XII THE GOSPEL AND THE KORAN The condition of affairs in Turkey since the signing of the Treaty of Berlin has been growing from bad to worse. The persecutions, unjust imprisonments, constant tortures, exiles and executions of the Armenians have been pointing to such terrible massacres as have been taking place. The real and underlying cause of this state of things must now be more emphatically pointed out than it has yet been. In order to do this, certain facts of history must be briefly rehearsed. No Mohammedan can be expected to be any better than Mohammed himself; that he was a sensual, cruel and bloodthirsty man, and a relentless enemy to Christianity, Christians and the Jews, is manifest from the facts of history, his life and his teaching. “Christianity finds its ideal man in the Christ of the Gospels; the Moslem finds his in the Prophet of the Koran and the traditions.” Some of the teachings of Christ and His disciples, and Mohammed and his followers will be put side by side to show the incompatibility of the one with the other, on account of the Heavenliness of the former and the infernality of the latter. THE NEW TESTAMENT Thou shalt love they neighbor as thyself. Matt. 22:39. Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them even as Elias did? He rebuked them.... For the Son of Man is not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them. Luke 9:54-56. There is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. I Tim. 2:5. Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you. Mat. 5:44. Jesus said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. Matt. 22.29-30. We are the sons of God, we know that when He shall appear, we shall be like Him. I John 3:2. THE KORAN O true believers, wage war against such of infidels as are near you, and let them find severity in you. Al Koran, chap. 9. Verily the worst cattle in the sight of God are those who are obstinate infidels, and will not believe. Al Koran, chap. 8. When ye encounter the unbelievers, strike off their heads until ye have made a great slaughter among them. Al Koran, chap. 47. There is no God but God, and Mohammed is His apostle.[114] The Mohammedan Creed. O prophet, wage war against the unbelievers, and be severe unto them, for their dwelling shalt be hell. Al Koran, chap. 9. “The meanest moslem (the Mohammedan) will have in Paradise, 80,000 servants, seventy-two _houris_ or girls of Paradise.[2] “Mohammed declared that when he looked down into hell, he found the greater part of the wretches confined there to be women.”[115] Go ye, therefore and make disciples of all nations. Matt. 28:19.