. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. and evil. Dr. Robert E. Speer quotes Dr. Cochrin ofPersia, a man who had unsurpassed opportuni-ties for seeing the inner life of Mohammedanmen, as telling him that he could not say, outof his long and intimate acquaintance as adoctor with men that he had ever met one pure-hearted or pure-lived adult man among theMohammedans of Persia. With this in mind — and the situation isgeneral in Moslem lands — the effect of livingexclusively among the men of his home plungesa young lad into the very vortex of immoralityengendered
. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. and evil. Dr. Robert E. Speer quotes Dr. Cochrin ofPersia, a man who had unsurpassed opportuni-ties for seeing the inner life of Mohammedanmen, as telling him that he could not say, outof his long and intimate acquaintance as adoctor with men that he had ever met one pure-hearted or pure-lived adult man among theMohammedans of Persia. With this in mind — and the situation isgeneral in Moslem lands — the effect of livingexclusively among the men of his home plungesa young lad into the very vortex of immoralityengendered by the life of which he is a part, andthe lewd conversation which he hears. The little maid in the womens quarters isfamiliarized with all that is impure and hideousin the life of the harem. Degrading conver-sation and foul language are ear-marks ofMoslem society. Very early does the vampireof impurity through this means fasten itselfupon the life of the child. The consensus ofmissionary opinion is that for a child to growup pure-minded in the atmosphere of a Moslem.
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