Nothing therefore has been set down for the purpose of cavil or dispute only, or with other than feelings of sympathy, for those whose lot has not been (like our own) cast in a lightsome Goshen, but in a land of darkness and gross obscurity, where error and prejudice have grown with their growth, and increased with their strength, while the only means of counteracting their deleterious effects, have been limited in operation, and to the generality totally inaccessible. At the same time no doctrines are compromised, because such a mode of procedure would be derogatory to Christianity. The Musulmans entertain erroneous notions on many points, particularly the doctrine of the Trinity: the inferences they draw are such as are not warranted by the premises, and have been repeatedly disproved and disavowed. Here then we are at issue on a question which can be fairly decided by reason and argument;
