With  the  movem.ent  at  home  has  come  an
arousal  in  the  torpor  of  Islam.  More  progress
has  been  made  towards  hberty  in  Turkey  and
Persia  in  these  five  years,  than  in  the  five
centuries  that  He  behind  them.  The  Conference
just  over  at  Lucknow  has  dealt  with  the  outcome
of  this  arousal  in  its  fresh  tide  of  opportunity.
Therefore  the  note  of  the  second  Conference
may  be  summed  up  in  the  cry  "  Advance  !  "
The  resolutions  that  embody  the  trend  of  this
advance  are  before  us  now,  and  we  will  look
at  those  that  concern  us  as  women,  and  listen
to  their  message.
First  comes  the  Resolution  III.  with  its  call
to  advance  in  the  prayer-fight.     One  of  the

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proposals  is  that  the  whole  of  the  Moslem  work
and  its  representatives  should  be  swept  into
one  great  prayer- cycle,  extending  over  a  year,
and  binding  all  into  a  unity  of  intercession.
May  it  not  be  that  some  such  march  round
the  walls  of  our  Jericho  will  bring  the  crumbhng
in  their  stronghold  for  which  we  wait.
