The thrones and palaces of Babylon and Ninevah from sea to sea; a thousand miles on horseback .. . of appearance they resemble our American forms are lean and lank; their features are small,sharp, and expressive; their color is not the rich oliveof the Turk, nor the glowing sunburned brown of theArab, but of a deadly or sickly olive of the deepest hair is long, black, silky, and glossy, and theirbeard is thick and full. Their chief saint is Sheikh Adi, and his tomb is theirmost sacred shrine. It is in a lonely but lovely valley,and thither the tribe goes once a year to
The thrones and palaces of Babylon and Ninevah from sea to sea; a thousand miles on horseback .. . of appearance they resemble our American forms are lean and lank; their features are small,sharp, and expressive; their color is not the rich oliveof the Turk, nor the glowing sunburned brown of theArab, but of a deadly or sickly olive of the deepest hair is long, black, silky, and glossy, and theirbeard is thick and full. Their chief saint is Sheikh Adi, and his tomb is theirmost sacred shrine. It is in a lonely but lovely valley,and thither the tribe goes once a year to celebrate th*^annual feast. They believe in one God, but him tlieynever worship. They accept the Old Testament as di-vinely inspired, and have some knowledge of Jesus,They hold that Christ is a great angel, and that he willcome again. It is their custom to baptize their childrenseven days after birth, and they also practice circumcis-ion, which su2;2:est their Jewish and Christian reverence fire, into which they never spit; andthrough the flame they pass their hands, and then kis?. d> n ^ m 26 BABYLON AND NINEVEH. 403 his name in vain. On their annual feast-day, they placea bouquet of scarlet anemones over the entrance to theirhouses, and hope thereby to please him whose name theynever speak. They believe Satan is the chief of all theangels, and that Gabriel, Michael, and Eaphael are lessthan he. Although he now suffers for his disobedience,yet he is still powerful. He is the prince of this world,
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