The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-11-28 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE.

SUPPOSE THE JEWS BECOME " THE POWERS
THAT BE." WHAT TREATMENT WOULD
CHRISTIANITY EXPERIENCE AT THEIR
HANDS?
TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
Sra,—A correspondent in your paper has suggested the
above question, and has invited a discussion of it ; and I
would approach the subject by observing that we have no
reason to believe the Jews ever will be restored to national
unity and power while in a state of unbelief.
On account of the manifold sins of the Jewish people,
obstinately persisted in, it has pleased God to punish
them by withholding His grace from them, and at the
same time depriving them of all national power. Thus
Hosea writes : " My God will cast them away, because
they did not hearken unto him, and they shall be wan-
derers among the nations." ix. 17. How long shall they
be wanderers is the next point ? And the answer is to he
found in the prophecy of our Lord as recorded by St.
Luke, chap. xxi. : " Jerusalem shall be trodden down of
the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled."
ver. 24. And what comes to pass when the times are ful-
filled ? " Then shall they see the Son of Man coming in
a cloud, with power and great glory." ver. 27.
How does His appearing affect the Jews personally ?
It converts them ; they become repentants, and believe;
seeing Him eye to eye, they believe without hesitation,
—(it is worthy of remark, St. Paul's conversion was oc-
casioned by seeing Jesus, who " appeared" to him for the
purpose of making him a minister and a witness. Acts,
xxvi. 15, 16. Thus it is written—" Behold, He cometh
with clouds, and every eye shall see Him, and they also
which pierced Him, and all kindreds of the earth shall
wail because of Him." Rev. i. 7. This Jewish wailing is
described by Zechariah, chap. xii. : " And I will pour upon
the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusa-
lem, the spirit of grace and of supplications ; and they
shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they
shall mourn for him as one mourneth for his eldest son,
and shall ba in bitterness for him as one that is in bitter-
ness for his firstborn." ver. 10. (Read also verses 11,
12, 13, 14.)
How does His appearing affect the Jews nationally ?
" Behold, the days shall come, saith the Lord, that I will
raise unto David a righteous branch, and a King shall
reign and prosper, at.d shall execute judgment and justice
in the earth. IN HIS DAYS Judah shall be saved, and
Israel shall dwell safely, and this is his name whereby he
shall be called, the Lord our Righteousness." Jeremiah,
xxiii. 5, 6. " And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and
to them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the
Lord." Isaiah lix. 20. " The sons also of them that af-
flicted thee shall come bending unto thee, and all they
that despised thee shall bow down at the soles of thy feet,
I and they shall call thee the city of the Lord, the Zion of
the Holy One of Israel." Isaiah, lx. 14. " And they
shall build up the old wastes ; they shall raise up the for-
mer desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the
desolation of many generations." Isa. lxi. 4.
I believe the restoration of the Jews to the Holy Land
will be effected by the Lord in person. at His coming—
" In His days Judah shall be saved," &c., and not before.
I trust that proof sufficient is offered in these scriptural
statements to satisfy your correspondent and your readers,
that it is not the will of Providence to restore political
power to the Jews while in an unconverted state. And
truly His mercy is manifest in His arrangements. Had
he continued them united and powerful, then indeed
would this stiffnecked, rebellious, and hardened nation
been the terror of the world. They would have tyrannised
over all, for the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel;
and, unrestrained by a reverential awe, they would have
especially endeavoured to hinder the propagation of the
Gospel. And therefore just and merciful is Jehovah in
keeping them low amongst the nations, and restraining
their wrath and power until the times of the Gentiles are
fulfilled, when their righteous King shall come, who will
pour upon them the spirit of grace and supplication, and
restore them, and make them an holy nation, a royal
priesthood (see I. Peter, i. 9), and send them forth as
ambassadors to proclaim His praises through the length
and breadth of a regenerated world.
I wish this Jewish question was more studied : there is
much, very much, written concerning it. It would enable
many to cheer the hearts of the chosen people, by draw-
ing their attention to their own land, and to the person
and attributes of their Great King. Nothing can elevate
this people but a knowledge of the Gospel, and their pe-
culiar interest in it. Many a feature of the present time
; would become known, and. recognised as signs of the near
approach of our long absent Lord. Many a popular de-
lusion would be banished from the public mind ; Libe-
ralism in vain would extol her follies; in vain she would
urge the enlightened Gentiles to bestow political power
on the Jew while unconverted ; in vain would the en-
tice the enlightened Jew to entangle himself with Gentile
governments. But she succeeds in high placas where
spiritual darkness dwells, and the trial of blendinc, Chris-
tian and anti-Christian in the council chamber of the na-
tion will be made, and will end in confusion to both par-
ties, worse confounding our already perplexed and dis-
tracted Cabinet.
How stands the Jew in relation to the Gos
times of the Gentiles?
He can he saved by its saving efficacy, if he will believe
it faithfully. The Gospel message acts in the Jewish na-

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tion, as in the nations of nominal Christendom : it takes
an election out of each. To this end St. Paul writes—
" Israel hatl► not obtained that which he seeketh for; but

Their calm, soft light upon the closing day. the election bath obtained it, and the rest were blinded."
And, as I view ye, strewn on Earth's cold bed, Romans. xi. 7 ; see also ch. ix. 27. 33. Also Jeremiah
Or hear ye sweeping by with every breath, says—" I will take you one of a city, and two of a family,
I think of many a fair and gentle head, and I will bring you to Zion." ch. iii. 14.
Laid low, like ye, by that stern spoiler Death.
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The night wind mournfully will sigh, among
Your trees so desolate, a requiem wild,
For ye, light fragile things, whose murmuring song
Was nature's gentlest music, soothing, mild;
gut —ime takes ye, soon on his swift wins.

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Yell smiling come again, sweet messengers of Spring !
MARY CATHERINE

THE LAST OF SE

Nay, be not angry, chide her not,
Although the child has err'd ;
Nor bring the tears into her eyes

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place in thai'great day when every eye shall sec him,"
and when " The Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and
all kings thy glory, and thou shalt be called by a new

When that sweet linnet sa
Our summer roses died
A sister's arm was round
A brother at her side.
But now in grief she wall

name, which the mouth of the Lora shalt name. inou
shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord,
and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. Thou shalt

By every garden-bed ;
That sister's clasping arm is cold;
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That brother',

voice is fled

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With face so pale and meek,
And eyes bent o'er her book, I see

The tears upon her cheek.
Then chide her not ; but whisper now,
" Thy trespass is forgiven ;"
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She is the last of seven.

VARIETIES

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Was,
Mr. Cribbace only deludes both Jews and Gentiles in
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advocating a scheme for Englishmen to purchase Pales-
tine. This Holy Land is given to the Jews by an " ever-
-I.qtin.g. covenant." The title deeds to this possession are

the thoughtful amongst the Jews to search the Scriptures,

and see it it De not as Here win eacutcu aim
will take courage, and instead..olclinging with such insane
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see their glorious destiny. " Ye, that make mention of
the Lord, keep not silence, and give him no rest, till he
establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the
earth." Isaiah, lxii. 6, 7

I am, yours, &c

ZOPHAR

THE IRISH CLERGY