Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-02-15

dreadful persecution against he Jews, we"t 10
,he Grand Vizier, and reqursed ceriIt'ca'e'
that he had never been a believer IN the Messi.
ah This reached the ears OF he pdriisans OF
S1bha,hai, hey accused their crafty opponent
Of reasonable designs against me iurKs,
broughi furwsr false whine ses, and me over
eau ious unbrleverwds sentenced 10 'hegaiieys
Among he Persian j VS. the excl emen, was so
great, that the husbandmen refused to labor 10
the f-lds. The governor man II should seem,
Of unusual midness, remons ra'ed with them
for hus az doning their work, instead OF en-
deavormg 10 pay heir trihue. SIR they an
swrred wi h one voice, I'VE shal pay no more
tribute. our drlivrrer i, come The cover or
bound them in IN obligation lo"h'ch hfy read
lily acceded 10 pay 200 tomaus if the Messiah
did not appear wi,hin three months. b. Sab
ba,hai had now .dvancrJ TOO far 10 .etede-
his partisan, were olsmorous for his passing
over 10 Cons an,inoplr, TO Confront tie GRIND
Srignior. He arrived escorted by vast nun'
Der OF his friends, and was received wi n the
loudest acclama'ions by The Jews Of Cons an j.
nopie. The Suit, was absent; he DEMANDED
an audience OF he Grand V zier. he Vzi,r
DELAYED till he had received instructions from
his master. The Sultan SEN orders ha, SAP
bs Thai should he seized, aud kept in safe Gus
tody The Grand Vizirr dtspaio he'd an Aga
and some JIunissri,s to he dwelling OF Saba.
thai, but the supersliiiouS Aga was SO over
awed by the appearance Of Saba thia bright
he said as an angel Ina; he returned trembling
and confounded TO his mdsrr Another Aga
was seat and returned in The same manner -
Saba hal, however SURF, ndrrtd himself OF bis
own accord; he was committed to tie ca tie Of
Sestus, as sorl Of kouoIable prison, where
his partizans had free access 10 him From
thence ae issued mamie sto, su;pendihg the
fast religiousy KEEP, on the 9th OF August, on
account OF the destruction Of jerusalem, and OF.
dered the day to be celebrated with The u'mos'
iesivily, as The birth day Of The Messi4h Sab
balhai Seyia IN Sestos he Admired drputa
ton from Poland In,u his presence, whom hs
astonshrd with his pt o'ound and ady appI-
cation 10 the Cabbala But there was IN Con-
81 an,inople one Stubborn unbeliever, named Ne
hemiah; who for three days resisted all ,he ar.
currents Of the Messiah, aud at The end oprnly
proc laimed him an im2os'or. The parIisans
Of Sabbathai 70 e in the utmos' tu'w and when
Sabba,hai threatened his opponent with death,
rushed forward 10 put hismanda'e in execution.
The RABBI burs, GU, OF the chamber, and fed,
pursued BY the adherents Of Sahbathai-escape
was hopeless, when I've suddenly seizr d tur
ban from the head Of Turk, placed il on his
own, and cried aloud, | am a Moslsm-the
Turks instan'Iy took him under mir pro'ee.
ZION, and he was sen, to Adrianople 10 the Sui
tan, who summoned Sahbathai to his presence.
Sadbahai STOOD before The Grand Seignior; he
was ignorant Of Turkish. and Jewish reDa-
gadr was appointed as Interpreter. But the
imam before whom the awe struck Aeas had
trembled, now before the ma jes,y Of the
Sultan, in his 'uin totally los, his presence Of
ind. yhept he Sult de m 3uJed ~ ~ htr he
was the Messiah, he stood in trembling silence,
and m ade. no answer. He had some reason
for his apprehe sions; for The Sdltan made
him the following truly Turkish proposaI:-
IS That he should shoot three poisoned arrows
al the Messiah; il he proved invulnrrable, he
would himself own his lille. II he refused 10
submit 10 this ordes,, he had his choice 10 be
pu TO death, or to embrace Malone tanism
The Interpreter urged him 10 accept The larer
alternative - Sabs,hai did not hesitate long; he
seized lurban from page, and uttered the
irrevocsble words, i am a Mussulrnan.' The
grand Seignior, ms cad Of Diminishing him with
contempt, ordered him peIisse of honour,
named him Aga Mabome, Effendi, and gave
HIM the lille Of CapidgI Blsha. CONSERVATION /,
at his strange intelligence. spread through the
followers Of Sabaihai; prophe's and prophet,
esse> were silent, bu' Sabba'hsi was damned
only ny the utatn-denouhcinS counterance OF
the Sulan. He issued an address 10 his breth-
rem in Israel q, Mahomet Capidgi Basha,
make j. known unto you, that God hath chang
ed me from an Tsraelile TO an Ismaeite He
soake, aud it was done; he ordered and il wa,
fulfilled. Given in the ninth day OF nv renew
al according TO his holy will" lie most inge
nious!y * racIed prophetic in,ima ions OF his
change both from TRADITION and Scripture. In
he book called Pirke Elesor i, was written
that the Messiah must remain some Time
among the uhbelie,ers.' From the Scrip
lure the example Of Moses was allcdged,
who 'dwel, among The E,hopians;' and the
tex Of Isaiah, Che numbe ed among the
,rausgiessors For sometime he main ained
his double character with grea, success, honor
ed by he Mcs'emies as a rue believer, by the
Jews as thei. Mc,siah. Msny of thelarrrrfpI
lowed his example and embraced Islamism -
ST. Croix had frequently heard him preach 10
the synagpgu and with so much success, that
scarcely day passed but Jews seized the rur
bans from, The heads of the Turks, and de
clsrrd themselves Mu>sul,nen His Pol, |
iSh ,yiIe iIgd hp paiu IN arr led % H. |