Land of the Lion and the Sun Personal Experiences
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ul labo to bring unto the knowledg e of Christ those who have grown old in the f ith of Moh m e danism but m issionary work among th e young carri s in it mor e of th e hop e of a p osp e rous futu e Th e boys and gi ls who att e nd our schoo ar e q t e nxious to becom e cqu int e d with th e script on Chris tian doctr n e W e give th e m small books or manu cr i pts on th e f e of J e sus of th e apostle or we read and e xplain to th e m from th e Gospel In g e n e ral this a i ds th e m mat e rially in acquiring a knowledg e of Christ and His while w e as rul e ar e not in posse sion of books su t e d to th e li m ted u d e stand ng of th e se c d e n do our utmost to give th e m corr e ct e xplana tions of th e Scriptur e th e ms e lv e s ma y on th e if e of our Lo d J e sus Christ and of H is lov e to si e rs t e ll th e m of love to th e littl e children teach th e m to b e li e v e in and lov e Him in ord e r to be bless e d sav e d such ti m e s I experienc e d the power of the Gosp e l of Ch ist s lov e in wi ing the h e arts of the littl e on e s With earn e stn e ss th e y prom s e d We w i ll love our Saviour above all and g ive H i m our heart to m y C r i st i an e xper i ence there not b ee th i ng mor e touching to my h e art than the prayer littl e on e s e sp e cially wh e n I h e ard a l i tt e fellow say I have no fath e r or mother but Jesus is m y all Oh dear r e ad e r pond e r th e se words of an orphan and tra your littl e ones whil e you ar e wi h th e m lest the ti m e co m e when it is too late and the sorrow of your hea be great My work among th e young people tends not o y giv e them the e t e rnal joy pur e f e it a so brings me n e ar e r to God and giv e s me the priv i ege to dw ll on His wo d in my daily lif e Therefor e I have vowed to sp e nd all my lif e in showing the way of God s va tion unto young Mohamm e dans from the Sc ipture M ohamm e dans hav e schools for boys only They scarc e ly any e ducation b e yond th e read i ng o f t h e Koran th e stori e s of Ima m s or th e l e aders of the i r nation During thei study all read a sin g ing way going to and fro Th e y b e li e ve that by hearing th e m s e lves r e ad th e y will understand it m ore r e a y and b e abl e to m e moriz e more rapi y a ru e the people possess very l i ttle education and most of th e m cannot r e ad or wr i te Thos e who w i h to b e com e pri e sts and judg e s must b e well e ducated at l e ast in th e d e tails of th e ir own r e ligion The education world has four degrees among the Mosle m s par y of e ducation partly of claims The first and ghe d e gre e is that of Sh ites or the descendants o f the Prophet They keep the i r record f ro m one g enerat i next which i s handed f ro m f ather to and th s record must b e at least one h un ed years old oth e rw i se th e claim is lost I knew of Shiite at who had lost his family r e cord he went drowned hims e lf in despair The chief this tri b e is th e r e pres e ntativ e of Mo ha m e d His position a m ong th e Moh mmedans is ke unto that of th e pop e in the Roman Catholic church He r e sides at th e holy city of Karbala in th e most holy M osqu e that was built on th e tombs of Hassan and Hos s e n th e sons of th e m rtyrs of Isl m who e r e kill e d by Su nit e s du ing th e war of Ka bala It is said h e liv e s a simpl e lif e but t x e s p e opl e h e a v ily for his caus e and for th e stud e nts which he has und e r his con trol p e pari g for th e pri e sthood of Isla m The s e cond d e gr ee is th t of or Th e se high e than common pri e sts or th e third d e gr e Th e fourth is that of D e rvish e s The first two class e s ar e e xecutors of civil and r e gious law th e ir chi e fs liv f om th e tith e s of th e p or pr e s e nt of the rich Th y inc e as e th e ir iches from th e sav ings of th e poor th e poor sink into utt e r pov Vast su m s of mon e y ar e entrusted to th e ir car e Large f ee s ar e mad e by writing l e gal docu m ents in th e transfer of land or oth e r valu bl e prop e ty and yet the p e opl e consid e r it a p ivil e g e to giv e them as pres e nts th e ir m on e y and th e ir sick daught e rs in orde that th e s e b e restore to h e alth b y marrying one o f the holy Sh ii te T h e m o a h are cons i dered a hu mb le c a o f p yet th e y are i ns i cer e treacherous and cruel T h ey vi i th e sick t e ach th e pray e rs and conduct f un e rals S m e o f th e m i struct boys during th e day W h en a m other tak e s h e r boy to school sh e s ys to the m ollah H i s fl e sh is your th e bon e s min e it m e ans do wit h you lik e pun sh often as you w i sh Th e cru e l mollah will not b e satisfi e d with th e sw i tch o y but will pour th e poison of sw e aring tongu e on th e poor boys n tur lly th e b oys use th e sa m e lan gu g e tow d on e a oth e r Th e Mollah pu shes th e boys t ifling m tt e rs but not for cursing naturally his pupils b e com e a hors e ithout bri e and m i grossly ignor nt Wh e n th e s e poo littl e chi dr e n h e th t in Christian schools th e is not us e d th e pupi s tr e t e d o h e r is e th n k indly they pic k up ou g e com e to th e Christian schools We truct th e m in th e Word of God t e ach th e m th e story o f th e C oss r e ad to th e m th e Bibl e the blessed b o k ch br ngs into the f e ows p with God and H is only our S viour J e sus C h rist and we point out to h e m th e bl e ss e d truth that J e sus wanted al o i tt e hildr e n to com e unto H im the little c h i en to com e u to me and forbid th e m not for o f such kingdom of God teach th e m to love one another v e n as J e sus manifest e d H is lov e littl e chil ren b y taking th e m into His arms and bl e sing them teac h th e m to lov e the M a er and keep His co mm nd m ent m ong t h e M o e m s t h e fe m ale se x st i c v ted f o m re e i i g educa i on or atten g chools Very seldo m pro m inent m en i procu e c i tut rs f or th e ir dau g hters T he t acher g e neral y is a mollah and v e y old or p e rhaps n e arly bl i nd H e is ad tt e d to the la e s departm e nt and tak e s a s e at at on e e nd of th e doubl e parlo wh i e his pupil sits at the oth e r end b e nd curt in an e ld e ly woman also will b e pr e s e nt w le the t e ch e r r e ads and e xplains parts of th e Koran th e littl e girl I t e ach both s e x e s m l e f e mal must atte school indiscrimin t e ly fi st e v e n Christians r e s e d to do so saying Our d ughters will not b e st e rs t e chers of what b e n e fit th e r e for e is e ducation to the m th e sam e tim e th e y ask How much money ill w e r e c e iv e from you for s e nding girls school I am glad to say th e Gosp e l open e d the i r e y e s and now th e y com e not for th e sak e of b ead and fish but l e arn about th e Saviour and His lov e for si e rs T h e r e s t of my m ssion chool has awakened the hea ts of many l e Hannah many moth e rs ave sa i d Take t s c ld of m in e th e Lord Beloved in th e Lord w i ll you not t k e part in th s bl e ss e d work o f br i nging th e s e littl e children into the church o f God It costs but fif t ee n do ars a year to educate and C i on e of thes e poor b oys The result w i b e ev e ry one of them will b e a m n i st e r o f the Gospel a m ong M oha mm edan country m en On various occasion I h v h e rd C h r t i ans I w i s h cou d go and preac h BS LOM D SH B Z E R S A H G H C LASS C O ST M E Gosp e l i n t h e heat h e n land B y ena b i ng t h e boy to att e nd a C hr i i an school you w i fi very w h and co mm and m e nt o f C r i ye and preach the Gospel to all nations upply o f C h r i t i an l i t rature i n t h e Per i a guage is a g eat need Near y our b oo k are m anu scripts and ar e written i n the anc nt dialect i t comes next to i m ossible f or us to teach new b e g i er with such di ic t books there f ore a p i nt i ng pre w i be of great v alue to i n our work w i ena b le m e to translate and print our own b oo k s i n t h e m oder languag e I hav e l e arn e d the print i g trade i n t h i country in order to b e well fitted f or m y wor k organ w i be wonder u y help f u in dra i n g them nearer us T h e i r att e nt i on w i b e attracted b y our no i sy box as they call it and the Gosp l i b e preached unto t h e m I try m y utmost to b n g t h e m me to h e ar th e Word of God and touch their h e arts w i th the power o f the H oly Sp rit ndeed P e rs i a is op e n for the Gosp e l of p e ace the k ingdo m our Lord has co m e we m ust not sleep at the ti m e o f harvest b ut wor k Our great e st n ed a b u i d i g f or the choo and f or our worship Such a b i l ng w i b e p ace re f uge i n t im e o f persecution and can a be used f or I t t t to d th t p t d b y g o v t p i t h v go v t b o o f h t i o old i t p ot t i o t i b g pl o f f g Th tt do o MO MMED KH N FETH O E E E E T T C H T R M O R R ccor ng to the learned P e rs n schola s th e tory o f P e rsi beg n som e thous nd y e ars b e for e th e Christi n and som e of th e m hold th t as e a ly as th e t m e of braham th e r e o g niz e d gov e n m e nt The first ki g th e found e of P e si n nation h e also bo e th e titl e of or ki g of th e world F om th t tim e to th e p e s e nt dynasty succ ee d e d dy sty Th e fo d e of th e pr e s e nt dynasty gha Moh mm e d K hn K j who ttack e d Lutf d e f e t e d him H e th e n e stablish e d his thron e in th e south e n p t th e Mazand r Th e list of kin s h v e r e ig e d ov e r P e rsia r e ul r ki gs giv e s th e tot l of l arn both f om th e Old T st m e nt from history th t no count y mor e int e e sting histo y than P e rsia and to judg e from thes e we annot avoid th e conclusion that no nation now e xisting such continuous vitality as th e old land of Cyrus and e rx e s P e rsia l ke unto a b e autiful gard e n intoxicat ng p e ople w i th the odor of its roses noted for its b e auti f u strea m s has brought forth ghty k ings and l e arn e d m e n but day its glory has flown away i ts splendor has f ded it h as lost i ts m ighty and noble on e s it fallen under the i n f luenc e of the a b ian nti C h rist The nat i onal e m b le m of the emp i re i s the i on and the w ch accounts for the fact that it is cal e d th e l nd of th e lion and th e sun P e rsia is div i ded into t rt e en stat e s th e y are Ma z andaran Kurdistan Luristan Khuzi tan K e rman It e xt e nds nin e hun e d miles e ast and w e st s e v e n hundr e d mil e s orth south has an ar e a of squa e l e s Its p e s e nt boundari e s are fgha stan on th e e st Tu kish Empir e on the w e st th e Caspi n s e a on th e no th th e P e si n g f on th e south Th e population of P e sia is about compos e d of th e r e pr e s e ntativ e s of v ious nation Each speaks its own l nguag e and w e ars its own na c st e but all l e arn e d and com e rcial men of th e se nations must sp e ak th e P e rsian l nguag e it b e i g th e univ e rsal languag e of th e country Th e r e ar e ab out Kurds wo ship e s wor N J e ws rme ons th e r e maind e r Moh mm e dans The l rg st and most important comm e rci l city is Tabre z which has bout inhabitants T eheran is th e capital of Persia it was m ade th e seat of government by Shah Mohammed an th e found e Download 24 Kb. 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