| Show LO NGING FOR FOK THE MESSIAH to those who believe lo in the second coming of the son don of man to this earth it must be interesting to know that not dot only among professed chris chril fians but also among edana there is at present a belief in the coming of a messiah and deliver since through kirn kim from bondage in one of the magazines there to is an arti cle on this athla subject the suo of an interview witti a pr minetah in ID anich he explains briefly we ples plea of the persian abot we tue these he be explains are identical with blab diste la Is the do doctrine ottine of the mohammedan messiah it t Is in taught orally and to ia never imparted to outsiders owing to certain initiatory formalities which the profane would be sure to ridicule but as aa the doctrine of a Mess messiah falk was the bright star of hope to ancient israel during the persecutions and oppression of that nation so 90 it la 18 the hope now of the of the oriental aoun countries tries and owing to many circumstances cum stances tola this Meas lante or Mab mahart diet belief Is now so ao deeply rooted in all mohammedan nations especially the Sch lites that it has become their life and nd soul if the oppressed hordes bordea la in persia turkey moricio moncho Mo have endured patiently so eo many bao baa governments government it to la became they are sure aare that a mandl mandi will soon oon arise to remedy all thew these evils evile toey are crying out like the jews for a savior and a deliverer tradition declares deo larea that friday la is the day on which he be will reveal himself to the world I 1 and becomingly every friday in all the mosques mo mot eques ques brayere 1 ray era are offered up and nonoa eions are made beseeching allah to hasten the time of messiah Is advent all Mu sects aeo taaim aim invariably at therea the realization listion of this doo trine all the different matidle pass fmc and present those of the soudan as an well as all the others are but the ex oo more or lose less incomplete of this central doctrine of a Mess lanio do de liver livered er according to tradition the true trap mandl wll will be preceded by sixty forea fore runners called baba doore and the persian sect derives its ita name nama from ahls word they believe lu iu the establish aud and universal religion in which modern progress reas Is accorded a place by the side of islamic preceptor and the movement to said to shake the old persian regime to its foundation it la is thought probable pr that from persia it will spread throughout the entire mohammedan world |
