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 ln more prosperous times, they ceIebra- ted lheIf festivals, and offered sacrifices.

 inc worshlpo oi one God, circumcision, the pnritcations, and :easts. {.xee,,t the Purim and feast of the dedicatiosl.) they have in common with the Jews

 They believe in the existence of angels. Ill resurrection,and future retribution. and expect the coming of Messiah, in ". whom they look only for pseI hs..- iieir priests are ol the tribe of Levi and are treated as supcriors. On ac. count of their poverty, theiroply sacri. nce Is lamb on the feast of pentecost. in the synagogue, the Arabaic Samari- tan dialect is used, but they generally speak Arabic, and they are distinguish ed by white urban. They support themselves by mechanical labor and b. money dealings. They avoid a.y con. nexions with other sects, and marry on- ly among their own nation. Each man IS allowed to have two wives on his first marriage; but on the death of one of them, inc cannot marry again. In case both of them die, he is suffered 10 have one wife. This remnant of declining race possesses one of the oldest manu- scripts of the Pentateuch known to be exlant. - Zions Aduocate.