluence is in s.lanxb!tn h, Is weaker I'he unlucky, war witn reel that you wanted a collar enrthe;; ' 'v ' How Islam forges ahead In India is shown- be professes,1 In the same proportion as -- aran and the proclamation of liberty 'of con" vest. creasing steadily The enormous increase and activity of .Mosby these figures; at , (s ilecllnlng. nch places rteiire hiye done their work Forty thou Pagantrni Only 'In 18T7 i there were. In Bengali - n.ooo.oou " where (hire are Christian mlsMona is this.prcg lem Journalism in all the chief centers of the sand taptled Christians, rormeriy Mbhanime-donsame old sickly grin comes over your Hindoos -- and 16.50O.000 Moslem : world Is also an indication of Intel In Mohammedans ress checked sucrvsstuliy and heitbe'ns. have returned to pagan- - face, and you feel lint, in the greater yourself Btandlng 1901 of the 'leading there were 1S.000.000 Hindoos and more lectual and social unrest. Some 1cm And Islam part of the. island. .the Mohammedan props l?lmjpspjPiajj2meJBui lntoi-eraof are -the than 3,500.000 Mohammedans mouthpiece on already nearly papers without realBliinrp si renKioenea ana more aggressfve you through his thick gauda goes mi"' glasses, and Ju-"- " cean dsliow- - ' eKRBTm meda n s. "The Moslems ol Malaysia." he .says'.--"whthan ever before " lius the moistening pencil on v "Christianity. who, at' the start, numbered half a million less leave their .native country,, in ordei. to establish .In .China there are millions ol Monam tongue while he: wrote the detalla.jilt. , are In Islam than the Hindoos,, had not only made up that The religiouB movements today themselves on the. shores,.oi -- other countries, medaim. tun. according to Chrl'stian testimony . Great, wasn't It? deficit, but placed themselves 1.600.000 In the whether temporarily or pel inahentijjare K'n radically- - progressive or ; retrogressive -- The t h eyrenoMriarkedly agg'repslve In propagat-Init is not dervish orders and the Mandls In Somallland. the doctrlper ot the prophet eraltynxtonrT6mae"roseiyTe The sam - Basing his statement on these "Temenatd" the Sahara; alt believe In a seems true of Turkey and Persia. figures, Lieut reltgroiis conviction that' drives especially Not Constitutional. CoL MukerJee of the Indian Medical Service, ' In conclusion,, attention should be called to utterly opposed to modern clvlliza--tlon- , them,, buv rather Commercial interest vThose sir!" "Stop, in his book entitled "A Dying Race," maintains and their cry Is "Back to Mohammed." who emigrate are always people, who gain'their n phate of the Mohammedan The fair young typewriter lady spoke which situation, " The advocate of reform In Java and Per' that In Bflfal the future is with the.Monanv Is especially startling from the tact that It living by trading of haughty command to the" is ' "Now pagan tribes in Malaysia live in comnew. Islam Iff India, of the medan' the . the activity of Moslem young man who was trying td hold her r near lObome.-vl- .: preachers sia, of . the success of Moslem munism , lo explanation The ir.mlly extends Itself to a clan, and the nationalists in KgypC on the contrary, proselvtlzers In hls western hemisphere lily white hand.. methods In India, a Christian missionary who clans grdw to tribes; and family relation' is 1n ceveral or the West Indian are trying to. get away from Mohammed and "Do you not Tsnow." she asked, '"that y' lslandsant rev ' Arabian of knows civilization, . the only tie that, holds together these commu the Guiana territory f .south America there such conduct 4s unconstitutional?': the early standards r thatjand says:, we . "The" Moslem propagandist .is Asiatic; nities. Only among one'sjamlly does 0h4e4 are thousands of East Indian Mohammedana. Ject most ot the traditions, and make rational' fresh "How the that?" It ' Inquired ." -- ar ..: . not We-c- ao safe. ' In British Guiana there are Jngratlate hlmseir withthe lam tb basis ot their, faith. '';r'-l'j22.000; In Dutcn young man, "' According to them, Mohamm,ed-war"nelthe- r "It is a matter or course that the Mohara-'"'medapeople; he . can make himself one of them tn S.S00; Guiana. in Cehtral America and are Interfering with ' r- - Ideas the lbl The and . will detail of social he as soon as his luer immaeiiiflte he Is established every "" foreigner, West Indies, 20.000 give ; .... :7., my writes!"- ' their ideals are at the opposlta.. pole of daughter In marriage to the eonvert, and while . on tiis shore of theheathen land, tries to en- -' "Such a small fraction pf 'the " ' population ". . . we are learning to speak the language, be thndnxv ter.lnto family relations with the native tribe might well .be omitted. In state - in the neighborhood of which he lives an" oursurvey," Into the! life Howeveri aa ha been stated, orthodox Islam, Must Ring Off. the of editors "Islam and Missions." "were 41 ' -- - keen aUka this-be seem :to a Is Moslenit tel trades in .a succeeds -"Islam, donvt "see now "1 toy marrying propagandist and not ;l that Miss undoubted Hellpguri In' testimony comes regard am woman belonging to "Ihat tribe, lie and other Itinerant;' why should iot our preachers and are both moving forward- .- - ; to the activity .of. lAam, thlng'-th- ey hold to my position In the going In British especlaly .battiamove catechlsts the Tellow about Mohammedans great Africa, among to Moslem create , people" wjtfl the, To torn first family , Guiana and the vVest Indies - -telephone exchange Jt. the. manager 'less show bf European tent and tsoatT circles; for-th- e 1t the, results 6f'a century missiQharVr doesn't change .liis mind. , wives, have to adopt the re- - . ground, evtdencet of this progress appear-oi- i dozen" sects ot "Martyn Clark sajs. that as tilnety-De'p- r Hglon of their ausbands.-b- e It only superficial" erery side. In central Africa Mr; AskltWpafa wrong?' to Te preserved the It Kn nnn will fulfill HAm ri.i--1I ..... wlfvl, ihu wtf . u B to 4IUUU i lU II . ,'. ft. TT .I, . vn.iM- we glrla aerrtshes are at work proselytizing foremost , cent of, the people live In villages, it werer wla Miss lenoguri-He'says- 'lf ; denote tear fronrtlir"MbBleiB- aonarcha,-'wlM..duties of her new religion, but her children are- -'' mined VfW mo.r.?t,". taJkinif so much he wjll dis-among them the powerful Benusl, who yeariy-ndotfi stop out large bands oLmissionarlea. In short, ., propagated Islamln' theillages; their power .charge ub. . ' . uiiufcii one vhrlstian , worer pui r-.V-- , . i, ETOij - uw.-- . perished, but' to el r religion femalned ui uuiana i'n rpiwtn . ;jx"; -be-'-sums 'U w up... admirably the.dlfference ':"r:y croup- or Monarameaan tamlunmedan t k Saiatlooary ;.-cammed r.wis, clothes which excite the array themselves and desire of their heathen covetousness neighbors, whi, are very fond ot buylrj? new in ' te-we- -- - pan-Islam- -b- : s. theKe--peop- 8, ms-i'- ' V. le Mi I e the-write- . -- -- lilus-trate- , -- - o-took . -- - . y' -- ' . - s J 1 . . g .- es ; ..." -. .- - . n uor-infali- . ... 4 V J: .- onAThe' rry : f -- h1 -- y nurt d ' -- ' " 1 11 u'n:re HflL -. -r- -w I t--e i 1 j |