Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1893 — Praying by Machinery. [ARTICLE]

Praying by Machinery.

Praying by machinery is usual among the inhabitants of Central Asia. A large, hollow oylinder-like drum is erected, and within it are inclosed the prayers that any one may wish to offer, written out neatly. The cylinder is then made to revolve by wind or water power, and every time it goes round the devotee imagines it to be equivalent to a verbal repetition of all the prayers it contains.