Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-15


why do you ~ asked the lady.
at its the punishment ordained fc
their rejection and crucifxion of th
Messiah"
"Where is it ordained p
Upon cur heads aud upon our chil
dren be his blood"
"The criminals said that, not th
judge. Is it a principle of your iuris
prudence to permit the guilty to sssigl
their own punishment They nigh
deserve severe one. Why shoul
they transfer auy Of the infiction It
their posterity2 What evidence hav
you that 0mnipOtence accepted tn
offer? Is it not so announced in you
1 histories2 Your evidence is the reverse
BE whom you acknowledged omnipot
ent, prayed to Jehovah to forgive then
on account of their ignorance. Blu
admit that the offer was accepted, which
in my opinion, is blasphemy, is the cry
of rabble at public execution t.
! bind nation There was great party
in the country not disinclined to Jesu:
at the time, especially in the province.
where he had lsbored for three years
and, on the whole, with success; are
they and their children to suffer? But
you say they became Christians. Admit
it. We were originally a nation Of
twelve tribes ten, long before the ad
vent of Jesus, had been carried int
captivity and scattered over the East and
the Mediterranean world; they are pro-
baby the source of the greater portion
of the existing Hebrews; for we know
that even in the time of Jesus, He
brews came up to Jerusalem at the pass
over from every province Of the Roman
empire. What had they to do with the
crucifxion or the rejection?'
"The fate of the ten tribes il a deep
ly interesting question said Tancred,
{" but involved, fear, in inexplicable OBJ
security In England, there are many
who hold them to be represented by the
Afghans, who state that their ancestors
followed the law of Moses. But, per-
haps, they ceased to exist and were
blended with their conquerors.
"The Hebrews have never blended
with their conquerors, said the lady,
proudly. "They were conquered fire.
quently, like all small situated amid rival
empires. Syria was the battlefield of the
great monarchies Jurusalem has not
been conquered oftener than Athens, or
treated worse but its people, unhap-
PLY, fought too bravely and rebelled too
often, SO at last they were expatriated
I hold that, to believe that the Hebrew
are, in a principal measure,
the descendants Of the ten tribes. and of
the other captivities preceding Christ, is
q Just and fair, and sensible inference,
which explains circumstances that other
wise could not be explicable. But, let
that pass. We will suppose all the
Jews in the cities Of the world, to be the
lineal descendants of the mob who
shouted at the crueihxion. Yet another
question Ny grandfather is Bedoueen
Sheikh, chief Of one Of the most power
ful tribes Of the desert. My mother was
his daughter. HeN is a Jew-his whole
tribe are Jews-they read and obey the
FIVE books Of Moses, live in tents, have
of camels, ride horses of the
Nedied breed, and care for nothing ex-
cepting Jehovah, Moses and their mares.
Were they at the crucifxion, and does
the shout of the rabble touch them?
Yet my mother married q Hebrew Of the
cities. and man, too, fit to sit on the
throne of King Solomon and little
Christian Eahoor with a round hat, who
sells figs at Smyrna, will cross the street
if he see her, lest he should be contain
mated by the blood Of one who cruciied
his savior; his savior being, by his own
one Of the princess of our
royal house. No; l viii never become
! Christian, If I am to eat such sand 1t
S not to be found in your books. They
we're written by Jews, men far too well
acquainted with the subject to indite
such tales of the Philistines as theser'
Tancred looked at her with deep inter
est as her eyes flashed fire, and her beau
.iful cheek was for a moment sufused
With the crimson cloud Of indignant
passion ;. and then he said "You speak
Of things that deeply interest me, or l
should not be in this land. But tell me,
il cannot be denied that, whatever the
cause. the miracle exists, and that the
Hebrews, alone OF the ancient races, re
main, and are found IN every country
memorial Of the mysterious and mighty
past
"Their state may be miraculous with
1ut being penal. But why miraculous ?
Is it a miracle that Jehovah should
guard His people? And can He guard
hem better than by endowing them with
superior to those of the nations
among whom they dwell p
81 cannot believe that merely human
agencies could have sustained a career Of
such duration amid such vicissitudes." ="
"As for human agencies, we have
oroverb The will of man is the servant
IF God But, if you wish to make a
ace endure, rely upon it you should e1-
,atriate them. Conquer them and they
nay blend with their conquerors.; exile
hem, and they will live apart and for
,ver. To expatriate is purely oriental,
Iuite unknown to the modern world.
We we're speaking of the Armenians-
hey are Christians, and good ones, l
believe"
II have understood very orthodox
aGo TO Armenia, and you will not find
IN Armenian. They are an expatriated
nation, like the Hebrews. The Persians
conquered their land and drove out the
people. The Armenian has a proyerb,
In every city of the East, / find a
nome. They are everywhere, the |
-iTals Of my people, for they are one of
he great races, and little degenerated
With all our industry, and much Of our
energy; | would say, with all our
luman virtues, though it cannot be ex-
3ected that it should possess our devine
qualities they have not produced gods
md prophets, and are proud that they |
,an trace up their faith to one Of the
,bscurest Of Hebrew apostles, and who |
never knew his great master"
"But the Armenians are found,on in |
he Eaat, said Tanered.
"Ah I" said the lady with a sarcastic
smile, "It is exile to Europe, that is the
curse; well l think you have some