The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-04-08

Seven Of the Of Lex kIed, nfnZ wounded
he green. These He the vil,gs heroes, who
thar OF Doole biDct, proving BY their
spirit that they Of divine they gave thsr vss
" moty to the rignrs Of mankind, bsqusxt1Dg 70
their country assuraDse OF surcs-s the mighty srug-
gle which they began roeir held gra.sful
aDce ana the expanding milb'ns Of
gymen and mulnoy their prs-e from generation
10 generation. They fulfilled their duty oos from the
cotpta impulse OF the moment beir action was Mo
slowly ritensd fruit OF Proy iepce and o. time Tho
is hit that them combined Of rays from tho
whole history Of the race; Tom the traditions Of tho
Hebrews in the gray ibs wori's morning; from tho
heroes and sapss CT republican Greece and Rome from
the examE 10 OF m who laid doSo hs l6e on the cross
for the lie OF hnmani from the religions creed VII ch
proclaimed the DIVIDE preseDc, 10 and on tbs rath
rs 10 lie boat ,a,ed the liberties of paions over hs
dars OF The MIDDLE ages from t3e Customs o. tns
Germans trausm,ted out OF to.r forost 70 me coun
CHS Of Saxon England from the burning faith and
courage Of Martin Luther; from srns' N the nevna-
BILE ubiversaity of Coos sovereignty al usht by
PAUL Of TaIsus, and Augustine, through e. vin and
the dviues Of New England from the avspsns DER
OF The Purtans, who dased down the pnre 90 mo runs
OF The broDe from tho bold dissent and creative self
assertion Of he earliest n Mac achnse0e rVm
the Statesmen who made and the ph,Iosoohtr who ex
pounded the revolution OF from h0era spbTt
ar anay zpg inquuveDess OF The eighteenth oeoeuyy
from the c'ouo OF witnesses Of all ages 10 Tho reality
and the rig bulpey OF human freedom All tho oeDturies
bowed themselves from the ecesses of past eternity 70
cheer in their sacrifice The iowy Who proved them
solves worthy OF their forerunD-rs ana vhOse ch4Fen
up and call them blessed Hesosss " his dan
ger, samuel Adams, vito the Of prophet,
GAINED, "Oh what glorious mofDios NJ thsi" for be
saw that his country Ddepead rapidly hasten
ing on and like Co umbus N toe pert snsw ma, me
storm did bu, bear him tae more s~nly towards the IN
The honorable gentleman warmly app'sndsd II sbs
close and upon The motion Of Rev Dr. O'ooD The thanks
Of the society were unanimously vo I'd W niui
The company then retires 70 the 'ofreshment rooms
American Gel graphical and statistioai So
clety.
The fifth and last lecture Of the the East be-
fore this society delivered at Nibos Saloon russ
49,
''The interest with which the Hy Land still regarded
There pretty large a,end,nse sod the le,are, az
well the address Of the Jewish Ra,oi, DR.. R,ohan
which followed it, listened with profound Attention
The iecture contained variety OF nlusr alton and in
formation, which greatly tended 70 awaken the public
interest in that land Of promise The lecturer commenced
by showing in the last few years great change has
taken place the felt or that part Of the world
II occupying the attention OF tho Archaeological, Of
the statesman and Of he merchant rne recent tsoovs
res Assyria Chaldea aud Palestine alluded 70
illustrate their former greatness ana the political coodi-
tion of Europe, IN the presso: dag, such ,Aa. The
balance Of power may be said 70 aecend Syra "a he
connecting link between the West and the East 10 tho
merchant Of paramount mportance tass tha.te
tory should be opened u c>mmer;e Tor ~ss the short
est route Europe and India, and the country n
self fertile that cultivation wo1id 90 beneficial
70 the interests Of commerce. this od the Doc
tor 70 discuss the probability Of immigration in
10 the Boly LAND should tue tie OF CON nerce
take that direction The wol known attachment Of the
Jews the land or hsir forefahes the best gaan
the future regenerapon OF Syria, an rai~ay be-
the Mediterranean aud the pers ian Gu woad in
tsef thousands Of Jews 70 setie IN Palestine The
praccaby Of the appeared n him clearly proved
from the that n the earliest days there vas dTec
road from Gerra To gre Life and property are
unprotected SYRIA and ~ that he prescott desoason B
great extent, Attributable; Otherwise th)usaods an1
thousands Of Jews would have long since established
themselves there agricuGrss. rhs lecturer then
gave interesting ticuar regarding thu amber
condition and occupation Of tbSJews 10 Asia, aud con
cluded with a,propriae remarks oa the position
which this country will day Occo,y IN the history OF
should undertake the VI regeoer aing
Syria.
The lecturer, at the conclusion loudly apolsuted
Tho concluding observations % the Rev Dr. Rapoall
the undivided Hebrew Empire, It's c.,mnesce Ani nha-
under King Sol tho geographical POSITION Sach
promoted its envelope mens. highly ln~res .ng and
threw considerable light the roe OF rs ancient
lie Tho Do,tor nfora OF the auieuce nat "a
divdual mad offered - head the subscription list 1n one
thousand dollars for the regeneration Of Syria
A.vote Of thanks the lecturers carried unan nous
y resolved that copy Ct The addresses be aid
ed TO the archives OF the society.