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Show FOLLOW THE ANCIENT RITUAL Samaritans of Today Observe th Passover With All the Traditional Ceremonies Ordered. "The Samaritans stood close togeth er to prevent the Mahometan specta tors, who delight to torment them from snatching even a bit of wool which would remain over and thuf cause them to break the command 'Ye shall let nothing of it remain unti' the morning,' " says a writer in th Christian Herald. "After cleansing the lambs they re moved a front leg of each, and thes were set apart as the priest'B portion A long wooden pole was then threaded through each of the prepared lambs and was carried thus to the pit near by, wherein a large fire, which had been kindled early In the evening, had burned down, leaving a bed of red-hol coals at the bottom. The poles, pro tected by metal at the lower end, wer stuck into this bed of coals, being Ions enough to reach to the top of the pit the lambs thus suspended about hall way up. A matting was placed ovei the mouth of the pit, which in turr was covered with earth, making a sort of improvised oven, for the law de mands that 'they be roast with fire not sodden with water.' "The sheep were left to roast until midnight the appointed hour and all but the guards retired to their tents during the Interval. "Being the guests of the Kahin, we went to his tent, and he edified us by reading the various laws in Leviticuf concerning the sacrifices, besides the chapter which gives the narrative ol the first Passover." |