, 1870-01-04

Lecture by Rabbi SneersoIln Mt
Library Hall.
Palestine and its Rnlers-Je1usalem
and its Inhabitants.

large and highly intelligent audience, ma.c!y
eomfotcd OF car lie0rew citizens, gathered IN Ii.
orafy Hall last evening, on the occasion OF lee
ture on "The Holy Lhud," By the RaUbi Sheer
eohn, for twenty Jeass . resident OF Palestine.
The lecturer vas dressed IN the Oriental costume
Of his order. hnd presented to the Americans quite
fantastic appearance. The Rabbi speaks with q
s,forg German accell although he Is Russian
By birth.
lie said that the only Engllfh ha knew was
acquired tn AustEal.a, where he dc.tyere course
OF lectures In Hebrew. Considering h.a d[,ad-
vartaRcs, hls English was remarkably 6o,d In
accent and gEamnatically cor1ecl Itwa, t1at
Of Rscuolas. lie ssld that the prospects Of P4:et
tine were excellent. The Lord had mt YET for.
gotten nia people. For centurtea II nppca1ed a
IT. were always to be neglected, but now It was
GRACEFULLY re;nln:lG to It's former grandeur, and
would coon stand erect among the countries OF
The earth. During The past eighteen hundred
ent kegs, and had hecu under tHeDty+aeven df-
fercut governments lie then eELered ioto d.
tails Of the different conquests- How 1t cnange,l
tar, 10 Ottoman. etc. It bad been visited by
msu,enes Lo;I and fac1lnS and through a1 1t had
InEc ,ai, Ranea ND wo1ld soon pe en-
e1isyence, Jerusalem had been i've times iota!iS
destroyed In these wa1s Jew and Chr7tr1au
blood Lad flowed N 'he sane cause It had been,
Kings we're IN The halds OF God. No oiher people I
but teoso Of Jndea could have ouu!ved snc6
des9tyed and ssan Rebuilt. not Rone' D. o'tGi pni
Jerusalem shonld be called the Eternal civ. II
Wa Ge1's cI5, AID would never be hloite1 oat,
70 rough stone coStualne toe pare tposa daPord
AlthouRhpt bad long been confined IN Tie bo vets
q ne earth. Taa Us tug noas brtl.taat Of ait
the cla!m that 1t was Gods chosen land lis soii
was the most fertile; It's hills the most beautiful,
A. and IT. !ellca The most banetided. Even The
ne spoie Of The city aa being al present
Euar9c mtx:n1c Of grandeur aud Bquallduess.
May onndIoss Nere grand aud Lofty. while The
cEaRe temperature WAS So. aud the thermoue-
ter seldom 1ak ged above $50, while cool hreezes
ers- For inree hundred 5esIs Palestine Ind been
under The reign u the Turk, and The children OF
Israel xeie s'EaoRerE in tneir OWL land. But he
been rsrJ Kind and coustderate TO Je and Chrts+
tan slte. The greatest enemies TO tns Holy
LARD to.day were the Arabs, who hung about the
Int win al their faults, who ever came 10 them
'as aaa saa s9sfa 5eaed ;:at 50 sas
% ae r. e. 9efs nss h ha ~9na
They were stately, and Intelligent, very st:t:ueck-
20. 1ull q proverbs ous not very learned. Few
ThcJ were highly supesstiuous, trs4sherous nai
very clean IN 1hets persou.
he then gaze An Interesting account OF the l
Tnrks. lhe present rulers Of PMesIlne. He Rpoke |
OF their manners, costoma and mode OF Rovrrn- |
n1ent, and gave rather = dolelnl picture OF the =!
prospect OF mental n2d moral advancement undef
their rnle. The one hope Of Pa:estlue Ea4 Aueyi-
ca 1t Eas their great shield foE tho sutu.e. From
IT they received the Inspiration OF freedom. He |
Ehe 21eyed 10 say that the AmeTlcsn Consol who 4
haa hFed helc unie1 the last Standardization, nal
@ cot hscn M tayofioly lnc!!oed 70 ne Jews: eo! he
esaons 81 Jea, in ye.ajeu sesassea
from nearly all The Countries IN the world. Among
these the Portuguese ~ere the most conspicuous, |
ard eiocd in highest favor with the government |
Thttr learning VAS, however. less thorough and !
they were not a. Atrong In religious cout1cvcr1y.
AEocg the Je rs there were noo1t zoo VITO u1adc |
q living By trade. Thete were principally Poftu-
guese, and the Germans were generally InecnAn. |
ica and very Useful ctrzcnA Ills picture OF Jew. |
tsh tocA lie Has not very Catering. Too many |
OF them we're roor AID Two or three families were
often crowded ,1to rsst smati tsne-
d!atase smote them. The Jews Of
the Hoy Land walked With bowed heads, and the |
poor LARRY Rroa1ed under their many an1cttoos. |
Whese there wad once peace there Tas now 10
tGtoal ktflie, aud where lhefo were oncA untold |
r1coes tefe WAS no~ little more than aoIect and
the JeElAh fattn Ia the Holy Land was gaining
strength, and the Arab and tho Iu1k wtro dlkap.
peartDH. a 8i1g!e united effort or the Children OF
Israel IN the civilized world could fcdeem the
chOte1 soff Of God. lie hoped that The dey wns
not far dtR:ant when II v oQ.d be made mud the
land Of Zloo be redeemed.
The Ratnt viii detlyer another lecture, on = sub.
tect solotwhst similar at LbtarJ Hall, on 10 NOR
row evepirK, 1t u 70 he hoped he VII hare q
crowded 1ou6e.