in their churches or in their houses
to the enemies of Islam.

"3. They shall not help them with arms, or rations, or horses, or
men.

"4. They shall not keep counsel with the declared enemies of Islam,
nor receive them in their houses, nor deposit money with them.

"5. They shall grant to all Moslems seeking their hospitality
entertainment for at least three days. But no Moslem shall require
of them to make special cooking for him, and he shall eat of the
common food with his host.

"6. If a Moslem seek asylum with a Christian, the Christian shall
not refuse to shelter him, and shall not deliver him to his
enemies.

"What Christian soever shall refuse these my requests, he shall not
partake of the privileges of this covenant which I have made with
the bishops, monks, and the rest, the followers of Christ. And I
call God to witness with my followers and command them to keep
faithful to this my precept, now and till the day of judgment.

"The above was written in the presence of the under-signed persons,
dictated by the Apostle of God, and written down by Mawiyeh Ibn Abu
Sofian, on Monday, at the end of the fourth month, of the fourth
year, of the Hejira, in Medina, peace be upon its Lord.

(Signed) "ABU BEKR ES SADIK.
"OMAR IBN EL KHOTTUB.
"OTHMAN IBN AFFAN.
"ALI IBN ABU TALEB.

And thirty-one other signatures.

"God be witness of what hath been said in this treaty. Praised be
God the Lord of the Earth."

In conclusion, I would urge that while it is to Mohammedans themselves
that we must look to work out their ultimate regeneration according to
the rules of their own law and conscience, Christendom can still do much
to influence immediate results. The day of religious hatred between
Moslem and Christian as such is, I hope, nearly at an end; and though
political strife is unfortunately renewing the old quarrel in North
Africa, there is no danger now of its becoming on Europe's part a
crusade. Christendom has pretty well abandoned her hopeless task of
converting Islam, as Islam has abandoned hers of conquering Europe; and
it is surely time that moral sympathy should unite the two great bodies
of men who believe in and worship the same God.