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ARTHUR E. ODELL, Managing Director.
QUEEN'S THEATRE
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TEACHINGS OF VMOHAMMED.
LECTURE AT THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.
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At last Wednesday's pub. le mooting of the Hongkong Lodge of the Theosophical Society, Mr. S. Haroon, the Hon. Secretary of the Young Mon's Islamic Socioty, lectured on | "The Toschings of Mohammod.
He said in part: Most faiths centre in a great personality, and this is especially true of Islam. Its
the Founder,
Frophot Mohammed, was born A. D. 570, in Moces, and his life being lived out in the seventh century of the Ohristian Era, in timos con sidered historical, almost every detail of his life is known, and there is no mythical element which surrounds this great Prophet. Arabia about the time. of Mohammed's birth, was in a stato of roligious unrast and political chaos. Men's morals' were low and everywhere throughout Arabia there flourish- ed cruel idolatry. The time hadi
and come for a great soolal religious regoneration, and it was) the Prophet Mohammed who was the chosen instrument to bring U.S.A., Canada, Japan & Shanghai Fres. Jackson this about, which he did with Canada, U.S.A., Japan, Shanghai,
such success that within twenty years of his death Arabia was transformed from darkness and ignorance into a kingdom of light and knowledge.
Until manhood, Mohammed wasin poor circumstances, tend- ing flocks of sheep and assisting his uncle in business. Marrying at the age of twenty a wealthy widow who was 15 years his elder, he be- came a man of wealth, and posi- tion. For twenty years they lived a blessed and, happy married life: During this time ideas on religion assumed an increasingly earnest tono, and his quiet outer life was full of terrible inward struggle. He spent a large part of his time in lonely and 'deep meditation in the desert
and the hills. However, not until he was forty: years old did Mohammed receive his first divine revelation in the solitude of the mountains near Mecca, that he had a mission to fülfil, to arouse men from their
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WEATHER REPORT.
June Ed. 12h 15m.-Pressure bas increased slightly in the vicinity of Shanghai; it bas de- creased considerably over south
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every Muslim, male or female. In learning established by them order to have a sound knowledge were at Basra, Bagdad, Cupa, of God and religion, man must Cairo, Naples, Fez, Cordova and which students first have a sound knowledge of Granada, worldly things to realize how flocked from all parts of Europe. Islam has grand traditions, but many are His blessings. His ton-
more chings brought about a complete no nation can live on transformation of Arabia, and from traditions. Its followers should Japan, and slightly to moderately
Depressious its glory
was cigawhere. that time solence and learning of realize
wonderful
con situated in the Eastern Sea and ail kind spread and began to due to its
roligion and
over S.W. China. flourish throughout Arabia, and tributions the greatest contribution of Islam science, philosophy and literaturo, to the world is the encouragement and if Islam is to rise again which it has given to science and as it certainly will, they should in themselves that art, and the present-day scientist cultivate owes very much to the early spirituality and idealistic thought Arabian invesitgatora. Europe in which will mould the souls of the Middle Ages was steeped mon and arouse in their hearts. in the grossest ignorance. At the living knowledge of the One that time in Christendom science God, and a true love for service, was unknown, astronomy and which wore the underlying forces had vanished, of their glorious spiritual and mathematics chemistry had not risen from its material achievements in the Formosa Channel S. winds, Egyptian tomb, It was then that past. knowledge was brought to Europo by Islam.
All know glede that flourished
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£6,000 TOR GIRTON COLLEGE. Mrs. Charles Hancock has just in Europe from the tenth century ondowod Girton College with two was originally derived from the fellowships, each of the value of "Arabian schools, and it is the £3,000 Ono, in her own name, Spanish Saracona who may bo is, for the endowment of liter- looked upon as the Fathers of ature; the other is in memory of European philosophy They her great friend, Mrs. Bertha founded universities and colleges Ayrton, and it for the ondow mant for the teaching of Theism, of scionco. Both followships are sclonoo, mathematics, philosophy, to be held, at the discrotion of the medicine, astronomy. commeroo, Girton Council, by the students. engineering, agriculturo," etc., passing highest in ilterature and Some of the famous seats of science.
Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours onding at 10 a.m. to-day, 0.00 inch. Total sinos January 1st, 24.98 inches, against an average of 25.86 inches.
FORECAST: FOR THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT NOON, TO-MORROW.
District.
Forecast.
moderate. Light
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China between or variablo H.K.& Lamooks winds,
3 H'kong to "Gap probasly
froshoning Rook. China between fine.to South coast of form S, W.; H.K. & Hainan | cloudy,
probably rain later.
C. W. JEFFRIES, Director. Hongkong, June 5,
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