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Show ; One step farther one short step i and the unspeakable Turk will be ! supreme. He will be in a position to ' attack Europe through Africa. The crescent curves over 200,000,000 souls today. Within ten years if it continues its present advance it will have added to its subjects 90,000,000 J , negroes. Already it has G0.000.000 j of them converts of a few years' la- !- bor. With the hordes from darkest Africa added to the bloodthirsty Moslems of Asia Minor, what peril ; appears for Christianity. Fire these natives of the unexplored sections of the shadowy jungleland with the Mussulman's fanaticism, set their ', childlike minds afire with the earn ings of a holy war, and what will . result? i If Europe knew what we mission aries know it would spend thou-: thou-: sands in warding off this peril which '. threatens death to men and slavery S for women. The continental coun- tries, exhausted after the war, will j have none of the security that Chris- I Uan nations have enjoyed from the '; Moslem menace. I This is one of the injunctions (which every Mussulman receives; . each boy has this sentence drilled into his mind from infancy up. It ; is quoted from the Koran, Sura II.: "Fight for the religion against those who fight against you; but ', transgress not, for God loveth not ; the transgressors. And kill them "W'herover. ye find them, and turn ; them out of whatever they have dis- I! Possessed you. Fight, therefore, ; against them until there is no temp- - tatlon to idolatry and the religion be j; God's." Another admonition that Moham- med handed down to his followers 1 and one they religiously believe is I that "Paradise is under the shadow I of swords," J The actions of tho Moslems have ' ever been those of force, tyranny ( and oppression. The,, scimitar has .- been their symbol, curved into tho semblance of the crescent ( If history contained any reassur- ,' ing facts of tho Mohammedan's mo- J tives perhaps the Christiana in Af- ! vica today would not be in such a V state of terror, but every recorded Page of tho history of Asia Minor and upper Africa teems with instances in-stances of fiendish tortures and ; wholesale massacres by the cham pions of Islam. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert A. Hois- ington, driven by the war from i their Presbyterian mission in the i i jungles of Kamerun, have re- ? ? turned to civilization with a ter- i rifying story of the new Moslem I I menace the scourge of the jj prophet that is enslaving the J; savages of darkest Africa bj the ;' millions. The European war has ;' 5 arrested the work of Christian!- ;' 5 tyin the jungle, has cut it down j! s just in the hour when it was ;! casting itself heroically forward j! 5 for the final battle with Islam I The irony of Christian nations ' halting tlie work of their relig- !; I ion by their fratricidal sinfo is !; i felt keenly by the missionaries, !; i who see long years of patient I; work and really remarkable re- !; J suits go to ruin. ; The savages are in their native '', state ruled by witchcraft, no ! j fewer than 4,000.000 of them go- !; i ing to slaughter annually for !; j their weird beliefs. With such !; plastic material the crafty Mos- !; i lem is working iniquity unspeak- ',' able, flaming the simple fanatic- 1; al minds with the doctrine of the ;' ;' sword, teaching hatred, preach- ;! ; ing a holy Avar. Should this ;! ;' mighty host arise, armed with the modern weapons of the Turk, '', what peril awaits Christianity! HORRORS 0TV AT ZENITH. At tho present moment the atrocities atro-cities of Islam are thought to be at their zenith. The massacre of an entire race of people, the Armenians, has been the most gigantic and systematic sys-tematic campaign of slaughter that the world hns ever seen. Nero's persecution per-secution of the Christians, St. Bartholomew's Bar-tholomew's day in France, the annihilation anni-hilation that ancient kings put upon their conquered cities could not comparo with this almost comploto destruction of a country's population. popula-tion. Those of us who have seen Islam sweeping across Africa, adding thousands thou-sands upon thousands to the enlistment enlist-ment of Mohammed's army, can only view the result with fear. For the believer in Mohammedanism Mohammedan-ism is subject to tho cxcltemonts nnd fanatical 'emotions of a holy war. Every Mussulman is convinced that if hedies in battlo against unbelievers unbeliev-ers he will go to paradise. The negro, in his original faith, worships fetishes;- he believes in witchcraft implicitly. It has been estimated by reliable misslonarjes that no less than 4,000,000 natives go to death annually because of their prostration before witchcraft GPrpes of Natives "Who Are, Say the Iloislngtons, ?Iost Tho Holslnglons at (lielr Station In Knmernn. SuscepUhlo to Fanaticism and Superstitious Awe. The weird rites and practices inflame in-flame their minds and cast them into in-to an insane frenzy. Mohammedanism plays upon this trait. It changes the worship of fot-ishes fot-ishes to that of a prophet's war cries. It makes believers in a single god, but a god of bloodshed and bruto force. Christianity is handicapped in its fight against the titdal wave of Mohammedanism. Mo-hammedanism. It. Burton Sheppard, who accompanied Bishop Joseph C. Harlzell, bishop for Africa of tho Methodist Episcopal church, as his secretary on explorations over central cen-tral Africa, says in his book, "Islamic "Is-lamic Africa": ''Acceptance of Islam by an African Afri-can docs not necessarily mean a breaking away from native customs. It is rather an addition than a displacement dis-placement For example, while a Moslem is allowed by the Koran not more than four wives, a native African Afri-can may have as many as he can support. Gratification in sensual pleasure and in a life of immorality is sure to be taken by such religionists religion-ists when theii god is supposed to bo satisfied with the repetition of formulae. formu-lae. Native Africans see nothing but good in polygamv." CREATES IJLOODTIIIKSTr "WARRIORS. All writers agree that Mohamme danism creates more courage and fanaticism and that It Increases tho native's sensual development. Henry Drummond, a well-known authority on Africa, savs in his book, "Tropical Africa": "Wherever they go in Africa tho followers of Islam are the destroyers of peace, tho dissolvers of the family tic." Sheppard in "Islamic Africa" says: "The practices of Islam are surety for the presenco of jealousy, hatred and strife." There is no disguising tho fact thnt Christianity must work as it bas never worked bcfoic if it is to stop the peril of Mohammedan Africa. "Ln Tengennce," by A. Dinet Typical of tho Fiendish Fanaticism "WTiicIi a H Holy War Incites In the Mohammedan. H The natives who have been converted con-verted to the belief in Christ are undoubtedly un-doubtedly happier than thoso of pagan pa-gan or Islamic faiths, but the attractions attrac-tions of Mohammedanism arc no great, its laxities so comfortable, Its missionaries so zealous, its pomp and ritual so colorful and so pleasing pleas-ing to the simple native eye, that there is no combating it unless Christianity uses extraordinary methods. There is a story in Mohammedan literature which tells of the prophet weeping and looking toward Africa as he said: "We shall have many people in that land." It has taken centuries for this prophesy to be fulfilled, but the present day sees It at a high tide. European nations have improved their possessions in Africa. Roads have been cut through the tangle of tho jungles, trade has been opened up with the interior. And the Mohammedan Mo-hammedan is a born trader. Religious freedom has been given to all the people governed by Christian Chris-tian nations, and the Mohammedan has taken advantage of this to such an extent that he has set up mosques, arrayed whole tribes in Turkish robes and fezes, and set whole sections of the country to repeating re-peating tho Mussulman's prayers with all the ardor of a Mohammedan born and bred in the religion. Tho transports which religious trances cast upon the excitable native na-tive was England's greatest obstacle ob-stacle in conquering the savage tribes. General Gordon died before the fanatics and it took tho utmost skill of Lord Kitchener and a strong and modern army to quell the crazy tribes at Khartum. CAIRO TO ST5M) OUT WAE SIDDIOSS. It is known that the Turk is looking look-ing for further conquest. Cairo is the seat of his religion. Constantinople Constanti-nople is the government capital, but the Egyptian city will send forth the call for another holy war when that day conies. Cniro has lines of communication com-munication already stretching into tho interior of Africa, A few more years of uninterrupted progress and it will have comploto command of the continent with the exception of South Africa. European countries have taught thousands of tho natives tho use of modern firearms. Machino guns aro not strange to them. Islam "will havo at its disposal millions of soldiers sol-diers capable of handling the modern mod-ern implements of warfare when it feels tli at the hour i3 ripe for a descent upon Christianity. ' ( This stupendous European war : has taken the attention of the Chris- IH tian nations that govern sections of IH Africa away from their prolecto- !H rates. Missionaries have sought nH shelter in other lands. H The natives are loyal to Christian H nations because the white men have H awed them with force. Those who H have been converted are loyal be- cause of belief in the doctrines mis- H siouarios have taught them, but with H the church forces removed and the H white men in uniform fighting among H themselves, the last barrier to Mo- H hammedanism is down. jH Before tho war interrupted Chris- H tlan conversion and gave Islam its IH great opening our missions were do- H ing tremendous work in spite of tho H strong opposition. In Cairo an open- M ncss of mind had appeared; Moslems H were listening to our missionaries. H In the station in Kamerun there H were 7,500 converts and thousands H had been turned away. M Christianity was doing marvelous H work, considering its handicaps, and H a work that can be repeated and H amplified if the proper enthusiasm H is forthcoming when the opportuni- H ty again presents itself. j Islam, pointing to the holocaust in H Europe, argues: "Seo how the iH Christians practice their teachings JH of love and peace. Black broth- ll er, join our faith, where you H may do as you will, whore jH you may havo colored garments.as ll many wives as you desire, tell lies, IH commit adultery and yet be pardon- H ed because you as a true believer H may say: 'Thero is but one God, H and Mohammed is His prophet' " H "Nope, I'm busy." M twenty pages of kitchen jH reoipes, ten pages " H "No! Busy. Git!" H of gardening instructions and a jH department of first " H "No!" , H "of first aid to the injured. Be- M side this thcr6 is nothing that" JM "No. Nit Not" H "nothing that a man might want fH to know that ho cannot find in it, and " t ., a jH "Does it tell how. to get rid of a book agont?" H "Yes. sir. On page 365 it says m "Here's your money. Leave tho H book." , , tl H "Thank you. That's Just what it m says on pago 365." H Thero arc two kinds of summer H resorts. One is the place which has H the placid quietness and lovely seen- H cry for you to toll about, and the JjH Dthcr has tho high prices which you Lnay modestly mention. H |
