. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. names are given tohim by his followers, among them being Lightof God, Peace of the World, Glory ofthe Ages, etc. Yet the bearer of these exaltednames almost to the day of his death was notonly corrupt in heart and life but was planningand executing horrible deeds of bloody name is by all odds the iavorite one forMoslem boys. Mohammeds of today arenumerous. This name is never uttered withouta prayer, and, it is avowed, is written uponthe throne of God, where in the glories ofHeaven he has usurped the place
. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. names are given tohim by his followers, among them being Lightof God, Peace of the World, Glory ofthe Ages, etc. Yet the bearer of these exaltednames almost to the day of his death was notonly corrupt in heart and life but was planningand executing horrible deeds of bloody name is by all odds the iavorite one forMoslem boys. Mohammeds of today arenumerous. This name is never uttered withouta prayer, and, it is avowed, is written uponthe throne of God, where in the glories ofHeaven he has usurped the place of the Sonof God himself. And the Moslem believesthat he approaches perfection only as hebecomes like Mohammed! That Mohammed was sincere and genuinein believing himself called of God to his mis-sion and that the sins which stained his lateryears were only as specks on the sun is claimedby some who have studied his life and hiscourse. Others, including Dr. Zwemer, see inMohammed only the skill of a clever impostorfrom the day of his first message to the day ofhis 26 UNDER THE CRESCENT Yet today Mohammeds following is as wideas the world, and before his name there bowin allegiance possibly 250,000,000 of the peopleof the earth, while the religion which he foundedstill proceeds upon its victorious way. a ISLAMS BIBLE In fierce devotion the Moslem clasps to hisheart his holy book, the Koran, which Moham-med affirmed was given him of God. Thebook is small, less in size than our own NewTestament. Even the pious Moslem is unableto read it without a commentary, becauseof its jumbled character. Every sort offact and fancy, law and legend, is thrown to-gether piecemeal. It is written in the Prophetsown tongue, the Arabic, which multitudes ofhis followers can neither read nor qualities are ascribed to the merevolume itself, the Prophet teaching that ifit were wrapped in a skin and thrown into thefire, it would not burn. It must never betouched with unwashed
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