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Dr.. WISE says OF it:
s. Sunday evening delivered lecture on th
theme: The mission Of Israel in America
The c0acourse OF people was, il not larger a.
least as large as at the consecTation Of th'
Synagogue. / was so much pleased 70 hnd -
large and intelligent a congregation in piaet
where was almost an entire-stranger, that
spoke with an unusual pleasure"
sERKoN.
We are promised in Sacred Scripture, And
It shall come TO pass, If there will have come
over these all these words, the blessing and the
curse which have set before thee, and thou
I wilt reflect in thy heart among all the nations,
/ whittier Gcd thy Lord shall aoandoa thee, and
thou shalt return to God thy Lord, and agaia
I hesrken to his voice in all which / command
thee this day, thou and thy children, with all
thy heart and al thy soul: Aud God thy
/ Lord will turn thy captivity, have compassion
/ on thee, and turn aud assemble thee from among
I all the nations, whittier God thy Lord aOan-
| doned thee" (Deuter. xxx, 1 10
! 10 this and many other passages, Moses, in
/ the name Of Coz, promised to Israel an e'er-
nal existence. SIN, transgTession and rebellion
should only bring Gods punishment on Israel,
I but Israel and the divine covenant made with
/ IL, should Be perpetual.
II is admitted that Providence is all-wises
hence every animaleuia, every phenomenon %
this vast universe. al we'll as every fact Ia the
I history Of mankind, must have proper desti-
Nv, must serve a wise and necessary purpose
/ for whatever exists, does exist BY tie will OF
| Providence and the All-Wise cannot produce
the useless, because it is unwise. Tuis grant
| ed It must also be admitted that the existence
Of Israel is for a wise and necessary purpose
Philosophers and historians agree that the
words Of Moses and the prophets undermined
the ancient superstructuTe OF Paganism, OF
Heather worship, doctrines, conceptions and
theories; they undermined the ancient civilizi-
tion, and Dropsgated principles OF justice and
equity. which we're foreign or rather III known
to the Heather communities, and on which the
whole edif-e Of modern civilization is based.
They advocated revealed religion, morals aud
Justice, contrary TO the views and Conceptions
Of ancient society.
Unpreiudiced inquirers, furthermore, agree
that Christianity and the Islam were, in their
origin, the necessary consequences Of the
spread Of biblical doctrines among the mos
enlightened nations Of those days, and The sub
ssqueHt downfall Of Paganism among them (toT
there are no leaps N histOry-) lnasmucb as
these two religious systems advocate the cause
Of revealed religion, ethics and justice contrary
TO the conceptions Of Psganism; and inssmueh
as the benef ,ial influence of revelation on man-
kind is acknowledged aud appreciated the
mission and existence of Israel is also acknowl-
edged snd appreciated as a wise ordination OF
Providence, because the latter is the sole cause
Of the former.
II Christianity and the Islam would advocate
the self-sama doctrines and principles with
Israel, the latter still would have preserved in
tact the cause Of its coordinate existence
But 1t must be admitted, that there rem3ined
several other causes for the existence Of Israel
(it could not exist without csuse;) let rs men
tion briefly some Of them. Both Christianity
and the Islam, in the course OF their develop
ment, susigamated with the fragments OF Pa
ganism: Judaism did not, aud remained
a living protsstation against the de5ecra-
tiOn Of revealed religion; it never ceased 70
advocate the words Of God, by words and ac-
tions, in all the lands Of its captivity. When
science and literature were monOpoiiZed BY the
agents Of Rome, and all the fragments Of an
cient literature we're locked up 10 their con-
vents, from which only so much was permitted
to benefit mankind as would not impair the
power OF Rome aud her agents, the Israelite
alone wrested with the monk for the palm OF
learning and philosophy. Whea Rome, 10
usurping the right to govern the world, based
her claims on the Bible, which was only in the
hands Of the Romish priests and he lsrselites,
the former would, and, in several Instances, did
faisify the sacred text, if not the Israelite
had been the firm guardian Of the word Of God,
and protected It against any aud every iater!O-
patton OF Justification. When the world was
forced by every means Of violence to think iu
all matters. as the Pope snd his cO-adjutors
dictated, and none dared deviate from the estsb-
lished mode Of thinking it was again ibe Is
rselite who thought, investigated, and criticised
for himself, aud none could arrest the progress
Of the Hebrew mind, which, by its Ahn Ezra
Judah Halewy, Maimonides, Kimchi sHd others,
produced new era Of thought in the middle
/ ages and gave birth to that biblical criticism
on which modern critics subsist- When Pope
and Sultan governed the mind Of the nations,
and to differ with them IN opinion was fatal TO
I the thinking individual, the Israeite stood
| forth in bold relief for liberty Of conscience,
and not only demanded the right TO differ IN
| opinion with all Of them, but also in words and
/ actions told all 0f them, notwithstanding power
and influence, 80 AN right and all OF YOU are
wrong" When might had ussTPsd the place
/ Of right, mankind consisted Of lords and serfs
[ Only, and there was but one law, viz; the will
I Of the s.T0ngest-it was again the lsraellte
who cultivated the precious principle Of
"Right and not might must goveru;" Israel las
. a code of laws, studied, enriched, developed
/ and enforced it among themselves. and yielded
/ t. force and violence only when it was obliged
to do SO Il is evident, therefore, al the priD-
ciples forming the basis Of modern civilization
| we're peTpetually maintained, cultivated, guard
ed and practiced smo Israel hence there
always was proper cause for its existence
But now and here, It might be appreciated
and powerful nation advocates them. Now
and here too. the doctrines OF reformation, the
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elements. are Triumphant. Tue sacred right or
phiIosophicsl criticism is Acknowledged BY the
| intelligent. who are MT a few IN number.
Science aud learning are the common good OF
the people and not Of privileged class. Civil
and religious liberty are a practical truth
! Freedom Of opinion Is considered every maI's 8
/ inslielsble birthrigbt. Now and here all the
/ grand principles maintained and guarded BY
/ Israel being embraced BY a powerful people,
there is DO cause for Israei's existence as q
I separate religious community, and If The cause
ceases, it laws 10 the wise plan OF Providence,
also the effect should cease 10 exist
Still we maintain, as little cause, OF desire
among US, there is for our sepefate existence
as a political body or a class Of scholars, as
much and sincerely as we rejoice in the triumph
Of our long cherished doctrines, 90 much cause
is yet and even here for our separate existence
as a religious community. Nay, | say, stiil
more, especially here, in this land Of liberty
there are self-eyitent causes for our existenee
as a religious community
This country has TO perform a great and
I sacred task In the history Of mankind, II has q
greatand glorious future Look for a mOmen
gpon The history Of ancient Greece, and yoJ
viii be enabled BY analogy to form eorTec
idea of the magnitude Of this couutry's future
We lock with admiration upon Greek ciyiliza
ten, form Of government, philosophy, scienc
and art. all original and peculiar 70 themselves
still. the principal cause OF the Greeks great
/ ness. is simply this: Man sees his nsighoor'
fsults much easier than bis own, learns eash
the good and useful, and forms new and origi
nsI csnceptions from conflicting and heterogs
nssI tteeries which be receives. Greece va
he centre for conflicting and the most dineren
onipions. conceptions and theories. 10 the ao
orieines Of ancient Greece, came the Egyptian
1 Pboenician, Syrian, Assyrisn and even IA
Bsbylonian. each with bis own peculiar prla
/ etnies. eaneeptiogs and association OF thougnts
These heterogeneous materials were ameiga
mated. the contradictions were restricted sn
the lofty conceptions Of Greece rose from ina
chaos Of thought, opinions, theories ana con
eePtiOns.
America must become the Greece to the fu
ture of mankind in originality and lOttiness
conceptions, in the magnitude and eNeellenc
Of all the sciences and arts Of peace ana clFH
, izstiOn, in political government and religion
here the Messiah must be born and bred
Separated from he old world snd protecte
} against violent IMPRESSIONS by the vast eNpans
Of the oceans, thOughts, conceptions and theo
J riss from al parts Of the civilized world an
on all subjects which concern the happines
and progress Of humanity. Here the extreme
meet, conaictiDg opinions confront each othe
gtthrat Kfstssilt. fcaiFsA!e.tcas nos. glnisl