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THE 358
Missionary Review of the World
VOL. XV. NEW SERIES VOL. XXV. OLD SERIES
JANUARY TO DECEMBER , 1902
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
REV . ARTHUR T. PIERSON , D.D.
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
REV. J. T. GRACEY, D.D. REV. D. L. LEONARD, D.D.
REV . F. B. MEYER , B.A.
MANAGING EDITOR
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1902
No. 10 .
OL. XV. OCTOBER , 1902 .
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LEADING ARTICLES.
AN APPEAL FOR HADRAMAUT , ARABIA
Samuel M. Zwemer
RETROGRADE MOVEMENTS IN MISSIONS
Arthur T. Pierson
THE REVIVAL OF ISLAM
Edward Sell
AN AWAKENING IN CENTRAL AFRICA
Donald Fraser
PROTESTANT EDUCATION IN LATIN AMERICA
Horace M. Lane
TSAO HAN KIN : A CHRISTIAN CHINESE
Joseph S. Adams
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PAGE
A Map of Hadramaut, Arabia . ..... ...... Frontispiece
An Appeal for Hadramaut,
Illustrated from photographs.
Arabia. Rev. S. M. Zwemer, D.D., F.R.G.S......... 721
Backward Movements of Our Times : Some Possible Retrograde Movements in
Missions. Editor- in -Chief..... 726
The Revival of Islam. Canon Edward Sell.. 732
Our Point of View Toward Islam. Rev. H. O. Dwight, LL.D .. 741
An Awakening in Central Africa. Rev. Donald Fraser .. 746
Illustrated from photographs.
Protestant Education in Latin America. Horace M. Lane, M.D., LL.D ......... 753
The Outlook in Persia. Rev. Benjamin Labaree, D.D ....... 758
The Beginnings ofAmerican Universities' Missions. Rev. James H. Ross... 761
Industrial Exhibitions by Indian Christians. Rev. J. T. Gracey, D.D .. 764
Tsao Han Kin : A Christian Chinese. Rev. Joseph S. Adams... 767
Babism and the Babites. Rev. H. H. Jessup, D.D.. 771
A Visit to the Prophet of Persia. The Voice of Israel.. 775
The Greek Students and Religion. The Student Movement . 777
Editorials.... 779
The Coronation Charge; The Keswick Prayer Circle ; Missions at Keswick ; A Deputation to
South Africa; The Yale and Harvard Missions; Rest for Missionaries; Higher Critics and Mis
sions; A Plea from India ; Good News fromAfrica ;Maori Photographs- A Correction : The Indian
Census.
Books for the Missionary Library .. 783
James Chalmers; Topsy Turvey Land ; Mission Problems and Methods in South China ; The New
Books.
General Missionary Intelligence..... 785
America; Europe; Asia; Africa; Islands of the Sea ; Miscellaneous; Deaths.
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1902] BABISM AND THE BABITAS 771
BABISM AND THE BABITES *
BY REV . HENRY HARRIS JESSUP, D.D. , BEIRUT, SYRIA
Ever since the first Babite reform movement in Persia in 1845, the
Christian world has hoped that some of its liberal tenets might lead the
Persian people to Christianity. But thus far the hope has not been real
ized. Those who read the Bible seem to prefer to find an occult inner
double meaning in the simplest language, and construct for themselves a
kind of mystic religious philosophy in which the Persians delight.
According to the best authorities, Babism arose as follows :
Mirza Ali Mohammed appeared in Shiraz in 1845, a pupil of Sheik
Ahmed Zein ed Din, who taught a mixture of Sufism , mystic philosophy,
and Moslem Shîite law, and said that the absent Mahdi , now in a spirit
ual world called Jabalka and Jabersa , would soon appear, and that he
was the Bab or Door of the Mahdi . He then made up a system composed
of Moslem , Nasairiyeh, Jewish, and heathen doctrines, and then claimed
to be Bab ed Din, and afterward the Nukta or Center and Creator of
truth , and then that he was Deity personified ; then that he was the
propet Mohammed, and produced a new book called the Beyān , which is
the Babite Bible, in twenty thousand verses, Arabic and Persian . Com
plaint was made of its bad grammar, and that this is a sign of imperfec
tion. He explained the ungrammatical Arabic by the fact that the
words and letters rebelled and sinned in a previous world, then trans
migrated to this world, and, as a punishment for sin in a previous exist
ence, were put under grammatical rules ; but he in mercy forgave all
sinner's, even to the letters of the alphabet, and released them , and now
they can go as they please !
Mirza was followed by tens of thousands, among others by a beau
tiful and eloquent woman named Selma, who divorced her husband and
followed Ali Mohammed the Bab, who styled her Kurret el Ain (light or
refreshment to the eye) . Ali Mohammed raised an army to fight the Per
sian troops, but was caught and strangled in 1849, and multitudes of his
followers were killed .
Before Ali Mohammed's death he said his successor would be a young
disciple named Yahya. This Mirzah Yahya succeeded him , taking the
title of “ Subh Azel (morning of eternity ). The Bab made the month
nineteen days, answering to the nineteen members of the sacred hier
archy, of which the Bab is the chief.
Subh Azel was the fourth in the hierarchy, and on the death of the
Bab, Ali Mohammed, and the two others above him on the list, he became
chief of the sect by regular promotion . Upon the outbreak of persecu
tion against them , Subh Azel and his older brother Mirza Hasseian Ali,
who was styled Beha Allah, fled to Bagdad, and remained from 1853 to
1864, then to Adrianople. Beba had persuaded Subh Azel to retire and
conceal himself from human gaze, saying to the people that he was pres
ent but invisible. Beha then claimed the succession, and two hostile
parties arose, Azelites and Behaites. They were both then exiled ( 1864)
to Adrianople, where plots and poisoning among the two parties, and
anonymous letters sent to the sultan charging each other with political
conspiracies, led the sultan to exile (in 1866) Subh Azel to Famagusta, in
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Cyprus, and Beha Allah to Acre. Four of the Azelites were sent with
Beha, and their leader claimed that Beha was instrumental in having
all of them assassinated in Acre. Subh Azel died before 1880, and Beba
in 1892 .
Beha left three sons-Abbas Effendi, now sixty ; Mohammed Ali,
now forty-six ; and Bedea, now aged thirty-six, Mohammed Ali
claims tbat the father Beha appointed him spiritual head and Abbas
secular head, but Abbas has usurped both . They are now divided, the
two younger brothers being in a bitter lawsuit with Abbas, who has all
the prestige of holding the funds, and the reputation among his fol
lowers of being a reincarnation of Christ.
The Sources of Babism
To understand Babism, we should remember the sources from which
it was derived. Jemal ed Din, the Afghani, says that its author borrowed
from Hinduism, Pantheism, Sufism , and the doctrines of the Nasairiyeh.
The Nasairiyeh of northern Syria believe in one God, self -existent and
eternal. This God manifested himself seven times in human form, from
Abel to Ali , son of Abi Talib, which last manifestation was the most
perfect. At each of these manifestations the Deity made use of two
persons, the first created out of the light of his essence and by himself,
and the second created by the first. The Deity is called the Maana (the
meaning or reality of all things) ; the second, the Ism (name or veil,
because by it the Maana conceals its glory, while by it, it reveals itself to
men). The third, the Bab ( Door, because through it is the entrance to
the knowledge of the two former). The following table shows the seven
trinities of the Nasairiyeh :
MAANA ISM BAB
1. Abel Adam Gabriel
2. Seth Noah Yayeel
3. Joseph Jacob Ham ibn Cush
4. Joshua Moses Daw
5. Asaph Solomon Abdullah ibn Simaan
6. Simon (Cephas) Jesus Rozabah
7. Ali Mohammed Salman el Farisee
After Ali , the Deity manifested itself in the Imams, in some of them
totally and in others partially, but Ali is the eternal Maana, the divine
essence, and the three are an inseparable trinity,
Now add to this the mystic teaching of the Mohammedan system of
Sufism or Tusowwof. Pure Sufism teaches that only God exists. He is
in all things and all things are in him . All visible and invisible things
are an emanation from him , and are not really distinct from him .
Religions are matters of indifference. There is no difference between
good and evil , for all is reduced to Unity, and God is the real author of
the acts of men . Man is not free in his action . By death the soul
returns to the bosom of Divinity, and the great object of life is absorp
tion into the divine nature.
Bear in mind also the doctrine of the Persian or Shiah Moslems, that
Ali was the first legitimate Imam, or Calif of Mohammed, and that he
existed before Adam , and that the twelfth Imam , Mohammed Abdal
Kasim , was the Mahdi, and that he is now concealed in some secret place
and will appear again on earth. Add to this the highly imaginative and
1902] BABISM AND THE BABITES 773
mystic character of the Persian mind, its fondness for poetry and relig
ious extravagance, and you have a preparation for the appearance of a
man who had the intellect, strong will, and abhorrence of sham to make
him a leader among his fellows.
Abbas Effendi, the oldest son of Beha, is now living in Haifa, with
about seventy or eighty of his Persian followers, who are called Behaites.
Nothing is heard of Subh Azel or his followers.
Babism in America
Some years since, Dr. Ibrahim Kheirulla, an educated Syrian of
great mental acumen , conceived the idea of introducing Beha-Babism
into the United States. He declared Beha to be the Messiah returned to
earth and Abbas to be his reincarnation. He visited Abbas, and from
time to time, as his accredited agent and promoter, has brought his dis
ciples, chiefly American women, to visit Abbas, and some of them at
least have bowed down and worshiped him as the Messiah .
A cousin of Dr. Kheirulla, who is clerk of the American Press in
Beirut, has given me the following statement :
The doctor, after the death of his first wife in Egypt in 1882, married
first a Coptic widow in El Fayûm , whom he abandoned , and then married
a Greek girl, whom he also abandoned, and who was still living in 1897
in Cairo. He was at the World's Parliament in Chicago, and tried to
promote several mechanical inventions - as, a rubber boot, envelopes, but
tons, etc. At one time he was worth three thousand pounds. He then
obtained the degree of Doctor, and taught mental philosophy. He then
helped a Greek priest, Jebara, in publishing a book on the unity of Islam
and Christianity, which fell flat and had no influence on the public mind.
He then opened a medical clinic to cure nervous diseases by the laying
on of hands and reading from Psalm xxix : 7 the words, “ The voice of
the Lord divideth the flames of fire,” etc. Then he went to Chicago and
tried trade, and then teaching and preaching, and pretty much every
thing else. He is a smart talker, full of plausible argument, and can
make white appear black. Of late he has had little to do with religion .
It can be said to his credit that, after receiving aid in the Beirut College,
he paid back the money advanced to him .
The Egyptian Gazette of November, 1900, states that Dr. Kheirulla
on his last visit to Haifa differed with Abbas Effendi, claiming that Beha
Allah only was the true divinity, and Abbas is simply a teacher. Dr. and
Mrs. Goetzinger, on the other hand, maintain that Abbas must be wor
shiped with divine homage, as he is the true Christ. In Bagdad, in
1860, the Babite house was divided into Behaites and Azelites. In Haifa
it is divided between Abbas Effendi and his two brothers, Mohammed
and Bedea. In America it is between Dr. Kheirulla and Dr. Goetzinger.
On a recent visit to Haifa I called on Abbas Effendi and had a half
hour's conversation with him . My companion was Chaplain Wells, of
Tennessee, recently from the Philippines. The Effendi has two houses
in Haifa, one for his family, in which American lady pilgrims are enter
tained, and one down - town, where he receives only men . Here his Per
sian followers meet him. They bow in worship when they meet him on
the street or when they hear his voice. On Friday he prays with the
Moslems in the mosque, as he is still reputed a good Mohammedan of the
Shiite sect.
We entered a large reception -room , at one end of which was a long
divan covered, as usual in Syria , with a white cloth . In a moment he
came in and saluted us cordially with the usual Arabic compliments, and
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then sat down on the end of the divan next to the wall and invited us to
sit next to him . He has a reputation of being a great scholar in
Persian, Turkish, and Arabic, writing with equal ease and eloquence in
all. After another round of salutations, I introduced myself and Chaplain
Wells, and told him that altho a resident of Syria for forty -five years, I
had never visited Haifa before, and, having heard and read much of his
father and himself, I was glad to meet him. He asked my profession. I
told him I was an American missionary, and was connected with the
American Press and Publishing House in Beirut.
“ Yes,” said he, “ I know your Press and your books. I have been in
Beirut, and knew Dr. van Dyck, who was a most genial, learned, and
eloquent man, and I highly esteemed him .”
I said his greatest work was the translation of the Bible into Arabic,
and added that it was a great comfort that the Bible was so well trans
lated and had been so widely distributed, and that since 1865 , when Dr.
van Dyck completed the translation of the whole Bible, our Press had
issued more than six hundred thousand copies, and this year would issue
from thirty thousand to fifty thousand copies.
I then remarked that the Mohammedans object to our use of the term
“ Son of God," and asked him if he regarded Christ as the Son of God .
He said : “ Yes, I do ; I believe in the Trinity. But the Trinity is a
doctrine above human comprehension, and yet it can be understood , for
Christ understood it.”
I replied, “ There are many things in nature which we believe and
yet can not understand.” I told him the story of the old man who over
heard a young man exclaim to a crowd of his companions, “ I will never
believe what I can not understand . ” The old man said to him, “ Do you
see those animals in the field - the cattle eating grass, and it turns into
hair on their backs ; sheep eating the same grass, and it turns into wool ;
and swine eating it , and it becomes bristles on their backs ; do you
believe this ? ” The youth said, “ Yes. ” “ Do you understand it ? ”
“ No.” “ Then ,” said the old man, “ never say you will not believe what
you do not understand.”
The Effendi remarked : “ Yes, that is like a similar remark made
once by a Persian to the famous Zamakhshari, ' I can not understand
this doctrine of God's unity and eternity, and I will not believe it. '
Zamakhshari replied, “ Do you understand the watery secretions of your
own body ? ' ' No. ' But you believe they exist ? Then say no more
you will not believe what you do not understand .' ”
I explained to the Effendi our view of salvation by faith in Christ ;
that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have everlasting
life, and that, being justified by faith, we have peace with God ; that
Christ has paid the ransom , and now God can be just, and yet the justi
fier of them who believe. “ And does your excellency believe this ? " He
replied promptly , “ Yes.” “ And do you accept the Christ as your
Savior ? ” He said , “ Yes.” “ And do you believe that Jesus the Christ
will come again and judge the world ?” He said, “ Yes. ”
I took up another question, and said : “ The Christ promised to send
the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete. Now, the Mohammedans claim that
Mohammed is the Paraclete. We claim and believe that He is the Holy
Spirit, the third person of the Trinity.”
“ Yes,” said he, “ I know that you believe that. That is your doc
trine; but that is a very profound subject and very important. "
1902] A VISIT TO THE PROPHET OF PERSIA 775
I saw from his manner that he was getting weary of talking, and so
we soon took our leave.
What can one say in brief of such a man ? Whether intentionally
on his part or not, he is now acting what seems to be a double part - a
Moslem in the mosque, and a Christ, or at least a Christian mystic, at
his own house. He prays with the Moslems, “ There is no God but God , "
and expounds the Gospels as an incarnation of the Son of God. His
declarations of belief in the Trinity and redemption through the Christ
must be interpreted in the light of Sufist pantheism and of his belief in
a succession of incarnations, of which his followers regard him as the
last and greatest .
It is difficult to regard without indignation the Babite proselytism
now being carried on in the United States. One American woman who
passed through Beirut recently, en route for the Abbas Effendi shrine,
stated that she was at first an agnostic and found that a failure; then
she tried theosophy, and found that too thin ; then she tried Christian
Science and obtained a diploma authorizing her to heal the sick and raise
the dead , and found that a sham, and now was on her way to see what
Abbas Effendi had to offer ! Surely that woman has found out what it is
to feed on ashes .
A VISIT TO THE PROPHET OF PERSIA *
BY PHILIP SIDERSKY AND REV . S. K. BRAUN
You are doubtless well aware of the spread of Babism, whose fol
lowers claim that the Redeemer prophesied is now alive in Persia .
Hundreds have been converted to Abbas Effendi, who is claimed to be the
Messiah in the flesh now in Persia, and whose strongholds in this country
are at Washington and Baltimore. Hearing that “ Merza Abdul Fazel,”
the Persian Prophet, as he is called by his followers, was in Washington,
we went to see him , and had a personal interview with him .
In the fashionable quarter of the capital we rang the bell. A lady
came, leading a blind man, and asked us if we desired to see the prophet.
She reached into a little case in the corner of the hallway, unlocked the
door, and ushered us into the presence of the ambassador of the Persian
Messiah, to whom she introduced us . We found him sipping his tea, his
pipe at hand. He arose and invitingly extended his hand in greeting,
bidding us to take a seat. His interpreter bowed, explaining that he was
at our service.
Clad in Oriental costume, turban on his head, the prophet began
immediately to speak of his mission, declaring with enthusiasm , “ This is
your day of joy, happy children of Israel, the manifestation of the Light
of the World. Belhi Ulla ' is of great interest to you, for to gather you
he has come. As Jesus came to scatter you, so he comes to gather you .
Now I come to bring the glad tidings, and all who will accept and believe
in the Messiah, who is now in the flesh in Persia, their names shall be
placed on record, even in the Lord's Book of Life . The prophecies of
the old prophets are, indeed, fulfilled ; he is gathering his people.”
Then he began to prove his assertions from the Scriptures, Old and
New Testaments, and showed himself well acquainted with the Scriptures.
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We asked him , “ Do you mean that Jesus is the Lord and He is now
in Persia for the second time in the flesh ? "
“ Oh yes, " the prophet replied, “ for he is here now to gather unto
himself those who shall reign with him in glory. "
We replied : “ Do not the Scriptures say that when Jesus shall
appear, He shall come in great power and glory, with a host of angels,
and His saints shall be with Him , all eyes shall behold Him , and every
tongue confess Him ? "
Yes, ” replied the prophet, “ and so you may see him in Persia . "
“ But how would we know him if we saw him ? "
Then he read in Deuteronomy xviii : 18, where it tells how the Messiah
might be known.
We said, “ But it is written that when Christ shall appear, the Jews
will be gathered to Jerusalem, and behold Him and say, This is our
God, ' and He will say, ' This is My people .” ”
Ab, yes,” the prophet replied, “ but you do not expect all this will
happen in one day or year. A thousand years is as a day with the Lord.
See how long it took Israel to go from Egypt into the promised land,
when they might have gone in twelve days. Even so now. They must
first believe in Him whom God has sent. "
We replied, “ The Scriptures declare that Israel shall go to Jerusalem
in an unconverted state, and thus shall be converted by beholding Him
for whom they waited ."
• That is true , ” the prophet replied, “ but those who accept him now
are the elect, whose reward and glory will be so much greater. All
Israel shall become his people, and the nations shall be allied to them
and become their servants. But the Jews who accept and believe in
the Messiah who is now in Persia, their glory will supersede all the
rest. "
He further said that he ( Merza Abdul Fazel ) had been a fanatic
Mohammedan, an enemy to both Jew and Christian, but since he saw
the Messiah in Persia and became converted, and received a revelation ,
he began to preach and teach this great revelation of this great Messiah
in the flesh . He loves all , and has been influential, he claims, in convert
ing many here in America and the Eastern lands. He claims that about
thirty thousand Jews in Persia, Assyria, Australia , and Russia have
become his followers. He declares that he has seen him of whom Moses
and the prophets wrote, and had the revelation that this is indeed the Mes
siah who shall come and unify all sects and issues, for there shall be but
one religion. All shall be combined in Jesus and Mohammed - one the
prophet of the West, and the other the East.
We were not very long conversing with the prophet, when intelligent
looking ladies, singly and in pairs, began to come in , and fairly drank in
his words as he was speaking to us . No one was at the door to answer
the bell or knock ; but his visitors know how to come in, having a key or
knowing where to find it. The prophet claims a following of about ten
thousand in the United States, and declares that in Persia , Arabia , and
Russia he has a following of about thirty thousand Jews.
The days when all ought to be careful are at hand. False prophets
are about us, saying, “ Here is Christ.” Be not deceived , nor go after
them , said Jesus. Search the Scriptures, let no man deceive you . Read
carefully the thirteenth chapter of Mark, and see how the Word of God
is fulfilled . Mark xiii : 21 , 22— “ And if any man shall say to you , Lo, here
is Christ, or, Lo, He is there, believe him not ; for false Christs and false
prophets shall rise and all show signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were
possible, even the elect.”
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VOL. XV. NEW SERIES VOL. XXV. OLD SERIES
JANUARY TO DECEMBER , 1902
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
REV . ARTHUR T. PIERSON , D.D.
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LEADING ARTICLES.
AN APPEAL FOR HADRAMAUT , ARABIA
Samuel M. Zwemer
RETROGRADE MOVEMENTS IN MISSIONS
Arthur T. Pierson
THE REVIVAL OF ISLAM
Edward Sell
AN AWAKENING IN CENTRAL AFRICA
Donald Fraser
PROTESTANT EDUCATION IN LATIN AMERICA
Horace M. Lane
TSAO HAN KIN : A CHRISTIAN CHINESE
Joseph S. Adams
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A Map of Hadramaut, Arabia . ..... ...... Frontispiece
An Appeal for Hadramaut,
Illustrated from photographs.
Arabia. Rev. S. M. Zwemer, D.D., F.R.G.S......... 721
Backward Movements of Our Times : Some Possible Retrograde Movements in
Missions. Editor- in -Chief..... 726
The Revival of Islam. Canon Edward Sell.. 732
Our Point of View Toward Islam. Rev. H. O. Dwight, LL.D .. 741
An Awakening in Central Africa. Rev. Donald Fraser .. 746
Illustrated from photographs.
Protestant Education in Latin America. Horace M. Lane, M.D., LL.D ......... 753
The Outlook in Persia. Rev. Benjamin Labaree, D.D ....... 758
The Beginnings ofAmerican Universities' Missions. Rev. James H. Ross... 761
Industrial Exhibitions by Indian Christians. Rev. J. T. Gracey, D.D .. 764
Tsao Han Kin : A Christian Chinese. Rev. Joseph S. Adams... 767
Babism and the Babites. Rev. H. H. Jessup, D.D.. 771
A Visit to the Prophet of Persia. The Voice of Israel.. 775
The Greek Students and Religion. The Student Movement . 777
Editorials.... 779
The Coronation Charge; The Keswick Prayer Circle ; Missions at Keswick ; A Deputation to
South Africa; The Yale and Harvard Missions; Rest for Missionaries; Higher Critics and Mis
sions; A Plea from India ; Good News fromAfrica ;Maori Photographs- A Correction : The Indian
Census.
Books for the Missionary Library .. 783
James Chalmers; Topsy Turvey Land ; Mission Problems and Methods in South China ; The New
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General Missionary Intelligence..... 785
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1902] BABISM AND THE BABITAS 771
BABISM AND THE BABITES *
BY REV . HENRY HARRIS JESSUP, D.D. , BEIRUT, SYRIA
Ever since the first Babite reform movement in Persia in 1845, the
Christian world has hoped that some of its liberal tenets might lead the
Persian people to Christianity. But thus far the hope has not been real
ized. Those who read the Bible seem to prefer to find an occult inner
double meaning in the simplest language, and construct for themselves a
kind of mystic religious philosophy in which the Persians delight.
According to the best authorities, Babism arose as follows :
Mirza Ali Mohammed appeared in Shiraz in 1845, a pupil of Sheik
Ahmed Zein ed Din, who taught a mixture of Sufism , mystic philosophy,
and Moslem Shîite law, and said that the absent Mahdi , now in a spirit
ual world called Jabalka and Jabersa , would soon appear, and that he
was the Bab or Door of the Mahdi . He then made up a system composed
of Moslem , Nasairiyeh, Jewish, and heathen doctrines, and then claimed
to be Bab ed Din, and afterward the Nukta or Center and Creator of
truth , and then that he was Deity personified ; then that he was the
propet Mohammed, and produced a new book called the Beyān , which is
the Babite Bible, in twenty thousand verses, Arabic and Persian . Com
plaint was made of its bad grammar, and that this is a sign of imperfec
tion. He explained the ungrammatical Arabic by the fact that the
words and letters rebelled and sinned in a previous world, then trans
migrated to this world, and, as a punishment for sin in a previous exist
ence, were put under grammatical rules ; but he in mercy forgave all
sinner's, even to the letters of the alphabet, and released them , and now
they can go as they please !
Mirza was followed by tens of thousands, among others by a beau
tiful and eloquent woman named Selma, who divorced her husband and
followed Ali Mohammed the Bab, who styled her Kurret el Ain (light or
refreshment to the eye) . Ali Mohammed raised an army to fight the Per
sian troops, but was caught and strangled in 1849, and multitudes of his
followers were killed .
Before Ali Mohammed's death he said his successor would be a young
disciple named Yahya. This Mirzah Yahya succeeded him , taking the
title of “ Subh Azel (morning of eternity ). The Bab made the month
nineteen days, answering to the nineteen members of the sacred hier
archy, of which the Bab is the chief.
Subh Azel was the fourth in the hierarchy, and on the death of the
Bab, Ali Mohammed, and the two others above him on the list, he became
chief of the sect by regular promotion . Upon the outbreak of persecu
tion against them , Subh Azel and his older brother Mirza Hasseian Ali,
who was styled Beha Allah, fled to Bagdad, and remained from 1853 to
1864, then to Adrianople. Beba had persuaded Subh Azel to retire and
conceal himself from human gaze, saying to the people that he was pres
ent but invisible. Beha then claimed the succession, and two hostile
parties arose, Azelites and Behaites. They were both then exiled ( 1864)
to Adrianople, where plots and poisoning among the two parties, and
anonymous letters sent to the sultan charging each other with political
conspiracies, led the sultan to exile (in 1866) Subh Azel to Famagusta, in
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Cyprus, and Beha Allah to Acre. Four of the Azelites were sent with
Beha, and their leader claimed that Beha was instrumental in having
all of them assassinated in Acre. Subh Azel died before 1880, and Beba
in 1892 .
Beha left three sons-Abbas Effendi, now sixty ; Mohammed Ali,
now forty-six ; and Bedea, now aged thirty-six, Mohammed Ali
claims tbat the father Beha appointed him spiritual head and Abbas
secular head, but Abbas has usurped both . They are now divided, the
two younger brothers being in a bitter lawsuit with Abbas, who has all
the prestige of holding the funds, and the reputation among his fol
lowers of being a reincarnation of Christ.
The Sources of Babism
To understand Babism, we should remember the sources from which
it was derived. Jemal ed Din, the Afghani, says that its author borrowed
from Hinduism, Pantheism, Sufism , and the doctrines of the Nasairiyeh.
The Nasairiyeh of northern Syria believe in one God, self -existent and
eternal. This God manifested himself seven times in human form, from
Abel to Ali , son of Abi Talib, which last manifestation was the most
perfect. At each of these manifestations the Deity made use of two
persons, the first created out of the light of his essence and by himself,
and the second created by the first. The Deity is called the Maana (the
meaning or reality of all things) ; the second, the Ism (name or veil,
because by it the Maana conceals its glory, while by it, it reveals itself to
men). The third, the Bab ( Door, because through it is the entrance to
the knowledge of the two former). The following table shows the seven
trinities of the Nasairiyeh :
MAANA ISM BAB
1. Abel Adam Gabriel
2. Seth Noah Yayeel
3. Joseph Jacob Ham ibn Cush
4. Joshua Moses Daw
5. Asaph Solomon Abdullah ibn Simaan
6. Simon (Cephas) Jesus Rozabah
7. Ali Mohammed Salman el Farisee
After Ali , the Deity manifested itself in the Imams, in some of them
totally and in others partially, but Ali is the eternal Maana, the divine
essence, and the three are an inseparable trinity,
Now add to this the mystic teaching of the Mohammedan system of
Sufism or Tusowwof. Pure Sufism teaches that only God exists. He is
in all things and all things are in him . All visible and invisible things
are an emanation from him , and are not really distinct from him .
Religions are matters of indifference. There is no difference between
good and evil , for all is reduced to Unity, and God is the real author of
the acts of men . Man is not free in his action . By death the soul
returns to the bosom of Divinity, and the great object of life is absorp
tion into the divine nature.
Bear in mind also the doctrine of the Persian or Shiah Moslems, that
Ali was the first legitimate Imam, or Calif of Mohammed, and that he
existed before Adam , and that the twelfth Imam , Mohammed Abdal
Kasim , was the Mahdi, and that he is now concealed in some secret place
and will appear again on earth. Add to this the highly imaginative and
1902] BABISM AND THE BABITES 773
mystic character of the Persian mind, its fondness for poetry and relig
ious extravagance, and you have a preparation for the appearance of a
man who had the intellect, strong will, and abhorrence of sham to make
him a leader among his fellows.
Abbas Effendi, the oldest son of Beha, is now living in Haifa, with
about seventy or eighty of his Persian followers, who are called Behaites.
Nothing is heard of Subh Azel or his followers.
Babism in America
Some years since, Dr. Ibrahim Kheirulla, an educated Syrian of
great mental acumen , conceived the idea of introducing Beha-Babism
into the United States. He declared Beha to be the Messiah returned to
earth and Abbas to be his reincarnation. He visited Abbas, and from
time to time, as his accredited agent and promoter, has brought his dis
ciples, chiefly American women, to visit Abbas, and some of them at
least have bowed down and worshiped him as the Messiah .
A cousin of Dr. Kheirulla, who is clerk of the American Press in
Beirut, has given me the following statement :
The doctor, after the death of his first wife in Egypt in 1882, married
first a Coptic widow in El Fayûm , whom he abandoned , and then married
a Greek girl, whom he also abandoned, and who was still living in 1897
in Cairo. He was at the World's Parliament in Chicago, and tried to
promote several mechanical inventions - as, a rubber boot, envelopes, but
tons, etc. At one time he was worth three thousand pounds. He then
obtained the degree of Doctor, and taught mental philosophy. He then
helped a Greek priest, Jebara, in publishing a book on the unity of Islam
and Christianity, which fell flat and had no influence on the public mind.
He then opened a medical clinic to cure nervous diseases by the laying
on of hands and reading from Psalm xxix : 7 the words, “ The voice of
the Lord divideth the flames of fire,” etc. Then he went to Chicago and
tried trade, and then teaching and preaching, and pretty much every
thing else. He is a smart talker, full of plausible argument, and can
make white appear black. Of late he has had little to do with religion .
It can be said to his credit that, after receiving aid in the Beirut College,
he paid back the money advanced to him .
The Egyptian Gazette of November, 1900, states that Dr. Kheirulla
on his last visit to Haifa differed with Abbas Effendi, claiming that Beha
Allah only was the true divinity, and Abbas is simply a teacher. Dr. and
Mrs. Goetzinger, on the other hand, maintain that Abbas must be wor
shiped with divine homage, as he is the true Christ. In Bagdad, in
1860, the Babite house was divided into Behaites and Azelites. In Haifa
it is divided between Abbas Effendi and his two brothers, Mohammed
and Bedea. In America it is between Dr. Kheirulla and Dr. Goetzinger.
On a recent visit to Haifa I called on Abbas Effendi and had a half
hour's conversation with him . My companion was Chaplain Wells, of
Tennessee, recently from the Philippines. The Effendi has two houses
in Haifa, one for his family, in which American lady pilgrims are enter
tained, and one down - town, where he receives only men . Here his Per
sian followers meet him. They bow in worship when they meet him on
the street or when they hear his voice. On Friday he prays with the
Moslems in the mosque, as he is still reputed a good Mohammedan of the
Shiite sect.
We entered a large reception -room , at one end of which was a long
divan covered, as usual in Syria , with a white cloth . In a moment he
came in and saluted us cordially with the usual Arabic compliments, and
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then sat down on the end of the divan next to the wall and invited us to
sit next to him . He has a reputation of being a great scholar in
Persian, Turkish, and Arabic, writing with equal ease and eloquence in
all. After another round of salutations, I introduced myself and Chaplain
Wells, and told him that altho a resident of Syria for forty -five years, I
had never visited Haifa before, and, having heard and read much of his
father and himself, I was glad to meet him. He asked my profession. I
told him I was an American missionary, and was connected with the
American Press and Publishing House in Beirut.
“ Yes,” said he, “ I know your Press and your books. I have been in
Beirut, and knew Dr. van Dyck, who was a most genial, learned, and
eloquent man, and I highly esteemed him .”
I said his greatest work was the translation of the Bible into Arabic,
and added that it was a great comfort that the Bible was so well trans
lated and had been so widely distributed, and that since 1865 , when Dr.
van Dyck completed the translation of the whole Bible, our Press had
issued more than six hundred thousand copies, and this year would issue
from thirty thousand to fifty thousand copies.
I then remarked that the Mohammedans object to our use of the term
“ Son of God," and asked him if he regarded Christ as the Son of God .
He said : “ Yes, I do ; I believe in the Trinity. But the Trinity is a
doctrine above human comprehension, and yet it can be understood , for
Christ understood it.”
I replied, “ There are many things in nature which we believe and
yet can not understand.” I told him the story of the old man who over
heard a young man exclaim to a crowd of his companions, “ I will never
believe what I can not understand . ” The old man said to him, “ Do you
see those animals in the field - the cattle eating grass, and it turns into
hair on their backs ; sheep eating the same grass, and it turns into wool ;
and swine eating it , and it becomes bristles on their backs ; do you
believe this ? ” The youth said, “ Yes. ” “ Do you understand it ? ”
“ No.” “ Then ,” said the old man, “ never say you will not believe what
you do not understand.”
The Effendi remarked : “ Yes, that is like a similar remark made
once by a Persian to the famous Zamakhshari, ' I can not understand
this doctrine of God's unity and eternity, and I will not believe it. '
Zamakhshari replied, “ Do you understand the watery secretions of your
own body ? ' ' No. ' But you believe they exist ? Then say no more
you will not believe what you do not understand .' ”
I explained to the Effendi our view of salvation by faith in Christ ;
that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have everlasting
life, and that, being justified by faith, we have peace with God ; that
Christ has paid the ransom , and now God can be just, and yet the justi
fier of them who believe. “ And does your excellency believe this ? " He
replied promptly , “ Yes.” “ And do you accept the Christ as your
Savior ? ” He said , “ Yes.” “ And do you believe that Jesus the Christ
will come again and judge the world ?” He said, “ Yes. ”
I took up another question, and said : “ The Christ promised to send
the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete. Now, the Mohammedans claim that
Mohammed is the Paraclete. We claim and believe that He is the Holy
Spirit, the third person of the Trinity.”
“ Yes,” said he, “ I know that you believe that. That is your doc
trine; but that is a very profound subject and very important. "
1902] A VISIT TO THE PROPHET OF PERSIA 775
I saw from his manner that he was getting weary of talking, and so
we soon took our leave.
What can one say in brief of such a man ? Whether intentionally
on his part or not, he is now acting what seems to be a double part - a
Moslem in the mosque, and a Christ, or at least a Christian mystic, at
his own house. He prays with the Moslems, “ There is no God but God , "
and expounds the Gospels as an incarnation of the Son of God. His
declarations of belief in the Trinity and redemption through the Christ
must be interpreted in the light of Sufist pantheism and of his belief in
a succession of incarnations, of which his followers regard him as the
last and greatest .
It is difficult to regard without indignation the Babite proselytism
now being carried on in the United States. One American woman who
passed through Beirut recently, en route for the Abbas Effendi shrine,
stated that she was at first an agnostic and found that a failure; then
she tried theosophy, and found that too thin ; then she tried Christian
Science and obtained a diploma authorizing her to heal the sick and raise
the dead , and found that a sham, and now was on her way to see what
Abbas Effendi had to offer ! Surely that woman has found out what it is
to feed on ashes .
A VISIT TO THE PROPHET OF PERSIA *
BY PHILIP SIDERSKY AND REV . S. K. BRAUN
You are doubtless well aware of the spread of Babism, whose fol
lowers claim that the Redeemer prophesied is now alive in Persia .
Hundreds have been converted to Abbas Effendi, who is claimed to be the
Messiah in the flesh now in Persia, and whose strongholds in this country
are at Washington and Baltimore. Hearing that “ Merza Abdul Fazel,”
the Persian Prophet, as he is called by his followers, was in Washington,
we went to see him , and had a personal interview with him .
In the fashionable quarter of the capital we rang the bell. A lady
came, leading a blind man, and asked us if we desired to see the prophet.
She reached into a little case in the corner of the hallway, unlocked the
door, and ushered us into the presence of the ambassador of the Persian
Messiah, to whom she introduced us . We found him sipping his tea, his
pipe at hand. He arose and invitingly extended his hand in greeting,
bidding us to take a seat. His interpreter bowed, explaining that he was
at our service.
Clad in Oriental costume, turban on his head, the prophet began
immediately to speak of his mission, declaring with enthusiasm , “ This is
your day of joy, happy children of Israel, the manifestation of the Light
of the World. Belhi Ulla ' is of great interest to you, for to gather you
he has come. As Jesus came to scatter you, so he comes to gather you .
Now I come to bring the glad tidings, and all who will accept and believe
in the Messiah, who is now in the flesh in Persia, their names shall be
placed on record, even in the Lord's Book of Life . The prophecies of
the old prophets are, indeed, fulfilled ; he is gathering his people.”
Then he began to prove his assertions from the Scriptures, Old and
New Testaments, and showed himself well acquainted with the Scriptures.
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We asked him , “ Do you mean that Jesus is the Lord and He is now
in Persia for the second time in the flesh ? "
“ Oh yes, " the prophet replied, “ for he is here now to gather unto
himself those who shall reign with him in glory. "
We replied : “ Do not the Scriptures say that when Jesus shall
appear, He shall come in great power and glory, with a host of angels,
and His saints shall be with Him , all eyes shall behold Him , and every
tongue confess Him ? "
Yes, ” replied the prophet, “ and so you may see him in Persia . "
“ But how would we know him if we saw him ? "
Then he read in Deuteronomy xviii : 18, where it tells how the Messiah
might be known.
We said, “ But it is written that when Christ shall appear, the Jews
will be gathered to Jerusalem, and behold Him and say, This is our
God, ' and He will say, ' This is My people .” ”
Ab, yes,” the prophet replied, “ but you do not expect all this will
happen in one day or year. A thousand years is as a day with the Lord.
See how long it took Israel to go from Egypt into the promised land,
when they might have gone in twelve days. Even so now. They must
first believe in Him whom God has sent. "
We replied, “ The Scriptures declare that Israel shall go to Jerusalem
in an unconverted state, and thus shall be converted by beholding Him
for whom they waited ."
• That is true , ” the prophet replied, “ but those who accept him now
are the elect, whose reward and glory will be so much greater. All
Israel shall become his people, and the nations shall be allied to them
and become their servants. But the Jews who accept and believe in
the Messiah who is now in Persia, their glory will supersede all the
rest. "
He further said that he ( Merza Abdul Fazel ) had been a fanatic
Mohammedan, an enemy to both Jew and Christian, but since he saw
the Messiah in Persia and became converted, and received a revelation ,
he began to preach and teach this great revelation of this great Messiah
in the flesh . He loves all , and has been influential, he claims, in convert
ing many here in America and the Eastern lands. He claims that about
thirty thousand Jews in Persia, Assyria, Australia , and Russia have
become his followers. He declares that he has seen him of whom Moses
and the prophets wrote, and had the revelation that this is indeed the Mes
siah who shall come and unify all sects and issues, for there shall be but
one religion. All shall be combined in Jesus and Mohammed - one the
prophet of the West, and the other the East.
We were not very long conversing with the prophet, when intelligent
looking ladies, singly and in pairs, began to come in , and fairly drank in
his words as he was speaking to us . No one was at the door to answer
the bell or knock ; but his visitors know how to come in, having a key or
knowing where to find it. The prophet claims a following of about ten
thousand in the United States, and declares that in Persia , Arabia , and
Russia he has a following of about thirty thousand Jews.
The days when all ought to be careful are at hand. False prophets
are about us, saying, “ Here is Christ.” Be not deceived , nor go after
them , said Jesus. Search the Scriptures, let no man deceive you . Read
carefully the thirteenth chapter of Mark, and see how the Word of God
is fulfilled . Mark xiii : 21 , 22— “ And if any man shall say to you , Lo, here
is Christ, or, Lo, He is there, believe him not ; for false Christs and false
prophets shall rise and all show signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were
possible, even the elect.”
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AmeDt. W. B..........................8'II, _ - 80cIety and UIIIII&l'rIed WOIMD •••••••• ftO
.&.llEa.C.A. (CeRtral. 8oI&tA, ete.). and BaaDto Land. ChrIItIaD GIYIDc In ••••••••• IlIr7
ChlDa Contnlated ..................... _ - -. CoIllllttoDa In. ........................ 715
- ChID_ In (a), Ira II. Condit........ .. . III BeJclans In AfrIca, EdItorial .............. . ,
AmerIcaD Bible Soct8ty ................... tN5 BeDgaIIs, Apoltle to the (a). Oeora'e 8mIt.h ....
Amerlean Board DeputatloD Beport ••..•• 80Ii Berea, A Call from. Edltorlal. .•.•.•••.•..• NI
- -ID the PhIIlpplDeII. ................ 1lIr7. 4711 Bemard, Blr Charles, III. W. Wat.erbary... 4IlO
- - MeetiDC at Oberlin (b). D. I.. Bible ADIODg Ifoslem&. .................... 'IQt
LeoDard ............................... I11III - aa a MIIIIIOIl&I'7 ..................... 717. 1m
AmerI_ aa MI8sIODaI'IeII •••••••••••• , ••• 80Ii - DlltrlbutiOD............................. 1ft
Anclo-.Ja~ AlllaDce. Editorial•.•...• 4:511 -In BrItish GDIaDa....................... 1.
ADti papal (Boman) I f o _ t In BpaID -In ChIna. ............................ 474. 7111
(b). Charlee E. Falt.htul.. • . . • • . • • • • • • • • 87 -In l!:IIdmo............................... 108
Appealll, Iflllllol1&l'7. of the Laat Century - ID india ............................. taII, 4'i'I
(al. Arthur T. P1e~ .......... t1.1'lll.148 -InJapan ••.•••••••.••••.•••.••••••.•••.• II1II
AppeuaeIJer. H. G ......................... 'l*I - 8ocIety. BrltIIh and Forelgn.......... Mf
.A.B.A. •• .A., Appeal for Hadramaut (a). - - AmerIcaD ............................ IIf&
B. If. Zwemer.......................... '121 - Work In Arabia......................... 8110
-I'IIctaAbout M_ ..................... 471 Blblea amoDC ItaIIaDs...... . •••• •• • . . ••••• l1li
-BlayeTrade In .......................... 1187 - for Blind ~ ....................... . .
- The Bible In ............................. 8110 BIshop. Ifn.. OD tbe World'. Need ........ . .
- VlBlt to Hodeidah (a). J. C. YODDC...... 8IIlI 1IeoK.. (UtenJture)........ l44, 80&, Ii44, '11M
ArabIAD 1fIa8IoD •••••• , •••••••••••••••••••• IM7 - AdYeDturea In Tibet, Carey............. . .
ArctIo II111110D CD Benobel Ialaud •..•..•• lit7 -AfrIeIIDW_ _ BeclaImed, young..... 70&
A.rcumenta (7UtilAOA_) for JIISou, - Apostle of the Bouthealt, BulIeD. ••••••• 1M
Jolm Barrett .......................... 180 - Between We and Death, Buuea ....... . .
Armenia (7'ur_.). A IUaaloDary 10 ••••••• '188 - ean.QuaWlcatIoDa.and PreparatloD for
.u-.u.DIIID BelIef .......................... 8'10 IfiIBIoIl&I'7 C&Ddldalies................ 88t
ArthlD/rtoDá. JIllIloD8 ..................... 888 - OeDtaDDla1Buney of Forelp KIIIIIODI
AlIa, CrtaIa of IliIIloD. In (b). Jolm B. (al. DeIIIIII. ............................ . .
Mott .•••.••.•.••.•.••..•.••..•••.•.•.•• 888 - ChaIIenp to Chrlltlan lfIIIdou, Weillb 7IJI
-lIIoor (7'uri:q). EllOOUI'III'IDIent In .... 471 - ChI.Da In CoIlYUJaloD. Smith••.••••••..•• 10
Allatlc Full'8, EdItorial .................. 8111 - Chl_ Boy and Girl, HeadlaDd •.•••••• 144
Aaam. PecuJlarttlea of.................... 7l1li - Chr\lIteDdom, A.D. 11101 ................. MIl
AUBtraUa, AborlclDea of.................. 77 - OoDstaDtIDople and Its Problema,
- ChrlltiIUI UDltT In ...................... _ DwtPt ................................ .
- Farm CoIoDy In......................... _ - OomparatlYe BeJ.\clOD. XeUoa.á ....... 8M
- New Bouth WIIleI AborIgIDea (al• .Arch. - CroI!B of ChrIat In BoIoIaDd, DeaD •••••• M4
lbald Grabam.......................... . . - DaD. a CltIIeu of the JUDIor Bepllbllc,
- BeYlYaiID. EdItorial .................... 881 ThurstoD .............................. 118&
ADItraUaD lfilBloo to N_ Georai........ 8118 - Down In Water Btreet. Hadley ••••••••• 811
- WeBleyan IfI8lioDs ..................... _ - East of To-day aDd To-morrow. Potter. IM4
Austria, Dark Acee BeYIYed In... ••••••. . • 70 - EIIIIterD Peru and BoItYia. AgIe. • • • • • .• 118&
- Loa Von. ROM In ..................... 60. 70lI - Forelp Ml8slou, ChurtoD ............. 101
- " Loa Von. Rom" 1f000000ent In (a). J. - Fifty MlIIIIol1&l'7 Proarams. BraID .•••• b
G. CwmIqham........................ IiI4 - QeocraJIbT and Atiaa of ProteIt.u,
BabiIm and The BablteB (a). Benl7 H. MlIIIIoDB. BelIch ....................... 113
JellDp ................................. m - mcb-cute HIndu Woman, Ramabal. •• _
-In America (b). PhIlip 8ldenk7........ 775 - HIBtoI7 of Babyloula and A..,.rta,
BIcInrard 1II0yemeDta of Our TImes (a). Bocers. ................................ 84
Arthur T. PieI'llOll ................. 4110, 7111 - BiItoI7 of ProteIItaDt lDIIIIoDR, War-
BaldwiD. Btephen I... J. T. Gracey .•...... IMO Deck ................................... 141
- - Death of.............................. 7111 - How a ThOUlllDd MlIIIIODarIes an 8up- .
Baptllt BeDeYOleDce....................... II8Ii ported ................................. lIN
Baptist IllilBlOU8 (BriUM)................. litO -india. tts HlltOI7. Dark_.and DaWll,
- - Fruit of.. • .. ... .. . .... • .. ...... .. ... 7f11 Bt. CJalr.TIadalI ....................... . .
- - Growth of Amerlcau. .. .. .. . .. .. . .. .. 88 - ID Leper Land. JacklOD ................ 4l1li
- Btatlstlcs from Burma.. ..... .. ... .. . .. . 'lll - IaIam and Cbr\IItI.aDlty .................. -
- TelUCU IflBBloD (b). Jolm IfcLawiD .•• 448 - Jewillb .lIIIIoo, ThompeoD •••.•.••.••.. IMI
Baptists OD the XODIfO .................... 7118 - James Cbllm8l'8, LoYett •••••••••••••••• 7l1li
- Bout.berD, and IflllllOD.... .... ..... .. .. _ - LaBt Letters of Martyred IIIIIIIoDarIeI
BarnardO'8 Homee. A Gllmpee of (a). of the C. I. If•• Broomball.. • ••• •••• •• 88t
Thomaa Paul. ........... : ............. 188 - .. r- Troubles des Chloe," Attller...... 81M
- -In LoDdoD (a). T. J. BanIardo ........ 181 - LoYe of ~. JlartiD... ; ............. 144
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