Gods and devils of mankind : the whole dark picture strikingly contrasted with the beauty and purity of revealed religion / by Frank S. Dobbins ; assisted by Hon. S. Wells Williams (1897)
Dobbins, Frank S. (Frank Stockton), 1855-1916 · [S.l.] · leaf 748
edan monks. They areamong the most curious devotees of the Moslem religion.They perform their wonderful feats on Friday afternoonsin the mosques. Dr. Philip Schaff writes of one of theirperformances which he witnessed: After the preliminary MOHAMMEDAN MOSQUES AND WORSHIP. 747 exercises of prayer… … A WHIRLING DERVISH. with high white hats of stiff woolen stuff; their handswere stretched or raised to heaven, their eyes half closed,and their minds apparently absorbed in the contempla- *48. THE HOIVLIAG DERVISHES. tion of Allah. They made about forty or fifty turnings aminute. The Howling…
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