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 . m villages scattered farand wide, untouched by any other missionary agency.^The medical missionary carries a passport of mercywhich will gain admission for the truth everywhere. Allof the vast yet unoccupied territory in the Mohammedanworld is waiting for the pioneer medical missionary, manor vvoman. In many Moslem lands there are unprecedented oppor-tunities for educational work. The spread of the NewIslam, the increase of journali
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 . m villages scattered farand wide, untouched by any other missionary agency.^The medical missionary carries a passport of mercywhich will gain admission for the truth everywhere. Allof the vast yet unoccupied territory in the Mohammedanworld is waiting for the pioneer medical missionary, manor vvoman. In many Moslem lands there are unprecedented oppor-tunities for educational work. The spread of the NewIslam, the increase of journalism, the political ambitionsof Pan-Islamism, and the march of civilization are alluniting to produce a desire for higher education. Yetwhile there are seven American mission colleges in theTurkish empire, not including Egypt, Persia, with a pop-ulation of ten million, has not a single missionary ^Mr. Jordan writes: For some years past the Persian Government has ^Methods of Mission Work Among Moslems, 109. ^S. M. Jordan, An Unprecedented Opportunity: Wanted, a Collegefor Persia; a pamphlet. (Board of Foreign Missions of the PresbyterianChurch, 1906.). A CHALLENGE TO FAITH 247 been growing liberal and is now seeking to introduce freeinstitutions. The intelligent classes believe that consti-tutional government and Western education will do forPersia what they have done for Japan in the past fortyyears. Education has become almost a fad, and the Shahprofesses to be the leader in the movement. They haveopened elementary schools for themselves and are seekinghelp from every source. Last year they brought out fiveFrench professors to teach in the Imperial College inTeheran. What that institution amounts to was wellsummed up by one of these teachers, who replied to myinquiry for its welfare: Oh, it is half a pity and half afarce. Some time ago a son-in-law of the Shah re-marked to one of our missionaries: Why do not youAmericans build a college in Teheran where w^e Persianscan
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