Christian herald and signs of our times . with blue. TELE COURT OF THE MOSQUE Cr OMAR. (See Illustration an page 284.) An important feature of the MohammedanMosque is the spacious court surrounding themain building. It generally contains severalsmall edifices. These often comprise a schoolin which the Koran is read and explained ; alibrary ; a hospital; a khan for the reception ofpilgrims ; a public bath ; and a place in which apilgrim, a widow or a minor may leave treasurefor safe keeping, the sacredncss of the placebeing a sufficient protection. Our illustration,which is reproduced from a ph
Christian herald and signs of our times . with blue. TELE COURT OF THE MOSQUE Cr OMAR. (See Illustration an page 284.) An important feature of the MohammedanMosque is the spacious court surrounding themain building. It generally contains severalsmall edifices. These often comprise a schoolin which the Koran is read and explained ; alibrary ; a hospital; a khan for the reception ofpilgrims ; a public bath ; and a place in which apilgrim, a widow or a minor may leave treasurefor safe keeping, the sacredncss of the placebeing a sufficient protection. Our illustration,which is reproduced from a photograph broughtby Dr. Talmage from the Holy Land, repre-sents some buildings of this kind in the Courtof the Mosque of Omar, in Jerusalem. TheMosque itself is one of the most ancient andmost venerated of ail Mohammedan edifices. Itstands on the site once occupied by SolomonsTemple, and is said to have been founded bythe Caliph Omar, who is reverenced by all Mo-hammedans, next to the prophet himself. Hecaptured Jerusalem in the year THE BIBLE AND THE NEWSPAPER. LFTEEN Hundred Puzzled immigrants have beendetained nearly threeweeks on an island offthe coast of New came here on twosteamers—t\\cFulda andLa Burgoyne. The for-mer had a case of ma-lignant small-pox onboard, and the latter acase of typhus. Very few of the passengerscould speak a word of English. They are chief-ly Germans, French, Swiss, and Italians. It wasvery difficult to make them understand whythey were carried off to the island to be quar-antined instead of being landed in New explained to them that, thoughnone of them were sick at the time, some mighthave taken the infection and would becomesick. They would have to wait on the islandeighteen days, and then if they were all wellthey would be admitted. We understand how,in the interest of a great city such precautionsare necessary and some have thought that Godacts on the same principle before admitting hischildren to heaven. Hap
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