The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-07-02

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Hohammetans are scattered al over
North Africa They form the oulk =
the population ot Morocco. Algeria
TGnisia Trpoi ard Egypt ana there
are millions % them n The Soudau
There are about MY million GohAn-
medaus n India Arabia IL populated
BY them. They FORM the predominant
ing influence in Persia, Asa Minor AID
Turkey. and there are millions OF them
il China and in the Islands 81 the
western Pacific ocean. We have a
degraded Mohammsd sect IN the sulu
Islands and MIndanao. and there are
many IN Borneo Java and In other
parts o. the Dutch East Indies JerI-
salem - now held by these people.
Nuesulmans guard the Church Of the
Holy 9epUlcher. and the Mosque Q:
Omar stands on the site " Solomons
Temple. Mohaurnedanism AS a re-
liglon Is Increasing rather than de-
cretsing and whole tribes are now
converted at one time in this African
continent.
n Religion OF the Prophet.
There f. no doubt but that the Mo-
hammedans believe in their religion.
They teach charity and brotheriy love
They preach against avarice and the
lending Of money al interest. and they
DO not drink intoxicating drinks. Their
faith IL quite az strong as ours. and
they practice il more religiously. l
see men at their prayers here every
day. they pray IN their shops or out
In the fields. and in going through
the bazaars one often observes the
merchants studying their Koran. Near
~ every turbaned and gowned man ]
meet carries a rosary on which he
counts his prayers, as he goes over his
beads; ana five times every day hear
the shr1ll cry Of the muezzin or Mo-
hammcdan priest as he stands On the
minaret Of q mosque, high over the
city, and calls the people 70 come to
prayers.
The hours of prayer begin at day
break. The second call is al midday,
and the third at about 3 O'Clock There
is a fourth call at sunset. and a fifth
along In the evening. The call is in
Arabic, and the words. translated,
are somewhat like these:
Allah is great. testify that there
is no God but Allah. and Mohammed
is the prophet of Allah. come 70
prayer. Come to worship. Allah IS
great There IS no God but Allah"
Another call is:
Prayer is better thar sleep. Come
to prayer: Come 20 prayer"
As these calls ring out, one sees the
4 Mohammedan men on their way to the
mosques. Some of them carry prayer
rugs under their arms, and otherS
go without them, relying on the mat
ting or carpets which are Usually on
the mosque floors to protect their
clothing. They AXE off their shoes
before they enter the mosque, and
generally lie down in front Of them
as they pray.
In every mosque there is a fountain
or washing place; and the Koran re-
quires that n wash himself before
he goes IN to pray. He cleans his
feet, hands, face and other parts OF
his body, and he goes through the
motions of doing so, whether he has
water or not. 1t is often impossible
to get water in the Sahara. and at
such times the faithful use sand.
As they pray, the MOhammedanS al
ways face Mecca. They have their
fixed motions OF praying. They begin
by raising their hands to the lobes
of the ears; they next hold them {
little below the girdle, and then bow
their heads over. After this they ge'
down OF their knees, and bump tfeil
heads on the floor, and then sit VI
and pray, muttering the words laic
down in the Koran. They have mum
erOuS prayers, but one of the shortes1
and most common, which takes mucf
the place of the Lords Prayer with
US, is as follows:
I'm the name Of God, merciful ant
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of creatures. the merciful and gra-
cious, the Prince of the day of judg-
ment. We serve Thee, and we pray
Thee for help! Lead us in the RICH
way Of those to whom Thou has
shown mercy, and who go not astray
Amen"
What the Mohammcdans Believe.
The Mohammedans believe in on.
God and in an infinite number o
prophets. They have altogether nor
than 200, 900 prophets, and the great
est of them all are Adam, Noah, Abra.
ham, Jesus and Mohammed. 1t rather
surprised me to knOw that they be
lieved in Jesus, but l am told tina
they consider Him one OF the hes
of their prophets, although the greet
est of all is Mohammed, who is to be
also the last. They believe in a flu
ture state, and that Christ will unite
with MOhammed, on the DAY Of judg.
ment, in sending mankind to h.aver
or hell. on the judgment day there
will be a wire rope as fine as a hail
running across from Solomon's Tenn.
pie in Jerusalem, to the Mount o.
olives. Upon that hair all mankind
will have to walk. The good vii
be upheld by angels. and Will go or
to paradise; While the wicked vii
drop into hell.
Good and Bad Angels.
The Mohammedans believe in an.
gels. They have their Gabriel, who
writes down the DEGREES of God then
Michael. who fights the battles of the
faith. and their Israel, who will sounC
the trumpet on resurrection day
There are a multitude of secondary
angels whose business it is to water
over mankind. Every man has ONT
of these angels on his right hand anC
another on his left, and they keeI
a record of his every word and &C