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emanations came in humility, and four in glory; and one more—Hamzah with Hakim in glory—is expected, when Gog and Magog will be slain, and the millennium will follow. [This is an ordinary Moslem belief as to the last days, and the Christ ology is also Moslem.—Eb.] Drazes neither fast nor pray. They do not drink wine, or eat pork, or smoke. They believe in Free Will, and reject Moslem Fatalism. ‘They have no objection to joining in the rites and customs of their neighbours—whether Christian or Moslem. They take part in Moslem prayers and ablutions, and also sprinkle themselves with holy water in Christian churches, and make vows to the wooden statue of Elijah in the Latin monastery on Carmel. They will even call themselves Moslems, Jews, or Christians, according to the belief of those whom they addre (see Mrs Reichhardt’s “ Life Among Druses,” Asiatic Quarterly Review, January 1892). Yet the Draz hold the seven commandments of Hamzah: (1) Truthful speech among themselves: (2) Care of the brethren: (3) Renunciation of all other religions: (4) Separation from heretics: (5) Confe ion of the unity of God in all ages: (6) Resignation to his will: (7) Obedience to his commands. They are taught that God is an ineffable, pa ionle , incomprehensible, and indefinable infinity, who has manifested himself in the ten incarnations.