Show TEACHERS association on friday march ath pursuant to adjournment the teacher Teachers Atso elation convened in the central schoolhouse School bouse after completing the initial exercises the f following lowing ul present enrollment was presented 2 aar A academic Aca lemic dept T D BLew lt 77 V 6 12 it 1 no 2 m A 63 U M grammar 31 presed Tre a sed 76 is 74 7 N duna lu 81 V 7 fant ord ard U P ariu hauw 75 66 55 73 7 mccond ward E 11 j ox M third waid N usa U 82 92 86 fourth ward I 1 R munch Mon cli 7 91 11 89 fourth waa ward 21 r vuc buckard kard ta 62 72 mie mis kate underwood was appointed critic after which alias alies clara chambers chain here eang sang a very pretty song entitled aly heart to thee is dingi singing f tig following this the lecturer mk DIP 11 H di delivered livered a highly interesting lecture upon the I 1 religion region liei rei ll 11 ligion gion of Ala homet the principal martof our knowledge of ot central arabia is derived from pilgrims to theli the holy bly cities citie of alecca and ale dina no person not a mohammedan being to tn enter ter either ot of these cities the arabian people ascribe their origin to shem a son bon of noah but maintain that even adam after his expulsion from the garden of eden worshipped at ibe the C in mecca alecca hagar and her eon son ishmael finished the tile city ot of mecca here abraham and ishmael rebuilt the baaba which had been d destroyed ts troyed by the thele deluge luge mahomet Alabon jet the great founder odthe of the llari fait fuith b was born in mecca alecca A D lie le belonged to the tribe of who were of the Mahu inel e real came name was fabbi but later in its life be he changed it tu to blab mahomet omet predicted Ale Mess siah he lie was a wonderful child ira every particular at two months he could stand alone at seven months be he could run around at nine months he could con converse serse with fluency and at ten months be joined other children in their spun with bows and arrows arros both bis his parents died before be he was sit six yeara years old after which he lie wa was carel for fir by bis his relations he wits taught the commercial bus business 1 biess in which he be was engaged until his suar marriage ringe this occurred w when ben he wa was years old li his bride Ca dyals was a wealthy widow and his senior fifteen years few w years after his ma marriage ringe MI Maho omet ruet began preaching bis his new siew faith fait h by that the tile angel gabriel had appeared unto him and declared him to be the prophet of god F fr fir ir several years ala wilomet met with bitter opposition which finally forced him tu to flee from mecca alecca to medilia Medi fia in the meantime cadenh died and mahomet married ayesha a child ot of only pine nine years soon after bis his entry into medina mahomet began to preach the doctrine of proselyte prose lyt ing by means nf of the sword oil lyaud lyard as its a consequence bis his famous battles were now begun which carried islamism from tribe to tribe in asia and finally over into europe and aar africa i ca mahomet died inAI edina on bis his birth birthday dar in the year after christ the assertion that mahomet was a mere vulgar tur tor can hardly be sustained from the history of his life on the con arary one mutt necessarily conclude that be he was wits a sincere believer in his own cission mie wis sion but in his fanatic zeal for the distinction of idolatry be he became the founder of a religion which is superior to idol atry in only oneth one ilig and that ie the worship of a superior being A hearty vote of thanks was wits given to the Ito lecturer after which air gault sang the st a mg entitled he lie is awl awfully aly like his pa Ps on be ing eli encored cored he responded cheer fully after singing by the choir the meeting was adjourned for one week roa barca lecture by mr 11 hall music alusic eejay beet ay by BI mrs ra R E mon monch ch recitation by miss gunja gunda ander alider son on ituala critic MARUN TanE PElt secy |