Islam and Missions: Being Papers Read at the Second Missionary Conference on Behalf of the Mohammedan World at Lucknow, January 23-28, 1911Elwood Morris Wherry, Samuel Marinus Zwemer, C. G. Mylrea Fleming H. Revell Company, 1911 - 298 pages |
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Page 13
... practically without any missionaries specially set apart or qualified to deal with them , and , apart from one or two small exceptions , with no literature for use among them , we shall have a more adequate conception of the real ...
... practically without any missionaries specially set apart or qualified to deal with them , and , apart from one or two small exceptions , with no literature for use among them , we shall have a more adequate conception of the real ...
Page 17
... practically all parts of the con- tinent . The Commission has had convincing evidence of this fact brought to its attention by missionaries along the Nile , in East Central Africa , in Southeast Africa , on different parts of the West ...
... practically all parts of the con- tinent . The Commission has had convincing evidence of this fact brought to its attention by missionaries along the Nile , in East Central Africa , in Southeast Africa , on different parts of the West ...
Page 21
... practically unoccupied . " This Finding of the Commission is based upon the report of their sub - committee on Unoccupied Fields , which in- cluded a survey of sections untouched and not included in any existing scheme of missionary ...
... practically unoccupied . " This Finding of the Commission is based upon the report of their sub - committee on Unoccupied Fields , which in- cluded a survey of sections untouched and not included in any existing scheme of missionary ...
Page 54
... practically of no importance , while in front of it we find amidst the heathen tribes many colonies of Moslem traders , some of them making scarcely any propaganda , but all of them marking the route for time to come . The proceedings ...
... practically of no importance , while in front of it we find amidst the heathen tribes many colonies of Moslem traders , some of them making scarcely any propaganda , but all of them marking the route for time to come . The proceedings ...
Page 69
... practically no Senusi cult in Northern Nigeria , except possibly in Bornu . " ' United in purpose and energetic in the dissemination of their views , fired with a desire to restore Islam to its orig- inal purity , and hostile to every ...
... practically no Senusi cult in Northern Nigeria , except possibly in Bornu . " ' United in purpose and energetic in the dissemination of their views , fired with a desire to restore Islam to its orig- inal purity , and hostile to every ...
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Page 8 - And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand : and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries ? And he said, Nay ; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come.
Page 8 - When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: but when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
Page 176 - And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
Page 42 - O our God, wilt thou not judge them ? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us ; neither know we what to do : but our eyes are upon thee.
Page 140 - ... you justly claim that your position should be estimated not merely on your numerical strength but in respect to the political importance of your community and the service it has rendered to the Empire. I am entirely in accord with you.
Page 157 - As all forms of religion are and shall be freely professed in my dominions, no subject of my Empire shall be hindered in the exercise of the religion that he professes, nor shall be in any way annoyed on this account.
Page 212 - Their prophecies never come to pass ; and of their secrets, what is true is not new, and what is new is not true.
Page 8 - When the strong man fully armed guardeth his own court, his goods are in peace: but when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him his whole armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
Page 203 - Musulman should be exempt from the jizya, or poll-tax. Information of this came to the ears of the people at large, and great numbers of Hindus presented themselves, and were admitted to the honour of Islam.
Page 203 - Information of this came to the ears of the people at large and great numbers of Hindus presented themselves, and were admitted to the honour of Islam. Thus they came forward day by day from every quarter, and, adopting the faith, were exonerated from the jizyah, and were favoured with presents and honours.