Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-10-11

/ with mighty hand, by wonders great
\ s8d psiAfai y They are facts that meet
| every test or reason and common sense,
! and rise, invested with clearer light and
! more towering msiesty, by eyery effort
| to involve them In doubt or undermine
their sure foundations.
! ( Bat again, these miracles or mysteries
are believed by the true Isrselite. III fthey
are not veritsble fools Whist Is Juda-
4 Ism, With ell It's cerem Onies p? Whist IS
] the Passover, the fsstlBg Of the FIRST
| born, the Feast Of PuTim, II these miIa-
cIes wh0ss memory they perpetuate Gid
not Occur7 a-
| The mere belief, in pure spirit In God,
| the creator Of sl, etc, is De5sul, not .jlE-
! dyTfsV,. Such priRcIples sxisbed before
| A brahsu, before Noah. Nor can l
think that Dr.. Wise, of Cincinnati, to
whom Rabbi Tuska refers, can be con-
I sfdered the exponent Of IsraeTs creed.
! He appears 70 me no more, TeligiOBsly,
Jew than VOltsire was, TeligiOIsiy, 3
| Christian. his essence Of Judaism, as
/ I understand it, is simply re-robing IN
the vestmenls Of Pantheism-the ind
dslity OF VOitaire and Hume
10 fact, If the miracles or mys-
| teries recorded by Moses and the
| Prophets Sre false, Judaism fs q per-
petuatieH OF that fslseheod, and mise
! Tsble farce.
But Israel does believe in the miracles
| of Moses and the prophets.
Here are the articles of his creed:
g a. 7 beljsve, nth firm faith, that al
the writings Of the prophets are true. .
:. Il believe, t0i.h Q 1sTSa faith, that
lthe prophecy Of Moses, oar teacher. ia
| true aud that he tU1s the chief Of al the
/ z5ToDEsts nae kf1sG before him, or tCbO
| sgiU come after him"
Here, then, l have proved that the
/ mistsratisn mysteries, miracles, re-
| corded IN the Jewish scriptures are true,
/ and that they are found in Israel's creed
3. shall briefly notice the remarks Of
,RAhbi Tuska on faith he announced IA
] his discourse that there wss no word in
| the Jewish scriptures that conveyed the
| idas Of faith, or belief, as used In che
| CHRISTIANS creed.
| I call his attention to the root word,
HamaR,u found in sli the Ssml-
! tic languages. The word found
/ iu Genesis, l5c., 9v.) was transla
| ted by the seventy learned Jews at the
command OF P5olemy, by the word used
| in the Christian scriptures for faith,
\ Dfstool.5 AbrahEm /" e1iSsu seB LfStS
4 fhso, ia braharn - Believed GId y lii
not believed ~ God, but BELIEVED
! GOD, that is, Gods promise OF a glo-
tiJus Messisnie seed.
] I cited the words Of the Lord to Moses,
| +" YtE GHlifll,n translated by the ss.nae
| seventy as in Eaglish, "tney shall oe,
! liave." together with other pigces where
| the same lCord is used and similarly
| translated. But the RABBI replies that
I 'sdnpdB" msans ." to c0nhde," 20
/ trust.U To this 1 answer that there Il
/ another word in Hebrew, bdtoch,'+
which stsnds for trust, and which the
] seventy translated by the Greek word
| for trust. But where is the difference
] between c0ufiding and having faith ?
" ConfdeU ia simply the Latin compost
tioa OF con and JidO, faith, and hence
4 to coufids Ia a statement or Truth Is 70
have faith in It.
! But the word A." Gnloan - found in the
| ancient book Of Job, found fve times In
/ the 4,h chapter Of Exodus, cannot be
translated into any language so as to
make sense except by the word cores
} fpopding TO faith, or belief as used IN the
/ Christian scriptures 1 beg Rabbi T1sks
/ and the Israslibes Of Memphis 20 reflect
! for g moment on these passages:
4" And Moses answered and said oe-
/ hold they viii not believe me, ,'-(Vetez
/ Ia va anliau te. 4th ch., 9th Y. Ia 1B1t-
1 uaE that they may believe. Again, s5h
Y ssI they vail Got believe tLiee,
I va au5iRu; aud 50 i've times Ia tnis
I caspter occurs this word which, /
/ repeat, can only be trspslated into any
lsogusge BY word signifsing 20 De-
I tispe."
Further, I find that the recent respec-
tive IexicOns Of J. Furst and Levy OF
/ L 7ipsic, the most eminent Jewish be
| Drew scholars of the age, Desr ma out n
I this conclusion. They Oots testify that
- dmaan followed by " both is gener-
| ally translated a. TO trust sby (" Ldnted T"
- to besieee.H The words in HAoskuz,
/ " the Just shall live by bis faith" ," 50 rem
dersd by E. Kjmehi Ia his com msDtsry,
I 80 trans led by the seysnty (ptSkOj cGt-
| not be rendered by any other Word into
/ English, or into any ether language tnRn
| that used in the Christian creed for laith.
The fact is, there could not be Lam
! Gu ige without the term faith or beiiet
| Ii is in the nature OF the human mind 20
| believe or disbelsye testimony, The
/ Indian, with the nRrroWess vocabulary,
must have 8 word to express his belief
or rejection of the report Of scant. The
/ Hebrew child had to believe or
| reject, his fEtheT's story OF the miracles
/ of Moses. Words necessarily follow
I idexs, and IS belief is necessary action
/ OF the MIND, there can be no ia8 Su3ge
| without q word to express it. But the
| Jews were proyerbial for their 1Tm faith
I Hence the by-word =" eredst Judeas
Apslla, non ego" "Apells, the Jew,
may believe Ii, not II Aud to clCselthe
| argument the true Iarselite, wherever
| found, af1Tn5, "UNI MAAMINe BEE MU-
4 NAH sH HELEHAH ~" believe with per-
] e au ha rnrsFfpnz rtf tho
! prophets ara true" 4Rlsll " u5ed In
! this creed is the same WORD as that cited
| Ia 50 many places in the Hebrew Scrip
1 tures. What can IL mean but believe
] By what word could il be translated into
| German bat by glGuber, French erOrs,
| DsBish qeJovaps, Greek p5stO, Latin fd0 :
Here, then, is the demonstration
that the Israelite believes that
there is word iu the Hebrew
4 Scriptures to represent that mental
4 exercise which Christians deuomlnate
/ faith. Aud as Abraham believed God "
Ia regard to the coming seed, the Mes
1 siah-snd "it vas counted sntO him for
Fighteoasness," /" 80 the true Israelits now
saws fartiefe II of his ereed) "a believe
vita q Arm faith Ia ths eoInlng Of Mes
siah, and slthough be tSrry, sui viii I
| daily wait for hIs coming"
! elise with the expression OF full con
/ fldeRee that however much Rabbi Tuska
| may differ from me OBJ these two poip e,
! that the great body OF Israel sg1ee with
me in these propositions sud deductions,
| that Moses was The august iegste Of the
shies; thst his mission and massage
/ werg slammed by the sigaet Of the Al
mighty, With mystery and miracle, and
that g Messiah o. Christ is the only hone
1 OF ruined world. Aud y may God s bless
| ing rest upon that heaven favored race.
oe THE UNIPARIANs.
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