, 1874-03-10
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
GENIUS AND MISSION oF TIE HE-
BREW RAGE.

GENIUS AND MIssroN OF THE HE-
BREW RAGE.
Tho Roy. Z. G. Holland, from Now York City,
aoli7cretl, yesterday oyolug before a fair NIL
u1ence, Ill tho loctreroon, OF tho Chicago Union.
lecture Oil tho !" Goniun a,,a Mission of tho
Mchrow I,ace."
I!!o lecturer atatcd that 1t might be conceded
At tho outset that tho history Of tho lows wnB
tho history Of oarly religion aB distinguished
from tho idolatry whioi, preceded 1t. III tho
world Zach nntion Ind itH own poon-
liar vocation, called forth by Its
peculiar gonius. Tlloy were Judged as
trees arc Judged by thoir fruit. National dost.
ntos l1ad over boon tho logical GOTHIC quonooa Of
tho natural gonius OF tho nations. Thus art
wns tho peculiar chilling Of tho Crock, war that
yw WOW was announced moro Tint 1.8o0 years ago.
y religion was tho highest sontimont on earth.
tslon Israel Ind tho grandost cnillng Of al tho
nntions, as tho student In nrt did not rofuso to
stnannt gioan i1caa from Justiniau, or tho Hol"
dior from tho ueels Of llonlaM Generals, 10 tho
religious cl,lltlBinEt should not decline to look
to tho lsraeltLisli nation as tho great school Of
ro1ieiol,.
Iii ancient civilization tho jews wero tho most
influential Of natio,,a. lilo lecturer entered
into deep diHqnisition upon tho various sources
from Which the Jewisl, mind obtained it's diffor-
themselves tho chosen people, o-ohoson 10 be tlsc
representative religious rnco or tho world. Tho
deep religious feeling Of tho 1Brnolitos was shown
IN tho tomract inaslo at Mount slna!, which tloy
Ind kept roligiousy over Bipco. Tho fact
That, nfter nil lis sufreringa and dofents. the
dow looked for Ills Messiah. showed tho extreme
postinaciy OF the nation. This frequently caused
Cllrstlann to grioso; btlt onho other hand, toir
with pleasure, NJ it proved that tlloir conversion
When it did occur, would 10 asncoro aud luBtinE
ono.
lIAd tho Jewish nation been. other than
small ono, it would have been a hnrd
matter for 1t to hnyo remained truo to
its doctrine Of Monuthcism it1 tho midst Of
nations which followed polythostio boliefs. It
was the Hohrows who put tho monoteistio idea
10 'front.' md stuck to 1t 40 rcrtinnciolla'y tllat
tho leataen trcmhlod. There was catholic as
ccsain tilat tho great debt which the world owed
10 Christianity it equally owcd to cntlolio Juda-
iam Tho lecturer contrastcd tho literature Of
brnlmnihm with that Of JudaAn1, as REPRESENT
o by tho Dibie, and stated tint Christians woro
too apt 10 forget tllat they were indebted to tho
to tho he!icf thnt 11oscs was not tho
author Of the pontatouch as now read, inas-
Of Tho JewiHll nation did not lcayo him timo to
Indulge in literary pursuits. It was not irreyor-
ont to suppose tint tho earliest form Of tho
1iblo was not TINT Of tho hitter form. Of which
tho prcHolt English Version Wna = translation.
Tile lecturer showed how tho jewish national
Qifo mas always turned into the religious current,
notwithstanding many temporary hackaiidingB.
THO work Of tue Jow-- was, though mans thought
differently, not yot dono. Tile wondrous
rrcacryntlon.of tIloir autonomy, ,nftor many years
Of close Intimacy with other nations and OF OK
ile from their own land, went to show that tlaoy
wero still intended to BIO tho RELIGIOUS nation OF
tla world. Tho JewH wore tho Ya!llocs of tho
Orient, being Bhrowd aud energetic business
YRnf rnt INN i'm, nj 11tp 1pnf
c!l1letl learned and interesting lecture with tho
remark tlat tho character OF tho ration was
shown in tho nan1o of their forefnther, Israel,
which meaut, literally, "Strugg!cr with God"