New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-25
BEGGAR OF UNUSUAL FAITH.
AN ORIENTAL WAY OF ROUsINa CHARITABLE
PEOPLE TO GOOD DEEDS.

AN ORIENTAL WAY OF ROUsING CHARITABLE
PEOPLE TO GOOD DEEDS.
"Tne recent arrival Of these bowling and begging
teryishess said ) club man the other Gay, ornss
hack wildly 10 nv mind many OF tho Signs sa"
In the far East some yenrs ago. wheh "'eo
trip around the world One OF thesc oe'''S"e'
beors a striking resemblance IN features 10 DIE
Arah whom I met at Mecca He was stanoins NJ
tho en,rance 10 the shrine Of saint and shouting
continuously TO those who came TO worship 'ne'e
Wa paseed that shrine early on the morning n'''
saw him. and when We came back a. night "c WI.
sill AZ 70. Two or three days after that we pasSea
again. and ne was crying lusnly at the on S'"uu.
81 asked Interpreter who tho man "s'' H"u
what he shouted. and was Informed that ne was
heenng Nobody gives him anything remarked
~. wants too much said the Interpreter no"
muchp asked About ffty-seven dollars IN yonr
money WAS the reply That's pretty goo" i""'p
10 ask for said, surprised. what Is ne shou"hs
.He SAYS this: al am Abrek Ra'n' the BON VI
Ramdad who cwells IN FL Katf BY the Persian uuii.
am far from my home and without money =
want fifty dollars TO take me back 10 my a.he
roo, God IA GOOD and is the father OF all. can
Won olI 10 witness that might Just as well ask "oV
as not but am not greedy; e57 IS all neeu " 'aA
me back to my fathers house. and thnt VIII 10.
Remember oh faithful. that 20 give 10 the poor Is
,he only sure way 10 heaven The SAINT. az "hoS'
shrine We come 10 worship. was san'''ho o'
bonevolence Shame not his holy name by refusing
N lot your hearts and purses respond TO the petition
q, son Of the faithful and always remember that l
only ask for s57 when I might Just as vel ask TOT
s,Oo Allah Is over all, and he could Just as easily
send his child 500 as S57, but only ask you ror
,he smaller sum. I might make this chance 10 10
good cost you deal more. but there Is no grecd III
me Come now who will be the first TO win tne
blessed saints favor, and honor his shrine by lm'i
and charity before raise my demandf'
.Thls sort Of thing the man Kept up necessarily
for several days. till the priests OF the shrine fet
ashamed OF his noise and requested him 10 STOP
,est nv his failure to get large sum ne shouid
,,nc discrdit on the shrine through his importih'ts
nut the fellow would not cease drawing attention 10
his modesty In asking moro than So'' ana 10 MS
unbonnded faith In God and the charity OF the fni'h
Our party was considerably amused by the caRh gai
OF the feHow and OF proposed to stasger MIN
nv actually giving him the sum he asked Tor. we
took ND n collection which amounted to Soo' ana
gave II 10 him. looking for him TO collapse with sur
prise But there WAS sign OF q collapse. no
counted the coin slowly, handed back ~, ana re-
marked calmly Allah is great. might nave
got slOO II had asked him for Il, but ~o' was oil
I needed and ali | win take. Truly the saint to
whose shrine | came, stands high In Paradise. fonr
inward will be cOrrespondingy great ana you snoaa
WE'LL and he pushed his way among the crowd OF
igrims, who made room for him respectfully, as
Tor man OF sanity faith and much 10 the favor OF
Atlahr