The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-04-25


God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
Romans X. /.
If there is any thing iu this world,
that testifes the truth Of the Holy Scrip.
lures, it is the preservation of the Jewish
people. The remnant" that were to be
saved, even until the consummation. are
more fourishing at the present day, than
when they stoned Paul and cast him out
of " their city"
Nearly twenty centuries, the sons of
Jacob have waded through persecution
and treacheryl The Roman Emperor
Titus, first began to fulfil the predictions
OF the Prophets. In the year of our Lord
sixty three, after siege of three years,
the holy city was taken by storm! hun
dred thousand of the besieged, fell by
the sword the temple burnt to the
ground = the captives cruc6ed along
the walls, until there was no wood found
to fashion out a cross, or place to erect
one! Myriads were led into captivity; /;
and the ground upon which the city stood,
plOughed up, and sowed with salt, as an
emblem Of perpetual desolation!
Titus endeavored to save the temple.
a burning missile, thrown from the hand
OF Roman soldier, ignited the tapestry
of the windows. The fire spread = raw
aged the g Holy Place." and reduced the
edifce to ashes! The prophecy was full
filled" there shall not be left one stone
upon another, that shall not be thrown
down"
Oi the ten tribes who were carried into
captivity by the Assyrian monarch, no.
thing was ever known. The tribes of
Judah and Benjamin only, existed at the
time, when Jesus appeared amongst them.
Syria was under the yoke Of the Romans
at that time. Their revolt sixty three
I years after the birth Of the Messiah. led
to the first great fuhlment Of the prophe-
cies The citizens were divided into two
factions. Civil strife ragged within =
mothers eat their offspring = honor was
every where aroused.
Ten thousand Jewish captives, were
slaug ghtered in an insurrection at Rome.
They were employed at the building of
the Colosseum, the largest edifce in the
world and this last stroke nearly EXTERN
mated, the wretched and forsaken race
Then followed the Dark Ages. Civili-
zation was nearly blotted out on the con-
tinent of Europe. The revival of litera-
ture, science, and art, only brought a
heavier chastlsement to the helpless wan
derers. Ejectments, crueltes, and wrongs,
were ever heaped upon the Jews. AS
men recovered irom the long lethargy of
darkness, the ignimony of being Jew
increased with awful rapidity. In Italy,
Spain, and some parts of Austria aud
Germany, they were held as an abomina-
ton.
There were rewards offered for their
apprehension. The mob often satlated
their enthusiasm, by stoning them~to
death.
"Judiada" was the prelude to murder
in Spain; and the Duchess ID. Abrortes,
in her memoirs informs US, that not very
long ago, a French general was bayoneted
by the soldiery. He was suspected of
being a jew.
The dowry given with Catherine, Of Ar
ragon, to Henry the VIII Of England,
was realized by the numerous conisca-
tions of Jewish property. 1t was the
policy of European Nations, to allow
these wretched people to save, aud amass
an immense quantity of gold, that at any
time, they could seize upon it to suit
their present wants. They were used as
a sponge literally, = allowed to soak for
certain length Of time, and then squeezed
out at will.
Soon after the Reformation, the Jews
were treated as lawful citizens; but it
was only in 1861, or 1862, that they were
permitted to take seat in the British
Parliament.
The occupations of the modern Jews
are mostly in the line of traffic and enter
prise. They never keep any landed prop
erty, as they expect their own, and Mes
siah's return every day. All their value
is portable, that they may set out at once
Thousands 90 yearly on pilgrimage to
Jerusalem, and all await the tidings Of
His coming.
OF late, the Jews have Influenced the
financial affairs Of Europe. The CONT
mental governments, always find supplies
by their bonds and securities. The
money Of the Jews, enabled France and
Austria to carry on a destructive warfare,
some years ago, and in this affair, the
Jews found redress Tor the many wrongs
they had endured. One of their tri-
umpbs is quite an anecdote.
A short time before the war, very
reputable Jewish family, resided in one
of the Papal States. Their domestic SER
want was young lady of more than COM
mon piety, who devoted all her time and
labor to the saving of souls. An infant
child was entrusted to her, to whom she
became much attached. 1t was high
festival, that Of Passover, which kept the
parents of the infant, some time from
home. The young lady loved the little
cherub-was determined to rescue it from