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] In comparison with this grand outburst the first efforts of Christianity were, to the outward eye, faint and feeble, and its extension so gradual that what the Mohammedan religion achieved in ten or twenty years it took the faith of Jesus long centuries to accomplish. IN COMPARISON WITH THIS GRAND OUTBURST THE FIRST EFFORTS OF CHRISTIANITY WERE TO THE OUTWARD EYE FAINT AND FEEBLE AND ITS EXTENSION SO GRADUAL THAT WHAT THE MAHOMMADANE REGION ACHIEVED IN TEN OR TWENTY YEARS IT TOOK THE FAITH OF JESUS LONG CENTURIES TO ACCOMPLIS
and overcoming the evils that it found existing in the world, in the relations it established between the sexes, in its teaching with regard to the respective duties of the civil and spiritual powers, and, above all, in its redeeming character, and then the conclusion come to that Christianity is divine in its origin. THE RISE AND DECLINE OF ISLAM. * * * * * INTRODUCTION. [Sidenote: Islam pre-eminent in its rapid spread.] Among the religions of the earth Islam must take the precedence in the rapidity and force with which it spread. Within a very short time from its planting in Arabia the new faith had subdued great and populous provinces. In half a dozen years, counting from the death of the founder, the religion prevailed throughout Arabia, Syria, Persia, and Egypt, and before the close of the century it ruled supreme over the greater part of the vast populations from Gibraltar to the Oxus, from the Black Sea to the river Indus. [Sidenote: Propagation far quicker than of Christianity.  THE RISE AND DECLINE OF ISLAM INTRODUCTION OF OLD FAITHS ESSAYS OF THE RELIGIONS OF THE HINDUS AND THE MOCCUDANES THIS IS A LIBRAVOX RECORDING ALL THE BRAVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OUGHT TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBRAVOX DOT OR READ BY SAINTILLA DU TEMPODI DALIS TEXAS SEPTEMBER TWENTY EIGHTEEN WHO OLD FAITHS ESSAYS ON THE RELIGIONS OF THE HINDUS AND THE MOHMMEDANS BY MARIE MITCHELL AND WILLIAM YAR INTRODUCTION AMONG THE RELIGIONS OF THE EARTH ISLAM MUST TAKE THE PRECEDENTS IN THE RAPIDITY AND FORCE WITH WHICH IT SPREAD WITHIN A VERY SHORT TIME FROM ITS PLANTING IN ARABIA THE NEW FAITH HAD SUBDUED GREAT AND POPULOUS PROVINCES IN HALF A DOZEN YEARS COUNTING FROM THE DEATH OF THE FOUNDER THE RELIGION PREVAILED THROUGHOUT ARABIA SYRIA PERSIA AND EGYPT AND BEFORE THE CLOSE OF THE CENTURY IT RULED SUPREME OVER THE GREATER PART OF THE VAST POPULATIONS FROM GIBRALTAR TO THE OXUS FROM THE BLACK SEA TO THE RIVER INDUS
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