The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-05-09


midst Of Anglo-saxondom. believe all that is great
good and glorious is in that book and ! cannot better
guage one who though Englishman the poet OF
all who speak the language. CowPer):
Come, then, and to thy many crowns,
Thou who alone art worthy"
Anniversary OF the American Society for Me-
lioratinY the Condition or the Jews-Ad-
dress OF. lr. Mllledi0ler.
This society celebrated its anniversary last even
ing, May Sth at the Reformed Dutch Church, in
Brooms street. The exercises of the evening were
commenced with an appropriate prayer by Dr. Nc
Carly of Goshen.
Dr. MuLEDoLER then delivered in a very impress
siive manner, the following address, which was lis
tened to with deep interest by the congregation.
MODERN JUDAISM
Presuming that a summary view of Modern Judaism
will not be unacceptable this occasion,
brief outline Of the tenets and views of that
derives its name from Judah, which on the separation Of
the tribes included that of Benjamin and after the capt
whole house of sraei-they were also called Hebrews
from Heber one Of the progcntors of Abraham The
rise Of this people must be dated from the call of God to
the Father of the faithful 1t not however, till the
giving of the law at Sinai that that formal dspensaon
committed to his poscrty, which thereafter to
Passing by their ancient history which recorded in the
Old Testament and in the writings of Josephus will
Titus in the year TO- they have been without common
countrywithout temple-without prophet, any COM
tons concerning them in Deut have for ages been
earully fulfilled Hence the language Of Bos
sue What have ye DONE o ungraeful men," exclaims
hc slaves in every country and under every prince,
still ye not strange gods. Why then has God who
chose you forgotten you Where his ancient mer.
ces What cri'nc-what attrocy more henous than
your repeated idoatries did not bring upon you Ye
silent! Yc see not what makes your God SO inexora
able Then recollect the words Of your Fathers-Let
his blood be on and children, will have
be your kng-contnue slaves Of C9sar-slaves Of the
sovereigns Of the earth till the church shall be filled
whilst we the prophecies which predict these
calamitous events and silently adore in their flment
the nscrutibe Providence Of God yet it but due to
them to state that they have suffered OF the hands of
man. from insatate rpacy and false zeal than for any
crimes by them committed against the welfare of society
Of Se ting IL the nth Century
in thirteen articles The twelfth Of these articles is
perfcc. faith that the Messiah yet come and al
though he retard his coming yet will wait for him till
with his creed explain that mother promise Of
the woman shall brusc the serpents head that pro-
sceptre and lawgivor from Judah and fixes the time Of
| that departure.nor the symbolical Specification Of
sinner, to a victim substituted in his place, the
shedding and srrinkng Of its blood, and the burning
Of the rejection and suffering death and resurrection Of
the Son Of God found in the 53rd OF Isaiah. Nor that
equally wonderful prediction in 18th Daniel Nor that
Second Temple Nor can they consistently with that
creed, account for their own singular, most bitter
and long protracted suferngs since the crucxion of
the Lord Of Glory Having lost the key Of knowledge
Of their Scriptures and denied the divinity of Christ
and his atoncment they consistently explain the
Scriptures which refer them, answer the great
question how a sinner condemned by the law, God
dread tribunal Pressed BY the prophecies, especially Of
Isaiah describing the humiliation and subsequent triumph
Il OnAt fnr ic tOh o nOta divn
in our nature, making satisfaction for sin, but temporal
prncoan lustriou warrior who shall subduc his and
their enemies and reinstae them in their beloved
land The time and place Of his appearance they declare
They believe that the lost Ten Tribes will then be
min-Jerusaem rebut-Palestne blest with incompar
able fertty-her ancient rites restored with the spirit
the worship Of the living God. complete system Of
pure Judaism is found in the Old Testament and espe
of that work is universally allowed to be tn. most
ancient historian and is remarkable fact that almost
two.thrds of the world believe him to have been
Divinely inspired. Besides the written, the Jews
have also an oral law communicated, say they, by
God to Moscs-by him to Aaron Eleazar, and joshua
handed down by tradition to the Christian era
was at the close of the second or beginning of the
Hakkodcsh or the Holy, President of the sanhedrim
at Tiberas-and Is to this day with exception of
with the Holy bcripures. The book in which it Is
written is called Mishna repetition. Their Gemaras,
i.hn are nd Two S are Q, h ,ns
Evolutionary doctrine Of their law Their Taimuds
are the Mishna connected with other Of these
Gcmaras and their Targums arc transations of all
the Hebrew parts Of the Old Testament into Chaldcc,
particularly for the uneducatcd part Of the nation
after their captivity They still have turgies, contain
ing the prescribed forms Of their synagogue worship
strictly observe their Sabbathsprohibt inermarriage
deem their first born Their males at the age Of thr
tecn pass through ceremony somewhat similar to con-
ss sn IN e
themselves with veil in their synagogues. The mo-
dern sects found amongst them the Samaritan, who
continue to inhabit their native land the only sect
now offering sacrifice, and rejected by other Jews
the saducees holding their primitive tenes Rabbinsts
Talmudists inhcrtng the ancient spirit of the Pha
and the Rairites who reject all tradition that
unsusained by Scripture. On account Of their scatter
ed situation, it is extremely difficult if impossible
to obtain accurate knowledge of their number. In
dependent Of the ten tribes they believed to exceed
If fire Of persecution and SUFFERING 10" sutc;ent reason
would say to have destroyed them root and branch
This fact alone furnishes most powerful argument in IA
of our holy religion in the view oft bodest adj
yersaries Lord Chesterfield in beautiful discourse
the evidences of Christianity observed that there
over by the wit Of man. viz: the present state of the
Jewsa fact to be accounted for human principle
authors Of the Universal History feel the dignity their
origin rccollect their former pre-emnence with
N hug
fort themselves with the hope that their hour ofrumph
Is at hand Whilst they suppose they will ever con-
ward with confidence to their conversion Most Chris
tan diynes believe that they will at no distant per.d
rcnhabit their land Dr. Priestly has announced
their restoration in 1850 and Tabcr the Prophecies,
supposes that Daniels grand period of "time, times and
half 1860 years. will expire in 1866; that the fol-
lowing thirty years will be occupied in the restoration
of Judah and other forty-fvc years in that of Israel
after which, in 1884, will commence the reign of the
millennium when Palestine will again be occupied by the
Jcws-(See Fabcr Prophecies, vol ., p. 256, 26l,
26i) In contemplating the present state Of this
wonderful people, We shall easily perceive that
they have very strong claims upon interest in their
welfare They the descendants Of the Father Of the
tnntr ,,rnAvo Of t,a
noblest characters that ever lived forget that
salvation is of the Jews. That to thcm pertain the
adoption and the glory and the covenants and the giving
of the law; and the service Of God and the promises
whose the Fathers, and of whom concerning the
flesh Christ came, who all God blessed forever"
sec Romans ix, a., s. Jew moreover is nan. His
being Is derived from the omnipotcn poycr and
his lie dependent the bountiful Providence with
my He breathcs the air breathe, and treads the
earth tread eudoed with like intccct and subject