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greatest nation on earth, and the whole OF
Judca will, in a few years after the res
toration, exhibit most splendid spccta-
Gle of the united power of riches, talent,
and indomitablc enterprise. All the old
ports OH the Mediterranean will be again
opened, the harbors cleared, and the ruin
cd cities rebuilt, from Alexandria to the
Bosphorous the old canal rcopcncd from
Cairo to the Red Sea; the trade to India
through the Straits of Babclmandel re-
vivcd-manulactorics established, and
the water power Of the Jordan and
the Dead Sea used for mills-railroads
laid down to the Euphratcs, and the
whole of the commerce of Persia diver
ted into new channels. What tho result
of the restoration may be is not to be
doubted; but the means of bringing about
this event are not so well established as
yet. We must keep our eye directed
towards the East, and depend Upon
events which Providence disposcs to the
ultimate completion of his will. War is
costly--and if the Pacha of Egypt refuses
obedience to the Sultan, and the Sultan is
sustained by Russia against Egypt; if
Persia forms allies, and takes part in the
the wars if India IS threatened, and the
war becomes general in the East, the
restoration of the Jews as a measure of
policy and cxpcdicncy, may be closer at
hand than many imagine. Come when
it may, the Jews are ready, not only to
form their Government, but to embrace
in its protection and federation the two
great branches long separated from the
parent tree, Christianity and lslamisn,-
the planets which have rcvolved around
the Sun-thc streams flowing from the
great iountan--and then will be realized
the oath to Abraham, " In thy seed shall
all the nations of the earth be blessed. -
". Y. Star.
AS one of the most striking and sienii-
cant signs of the times in which our des-
tiny is cast, we cannot, says the London
Athcnaum, avoid referring to a recently
published appeal addressed to the Pro-
tcstant monarchs of Europe, on the sub
jcct of the restoration ofthc Jews to their
own country of the Promise. This sim
gular document rccics the original COW
cnant made with Abraham, and referring
to the opening suggested by the present
posture Of Oriental affairs, pleads the
cause Of the wanderers before the princes
of Europe, in every one of whose domi-
Mons they were so lately prescribed
and denounced race, that it seems as if the
world could scared y have got SO much
older and wiser in the short interval. In
the face of general demonstrations SO full
Of meaning, all partial attempts 10 rc-cs-
tablish the reign of bigotry lose their ter
ror.
If there be something striking in thi,
appeal from the Jew to the Gentle on the
strength of other arguments than hi, gold
there is, if possible, something still more
strange to our antiquatcd notion of the
Jewish character itself, in fact Which VIC
find stated elsewhere. 1t appcars, that The
Hebrews of the town of Rosenberg, The
capitalofthc district ofOppelen, in Prus-
sian Silcsia, understanding that the cree.
ton of the new Lutheran church in tina
place was impcdcd for want of funds
subscribed the required amount for it,
completion, and accompanied the gift b,
a letter express their desire for the sprcaC
the feeling of universal brotherhood, un
disturbed by differences ofrcligion. Yer
lily, the Jew is another character, lost t.
the page of European romancc.-Bosto1
Times.
TIE JEws-IMpoRTANT IF TRUE
Hamburg paper, the Dorpzeitung, says
"The Jews of Constantinople, with tlci
Rabbi, declare that they will not wait an
longer than another year for their Mes
siah. If, within that time, he docs nc
appear, they will conclude that he is al
ready recognized. The Rabbi is entire
ly of this opinion, and has even propose
to his congregation toprofcss Christianit
forthwith"