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owl I) of populat ion ;
i'?l) Tin; wealth of the I'nited Stales in
r east** I in 2(1 yea rs !??(? per cent.
I'll.' contributions of Southern I'r.'sbylerians
lnTl'MSril ill "2't years l*>0 pel* I't'lll.
Nevertheless, 1 1 u* pc are some who charge us
?. it h being ultra conservative and nil Iter
iiiprogressive. Those who indulge in these
pleasantries" ?i i*?* happily fewer in number
'han in years past. Hill the species is not yt
? \1 i net .
The facts given a how are gleaned from the
'tieial records. They indicate that while hold
ing without eoni promise or il polony to "the
1.1 1 1 h miee for all delivered io the saint?*," the
-out hern I 'reshy t orian Church is the lives! and
?nosl progressive Church on this continent.
I. <?! ns "thank (!m| and take courage" as
?\?' emit i n lie to go forward " in His Name.*'
Klorciice, S. <
SELECTED
THE FACT OF CHRIST AND EVOLUTION.
I?y Kcv. ?lames McL.'od, I). I).
"The evolution of man from the hrnte," says
I r. ( tshorn, " is the most lirmly established
'ruth in the Natural I inverse." lie made this
hold assertion in his reply to Mr. Ilryan (s'e
the New York Times of .March ~?t h) . Dr. Os
Itorn has the courage of his convictions. He
seems to he obsessed with the idea of his own
infallibility that, with him, tin* question oi
man's origin is no longer debatable. If this
were not so, he would not be so dogmatic.
The rule lie lays down admits of no excep
tion. It includes the Lord .lesus Christ, Who
was. and still is. a man, with a real huim;n
body, and a r ?asotiahlc human soul, llenee
the fact of Christ has something to do wi'ii
?volution. Dr. Oshorn docs not hesitate, for
;i moment, to say that the man Christ Jesus is
tile olVsprinir of a brute, lie does not say this
in so many words, but this is precisely what
hi- m 'ans. His declaration admits of no other
??oust rucl ion. lie is so sure of man's descent
from the brute as to atVirm it to he "the most
lirmly established truth in the Natural I'ni
vcrse.
Dr. < tsborn .claims the support of the great
Christian philosopher, James McCosli. Dr.
McCosli did say, "I believe in the existence of
? volution," but he utterly repudiated the eon
elusion reached by Darwin and his disciples.
He says, "I confess I shrink from it." He
held that the facts do not support the theory.
I lis words are worth repeating, "I oppose the
ih eor.v that would a nut for every produc
tion by evolution, and, in the absence of facts,
I cannot allow him (Darwin) to appeal to a
priuejplc, which, in its exclusiveiicss, cannot
he established without the facts." lie adds
I his significant sentence which cock-sure evo
lutionists of today might study with prolil.
"Surely it would be becoming to be less sure
?uid dogmatic until we can tiinl a monkey on the
?'?irth capable by domestication, or otherwise
?d producing a man."
The missing link, which was so confidently
predicted fifty years ago, has not yet been dis
covered. The great gulf between man and the
highest breed of apes, is as broad and as deep
as ever. "This means," says Dr. McCosli,
that the animal which could have given birth
o? man, has not been found in Ihe geological
?'?ges; has not been s.'en in historical times, and
ls not now. so far as known, on the face of the
earth." (Christianity ami Positivism.")
PEREGRINE PAPERS
By Rev. W. II. T. Squires, D. D.
.XXVI.
THE WANING CRESCENT.
Where art' 1li?* Turks? Kor ??i ?_rli 1 centuries
they ruled niiil ruined these hinds, inin- tin*
richest imi earth. I expected t'? see Turks in
1 v rout, Damascus, dcriisalcm and Kyypt.
There wri'i' Syrians, Arabians, Armenians,
d ?ws, Krench. Kni;lish, Italians. (irecks I *j? 1 ? *s
liniaus, Kiryptians. Xi'^roi's and Americans:
luii never a Turk.
An American, who resides in Jerusalem. said,
'"The Americans have a total misapprehension
ahuiit the Turks. There were never any Turks
here except the jrovcruinir elass. They came
and went, as the Kurdish in India. They did
nut mingle, nor intermarry with the natives.
Ilefore the evacuation the (Sel'inans left.
We had many (Scnnaus for a while. After the
(iermaus the Turks left. They are ?ronc as
completely from I'al 'st ine jis t lie Saraeens from
Spain.''
Their roads, huihlinirs, some of their ens
I >
Tlx- approach to the I'liivcrsily of Cairo is l?> a nar
row, tiltliy lam*. Tin* grand entrance is about
as lar^c as ail ordinary cliarrli door.
loins, laws, some of their won Is remain ; l>ut.
the Turks are gone t*<?m |?l?*1 ?*ly, ami forever.
vi r.
In our parlv was a clerg\ man who had vis
i 1 ??? I Palestine in flu* sunmi'r of 1!H4.
'*! have never been so surprised as in the
?*h <i 1 1 vr?* i" very w here visihlc anion*; I In* Moham
111*4 la us, " In* said. 'In 15)14, 1 hey wen* in
solent, now they arc | m?1 ? 1 <* In 15)11, their
mosques wen* crowded; now tlmy are empty.
In 15)14, if you met a Moslem on a narrow
street, lie would not hud"?.*, the ('hristian dog
must step aside; now they aet like whipped
curs. Iii 15)14, I hey would nol permit Chris
t ia ns to enter their holy places; we were shut,
out. of many mostpi's; now they arc willing
for Christians to come, and anxious, if they
can t;et a. few piastres as a fee. In 1 1 ? 1 4, the
city rang with their wild calls to prayer, live
times daily; now the calls are faint and un
obtrusive."
I had never visited a Moslem land before,
hut I found them uniformly spiritless, docile,
polite, never aggressive. The Mos<pn> of Omar
iu Jerusalem is the most sacred place in tl>:>
world to a Mohammedan, except only Mecca.
The Moslems retain it as before the I ?i*i 1 isli
came. The Knglish Hag llies over all the land.
Knjrlish soldiers keep order in the streets,
Knjrlish money circulates in trade and tin- Knjr
lish I a u jr ua jrc is i*? I iiicrcasiujrly in 1 h .*
ha/aars. lint Knjrlaml never disturbs 1 1 1 <? pre
judices < ? 1' her subjects. Kuj;laud is wist* ;i 1 1? I
1 ii?*l I'u 1. < >f all I liinirs. slit* wants |
Twice we visited tin* Mosipic of Omar. I
expected In sir it crowded with fanatical Mas
li'ins. I expected to sit pilgrims there from
til-' four ((il.'l It its of Main. To In' Mlli'. wr 1 1 i 1 1
not jro on Friday, 1 >t 1 1 on I ><>i 1 1 oiM*;isioii the
Mosipic was ih'siTti'il. 'I here was not oiii* soli
tarv worshipper at prayrr, not one! Wi' hail
thr Mosipn' to ourselves on hot h visits.
Nor was there one in I hi' inajruifii-cnt Kl
Aksa hnilt ovit Solomon's i|iiairii*s. We saw
1'i'w praying in tin* Mosipn- in Mamasciis ami
Cairo. Ti'ii years airo the*e famous Mosques
wen' crowded.
VIII.
Tlif inti'll'M't 1 1 a I life of Islam has always cen
tered in tlif I 'nivcrsity of Cairo. All have
Imaril of that institution of Icarniiijr. Our
Auii'i ii'iin newspapers carry sipiihs from time
to tinii' to tin' effect that tin' I'uivcrsily of
Cairo is tin' largest eilurat ional institution in
tlii' worhl. It is e.xceedinjrly impressiv ?? to say
that tin* Mohammedans maintain so great a
uui vi-rsity. stml -nts. One thinks of < >x
foril. Cambridge, Kdinhurjr, Harvard, Mop
kins. l'l im-rt on. Our is apt to conclude t hat tin'
Mosli'ias arc not so ignorant a ft or all, if t h?'\
fast !? r siifli an institution. This t'nivcr
sity. such as it is. is tin- renter of Moslem ag
jrr 'ssivc prnpa jrauda. From ii missionaries jro
forth by huiiilreils to Central Afriea. Persia.
India ami China. As Constantinople was the
head. Cairo is the heart of Islam.
< >f course, I visited the I 'ni versitv. I am
deeply interest .'d in all institutions of learn
in jr.
The seliool was in vacation for the waters
of the Nile had just l>ej?uii lo rise and holidays
are proclaimed lliroiijrhoul the laud. Slill. one
might fairly appraise t h .? grea-t I nivi-rsily.
The approaeli is bv a narrow ami lilt by lane
We pieked onr way throujrh heaps of vile
smelling garbage, gouts, dogs and naked cliil
ilreii. The great ent ranee is about as larjre as
an ordinary eliureh door. We paid two piastres
(S cents) as an entrance fee. As the plaee is
holy an attendant tied holy rags, or slippers,
over our shoes. Within we i*rossed an areaded
court paved with cobbl. 'stones. Some classes
were in session. The teacher sat on the jnround
lie In-Ill a switch in one hand and a book in
the other, whether spelling book or Koran I
do not know. The I 'diversity students were
little hovs and girls from six to eight years
of aire! They sipiattcd on the ground for all
the world like ducks in a row. Kach would
recite his verse, as one says a sentence from
the Catechism. If the child did not recite car
redly the teacher slapped him on the face
with his palm or the switch. When a rairjrcd.
brown-eyed boy of six made a mistake the
brutal teacher slapped him with unnecessary
force. My blood boiled, lor I have a brown
eyed hoy of six in my own home. I longed
for the strength and opportunity to punish
that cruel "professor'" as lie deserved, and lie
deserved the severest a man eonhl give him
The cruel stroke left a red mark that did not
fade so long as we watched them. Another