There is an evident effort on the part of Kheiralla and Abul Fazl to minimize the proofs regarding Christ from prophecy, miracles, and history, with the idea thereby of magnifying the proof for Baha in contrast. For example, "The Gospels contain only a few pages of the true Words of God. Christ's teachings were not written in the original language nor written in His day, His power was slow in proving effective, and many even denied His existence."[221] "Even Peter denied Him, but Baha Ullah has educated thousands of souls, faithful under the menace of the sword."[222] In explaining the progress of Bahaism among the Jews and Zoroastrians, Abul Fazl says: "Christians could not convert even one Jew or Zoroastrian except by force or compulsion." He ignores the fact that millions of Persians had been converted to Christ from Zoroaster before the sword of Islam smote Persia. This belittling of Christ--His life and work and influence--shows that a spirit antagonistic to Christ really animates the Bahai leaders, in spite of their professions to the contrary. FOOTNOTES: [134] In an interview with Rev. J. T. Bixby, who wrote on Bahaism in the _North American Review_, June, 1912, Abdul Baha says: "Baha Ullah has upraised the standard of Christ in the East in countries and among peoples where there was formerly no mention of Christ's name." Not true. Christ was known in Moslem lands, in India and Burmah. [135] _S. W._, Sept. 8, 1913, p. 176. [136] Sprague, "Story of the Bahai Movement," p. 21. [137] Remey, "The Bahai Movement," p. 45. [138] _The Christian Commonwealth_ (London), Sept. 13, 1911, p. 850. [139] "Wisdom Talks," p. 21. [140] Remey, "The Bahai Movement," p. 54. [141] _Ibid._, p. 39. [142] _Ibid._, p. 2. [143] "The Story of the Bahai Movement," p. 17. [144] So of Persia, _S. W._, April 28, 1914, p. 42. [145] C. E. Maud, _Fortnightly Review_, April, 1912. [146] Pages 68-158. [147] "Table Talks with Abdul Baha," Dec. 2, 1900. [148] "Answered Questions," pp. 22-29. [149] _S. W._, Dec. 12, 1911, p. 7. [150] Remey, "Tract on the Bahai Movement," p. 8. [151] "Talks in Paris," p. 20. [152] Remey, _S. W._, Dec. 31, 1913, pp. 267-271. [153] In thus regarding the prophets as divine, Bahais are not setters forth of strange doctrine in Persia, for the Ali Allahis (Nusaireyeh), who number, possibly, twice as many as the Bahais in Persia, have the same doctrine, and, in addition, regard the Imam Ali and others as divine incarnations. [154] Phelps, "Life of Abbas Effendi." [155] Baha's "Words of Wisdom," p. 61. Notwithstanding these repudiations of Pantheism, nearly every investigator finds it at the basis of Bahai teaching. [156] "Answered Questions," p. 23. [157] Abdul Baha in Mrs. Grundy's "Ten Days in Acca."