The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-29

a sword at his side, and the kav;4ss is
armed with a scimitaT ana an nb1.r
club, finished at the top in a knob ur
silver as big as my first. The k4y5--
is one of the m~ajOr-domoS, or soldier
Of n American consulate. Our Can
sui has two of them. and the ac..rs-
pany him wherever he goes upon st,5a
occasions. They are tall, strai-ht
Syrians. more gorgeously ctad than
Solomon in his glory. They have l.--.
covered with gold embroidery. COATS
with long sleeves and trousers Of th.
zouaye order, each leg Of which COW
tains enough cloth to make q trained
skirt for a lady. / have made II photo
graph Of the consul with his kayas~.e
standing beside him. He looks Ika y
prisoner with the kdvaSSes as guards
The Mosque Of Omar.
It is IT, MOharmedan gHide tn.t
enable US to visit the Mosque OF Omar
which was supposed by the Crusaders
to be SOlonon's Temple. II was &C.
tually built as = cathedral by the Chris
tian emperors who reigned at Con
stantinople, and is one Of the finest
specimens Of Byzantine architecture.
When it WAS constructed it was dedi-
Gated to the Virgin Mary, but about
thirteen hundred years ago. whes
Omar captured Jerusalem. he turned
1t into q MCiianYnedan mosque. ana
50 it is to this day.
Imagine a mighty dome OF greenisil
copper on the top of which is a golden
crescent Let this; be as large, or
larger than that Of the capitol at
Washington, and let Il rest upoa d vast
octagonal temple walled with tiles 81
fine that any one OF them would be-
priced as a piece OF rars china. let
there be q dado Of marble below the
tiles and a wide frieZe above them.
inlaid with Ara bic characters contain
ing texts from the Koran, and leS
tho wh0Ia he eptarp2 hv r-;yytry 1nnrS
oven which are arches Of carvings
and you have a faint ide2- Of the Dome
Of the Rock. the name hE which thus
mosque is known.
The MOhanDiedans Believe iii Christ.
Here ma be seen striking evidences
of the belief that the N0han1cdanS
hold as to Christ and tina prophets
They believe in Abraham, Isaac a26
Jacob, and class Jesus as one o. 40
prophets, although not so high, pr
haps, as Mohammed. 10 the y>rst&
Of the Koran on the from: CT ta,7
mosque is one saying The Ae2ziau,
Jesus, the only son OF Mary, tie an
bassadOr OF God, and HIS wore winch
deposited in Mary Believe. t1on,
in God and His ambassador, and 10
not that in one there 80
ffee." Another reads: 'Bleeain8S -
on me in the day of my birth and my
death. He is Jesus, the Son % Mary,
the word OF truth, concerning whom
some are in doubt" There are Other
passages Of the Koran which give she
stories of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
and the Aohannledars reverence tbs
spot in connection with them.
Where (sahrieI Will Blow His trump.
But let US take off our shoes and 81
in. The floor or the mosque Is n0t'
ground and none is permitted to entrg
except Ia his stocking or bare feet
The inside Is eve more beautiful than
tina without. The walls and roofs are
a mass OF carvings and mosaics- Tho
M osiac Is made up OF bits Of gold Ah3
glass, the latter Of many colors, all go
delicateiy put together that they f0rnx
beautiful paintings. Each Bit is As big
az the head Of 8 nail or smaller, ana
thousands o. them are required TO
make each OF the pictures The col
umns which uphold the roof are OF
marble, and the floor Is OF marble
carpeted with old rugs from TurkeF
and Perxia-
Right IN the center OF the mosqua
is the huge roc upon which Abraham
his altar for Isaac, and upon t.
the Nohamm a say, the anges
Gabriel viii stand when he blows tha
trump calling the people to judS~
ment- AT that time, according to
them, the souls of the human race W1ls
rush to this spot and present them
selves before Mohatnrned and Chri%a
who will pass on their virtues ana
After thai all must go 70 the
pillar OF Judgment and cross 3 WiFa
rope to tbs Mount of Olives and thence
to heaven or down into hell The
VIII fall In the crossing &c
cordfng to another Mohammedan story
the Moslems viii be turned into meas
and Mohammed himself Into a sheep.
IN which shape he viii ascend ["
with the Aohammedan hf4S
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