Dodge City times., 1877-07-07

the earth on the body, which is bittel
and gnawed, until the resurrection b
ninety-ninc dragons, each having sevel
heads. In accordance with this tradi
ton. Mohammedans who are sound il
the faith take care to have their grave
made high enough TO allow of a corps
sitting up in il with ease.
As to the time of the resurrection
neither angel nor man has been instruct
ed with the secret; but when it does oc
cur the whole human race will be as
sembled for judgment, attended by ;
host of angels, who will keep them in
order awaiting their sentence. But thi:
sentence will not be Immediately pro.
nounced. For a long space of time
forty years, at least-the vast assembly
will stand looking up to heaven; and
suffer pains, both the good and the bad,
Though with difference. The limbs Of
the good, particularly those portions of
them which they were accustomed to
wash before PRAYER, will emit glorious
eifulgence, and their sufferings will be
light and brief. But the faces of the
wicked will be black and distorted; ev-
cry pore viii run with perspiration, in
which they will be immersed in various
depths, according to their guilt-some
TO the ankles only, some to the knee,
some to their mouths, and others to their
ears. Their skulls will boil like pot,
and they will beg to be delivered from
this misery, even if they have to be cast
into hell. Finally, of course, the wicked
will be thrust into hell, and the good
will be admitted to Paradise.
When such man rs Mahomet uses
the expression, s.The wicked" meaning
the pre-eminently and hopelessly de-
praved, he simply means the people who
do not believe in Mahomet; and it is
against them that he threatens the sever
est punishments. Other sinners may
hope at last to be forgiven, but the un-
believer never!
so cften," says the Koran, "as the
mbelievers shall endeavor to get out
of hell because of the anguish of their
torment, they shall be dragged back
into the same, and their tormenters
shall say unto them, Taste We the pain
of burning"
But oh, the happy condition of be-
lievers, These, according to the 56th
chapter of the Koran, shall dwell in
d" gardens of delight" and repose on
" couches adorned with gold and pre-
cious stones" Beautiful young men,
who will remain young forever, will
wait upon them assiduously, bearing
goblets of fragrant wine, of which they |
may drink as deep draughts as they de-
sire without drunkenness or headache. |
Exquisite fruits and the delicate flesh of
birds shall nourish them, and they shall |
enjoy the society Of enchanting maidens,
having large, black eyes, resembling
pearls hidden in their shells, ami these
damsels, also, shall remain always
Young. always beautiful, ard always
faithful and kind, so that their husbands
shall never tire oi them, but be their de-
light forever and ever. These lovely
creatures will be free from every fault
and every defect, and they will lie on
). green cushions beautiful; carpets,
md "couches covered with thick silk
with gold"
As to the duties enjoined by this crafty
prophet, some of them are well adapted
o the preservation of health in a hot
climate; but most of these, if not all of
hem, were derived from the minute di-
'ections given by Moses to the children
# Israel. Mahomet insisted SO strongly
lpon cleanliness, and the Mohammedan
ioctors infer from the Koran SO many
ules for purifying the body, that good
must be among the clean
.s. nersonS in the world .