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this sect the Wahabis thought was their own, by the name they 
actually used in India—‘ The Sect of the Converted.” 
The Secretary.—I thought that was a quotation from 
Mohammed himself. 
Mr. Rouse.—Yes; a traditional quotation. 
Another remarkable thing is that just as Christianity became 
corrupted by getting into high places, and men of rank and 
wealth were admitted into it, whether they were truly converted 
persons or not, and many lesser divinities were worshipped in the 
shape of saints, so was it with Mohammedanism; for we find that 
the Wahabis protested against the worship of holy men who had 
long previously had shrines erected to them. And lastly we find 
that that particular mechanical instrument of prayer, the rosary, 
which Roman Catholics took to many years ago, is declared by 
this writer to have been adopted from Mohammedans, who in turn 
got it from the Buddhists. I can testify to the fact that the 
Buddhists use it, aud ‘holy water” also, from personal observation 
among a caravan of Buddhist Kuhnucks. 
[A vote of thanks has been proposed to the author and duly 
carried. The meeting adjourned. | 
