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the Pantheon and recast into the image of St. Peter by order
of a Christian Sovereign Pontiff; and indeed, the wisdom em-
bodied in the Sapha is admirable and worthy of all those who
worship no other object besides God.
It should also be remembered that not only is the erected
Sapha a sacred monument, but the very spot and the circuit
in which it is situated as well. And it is for this reason that
the Muslim hajj, like the Hebrew higga, is performed round
the building where the Sacred Stone is fixed. It is known fact
that the Karamatians who carried the Black Stone from the
Ka'aba and kept it in their own country for some twenty
years, were obliged to bring and put it back in its former place
because they could not draw the pilgrims from Mecca. If
it had been gold or other precious object, it could not have
of a Christian Sovereign Pontiff; and indeed, the wisdom em-
bodied in the Sapha is admirable and worthy of all those who
worship no other object besides God.
It should also be remembered that not only is the erected
Sapha a sacred monument, but the very spot and the circuit
in which it is situated as well. And it is for this reason that
the Muslim hajj, like the Hebrew higga, is performed round
the building where the Sacred Stone is fixed. It is known fact
that the Karamatians who carried the Black Stone from the
Ka'aba and kept it in their own country for some twenty
years, were obliged to bring and put it back in its former place
because they could not draw the pilgrims from Mecca. If
it had been gold or other precious object, it could not have