The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-18

church. as does Prince Ferdinand Of Bull
garia King Alexander OF Servia, ~ or
tho Orthodox Greek faith. but not az all
regular IN his church attendance.
The sultan Of Turkey. an extreme No
/ hammedan. goes 10 public worship a. the
big mosque Ia Consrantinople every FRI
aav He rides IN a closed carriage attend
"a bv ton thousand soldiers. and all along
the line Of march the people shout. aa he
passes: There s. no God hut Allah. and
| Mohammed Is his prophet" On all other
days IN the year he worshipa ln private.
The Khedive % Egypt and an hts family
are nleo OF the Mohammedan faith. Al
| the alabaster mosque Of Mohamet All W
cairo. once a year, the khedlvo ana All
I the male members 81 his household attend
public worship No outsider BE- permitted
/ 10 attend The Shah Of Persia is 40
/ hamnedan who observes his religious du-
ties onlytn a most perfunctory ana WORLD
| tv ,,av The sultan OF Morocco, "a young
| man only eighteen years old, ~ Of The MO
| h,mmedan faith, the religion Of his PEE
! decessors.
! Nenellk H.. King Of Abyss.nia. goes 70
his native church every day In me yeat
ON sundays he attends Holy Isnity
/ Church: for Christianity was in'fS'heeu
I into hts country In the fourth century
The King % slam 10 BuddhlsS am w"s
I for time a UiAFatf 80 ~ AAtN
with ali the rulers Of that country DuI
trs his priesthood he shaved his hcah ana
| +. mrorariiy gave uD the crown 10 wear
"A yellow cotton scarf about his waist anu
spend his days In fasting ana prayer
.rbe Fmueror and Empress OF japan
are alsciples OF shintolsm. the faith OF
their ancestors for centuries back. lhey
are both attentive 90 Their religious oulle'
though their outward lie. perhaps uneou-
1 p 10 lfINfa j.
sclously. carries ont many "i '"'
ines Of Christianity.
Fsnperor OF CHINA n the greatest martyr
10 religious ceremonials. A. the Chiei
t4tgb prieat. he has 10 offer a sacrifice 10
. dts,erept god almost every week IN the
- To each sacrifice b. dedicated one
- moro holidays. and the Emperor -
supposed 20 pass every one OF thess oay
In solitude Another heather rehe-0aH
rule which tho Emperor u bound 70 or.
uarve "a that Of Offering hundreds OF SIX
l,,itoons each year before tne tablets OF
MS long line OF predecessor. Altosether.
~ spends more than one hundred ana
oft,, DAYS a year ia religious duties
PRECEDENT Mckinley Is IN every sense OF
I he word a Christian-regularly attending
service ut the Metropolitan Metnoa!s'
| rniecopal Church IN Washington. OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church 81 canton
When he ~ not IN hla pN" ~
the uastor knows that something extra
s-airsrv has occurred 10 keep the most
alstinguished member o. his lock az
homo. Mrs. Mckinley. being an invalid u
not able TO be regular atteno'nt ~
/ church. so tho President has 70 80 alone,
or Al best, accompanied by a oaoihet
minister. He always ioinst heartily IA me
ainriuR o. hymns. reads the Ffalfns' ana
listens intently 20 the sermon. re DAT "
ui,rly ENJOYS the hour OF service pc
oauge for this hour he e the private elu-
zen. the simple worshipper
The Presidents OF the South and Cen,
raj American republics are nearly an
catholics. hut only few Of them sttehl
divine service. Among the te" " lt ,l.
80. pia1 81 Mexico. a devout religiouist
ana most scrupulous In matters OF doing
,ood He e. very benevolent. ana ASST"
Mrs. Diaz IN maintaining many chaf'ueH'
ellison Willets.