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 faith, and so gradually reach Moslems with sympathy and love, trying to point out the shallowness of Islamic belief in God and directing their attention towards the Son of God, Who died for their sins and is ready to uplift them to Himself. (2) A healthy literature of tracts and leaflets containing no passages giving needless offence should be created. Care should be taken in dealing with all the passages in the Koran which appear antagonistic to our faith, and an analysis be made in how far corrupt Christianity stands responsible for such utterances by Mohammed. (3) The character of Mohammed should not be attacked. If you start by attacking Mohammed, you will find Moslems very sensitive, and thus you will lose your chance of getting them to listen to the love of Christ and His redeeming power. Opinion may vary as to the relative importance of elements of political and social reform or religious motive in Mohammed's career. But of the sincerity of his primal impulses, the force and charm of his character among his own people, and his power to inspire devoted allegiance in very different types of people, no serious student has now any doubt. (4) In conclusion, I wish to say that we must reach them in the love of Christ and bestow upon them the liberty which Christ came to give. We must show them that we are loyal to Christ in following Him by our actions and deeds, and last, though not least, that the life of Christ has made us free from all race prejudices and we are really one in Christ.

Hamirpur, U.P. 

Do you possess in your nature such sympathy as will enable you to put yourself in the place of the person you seek to win, and can you hear your own words as he hears them and view your own ideas as he views them ? If this be your case, you have become acquainted with the first and most important law of evangelisation.

The Moslem has, what we may style, his " Bible." He loves it, he reverences it, he learns it by heart, he regards every letter of it as inspired of God, and he believes that the man who brought it to him was a sinless