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With the believer, who holds the Gospel to be "good tidings of great joy, _which shall be to all people_,"[o] such a notion is on higher grounds untenable; but even in view of purely secular considerations it is not only untenable, but altogether unintelligible. WITH THE BELIEVER WHO HOLDS THE GOSPEL TO BE GOOD TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY WHICH SHALL BE TO ALL PEOPLE SUCH A NOTION IS ON HIGHER GROUNDS UNTENABLE BUT EVEN IN THE VIEW OF FEWLY SECULAR CONSIDERATIONS IT IS NOT ONLY UNTENABLE BUT ALTOGETHER UNINTELLIGIBLE
cal, religious, social, and domestic relations, the attempt made by the founder of Islam to provide for all contingencies, and to fix every thing aforehand by rigid rule and scale, has availed to cramp and benumb the free activities of life and to paralyze the natural efforts of society at healthy growth, expansion, and reform. As an author already quoted has so well put it, "_The Koran has frozen Mohammedan thought; to obey it is to abandon progress_."[79] [Sidenote: Is Islam suitable for any nation?] Writers have indeed been found who, dwelling upon the benefits conferred by Islam on idolatrous and savage nations, have gone so far as to hold that the religion of Mohammed may in consequence be suited to certain portions of mankind--as if the faith of Jesus might peaceably divide with it the world. But surely to acquiesce in a system which reduces the people to a dead level of social depression, despotism, and semi-barbarism would be abhorrent from the first principles of philanthropy. TS PROPER PLACE IN THE CONCERNS OF STATE AND SO THROUGH THE WHOLE RANGE OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS SOCIAL AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS THE ATTEMPT MADE BY THE FOUNDER OF HIS LAMP TO PROVIDE FOR ALL CONTINGENCIES AND TO FIX EVERYTHING AFOREHAND BY RIGID RULE AND SKILL HAS A WILL TO CRAMP AND BEAM THE FREE ACTIVITIES OF LIFE AND TO PARALYZE THE NATURAL EFFORTS OF SOCIETY AT HEALTHY GROWTH EXPANSION AND RE FORM AS AN AUTHOR ALREADY QUOTED HAS SO WELL PUT IT THE KORAN HAS FROZEN O MADAME THOUGHT TO OBEY THESE TO ABANDON PROGRESS WRITERS HAVE INDEED BEEN FOUND WHO DWELLING UPON THE BENEFITS CONFERRED BY SLAM ON IDOLATROUS AND SAVAGE NATIONS HAVE GONE SO FAR AS TO HOLD THE RELIGION OF MOHAMMED MAY IN CONSEQUENCE BE SUITED TO CERTAIN PORTIONS OF MANKIND AS IF THE FAITH OF JESUS MIGHT PEACEABLY DIVIDE WITH IT THE WORLD BUT SURELY TO ACQUIESCE IN A SYSTEM WHICH REDUCES THE PEOPLE TO A DEAD LEVEL OF SOCIAL DEPRESSION DESPOTISM AND SEMI BARBARISM WOULD BE ABHORRENT FROM THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF PHILANTHROPY
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