Clouds on the Horizon : An Essay on the Various Forms of Belief, which Stand in the Way of the Acceptance of Real Christian Faith by the Educated Natives of Asia, Africa, America, and Oceania.
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TextSubject(s): Abstract: 'Súfiism and Bábiism are popular, because they supply that spiritual warmth, which a worshiper seeks in vain in the cold formality of the Korán, where God is so very far off.' A very complimentary summary of the history and doctrines of the Baha'i Faith follows (amounting to a page and a half of text): 'The sect known as the Bábi is a new one, but it represents a very old tendency... '...On his [the Báb's] death another manifestation was made evident in the person of Beka [sic], who was alive at St. Jean d'Acre, in Palestine, 1889. His followers were numerous and devoted; by letter he reproved sovereigns. The literature of this sect in the Persian and Arabic languages is extensive. It is important as indicating a religious revival of an exalted stamp, and it tells against the character of our friend and ally the late Shah of Persia, that he should have sentenced many of the sect, male and female, to cruel tortures and death, and slain by a cruel death the holy and harmless founder. '...these poor spiritual worshippers have trod the path of suffering, which must sooner or later lead them to Salvation : they have borne the Cross, may God in His own time grant them the Crown, and may they find a door ajar for them to enter! During 1890, news came of another terrible persecution of these innocent sectaries at the hands of the Mahometan religious leaders; and the Protestant missionaries extended their sympathy and protection to them. The diplomatic representative of Great Britain successfully remonstrated with the Shah in their favor; their number is increasing greatly, they are crying out for copies of the Bible, and opportunities to get their children educated; and a great step in consequence of this wicked persecution has been made towards religious toleration in Persian than by anything that ever happened before.'
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'Súfiism and Bábiism are popular, because they supply that spiritual warmth, which a worshiper seeks in vain in the cold formality of the Korán, where God is so very far off.' A very complimentary summary of the history and doctrines of the Baha'i Faith follows (amounting to a page and a half of text): 'The sect known as the Bábi is a new one, but it represents a very old tendency... '...On his [the Báb's] death another manifestation was made evident in the person of Beka [sic], who was alive at St. Jean d'Acre, in Palestine, 1889. His followers were numerous and devoted; by letter he reproved sovereigns. The literature of this sect in the Persian and Arabic languages is extensive. It is important as indicating a religious revival of an exalted stamp, and it tells against the character of our friend and ally the late Shah of Persia, that he should have sentenced many of the sect, male and female, to cruel tortures and death, and slain by a cruel death the holy and harmless founder. '...these poor spiritual worshippers have trod the path of suffering, which must sooner or later lead them to Salvation : they have borne the Cross, may God in His own time grant them the Crown, and may they find a door ajar for them to enter! During 1890, news came of another terrible persecution of these innocent sectaries at the hands of the Mahometan religious leaders; and the Protestant missionaries extended their sympathy and protection to them. The diplomatic representative of Great Britain successfully remonstrated with the Shah in their favor; their number is increasing greatly, they are crying out for copies of the Bible, and opportunities to get their children educated; and a great step in consequence of this wicked persecution has been made towards religious toleration in Persian than by anything that ever happened before.'