Page 589 - Neglected Arabia (1906-1910)

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in the morning, meeting a company of friends of the Danish Mission
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again through an interpreter. On every hand I met with a most cor-
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est and I trust that my visit to Denmark will in some degree help for­
. ward their plans and hopes for Arabia. The Danish Christians
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Moslem problem, ft was a Danish King who sent the first scientific
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!i “OUR LADY ’ * CHURCH, AALBORG, DENMARK.
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expedition for the exploration of Arabia under Carsten Niebuhr as
. •: early as 1770. The Protestant Church of Denmark has work to-day
among the Syrian Moslems, near Damascus, as well as in South Arabia.
And in their other mission fields they also come in touch with Moslems.
•.. Several important contributions have been made to the study of the
Moslem problem by Danish scholars. 1 he Life of Mohammed b\ Prof.
Buhl, of Copenhagen University, and a more recent essay (Fra
t Missionen Blandt Mohhammedancrna) on Missionary effort to win
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.Moslems up to the time of Raymond Lull, by H. Wellejeus are recent
examples. We bid the Danish Mission Cod speed and trust that their
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work may be better known in Denmark through their interesting
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