Reports from the Field — Alarming Spread of Mohammedanism
Dr. Watkins, secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Missions, warned of the dangers of advancing Mohammedanism. He said: “Fully one half of Africa is Mohammedan, and at least one fifth of the other half is seriously threatened by them. They come into the country of the pagan, well dressed, surrounded by comforts and luxuries, independent and haughty in bearing. All of these things are offered to the timid and uncertain pagan, living in ignorance and poverty. “By day and by night the Mohammedan is encroaching on paganism. One out of every ten in the province of Nyasaland is a Mohammedan. In the last ten years, only ten Mohammedans have been converted to Christianity, while there have been fifty thousand pagans converted to Mohammedanism.” Dr. Watkins closed his appeal with the question, “Shall we tarry, shall we trifle, while Africa is being made the prey of Islam?”