The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-24

desire Of triumphing over human passion /; his
enemies gave different turn to the affair. Still
Sabbath to sabbath, and hathed ull his life was
endangered yet his be utv, which was exauis-
tie, seemed daily to increase. His whole body
WIS said to breathe a delicious oGor, which the
physician Of tho family suspecting to be per
rune. declared ON examination. to be n natural
eAna a'lon from the skin. lie now began to
preach and to announce himself openly AS the
son 81 David; aud had the boldness to utter in
proof Of his divine mission, the inclfdble name,
Jehovah. The offended Rlbbins, horror-struck
at THIS double crime. declared him worthy OF
tribunal. Sabnathai took refuge In salonichi.
There the Rabbins again rose against him. lie
He'd to Egypt; thence to Jerusalem. As he passed
by GAIA, he made an important prOselyte, named
Nathan benjamin. who admitted, trembling in
his presence, declared, by the great Almighty
and dreadful God, that he had seen tho Lord in
his cherub.oorne, chariot, "a Ezekiel Of old. with
the waves Of the sea- a voice came forth,
Your hcdeemet Is come his name is Sab
innamcd with wrath as warrior he shall cry,
ne shal roar, he shall prevail against his enc
proclaimed himself the Messiah, with such sue
cess that the Rabbns trembed before him the
lils " the new sect Nathan Of GAIA, had the
Israel. In whicn ne declared that before long the
Messiah would reveal himself, and seize the
crown from the head of tue Sultan, who would
follow him like slave.
MARRIED AGAIN.
After living thirteen years In Jerusalem, Sab
hathht made second expedition to Egypt, and
there he married ag1in. by the account Of his
enemies, woman OF light reputation: by that
OF partisans, maiden distinguished as ina bride
ni tue most slrnrlsinS miracles. she was the
daughter OF Polish jew, made captive 10y some
narAuding Mu-cuViics. At eighteen years ~
axe, she was suddenly seized from her bed by
the ghost Of her dead father and set down in
buryin place of the Jews, where she was found.
She then told her story, and declared that she
was the aulointtd bride OF the Messiah. She
was sent 60 her brother In Amsterdam. and
thence to Egypt.
After passing three years m ore in Jerusalem
Sauhathai went OPENLY into the synagogue and
proclaimed himself the Messiah A Violent com
ihotl,,n !ook pace inc lthbnins LAUNCHED their
iuterdict against him; he Ned to his native
place, smyrna There the ban pursued him;
| hut the tuple received hun with rapture. One
| Antki1, "a jew Of high rank. denounced him ON
the Nchange Us an impostur. The unbeevsr
returned To his home, tcll from his chair, and
died this singular accident was at once recog-
nized as from the hand OF God. The RAbbins
feared 10 pursue their interdct; Sabbathai as
sumed ROYAL pomp; banner was borne be-
i5rs MN w'th the words The right hand Of
the LOid l. upllt d." lie divided among his
| pArtisans the kingdoms Of the earth he named
| TOOK himself The titls Of King OF the Kin,s OF
| the Earth. One man OF high rank nearly lost
rs lte f9r opposing the prevailing delusion.
Nice-lresident Openly espoused the party.
FAMOUS ALL OVER THE WORLD.
The fame OF saobathh spread throughout the
world. In P.land. Va Germany, in lIamours
and Amsterdam the course OF business WIS I'M
terrupteu iu the Ia hause " tue gr4vest Jews
.geaklnS on ~ discuss MS pretensions. From
Amsterdam inquiries were sent 70 their COM
| mercial agents ia the Levant they received the
| briet and emphatic answer! "'lis he. and no
other" In the mean time ri1h presents were
| poured into the court Of Slhbdthai, and emba--
sizes We're sent FROM the different communities
! OF the Jews. some of these were detained three
| or four weeks before they cOuli OBTAIN an au-
! dience. Hi picture WIS surmouuted by a crown
! OF gold tie twenty nrst psalm was sung be-
| synagogue, In which he WAS acknowledged "a
! tine Messiah. la all parts. rs If to accomplish
| the mem rabie words OF Joel, prophets and
| urophtte-.es appeared; men and women,
| youths and maiden' In Samaria Adrianople
| Salcnidri. COnstantinopie, ana in other places
| len 70 the ear.h, or went raving about in pro-
phetic raptures, eXclaiuing. 1t was said, In
| Hebrew. Of which before they knew not word.
| Sahu itim sew j. the true Messiah OF the race
| OF DAVID To him the crown aud the kingdom
are gwen" Even the daush ers Of his Ditterest
| opponent taOoI fcchina were seized, AS sab
| OAthai had predicted, with the same frenzy,
AMI burst out In rapturo.s Acknowledgements OF
| the Messiah In the Hebrew lang axe, which
thew had never learned. one wealthy Israelte
~ Con>thnuuopIe more cauti US than tue rest,
| appreheudlng TINT this frenzy would BRING some
drr-diul persecution az int the Jews. went to
the Grand NiAier aud req rested cefth ate
| that he had never been u behGver In the Mes
| sidh Inis reached the ears OF the parts ,ns of
| -Aot attn d. hey l'cu-td tncir crafty opponent
| II REASONABLE dcsI.us arunst the turks,
brought ward false witnes-e,. AMI the over
Courteous unnche'er Was seulcnced to tue gal
y nons the Persian Jews the excitement was
so &C. t9. az nu1 Hgmch fetn,ei TO lan9r
seen, OF unusual uudness, demonstrated with
them flr Thus abAudu niue their woaN. inst al
Of eudc,v ring topt, tn-ir tr,uutc. ~Ir,' they
answered WITH one Voice. we shall pay no
more tribute. Our delNcrer l. COME The
Govern % bound tucn m an uulg iti 90 to which
they re dis acccGed. To jay 20 tOmaus Il tue
Messiah did NO. ap,elf w'tAiu three months.
IMPRISONED.
mt slhhlthai hid now advanced too far -
| recede; his partl-tus were ci.mprp u@ f,r his
passing over tu Coustautiuuplt, To confront tue
Grand -eirulur. He arrived, escorted by a
vast number oi idends, and was received with
named 90 audience with the CRAM Vilter. ;he
Flzicr DELAYED tli he hld received Ia ira tion-
from MS master. lne sultan sent orders that
! SaUbatuaIs ould bee seized aud Rcpt va 4fe c.is-
! touS. iAt Grand NlZicT despatched au 4 saand
| some Jnulz ri.s ~ the dwelllns Of SluIatnai,
! but the suu-r-ltious Aga was - overawed by
the ppcarauce OF >ADbatht H. "bright, ne sliu,
AS IA ANGEL that be Returned tremoling ana
cunfoun4cd u nis master. Another Aga was
rcnf. and nc returned iu the same m nncr. Sab
| u.t Iai. however rrend ared himself Of hi- own
| accord; ne was committed To The ti-tle Of Ses'
usaus had Tree access To him, From the site
| hr issued iu 4niiesto su-pending the fast re-
! Of the de- tructl1n of Jerusalem, ANA ordering
| tue dAy to be celcurtt,d wi tn utmost fesuy-
| Ia Hestl's he admitted deputatloh from I9-
| Land itp his ores"nr-, whom he astoni-ned with
| his profound knowledge 4ud ready application
| Of the Cab ia. Nut there was IN Consiantlnople
one stubborn nhbtl ever named Nehe miah, who
! openly proclaimed MIN AN inpOstur lne part-
! siuS or = 'buatha rose IN iurf aud when Saba
| tual turr atcucd his opp lneut with death they
! rushed forward TO execute his lindlte. The
| ltabni burst OUT 81 tht chamDer and ned pur-
! sued by tie aIherents of iubathri; escape was
! hopeless, when ne suddenly seized "A turban
! from the head Of a Iurk, placed II ON his own,
| and cned aloud, aIn Mussulman.' me
| Turks INSTANTLY took him under their protection,
| anu he was sent TO Adrlanopie TO the sultan,
| vino summoned SabDItAa t. ais presence.
| StoudthAi stood before the Grand Seigni0r;
| he was ignorant u lurklsh, and a jewish rene.
! gade was appointed as Interpreter, But tue
man before whom the awe struck Agas had
! trembled now before the m ijrsty Of tue sultan,
| In his turn. totally lost his presence of mind.
| Nhcn the Sultan asked whether he was the
| Messiah ne stood ia trembling silence aud made
! no answer. lie mad some reason Tor his appre-
| tensions; for the Sultan made the truly TURKISH
proposal that he, the Sultan, should shoot three
! POISONED arrows ~ tue Slessidni II he proved
! iHvuluerdbie, the Tux would himself own his
| title. II ne refused 70 submit to thl- Orde IL he
! had his choice To be put to death or u embrace
| MouuI|ueiI uisW. 4Nc Interpreter urged him
to accept the latter alternative. Satuathai did
| not hesitate lOug. lie seized turf an from a
! page, and uttered the irreyocaDe words, " am
Mussuman." The Grand srignior, instead Of
| disuis-llg MIN vita contempt, ordered him u
! pc.isae OF honor, named ain aga MOhammed
Elendi, and gave him the title Of CapidH Ddsha
| THIRD MARRIAGE AND DEATH.
Then Sibhatha published an address TO his
| brc hrgn N Israel; ~, MOnAnined Cipidgi
| B4-l max 1T known unto YOU ia { Goa httn
| changed me from an lsrielite TO an Ismielite.
! lie 9plhc, and 10 was done, lie ordered, and IL