Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-03-06
ALIylNG MIRAciE.


The present physical. moral and social
condition uf the Jews must be a miracle.
We can come 10 no utt er conclusion Had
they continued from the commencersgnt o.
the Christian era down 10 the present !laur,
IN some such natural state ii which we ind
The Chinese, walled of from the rept %. the
human family, and by their suf>huess on
national scale, aud Their repul,ion oi alien
elements, resisting every assault from wltiI-
out, IN the shape Of hostile Invasion, and
from Hn OverpuwerIng national pride lur-
bidding the Introduction OF new aud foreign
customs, we should not see much miracle
interviewer with their existence. But this
is not their state lar from IT, They are
neither united aud independent natiun,
nor parasite proviuce They are peeled,
aud scattered into fragments; but ike broken
globules Of quick silver, instinct with u c0he-
sive power, ever claiming affinity, and ever
ready 10 alnalgamate Gpugiaphyf arms,
genius, politics, aud foreign help. dasuot eX
plan their existence; tilHr, aud clluiate, aud
customs equally iaIl 10 uuraycl Il. None OF
these are or eau be The springs 0t their per
peIuity They have been spread over every
part at the haJItable globe; have lived un
uer the reign OF every dynasty; they have
shared the protection OF Just laws, the on
preston of cruel ones, aud witnessed the
rise aud progress OF both; they have used
every tongue, aud have lived ~ every lsti
tude. The SHOWS ol Laplaud have chilled,
and the suns OF Africa have scUrchrd them.
they have drank ut the Tlber the Fhamu>
the Jordan, the Mississippi. Ia ever c0un
Try aud ifevely degree of latitude aud lol-
gItude, We ind JcW. Ii Is not 10 with
Uuy other race. Empires thc must iliUrtri
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cousti ucted them, but the jew las lived
among the ruins, living monument % IN
destructiGilty. Persecution has ui,Shealh-
I'd the sword and lighted hs iaggol, Papal
superstijuti0u and Mosiem barbarsln have
sa,Ute them with uusilaring ierUc'Iy; reuai
re>cripts aud deep prejudice have visited oD
them mOst unrignteuus chastlsement, and,
twlthstaudIug all, they survive.
Like their OWN bush Uu Mount llUFtb, Is
rael las continued 10 the flames, but unc0u-
-ulned 1iieS are the uFlstocrucy Of Scrip
ture, leit ct coronets-puuces IN deRrada-
i tIon A BabyiolHau, Ihebau, u Spartan,
( an Alh, uIan, are names kuuwn 10 history
! only; their shadows alone haunt the world
! aud flicker On its tablets A jew walks
every street, dwelis Ia every capital, traverses
every exchange, and relieves the mon0touy
I OF the uutiuus of The earth The race has
I Inherited The heirloom of immortality inca
gabie Of extinction ul amalgamaliUB- Lks
stttatuiet>. irUIn a cunmuu head. and cUm
4 posed Ui waters U, a peculiar nature, they
{ have flowed along every stream. Wlthnui
( blending with It, or receiving its culor or %,
flavor, aud tfayersed the surface Of the
globe, amid the lapse OF nasy centuries, pe
/ culiar, distinct alone. The Jewish race, al
this day, Is perhaps the most striking STA
Of the tluth Of the Sacred Oraces There
Is no possibility OF accounting iar their per
petugl isolatIou>, their depressed but distinct
being, Uu any grounds save those revealed II
the records Uf rruth.-FrGzer's HJgazias