ISLAM

THE CHRISTIAN AND MOSLEM ALPHABETS 121
charm. Judge Lindsey found that more than 2000
persons were involved in the cases of 769 girls. The
experience and habits formed in youth no doubt lead,
in later years, to the frequentation
or call house.
of the assignation
The number of sex delinquents may be
gauged from the number of abortions and illegitimate
children born in the United States. It is stated that
about 250,000 abortions are performed annually in
America and thousands upon thousands of illegitimate
are born every year in the United States."*
children
Nobody would deny the contribution of the West
to the world science and literature. The West has
opened many a channel of independent thought and
invented such contrivances as have made life what
it is to-day so far as physical
conveniences are concerned.
The development of the engineering
industry is an example in point. But how many of
these inventions and similar contributions are due to
the influence of the Bible on the respective inventors
and discoverers ? Most of them had been nonbelievers
and were worshippers of nature. They had
little to do with the Bible. Newton, Tolstoy, Ruskin,
Huxley etc., did not care for the Bible. The scientific
inaccuracies obsessed their mind
; they had no regard
whatsoever for the Holy Hook. The scientific errors
incorporated in the Bible show the information of*
the class of people that compiled this Holy Book.
The following are few extracts from the Bible quoted
in support of our view :
K. L. Gauba Uncle Sham, page 112.