The Muezzin in his Minaret calling the Faithful to Prayer Thomas Arne St Saviour's Church (Southwark Cathedral)

St Saviour's Church (Southwark Cathedral)

He is using an old fashioned scythe to cut the corn

but certainly by his son-in-law

The little dog is Lord Randolph Churchill

The Muezzin in his Minaret calling the Faithful to Prayer Thomas Arne St Saviour's Church (Southwark Cathedral)'The Muezzin in his Minaret calling the Faithful to Prayer', 1926. The muezzin is a chosen person at the mosque who leads the call (adhan) to Friday service and the five daily prayers (also known as the salat) from one of the mosque's minarets (in most modern mosques, electronic amplification aids the muezzins). From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake,