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basis Of his discourse from Isaiah XVI, y
~ For @as.sbs ssseaxeEs- end esE.eaEttaJ
which I will mage, shall remain before me,
saiih The EternaI. so shall your seed and your
name fsniain.v The destruction iof Jernsa-
lem, said the learned gentleman, the dlsper-
sion OF the Jewish nation, was an o. acsom-
plfsbed fact j; The entire annihilat!on 81 sns
chosen people seemed to be ineVitaple, aug
the whole Gentle world looked down Wild 4 !, Q
dtsdaip, y derision, and haired upon tn Ve
poor remnant OF those VINO ZOE cent9-
rries had INDUCED In the Just15aols
pride OF being the most enlightened OF !
all children. OF man. None ptLiea in men Dus
all traInpIed Upon them. Wnile the nea.i'
ems enjoyed the awful sweetness OF ungodly
revenge. the Christians stirred these feeillnrgs
for their own interests 70. me former Ne9E
had always been ayerse to the one JEHOVAH,
The latter became sforgetful of the gratitude
.tbey owed to those from whom they bad re.
ceiyed. the knowledge OF Jehovan. Under
.stbe old heavens and on the old earth. no
sympathy existed With the suffering residue
OF that peculiar people; and where the olo
heavens and the old earth have not given
way vet to athe; pew, heavens and tue new
earttb.v many q Christian reads bis FlaYfns
Josephus for the only purpose OF being en- en-.
abled 10 cast the stone more furIously and
etfectually upon the down-trodden Jew. They
were accused of high treason, and without
evidence sentenced to- hard labor for life.
such was the worlds Judgment In, gen
ersI concerning the nation In general.
But what did the Christian world assert
of certain Jew in PARTICULAR Who has
not heard Of the legendary narrative of the
jew Of Jerusalem, who cannot die, being
condemned to wander about till doomsday
for having chased, from his door Jesus OF
Nazareth, who wanted to rest there awhile
on his way to Golgotha, with the cross on
his shoulder? he was said to have been a
shoemaker, Abasueras by name. Many
people pretended to have seen; him in vari-
Gus attitudes, and impostors, using this tale,
intruded upon people in the character of the
wandering Jew. A. popular book also ap-
reared in the German, French, Latin, and
Dutch languages, bearing the above title,
and also in poetry we meet with this strange
Dbenomenop. The lecturer then recited az
English translation Of scbubert's poem Ger
many of the Wandering Jew, and continued !:
"Herewith ends the life Of the Wandering
jew, according to the poets fancy.
Before entering on an explanation and
see bis sufferngs cease, let us follow his
steps in the different parts of the world,
let us become acquainted with his doings,
hear his anguish, and look into the nature of
his curse. He is of greater interest to US
than we are generally conscious OF, and there
il more truth 10 that legend than generally
we are inclined to admit. he did not will
inely leave Jerusalem the Holy City, the
crown and splendor of the Holy Land. The
word "Onward" ineessanty rang IN his ear,
allowing him no rest by day and preventing
the Sleep to close his eyelids by night. All
the world around him was happy. He alone
was unhappy. Was he worse than all the
world? Did. he not believe in the God OF
Israel. whose glory the cross and the half
moon pretended to proclaim over all the
earth? Were his feelings, inclinations, views,
and thoughts perhaps, less humane Imam
those of bis fellow-men?, Were his abilities
inferior to those Of other individuals? lie
adapted bimsef to all different climates. cos.
luues, and languages he eXerted all bis ef-
forts to become good citizen and be
useful according TO bis abilities. We have
not heard of his having committed any
crime that should make him IN outcast from
society: and still "onward he was driven
from land to land, from sea to sea, and be
was seen in many places at one and the same
time, Israel was this Wandering Jew. HAY:
iug ceased to be independent since the down
fall of Jerusalem, IsraelS waDderings and
suffarings commenced. In al countries,
where either the divinity Of Jesus of Nszl.
reth or the exalted origin OF Mohammed was
recognized, wander and die y was the or
der Of the day, onward to destruction the
vatchword of all the nations. Thou didst
wander, but not die; thou didst go onward,
but not to destruction. Nations arose and
vanished in thy sight, thou. however, stoodst
and didst not die. This was terrible, but
at the same time instructive; the expert
ences were bitter, but the results are
sweet. The general persecution by the M.
tons strengthened your own nationality.
The marks of time and its traces, changes,
and advices, did not pass by you. unheeded..
You did 60 onward, and time did not STAND
still. Time does not stand STILL. onward
goes its wheel in slow rotations when lett 10
ITSELF, more rapid when assisted by the hu'
man intellect. Timers school OF life, nay,
life itself; it healeth up the sores OF the
body, eureth the wounds Of the heart. Time
is Gods eierEal preacher, the revealer OF his
majesty, aud the faithful servant OF HIS VIII.
On the tree Of time grows the blossoms and
fruits of history; every day produces new
branch, and each branch bears new fruit.
He who assists her work of generation Is
sure 20 enjoy the beneficial results thereof
Time did not stand still during thy wander
ings, nor has she ever ceased TO fuihil
her great mission Of creating, preserving,
and improving. In her lap Wiekliff,
Huss, and a Luther were begotten. They
asserted the progress Of time and the gigan.
tic youth. REFORMATION was born. The
burden of the Wandering Jew" became
lighter, his heart easier, his courage increased
in proportion to the growing of the new
heaven and the new earth, which spread
new light and new splendor over all visible
and invisible things and supported the poor
Jew ia his wanderings, granting him greater
intervals of rest and recreation. The wan.
dering Jew actually died In France, England,
and Holland, the citizen Jew rising in his
place. In Germany and some minor coun-
tries of Europe be lived In an improved con-
dition up to the year 48, the very last Of his
wanderings: in Asia and Africa he Is still
the same poor wandering jew, always toll
ing, always suffering, always painting after
rest and redemption, with signing remem-
brance Of the past, an excusable inprecation
of the present and never-fading hope of the
future. When will the Undesirable suffer.
tngs of the poor wandering Jew of the East
be at an ends When people will have
learned to think and throw off the yoke OF
infallibility of churches and the abselutism
of monarchies; when they are enabled to
establish self-goyernment and work out their
own salvation; when Rome ceases to be
called the Eternal City, and Jerusalem has
no more claims on the appelation Of the
Holy City than any other place, and finally,
when the education at home, in school, and
in churches conforms to the education oil
time and its progress, then the wandering
Jew of the East will disappear, giving way