HESE Lectures to Young Men were re THE cently delivered at the English Presbyterian College, London, and are published in compliance with the custom of the Lectureship. M. D. GLASGOW, April, 1877. CONTENTS. LECTURE I. The Mohammedan creed- Unity of God-Estimate of Mohammed's idea of God—A purely Semitic idea—Its results on Mohammedan history- The second Article, Mohammed the Prophet of God-In what sense true- His courage and sincerity — Change that passed upon him- His licentiousness His abuse of the prophetic office-Practical duties of Moslems--Their regularity and frankness in prayer-The fast of Ramadan-Almsgiving— Pilgrimage-Mecca-Pilgrim rites-Uses of pilgrimage- Objectionable features of Mohammedanism-Paradise— Fatalism-Polygamy-Mohammed's example-Facility of - Arabia previous to Mohammedan era Monotheism |