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NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS. iii

THE
RELIGION OF THE CRESCENT,
OR
ISLAM: ITS STRENGTH, ITS WEAKNESS, ITS ORIGIN, ITS INFLUENCE.

BEING THE JAMES LONG LECTURES ON MUHAMMADANISM FOR THE YEARS 1891—1892.

..….τό δ εύτυχείν,
τόδ έν βροτοίς θεός τε καί θεοΰ πλέν.
ροπή δ έπισκοπεί Δίκας
ταχεία τους μεν εν φαει
τα δ εν μεταιχμίω σκότου
μένει χρονίζοντας άχη.1

AESCHYLUS, Choeph. 6o-64.

BY THE

REV. W. ST. CLAIR-TISDALL, M.A.,

Secretary of the C.M.S. Mission, Julfâ, Isfahân, Persia.
PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE TRACT COMMITTEE

SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE.

LONDON: NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, W.C.;
43, QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, E.C.
NEW YORK: E. & J. B. YOUNG & CO.
1895.

1 Verily I shall fill hell with the jinn and mankind together. 11:119
Pickthal's translation