Impurities, Atmospheric—See [Soot].
Impurities Tested—See [Tests].
INADEQUACY OF NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS
Dr. H. O. Dwight was telling us of a voyage that he took in the Levant with a Turkish official; and as they sat down in the cabin at the dinner table the Turkish official, inviting Dr. Dwight to drink with him, said: “You may think it strange that I, a Mohammedan, should ask you, a Christian, to drink with me, when wine-drinking is forbidden by our religion. I will tell you how I dare to do this thing.” He filled his glass, and held it up, looking at the beautiful color of it, and said: “Now, if I say that it is right to drink this wine, I deny God’s commandments to men, and He would punish me in hell for the blasphemy. But I take up this glass, admitting that God has commanded me not to drink it, and that I sin in drinking it. Then I drink it off, so casting myself on the mercy of God. For our religion lets me know that God is too merciful to punish me for doing anything which I wish to do, when I humbly admit that to do it breaks His commandments.” His religion furnished this pasha with no moral restraints or power for true character.—Robert E. Speer, “Student Volunteer Movement,” 1906.
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Inattention Overcome—See [Rank, Obsequiousness to].
Inborn, The—See [Innate, The].
Incantation—See [Birth Ceremonies]; [Exorcism].
Incense—See [Offerings, Extravagant].
Incentive—See [Heaven].