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34 Islam
that they may be free of all bodily
pullution before entering the presence of
God. Many change their garments each
time they pray.
The room is cleaned,
and the worshipper who has cleaned the
room changes his garments before engaging
in the service.
This service of
Solemnity
prayer
in the case of
serious worshippers
is
very touching
to the
sympathetic witness ; it is true, as so many
critics of Islam have noted, that prayer
is
formal, and is
repeated
tongue ;
in an unknown
but to those who know the heart
hunger which constantly finds expression in
that five-times-repeated daily liturgy,
who
would fain change
the constant refrain