Word: prophetic
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Chambers of the District of Columbia: censor, H. W. Perrin of Pennsylvania; poet, D, L. Pierson of Pennsylania; class of '76 debater, J. M. Yearkle of Pennsylvania; class of '76 orator, Walter Lowrie of Pennsylvania; class orator Frank Palmer of Maine; master of ceremonies, K, L. Ames of Illinois; prophet, I. B. Smith of Iowa; class day committee, F. S. Antony, G. G. Belt; C. G. Brickham, D. D. Casement, G. m, Galt, C. R. Guerin, A. G. Jennings M. MacLaren, M. L. McDonald, W. R. Kimball, W. L. Phelps, William Piece G. V. Rickert, and Grant Weidman...
...next suras contained a prophecy. It is the only one which is found in the Koran, and is pointed to by the Mohammedans as a certain proof of the divine inspiration of the prophet. The prophecy which was delivered in one of the last suras of the Mecca period, is a distinct prediction of an historical event. The Persians have gained some successes over the Greeks, who were of the true belief. Mohammed predicted that the Greeks would triumph in the end, and they...
...next reading was from the second soras of the Medina period. In it is described the religion of Abraham, which the prophet professed to restore. He argues that the religion of Abraham antedates all others, and is therefore entitled to the preference. In the same suramany of the civil and religious laws are defined. Those in regard to charity are really praiseworthy...
Professor Toy will continue his readings from the Koran this afternoon at four o'clock in Sever 11. The readings today will be in main from the suras delivered by the prophet while at Medina. the suras of this period form in many respects the most interesting portion of the Koran. The prophet had become firmly established in power, and his utterances are of a more mature character thad those of the Mecca period. The lecture will doubtless be a very interesting...
...Koran possesses a greater degree of unity than any of the other gospels. The book consists of one hundred and fourteen divisions or suras. These are arranged arbitrarily, in the order of their length. The suras appeared at different times, as occasion demanded. They were not written by the prophet himself, but were taken down by some of his followers. They were not collected during Mohammed's life, but immediately after his death the caliph ordered them to be collected. Twenty years later this first collection was carefully revised, and what has since been the lawful edition was the result...