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 . the spread of Christianity, yet it meansgenerally a free press, free speech and liberty to con-fess Christ. Purely Mohammedan rule means an en-slaved press, no freedom of speech and death for theapostate from The keys to every gateway inthe Moslem world are in the political grasp of Chris-tian powers, with the exception of Mecca and Constan-tinople. Distances and dangers have become less, so that thejourney from London to Ba
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 . the spread of Christianity, yet it meansgenerally a free press, free speech and liberty to con-fess Christ. Purely Mohammedan rule means an en-slaved press, no freedom of speech and death for theapostate from The keys to every gateway inthe Moslem world are in the political grasp of Chris-tian powers, with the exception of Mecca and Constan-tinople. Distances and dangers have become less, so that thejourney from London to Bagdad can now be accom-plished with less hardship and in less time than it musthave taken Lull to go from Paris to Bugia. HenryMartyn spent five long months to reach Shiraz from Cal-cutta ; the same journey can now be made in a without waiting for the completion of the Meccarailway, a missionary could visit the Holy Cities as easilyas Lull did Tunis, were the same spirit of martyrdomalive among us that inspired the pioneer of Palma, andwere it a wise thing to do so now. Mindful of the polyglot character of Islam and of the ^Persia, Vol. I, A CHALLENGE TO FAITH 245 fact that we have the Bible, at least in part, in every]\Ioslem tong-ue, what magnificent opportunities there areto-day to establish, enlarge and endow mission presses inthe chief Moslem centres of learning and literature!Those now in existence are overtaxed with work andsupported in a half-hearted fashion. They clamor formen and means to meet the demand for books on thepart of Mohammedans. Who can estimate the possibili-ties of the Beirut press, or the Nile mission press, for theArabic-speaking world if either one had a million dol-lars? In the Chinese language there is a large Mohamme-dan literature, but only three little pamphlets have beenpublished so far that are specially adapted to the thirtymillion Moslems of China.^ Here is a call for the manwith literary tastes and talent for languages. Th
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