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

In the Family Library, Mr.. Millman has
written history Of the Jews From II is e1'
,ractrd the following account OF one oil Inc iatse
Messiahs who have risen up from time TO time,
10 keep alive the hopes of their nation:
mIn 1866 The whole Jewish world, eo-exIen-
s;ve almos, with the gIob~ itself, was raisro 10
the highest degree of excitement oy me i"'e''
scuce Of the anpear,nce and rapid progress OF
youth, who had appeared in Smyrna, ana as
sumed the name and authority OF the YVES
siah. Sahba,hai Sew was The younger s"" Oh
of Mordechai Sew, who FIRST followed ne
mean trade OF a poullerer at Smyrna, ait"r'
wards became broker 10 some English mrr-
chant, He was born in a. c. 1925. oaooa
Thai was sen, 10 school, where he mace e"en
rapid progress in the Cabaia, thai IN ms 'o'"
year he was appointed Hakim or Na'o'' ne
even then had many followers among 'ne
youth, and indeed among the ELDERS, VI W,
I'plaee, with whom he prac'ised rigid las" a""
bathed prrpe,ually in the sea. At'wrn'y year
| old, he MAJ ried woman OF great oeauY a"o
rank among his people, but declined all conja
col connexion wi h,r. The ta'her cited him
for this neglee, OF his duty: he was forced 10
give bill Of divorce. second time he mar
marriage was dissolved Sabba'hai announced
tina, The voice from heaven assured him that
neither Of these were the meet aud appointed
partners Of his life. His parlisans asserted
! that he was actua'ed by holy desire Of 'ri
umphing over human passion: his enemies gave
different turn 70 the affair-siili his 'ame IN
| creased He sometimes tasted from Saooa'h
to Saba h, and ba,hed until his life was endan-
eerrd; his beauty which was exqulsl e, sermea
daily 10 increase. His whole body was sale 10
breathe delicious odouI, which the physician
Of the family, suspeciing 10 be perfume, aeciar'
ed, on ex arnina lion, to be natuIa t1hala'ion
from he skin. He now began 10 breach ano
announce himself openly as the Son OF Ia.
vid; and had the boldness I" utter, ID prno'
of his divine mission, the lneffable Name,
Jehovah. The off nded Rabblns, horror
struck al this double crime. declared him
| worthy of death, and denounced him be-
fore the Turkish tribunal. Sabbsthsi took
| r, fuce in The ssalunca. There the Rabhns
| again rose against him. He fed TO Egypt,
| tn nee 10 Jerusalem. As he passed ny GAIA,
he m sde an important proselyte, named Nathan
BENJAMIN, who admitted trembling 10 his
presence, declared, by he Grea' Almighty and
| Dreadful God, that he had seen The Lord I'D
his Cherub borne chariot, as Ezekiel OF old,
| with the ten Sephiroih, murmuring around
him like the waves OF he sea: voice Came
forth Your r -dsemer is come; his name IS
S,bba'hai Sew; he shall go forth as q mighty one
i,uanmed Nth ,O,nfh as q Darrior; he shall cry
he shall roar, he shall prevail against ms enemies,
Isaiah. xiii lS) IL jerusalem Sahba'hai
preached, and proclaimed him 'eH the Messi"
! all with such success, hat the Kaboins rem-
bled before him; and The Elias-of thefnew sect,
Nathan Of GAza had the auaacity 10 issue an
address 10 The bre hten Of Israel, in which he
| declared, .,ha, before long The Messiah would
revea, himself, and se,ze the crown from he
| head Of The Sulsn, who would f'llow him
| like a slave. After residing thirteen years in
| Jerusalem, Sabbathsi m adc second expedi-
| ton 10 Egyp', wherr he married again, by
| III. account Of his enemies, a woman OF hight
charac,er-by that of his par,isans, maiden
designated as his bride by the most surprising
miracles. She was the daughter OF Polish
Jew, made captive by some marauding mus
! covites. Al eighteen years o' age she Was
suddenly seized from her bed by the ghost OF
her dead father, set down in burying place
of tie Jews, where she was found-ioid her
story, and dec Jared That she was the appointed
bride Of the Messiah. She was sent TO her
brother in Amsterdam: thence TO Egypt. Al
| ter passing three years more IN Jerusalem,
Sabbathai went openly INFO The Synagogue, ana
proolaime himself the Messiah. 'loien'
commotion took place, The Rabbns launched
their intrrdict against him: h. fled o his naive
place, Smyrna There the band pursued him;
5ut rhr people received hun with rapture
One Anskla, Jew of high rank, denounced
tim on the exchange as an imposter. Tine IN
| believer returned TO MS home, tell from his
oh ,ir and died. This singular accident was
a. once recognised as from he hand OF God
h. RahhiRs feared to pursue heir inlerdic',
Saba hal assumed royal pomp; banner was
bore before him with the words he right
hand of he Lord is upiifed "A" Divided a.
mong his psriisans The kingdom OF the ear II:
he named his two bro,Eer, Kings OF Judah
AVID Israel - he him>-if took hr tile OF King
| Of the Kings of the Earth. One man OF nigh
| rack nearly lost hia life for opposing the pre-
,aliing delus On The head of the Rabbins
| was degraded: The vice pre- sident openly es,
poused the party The fame OF oabbaihal
spread ,hrouehou, the world. la Poland, in
Germany. i'll Hambursh and Amste dam, the
course Of business was interrupted on the Elk
k,n, IL III in