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