Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-05-19

Roll down their golden sand;
From many ancient riyer,
From many psimy piaii
Their land from errors chain.
Blow soft DER Cey Ions isle
Though every prospect peases,
InXman with lavish y, kindness,
The heather in his blindness,
Bows down wood and stone.
Shall we, whose souls are lighted
By wisdom from on high
Shall We omsn 6enighteed
salyationi- oh, yatiop!
Til dn sa sqSS'% rr a%@Is Pr nation
Has learnt Messiah's name.
Wan-waft, We winds, his story;
And you, ye waters, roll,
is spreads from pole 70 pole;
Til DER our ran s;sIse. ma azure are'
y The Lamb q for SINNERS arsa,n SIAM
Returns IN bliss to reign.
The Rev. Eli Smith, the Missionary to Syria, then
rose. He is a short, sturdy, but not fat He
has IA very intelligent face, which is much bronzed
by climate, and speaks in clear, agreeable and an
assuming tone OF voice. He said' TINS Is great
work a work of labor and love,-and the love
and prayers OF all christians were required to carry
it In selecting subject for illustrating its i'm
portance, l have followed my own views. have
found that all nations have distinctive marks that
well defined, and highly interesting. And among all
the nations have met with, the Arab race is my ia
vorite And perhaps it is necessary to ask at tins
point, who are the Arabs! Those who have exer-
csed a control for several centuries over the coun-
tries where we have been stationed, have usually
been called Turks. All the travellers through Sy-
ria, the Holy Land, MesopotamIa, Armenia sc.
generally speak of them as Turks But the Turks,
properly so called, are northern race they came
originally from northern Tartsry and the districts
north of the Caspian Sea, and are distinct
from the Arabs. The Arabs, before the time of Ma
hOmet, were confined to Arabia; they were part of
the Hebrew nation, and form the most interesting
part of the history of that nation And they inter-
est christians and particularly missionaries, be-
they still occupy the place assigned to them
in the prophecies of the Scripture.
consider il felicity 10 be called to labor among
people who are set forth IN porphecy and where it
Is foretod that We shall triumph in obtaining their
redemption. w hen Maaomet arose, he called forth
all the peculiar enthusiasm of that race, which they
possess in eminent degree They rested not antil
tAey half Of the old world. To the east they
crossed syria, Persia, Northern India, the Oxus
where the characteristics OF their still remain.
To then they rushed through Asia Minor crossed
the Dardanelles, AID laid siege to Constantinople
Ia the east they subdusd Egypt, and all northern
Africa Ia the straits OF Gibraltar crossed there sub
dued Spain, crossed the PSrennees and up their
frontier forts in Southern France.
OF all these conquests what remain Beyond the
Oxus we hear Of none, except few scattered here
and there From the north they have passed back
into Asia Minor In Spain there is little left Of this
brave race, except in their commingling with the
Spanish blood. In Africa they still exist great
people, and occupy all the north of IL from the
IRENE east to the extreme west Ssch is the extent
and situation Of the race with whom sOjourn, for
whose salvation labour, and for whom plead For
though ia Syria, when invasions have taken place.
and caused some changes, though they left in some
respects, a diterept people, they we're all Of the
srsb race; and are now mingled in one feeling and
OF Que tongue.
The Arabs comprise two distinct classes the ira
yelling Arab and the resident Arab. The former is
the Bedoun Of the desert, and the latter the Hooaeen
Arab, who lives by agriculture. The Bedouin
will not cultivate the soil He is Of the original Arab
stock-a wsnderer. He possesses all the character-
istics Of the original race He is Of the Arab nobil
ny; poor, but proud; and can trace his genealogy
back purer aud farther through line 81 Arab nobili-
ty THAI the princes and MOBILES Of Europe And
ne potentate of any part Of the world
kroudcr careful oavoid int marriage with
a plebeias, than - the DedoGin Arab
Vie Is generally as free as the chsinless wird 10 all
his movements He scorns the government Of any
nation, aud although you may still see the black
tents OF the Arab scattered about the hills Of Mognt
Lebanon, and the borders of the Euxire and Gas.
plan seas. still he detess the control IF the Turk
and hates the Russian; ana the least attempt to
curb him he flies to the desert, and luxuriates in
poverty and freedom.
many Of their original characterstics disappear
They also employed In trade, and are subject TO
Others, as IN Mesopotamia, Turkey, Syria, and un
der the government OF Mehemet Ali In the extreme
West there several Independent tribes of Arabs:
so in the South, they are an independent people un
der the Sultan OF Muscst, and other active princes
Is it then, let us ask, of no consequence whether
the nations whom we 20 to convert are possess
ed OF strong, NATIONAL and mental charaetsrstcs or
are sensual, sunk, degraded and depray.dl II il Of
great i'm porsnce TO the labonrs of the Missionary
| for must depend mainly upon native agency and
train up native agents II we mean 20 convert the hea
then to the cause Of Christ; and IL they are intel-
gent we may expect great success.
| There Is one trait possessed by the Arab, which
10 most valuablc-tisa nice sense Of honour. There
still good and bad among them but they all ha
high sense ,d horourable obligations Another
feature Is, their universal hospitality. This has
come dswn from old to them. In their lofty poetry
which 10 exalted in its character than that Of
any other nation. they aud and exio that Arab who
consumes his substance to entertaia stransers and
the Arab has greater boast than that the FIRE Of
his hearth never goes out, but is always burning to
cook food for the stranger, his guest Dism,unt
from your horse in the desert, and enter the Arab
tent, and he will entertain you as Abraham did Of
old, fnct with the calf, but with milk and butter
and the best he has aud wait on you till YOU ar. re
freshed Fer 10 be &c ,somicsl, is with the Arabs
the height OF mesnnsss.
Again, good trait is the sacred character Of his
guest some few are treachereus; but II you want
70 pass alone through he deserts efArabs there is
difficulty; friendly Arab will psss you on to am
other tribe and you passed from tribe 20 trbs
| from the Black Sea 90 the Arabian Calf; and when
Mr. Robinson and myself were at Jerusalem and
wished to 20 10 certain parts Of Syria our friendly
Arab brought us an Arab whose tawny skin aud dark
bush beard square turned joints nd strength of
showed him Of peaee; he was the chief Of the
robbers 81 that region and yet he conducted safe
| to our destination, and brought us back unhsrmed
| The Arab never sheds blood II he can avoid a. n
is his Independence aad his determination never 10
give himself mp to any government that sometimes
make MIN kill his opposers. This personal irdepen-
dence 10 possessed by s and II blood be she'd u
longs to his nearest relative TO avenge. This beau