, 1870-08-14

Town 1t the usdA tine would b blasted by
tempest. while &hose thAR were sovu out or !
seaeon would be prs ervtd and attain 10 nsc-
vellous fruittulnets. Eeing himself the ovuee
Of large essA'e, he resolved to make export
mJsierions1y acquired. md, to the asn1zenaeus
Vt everybody. kept back his secl for nan3
weeks after N The 1rss Of tho cocatzy had
been so1n. His expectation WIS not disap-
pointed, 1oT 1t tbs verJ moment Nhan neigh
beiing farmers Ne.s'lsnshing At hia alaaneas,
crops wonld be aafelY ganered befo1n his
we're IN the ear, fearful tempest Aaept a7ns.
tho fields. The destruction Of grim was com
plete; bat what moved eve1yone'a astoniah-
i,ent WAS that the corn And barley OF tha m1n
they bad dersded not only Eas eaved, but yield
before.
Our Jew kept his eeret, and NEXT New
Years. Eve repaired once mora to the GENIE
terry, and listened to the conversation Of the
women, and sgain he brought away = priceless
piece Of kno*ledKe, whlch he resolved 10 put
tcnce waa crowned With success.
feaE followed year, and always with tho
s8me result, Whenevcrother fatme1s sustained
eome speds1 loss and damage, our Jew not
only e.eaped seet. tsee, ent x1s sble 1n,.ziasly
profit How did it come 10 pass the whplo
demanded With ono voiee. What
could be tie eecret Of euch unexAnpled suc-
c1s? His wife resolved that the question
should BE- answered Without more ado. &c she
commenced such courao Of domestic sggrs-
vAiion that the poor Jew WAS glad to purchase |
/ few momsntsr rest By the disclosure Of his
wonderful secret
, Now it 20 happened that the woman who
had been buried in mating WAS the daughter !
Of nesr neighbor, against whom gfudge |
kfS4 4n%- n&~&Sn
rel With tho fauaify, aud upbIaid them with the |
miserable fate Of their child, Wss too strong |
ppon our Jews wife for her 10 renst L !
with succeas. A terrible eceua epsued, |
Int victory lay with the sh.ew. sho had
touched her enemies npon point Of IsAbbtm-
al oblis.aen wh'eh thss I'D neglected, and
would h,ow the Shame that had attached TO
their child. So she returned to her homo in
triumph, and behaved with such extraordinary
taudeineas to her hnsbAud that be was glad
when New Yeaf's Eve came round. and be Vas
her Kindness with fresh tidings from the spir-
It wcr!d
Bat this time be returned with gloomy
f&ce, and told his e1pectant wife that not ono
syIlkhle bad he been able to glenn. "So
sooner" he eaid. d,d sate up my Aocus,
% the other b1 nAzna- 'Hush,' said her COM
shjch We converse about has gone abroad
nnmgst tho 1ising.' And than silence FOL
jowed, which WIS broken By nothing but cock
t1o.ing. And now" he added, With teams,
sheAte. say the Rabbis, it Is caear, not only
that the dead converse together. but that they
have ueans Of &oq1Aintirg themselves with
rhat goes On in hesven and In esrth:
There are three things, according to the
tisBs Rabb1s, which atone fot the sins Of
nan;
!. Anzisgs.
8. Ths dsy Of asoneuent.
Others, however, ate careful to explain that
tbs remission Of gailt which Ia thus obtained
tppHea only to ordinary e,nnars, md doaa not
1.ach to cases OF speciai and beinous trans-
Hestion. Without attempting TO determine
what may be the precise efficacy Of the 4tonej
nent thus obtainsd. it u important to bear 10
tistinc.ness By the Talmud. VIZ that every
cne must have bis sils putged away IN dehen-
"a (belll. Whether these sins kze limited to
the Glars which arc defined by Roman Catholic
authorities - "venai," Or Nheehef they in
clude the mora eerious cffences described ~
"mortal," il would bo baEd, and, very likely,
impossible, to say. Tho RAboia apeak vaEue-
| Il, and With much contradiction, both Of theua-
selves and each other. In the uaidst Of
| Moss weaxisone Cerple1ity Of sentiment. one
| thing alone mas be held to be stAelshed be-
ypnd dispute-ihat no oue ever has escaped.
or ever will escape, what wc must be allowed
| to call the purgAloriAl fires OF Gehenna. The
| time for ordinary sinners to remain there Is
supposed to be twelve moutha, but it may be
| ebcrter or longer.
Three claseea OF men ste said BY the Tai
\ raud to be deale with in Gehcnna With great
time than oiherr-the idea being. that the
e. ecisl misery which they hAye endured on
nsrth il accepted in expiation Of their sins.
| These ares
| ], Tie man who has no moaus of satisfy
! lug Lis hunger, except from another person :
2; The nan who i go poor in garments that
.. The man whose wife tyrannizes over
| him. =
| f;ehenna is said to lave three doors:
/. In Jerusalem.
2 In the Wilderness.
.. In tho sea. .-..
en- different names, eacn OF which claius
i, Tns qrav {jonah Il. a.: "0nt Of tht
ttI1y Of he'll cried l." who're 1t ehould bo OBJ
be5Eed that the word translated "hel" j" Is
equivalent to the Hebrew grave"
flithfulnees he declared l.. destruction p
5. TheneU Of corruption {ps, xvi. 10): "Nei
t,e1 vii thou sulIer thine Holy One TO 500 cor
rrptton."
I. 5ae pit Of 5no,se Ps. =; y: - He broush
ma up also out Of All horrible pit" These las
wrtls may more literally ba rendered 'pas O.
nasc, or storm"
). Ihe yntry clay Pr. Il. p: "He brough
m, up out Of tue miry clay
&. TIE sh<1.tot1 Of death rs. evil 10: Suci
n eit IN dsrknens and in tho shadow OF death.
:. Tophttt 1sa. 111. 3s): "Tophet is ordaane'
Of old"
4, to its size, the Rabbis, who never lose n
opportunity Of induleing taste for long hs
uEs, dcolzse that it IA Aixty times a. Asge
tln whole world.
After The puIgstion Of Gshenna 1t il tsugh
b, the Talmud that al Jews pzsa on 70 AZ n en
iotnent OF the bliss Of future world. TIN
ssproyed hy Isaiah IL. q: Thy reople nllal
be ou righteous; they shall inheEt tho lan'
| fer ever There are however, certain e1cep
ticnz, hut, hatins these, al 1sraelites ms
reckon upon their final salvation a assofeo
Tba exceptions a1e- inc,
tbs body cannot be- proved from Scripture.
2. 4 nan Who maintains uat tho Law u no
from heaven.
: 4 msn who publicly denies the e1istene
Of God. W,
mony with Kabbiuical tcaehinG.
s. A man who pronoupces Gods name IS
is written. ---,,
Then, again, there are three Kings mentio1
ed, who arc said to have no ps1t in the hApp
nees Of future world
l. Jeroboan.
:. ALAb-
3, Manssaeh. .......-
Dut about this last there is como var city
| opinion, ~ il ID distinctly said that God Lea
his prayer:
the same catalogue:
l. DalaaM.
: . Doeg.
5. Ahifbophol
q L. Gohaxi
Aquestion is also r1ised Is to whether
generation Of the Flood the builders OF
:, Tower Of Babel, aud the people OF soaom
a hare share in tho happiness OF f1tur7
2 Whbout entering upon an examination
b KsLlan;cal teaching Is to the resurrection
= = task which would be altogether beyond
= limits OF the present articla-lt may torM
= fttin8 conrlugion to- this sketch Of jew
le fragment from the Talmud, which tells
J. Anunbellxyer once suggssted that the st
= and body might serasately cseape fssron
= Z bility. BY each throwing the blame OF ean
u the other. Thus the tsody m3en. say, ~; =;
8, Int : lump Of clay, reduced to condition
u ent;re inactiyitv, and incapable Of doing 60
- Or eviL" AMI, then ths soul, on its p
o. might allege-" Since have been set =
e from the body, my abode has been DO lont
q; hich. ind have kept myself free from stain
a a sait." IN ansver TO this a Rabbi propoune
90 uarabls. "A King he said. "had
p den, IN which we're tIees loaded with preS.'
u fruit. Fea.iug to trust it 70 the custod!
ts ts ordina1! keepers. he placed il in charge
e two servants, one Of whom WAS cripple,
II the ntbar hlind. Tbs lame mAn, frorn c
ss stsntly looking 1t the luscious fr1:s, %as sci
hhs With such IN inordinats deeiss + p.-..ake 0
NC NC that be took counsel Es..a tho Blind man,
- :. explained to h.'. mat i he would only G
HI him to tho tree he woa1d pluck
f1uat, and -than thay night I
~. enjoy it 1t their leisure. The blind Haan
aot - seaa. 1d Ans nuts ~ AZ a. E;n. roma to :