Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-02-24
Salem Virginia.
THE SCATTERED PEOPLE.
Lecture Oh the Children of Isrc-
Alan Eloquent Address by
Hon. u. Il. Vance, of
North Carolina.


Honorable z, B. Vance, ex-Gover-
nor of North Carolina, lectured ut the
Masonic Temple last night, under the
auspices of the Bryant. Stratton s.
Sadler College. Upon being intro
duced by Fir. Sadler, Mr.. Vance was
enthusiastically received, About eley-
ell hundred person were present.
Among the gentlemen on the stage,
were the following who came from
Washington expressly to be present at
the lecture: DIR. Geo. r.. Dennis,
Senator from Maryland; Gen. NJ. w.
Ransom and Col. VIM. Johnson, Sen
ators from North Carolina; Hon. u.
b. Vance and Hon. II. NJ. Robbins,
also of North Carolina; and Col. III.
h: Peyton, of Virginia, and Col.
W0odfOrtl. of Maryland. Mr.. Vance
Started out by saying that in giving a
lecture Under the auspices of II BUSH
ness college, he thought q fitting SUBJ
| subject world be the greatest cOmmeI-
cial people IN the world. There is a
river in the ocian (the Gulf stream) of
large eXpanse, whose waters ebb and
| flow all unaffected of the turbulent bill
! lows and furious waves sur ounding it;
and so there is a river among mankind
which refuses to mingle with sur
rounding waters; and whose own
characteristics can be distinguished
with the naked eye: This river Is the
Jewish people:
The history Of the Jews is the histo-
ry of our progress. They were the
faithful of God, and their ideas still
continue to fiji the world. Just as the
sun, which sets behind the hills, re-
fleets its glorious rays, the thoughts Of
Israel, no more nation, still remain.
We admire the ancient Greek and
Roman nations, but we reject their
God as an idoiatry we despise the
Jews, but reverence the religion which
they founded, For thousands of years
they have preserved the same customs,
the same forms, and cherish the same
ideas and instructions. Their exile
has made them a eomnIercidf people,
and although prosecuted by Popes,
EmperOrs, aud nations, they remain
the same. Aye, what Il persecution!
They submitted TO cruelty in the name
of their own God within nearing of the
hymns the Psalmists had sung With
all the persecution the Jewish people
and Church are still standing, though
lliC SNOliCo Va bhNlk YIN IL nav A1iACh
What is the line Of the pontiffs to that
great and glorious line of Isaac and the
rest? The first pontitfs, and for that
the Saviour OF the world, were Jews.
Every Christian Church to day is a
graft upon the stock of the jewish
church, and each Christian perpetu-
ates the jew. The lecturer here, enter
ed into logical and clear review of
facts, showing that the Jewish nation
were the first to recognize one God,
one great governing and directing
power that was unsubjective to Kings.
The beauties and riches of Palestine,
and the condition of the Jews in an
cient time, were each told Of with
glowing language ana thoughtful ex-
pre-; on by the lecturer. :
In speaking of the perfect govern
ment of each and all the tribes OF fsra-
ell, he said they were allowed to carry
arms, elected their own chiefs, and
could secede from other tribes in con-
declarations of their own whenever de-
sirable. Phe chiefs served without