Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-12-25

those who live on tho transparent Hhino
were told that they must 60 and wash IN
the muddy Tiber.
We arc awakened in the morning IN
Damascus by the song Of those who hsve
different kinds Of food to sell. It is not .
| Q weird, and long -drawn out solo compared
with which buzz-saw il musical. II
makes you inopportunely waken, and will
! not let you sleep again. But to those who
| understand the exact meaning Of the song.
| it become quite tolerable for they sing:
God is the nourisher. buy my bread"
''God is tho nourisher, buy my milk"
''God is the nourisher, buy my fruit"
As you look out Of the window, you sec the
Mohammedans, who are in large majority
in the city, at prayer. And II it were put
to vote who should be king Of all the earth
fifteen thousand in that city would say,
Christ, but one hundred and thirty thous-.
and would say Mohammed. Looking from
the window, you see on the housetops, and
on the streets Mohammedans at worship.
The muezzin, or the officers Of religion who
announce the time OF worship, appear high
up on the different minarets or tall towers,
and walk around the minaret, enclosed by
q railing and cry in a sad and mumbling
way, "God is great. I bear witness that
there is no God but God. bear witness
that Mohammed is the apostle of God.
| Come to prayers! Como to salvation. God
is great. There is no other but God.
Prayers are better than Sleep" Five times
q day must the Mohammedan engage in
worship. AS he begins he turns his face
towards the city of Mecca, and unrolls up
on the ground o rug which he almost al
ways carries. With his thumbs touching
fAhe lobes Of Lis ears, and holding his face
between his hands, he cries: "God is
great" Then, folding his hands across
his girdle he looks down and says: ''Holi-
ness to thee, o God and praise be to thee.
Great is thy name. Great is thy greatness.
There is no deity but thee" Then the
worshipper sits upon his heels. then he
touches his nose to the rug, and then his
forehead, these genufections accompanied
with the cry, ''Great is Cod" Then, rails
ing the forefingcr of his right hand toward
heaven. he says: II testify there is no
deity but God, and I testify that Moham-
med is the servant Of God, and the messen-
ger of God" The prayers close by the
worshipper holding his hands opened up
ward as if to take the divine blessing, and
then his hands are rubbed over his face as
if to convey the blessing to his entire body.
The spirit of the horrible religion which
prevades the city Of Damascus, along whose
|
we mako purchases and in whose mosques
we study the wood carvings and bedizen-
ments, was demonstrated as late as 1860
when in this city it put to death six
thousand Christians in forty eight hours
and put to the torch three thousand Chris
tian homes, and those streets we walk to-
day were red with tho carnage, and tho
shrieks and groans Of tho dying and dis
honored men and women made this place .
hell on earth. This went on until Mo-
hammedan, better than his religion, ADD
el-Kader by name, great soldier who in
one war had with twenty-five thousand
troops beaten sixty thousand Of the enemy,
now protested against this massacre and
gathered the Christians Of Damascus into
castles and private houses and filled his
own homo with the affrighted sufferers.
After q while the mob came to his door
and demanded the Christian dogs" whom
re was sheltering. And ADD el-kadcr
mounted a horse and drew his sword and
with few Of his old soldiers around him,
charged on the mob and cried: 'Wretches!
Is this tho way you honor the prophet?
May his curses be upon you! Shame on
you! Shame! You will yet live to repent
You think you may do as you please with
| tho Christians, but the day Of retribution
will come. The Franks will yet turn
, your mosques into churches. Not q Chris.
tian will give up. They are my brothers.
Stand back or l will give my men the order
: to fire." Then by the might Of one grea,
soul under God the wave Of assassination
t rolled back. Huzzah for Abd-el-Kader
: Although now we Americans and foreign
: ers pass through the streets of Damascu.
unhindered, there is in many parts Of the
!, city the subdued kissing Of q hatred fol
| r;c nitu hiatt mt Or
Q | death every man, woman and child II
= Damascus who does not declare allegiance
to Mohammed.
But what most stirs my soul is neither
' chariot. nor bazaar, nor palace, but BLIND
man passing along the street, small Of
D stature and insignificant in personal ap
n pearance. Oh, yes; VIC have seen him DO
G fore. He was ono Of that cavalcade comm,
, from Jerusalem to Damascus to kill Chris
Q tians aud we saw him and MS horse tum
Q BILE up there on tho road some distance GU
n Of the city, and he got up blind. Yes, /
J. is Saul of Tarsus now going along thi
d street called Straight. He is led by hi
d friends, for he cannot SEQ his hand bcfort
q his face, unto the house Of Judas; not Juda
y the bad but Judas the good. In anothe
,s part Of this city one Ananias, not Anania
a the liar but Ananias the Christian, is toll
/
/? Straight street, and put his hands on tn
n blind eyes Of Saul that his sight might no
II turn. "Oh." said Ananias. 'Idare not 20
v that Saul is q terrible fellow. He kill
d Christians, and he will kill me-" ''Go,
le said the Lord, and Anan;as went. Their
l. sits in blindness that tremendous prosecutor
1t He was a great nature crushed. He ha
d started for the city Of Damascus for til
L. one purpose Of assassinating Christ's follow
le ers. but since that fall from his horse
d has entirely changed. Ananias steps up t
D the sightless man. puts his right thumb o
one eye and the left thumb on the othe
d eye and in an outburst Of sympathy an
N love and faith, says: brother Sau
is Brother Saul! the Lord, even Jesus ths
10 appeared unto thee in the way Is tho
earnest, has sent me that thou mayst n
Ell ceive thy sight and DO filled with the Hol
10 Ghost" Instantly something like scales fe