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to one of our pastors, said : " Islam has nothing to fear from the Greek and Armenian Churches, Islam has nothing to fear from the Catholic Church ; but it fears the Protestant Church, for we see that the Protestants live the principles they profess — this is the power that threatens Islam."

Now Christianity is bringing to bear upon the Moslem problem its commerce, its manufactures, its inventions, its free institutions, free speech, free press, free Gospel ; its poUtical, military and naval systems ; its representa- tive forms of government ; its education and its medical science. These tremendous forces converging to a point are rending Islam in twain, and what is needed for a final glorious victor^'^ is an enthusiastic faith, brought into persistent contact with this great rock, that must disintegrate under the rain of God's grace and the sunshine of His presence.