Islam, a challenge to faith; studies on the Mohammedan religion and the needs and opportunities of the Mohammedan world from the standpoint of Christian missions . in Koranic lorecan be educated for the reinforcement of the workersnow on the ground, the Christian Church should drive awedge into this outwork of the great stronghold.^ The strategic centres of Moslem population, given inthe last chapter, are also many of them, because of theirgeographical position, commercial centres, and stand atthe cross-roads of international communication betweenMoslem lands. The importance of massing our spi
Islam, a challenge to faith; studies on the Mohammedan religion and the needs and opportunities of the Mohammedan world from the standpoint of Christian missions . in Koranic lorecan be educated for the reinforcement of the workersnow on the ground, the Christian Church should drive awedge into this outwork of the great stronghold.^ The strategic centres of Moslem population, given inthe last chapter, are also many of them, because of theirgeographical position, commercial centres, and stand atthe cross-roads of international communication betweenMoslem lands. The importance of massing our spiritualforces here cannot be overestimated. A book sold atCairo may be read by the camp-fires of the Sahara, in themarket-place of Timbuktu or under the very shadow ofthe Kaaba. Were a strong mission established for theMohammedans of Bombay, its influence would reach faralong the coast of India and to the Moslem traders of]\Ialabar and Ceylon. These strategic centres are anappeal for immediate reinforcement and a call to come ^Die Mohammedansche Gefahr in West Afrika, i8. 2The Mohammedan World of To-day, 22. ^H. O. Dwight, Blue Book of Missions, 84- (1905.). THE PROBLEM AND THE PERIL 229 to the help of those who, often single-handed, are fight-ing against fearful odds and still winning the battle inchby inch. And what shall we say of those lands where Moham-m^s rule has never yet been challenged and where vastareas are without any missionary? Surely, if anywherein the world,, here is opportunity. The very dangers,loneliness, hardships of such pioneer fields will prove anirresistible attraction to men of heroic stamp. So near is grandeur to the dust,So close is God to man,When duty whispers, Lo! thou must,The youth replies, I can. Beginning with Africa, the following areas are un-occupied by missions. In the Central Soudan,^ one ofthe most densely populated portions of Africa, are theseStates (larger some of them than New York, Wisconsinor Ohio) waiting for the gospel: The Land K
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