. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. om the God of the Christian who istaught at his mothers knee that God is aloving Heavenly Father, brooding over himwith ever-increasing tenderness — for Godis love. Monotheism is clutched to the breastof the Moslem with the fierceness of fanati-cism, yet the attribute of love, which is thevery essence of God, is beyond his ken. Thechief elements in the character of this oneGod as seen by the Moslem are those of amerciless, ruthless, omnipotent tyrant, whohas had little interest in the world or the dwellerstherein since
. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. om the God of the Christian who istaught at his mothers knee that God is aloving Heavenly Father, brooding over himwith ever-increasing tenderness — for Godis love. Monotheism is clutched to the breastof the Moslem with the fierceness of fanati-cism, yet the attribute of love, which is thevery essence of God, is beyond his ken. Thechief elements in the character of this oneGod as seen by the Moslem are those of amerciless, ruthless, omnipotent tyrant, whohas had little interest in the world or the dwellerstherein since he created them. One writercalls Allah, the God of Islam, an absenteelandlord who, jealous of man, wound the clockof the universe and went away forever. THE PROPHET OF MECCA In the year 570, , Mohammed was bornin Mecca, the Holy City of the Moslem was not a mere camel driver as some haveasserted, but came from aristocratic married a woman with money, and like-wise with a strong mind, the latter fact beingproved convincingly by her preventing her. 24 UNDER THE CRESCENT
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