Litchfield enquirer., 1843-02-09
From the Bridg eport Farnaer.

ptSs 90 SuUJgC4 Is JrhL VET eXUauSteu.-
Mere may still be writer, and much vet re-
mains to engage the mind and profit the heart
The Jewish people stand among the vary ms
changes Of nations, like Pnarus of rock fix
ed by the hand OF. the Almighty, amid the
Scean's waves, whose beacon top is graduated
with light no storms can darken, no lapse
Of time put ont. On the ocean, wave sue
ceeds 10 wave, storms rise, and rage, anG
pass away, and are succeeded By Others.
But there stands that pharos 1t stund< ti,.xt
in calm and peaceful majesty. In the storm
it still stands there, lifting it's head high to-
aWards heaven. The mighty force Of the
oceans waves dashing around lis basp, aud
the sweeping OF the tempest around its top,
are alike futile to rock it from it's foundation.
in conscious security it seems 10 say, not as
bOasling in pride but as resting in firm and
humhlc hope on the promise Of its Almighty
builder, -" Let the ocean rage, and the waves
thereof rise and roar and dash furiouSly
against me let the storm clouds sweep terri
bly, by me, still stand mistaken by it ak"
So, on the great ocean Of human existence,
nation succeeds to nation. Political convul-
sions and changes, like the sweilings and ra-
Rings of the restless sea, have passed over
the world. The eye that gathers into one
view the history Of mankind, sees here a
nation rising into greatness, and there it be-
holds the gathering elements of power that
is destined to crush that nation and succeed
to its empire - to crush and to succeed only
to be in its turn overthown. But there stands
the House of Jacob" n distinct people
scattered, yet bound together as a people in
indissoluble chains crushed and oppressed,
yet still unconquered; banished from their
country for ages, they are Israelites still -
politically dead, without Governor or Law
giver OF their own, they yet live as root in
the ground, which shall yet revive and fou-
IRISH and be numbered among the nations.
This is truly wonderful people. Their
history may be contemplated with interest
and profit by the divine, the philosopher. the
politician, the scholar, the christian and the
sceptic. The historian too, here finds some
of its richest and rarest materials f.. his
work. As he traces along through centuries
of by gone years their course, he sees those
pecuiiarities which cons...itute their nationali-
" stamped upon tIh.em in imperishabIe lines.
and every feature proclaims the Jew.
Hne condition of this people for ages is on
jy the fulfilment Of that which was so accu-
rately foretold Of them by their great lawgi-
yer, Moses. Had they as people been
careful to have obeyed the commandments
OF their God, & done righteously before him,
they would have remained in their own land,
of their Almighty sovereign. Agreeably,
therefore, to the threatening, Deut. %, they
''hGUe become an establishment, a pr0verb, and a
6y-soord among all tie nations achither the Lord
has in judgment led them" They have for
ages been scattered among all people from
one end of the earth even unto the other.-
How graphically is their sad condition as
dispersed among the nations, described in this
passage, Deut. xviii. 65 66. Sand among
the nations shalt thou find no ease, neither
shall the sole of thy foot have rest /; but the
Lord shall give thee there trembling heart,
and failing eyes, and sorrow of mind and
thy life shall hang in doubt before thee and
thou shalt fear day aud night, and shalt have
none assurance of thy life" Such has been
the exact condition Of this people generally
in all their dispersions. In some periods and
places few have found favor among the
people where they have been scattered but
the exceptions OF This sort to the general Ian
guage of their lawgtVer toretelling what
should befali them when driven out of the
promised land. are few and far between"
But Israel is 10 be restored. The same
word of God which foretold their dispersion,
announced that they should be preserved
distinct people, and that again shall they be
restored to The land promised to their fathers.
The sure word OF prophecy of the first and
second, gives good ground to expect the full
flment OF the third. They are scattered
among the nations; they have remained in
o wonderful manner distinct people they
are therefore to DO restored. The matter Of
tact of the scattering and the preserving, is
Ahe ground OF the filth which looks for their
restoration. We give few references to
Gods promises to Israel as his covenant
church and people: Isaiah xiii. 1,6-lix
20, 81, compared with Rom. XII. Is Jer. xiii
S-6, inclusive; xxx. IA; XXI. 8 and 81 TO
the end xxxiii. 81, AZ; Eek. XXX. 81, L.
xxxiv. l3; Micah ii. IL; Zeph iii. 10; Rom.
ri. These are only portion, hastily selec-
ted, of the prophecies relating to the final
restoration Of Israel. These aud others on
this interesting subject are commended to the
attention of the candid reader. And even
they who are curiously endeavoring to evolve
secrets of the coming future God hath no
where revealed, but reserves to himself
among his secret things, may find some gra-
tificaiion II not some sober proliting from the
consideration.
But sOhsn shall Israel be restored! We
answer with good old Matthew Henry, in his
Commentary on the slime and times" and
"days" of the 18th of Daniel, ~ cannot
tell"
Two events, however. are to precede their
Anal restoration: The spreading of the Cos
pel among all nations; and the conversion
of the Jews themselves to Christianity. Both
Of these events are yet to be accomplished
They are future. How for IN the future, NOR.
tai n,au cannot tell; and for the simple rea.
son that he doth not know. Judging from
the present state of things it may reasonably
be expected that many years must yet elapse