[b]ISLAM[/b]Mohammedans religion might be sustained by scimitars, but Christians religionmust be maintained by love. 149.335He who religiously obeys Mahomet may yet be doing grievous moral wrong; but it isnever so with the disciple of Jesus: obedience to Jesus is holiness. 1768.130This book (the Bible) is more than a book,it is the mother of books, a mine of truth,a mountain of meaning. It was an ill-advised opinion which is imputed to theMohammedans at the destruction of the Alexandrian Library, when they argued thateverything that was good in it was already in the Koran, and therefore it might wellbe destroyed. 1806.579I have heard that an Englishman has professed himself a Mahometan because heis charmed by the polygamy which the Arabian prophet allows his followers. Nodoubt the prospect of four wives would win converts who would not be attracted byspiritual considerations. If you preach a gospel which makes allowances for humannature, and treats sin as if it were a mistake rather than a crime, you will findwilling hearers. 2185.47I have made it a College exercise with our brethren. I have saidWe will read achapter of the Koran. This is the Mahometans holy book. A man must have a strangemind who should mistake that rubbish for the utterances of inspiration. 2185.45When Mahomet would charm the world into the belief that he was the prophet ofGod, the heaven he pictured was not at all the heaven of holiness and spirituality.His was a heaven of unbridled sensualism, where all the passions were to be enjoyedwithout let or hindrance for endless years. Such the heaven that sinful men wouldlike; therefore, such the heaven that Mahomet painted for them, and promised tothem. 3538.545
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