The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-12-24

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principles ~ IL fcllowers II tkefr trea,
mspt Of men Of other rntionalieiee IN
races. II there b my people toward
whom Christians ought 70 exercise srecis
affection and favor, il 10 the jew. w
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book IN our Bible that W. moi written 3
= jew Moses and tho prophets Ne.
Jews. The favorite hymns ia which =
celebrate the praises of God we have r,
ceived from the sweet singer Of Isrsc
The evangelists and apostles were Jew.
Dur Savior was Jew. And the mr.,
announced plans Of God assure us tbs
the jews are to occupy an importau
place in the drama of the future, an
that not without their conversion and &
operation shall the gathering Of che u
tions be TO Christ. But the great bod
Of the Christian church have bssn blin'
to these things, and have pursued tn
ews with obloqHy, persecution and scorn
instead cs seeking their salyatioH.
Christians too have been divided int.
vsrr;ne factions among themselves, cacl
claiming some special warrant for the di
vine c0rsideration aud favor. Passing
by the long and bitter quarrcls of the
Oriental, and Greek, and Romish churches
look ct those which exist among our owr
Protestant denominations. How many
believe in some Partially ON the part Of
God for their particular communion! In
how many minds Is tho religion of oul
common Lord and Savior, and Of our uni
versal Father, but synonym for bigotry
exclusiyeness and selGshness What i'm
reasonable and invulncrable prejudices
still exist among multitudcs against Ro
man Catholics; Ispeak not Of tho corrup,
system Of the Roman Catholic church, Of
which they know nothing, but against the
men whose misfortunes it is that they
were born under it!
The same unhallowsd counteraction and
pervession Of religion appears in our SO.
cial and civil order, and in Q narrow and
morbid patriotism. Hence the diatribes
and raids against foreigners which dis.
grace portions Of the country. One Of
the most eloquent and popular preachers
in the city Of New York reminded his
hearers on Thanksgiving day, that our
German fellow citizens "some from that
country which furnished in the ancestors
Of these very men the mcrcenary hireling
soidiery whom our fathers met and con.
luered on the battle-6elds of the war of
Independence, Why, he says, if their
'athers could have performed what they
we're hired to do in the work of slaughter,
heir sons would not be here to-day to
howl out party slang, in broken English,
bout their rights and privileges And
vhen we zee In the admired pulpits Of the
and the spirit that can say such things
We need not wonder at the embittered
nd exasperated feelings that fiji the
breasts of those in the pews. How much
letter were it if righteousness, and the
harity that cdiGeth, were preached in the
,reat congregations. The foreign born
population of the city of New York would
i've the native born less anxiety and
rouble, if they were treated with more
ourtesy, ciyility. and piety.
But have dwelt longer than / intend
d upon these general and varied illustra-
ions of the subject, Of which history is so
all. The facts, however, to which |
ave referred, may serve to show that it
no such strange thing, as one unac
tainted with the history of the world
light suppose, that 10 this country, our
oily religion has been counteracted and
erverted in our treatment of millions of
ur own population Human nature is
Till the same. Modern history differs
rom ancient history only so far as religion
revails in greater purity and power, and
J more widely difi'used The new world
! like the Cd And the same questions,
My with variations in their application,
ontinually recur upon US. The same
uestion to which l have referred as d.
iding the primitive church, now rends
le American church and the American
alton. To the Jews indeed, we do JUS
We point with virtuous pride |
nd graduation to the policy of the nation
'specting them. We have given them
equal share in all Our political privi-
ges, and i'll not few instances they
ave been raised to our high PLACES Of
ust and honor,-a thing previously un
sampled in Christendom, and of WHICH
lily one instance has as yet occurred 10
" other Christian country, and that is
e recent admission of Rothschild to
at in the British Parliament as Repre-
NATIVE from the city Of London, after
wing been denied it for years. Nor is
y portion of our population now increas
9 faster than the Jews. Instead of
eking to return to the land of their
thers, they prefer to come to the new
rid, where they can enjoy the rights of
en- and the blessings of civil and religious
erty. Their synagogucs are multiply
: in every portion Of the country. And
y the blessing of the God of Abraham,
Isaac, and of Jacob rest upon them.
But our justice in the matter only re-
als in the more glaring light the incon
tency and the injustice of our treat
mt Of more than four millions of our
the most of them natives of ,
soil. And the question returns, l. !
the God of the Jews only ? Is he not
0 of the Gcntiles? And we must still =
wer with the Apostle, Yes, 9th Gen /
$, also. s
This you all know, is not new doc ;
re. but reiterate the unanimous ,
timent of Christcudom. With God !;
re is no respect Of persons, Of nations.
IF races. He is the universal Father. /,
exercises a'uniform government in all !,
,es OF his dominion. His Kingdom 4
'th over ALL" His laws are everywhere q,
same, and are of universal application :
of universal obligation. The ten r
lmandlnents are nowhere obsolete. are "
here premature. The golden rule is Ii
her behind the times, nor before the q,
es, in any age or in any land. The II
pei OF Jesus is still for every creature. .,
Why then should system, which is m
ply the reputation Of all these prin- 81
es, which bears in every part the Inca &C
It's of anti Christ, still exist, aud exist q
in swelling power in our country m
n was not the expectation of the "