The New York herald., 1877-02-11
TEMPLE EMANUEL.

DR.. Gotthie preached to large and fash con.
gregaton yesterday morning IRON tho text Zachariah
viii, Island Il shall come to pass that in the same
degree as you have been accursed among tho nations
the house of judah and the house of Israel will
reward you and you shall be blessing Fear not but
let your hands be strong" To-day" said the PASTOR
~ intended to speak to you concerning the dispersion
Of tho children OF Israel with tho OF showing how
that prophetic utterance which have chosen TOR my
text has become fulfilled Alter showing that in an
cieut times history was the nnninaid OF the church
and the state, tho Doctor remarked that the Jews
have received airer treatment and the judgment has
been revised and the verdict now rendered might
be summed up In tho text "As you
n curse ye shall be u blessing" He Continued
i.t this hour, when Turkey IS passing through a
supreme crisis. her Toes many, her trends are few
and lar between. When all her are neld up TO the
OF Tho world us not ncalecl al opportunity
OF remembering tho good sho has done IN former
days-the good she Is dong now-a tho bitter accusa-
tions Notwithstanding. We dsciaim emphatically all
guagc rs strorg enough TO express horror these
and our pity Tor tho victims. aud surely the
Christians when they earn that thfir Christianity
was the only crime oi which the Euigarans guilty
THk BuLGAKiAxs CRITICISED
IL is but natural that they shoud long and ray for
the overthrow OF the power that supports her
throne by soldiers OF The BasLi-Basoak. out
their eyes TO the atrocities committed the Jews
at this very moment, by the s0.caed I've will do
friends that Justiccl Christ:af or Rou-
mana and serv,a These assrocitcs arc Tho moro
cuIpabc because they are hut practised under the
pressure OF the exgcnces OF Warfare, but cold blood
conceived and dccrecd In the council chambers aud
sanctioned beforehand by tho government vi the state.
will not darkcn this hour OF worship. will harass
ing brethren suncr ~ the hands Of their tyrants
IN the princpa!ltles; will only express the
hope that both Jew and Christian w,l in the
matter Of liberty and justice leave their crceds
side, and taking their stand the broad plat
form OF our common humanity, declare with
these horrors shall Ue heard more and whoever
pcrsccutes DO he believer, tnideI ahcsst shall
branded as an enemy to mankind. do not think
that even tho most jealous SECTIONS OF Christians
desire The victory oil the Cross at any cost and any
hands Lot them, therefore, not be offended II tell
them that in the matter Of religious liberty those
aratc lcgisat.onas Rouiuania aud Scrv,a, with whom
their sympathy goesare behind, and bave been SO NJ
all times.
The wrctchod victims OF tho Spanish InQuisition,
where did they hnd refugee Win tho exception Of
Holland, that quickly perceived the enormous advan
tasc these refugees secured her her struggle with
Spain, there was not Christian country Ia Europe
that would allow them TO take shelter IN the most
barren part OF land OF even to bury their dead wives
and children. The ,hcn newly founded Empire OF he
Mohammedan Turks alone received them-nay, well
coined them You may trace the influence of the
Jews IRON Alexandria. the superb Queen OF tho Med.
terrancan Sea, In ancieni--to Paris, London and
New YORK IN modcrn-timcs. insist on
the fact that the dispersed Jews wcrc
much accession OF resources 10 thor various homes
as were the Hugucnots the Puritans tho Parsecs,
whom another wing OF the Nohammcdans less wise
tEan those who conquered Turkey. drove from their
native soil
rHs Hrousyors PuRIrASs AND rARsErs.
All these arc held In deserved respect. No one
dreams Of asking them whether they would not prefer
to return the land OF their foreiathers; yet the
date ofther exparation seems bat as yesterday com
pared with the timc when the Jew nrst pitched hts
tent IN q foreign land.
Impartial history will vindcate the character OF tho
children OF Israel and then their dispersion
dound TO their honor and be cited az proof
OF their impcnitencc and rejection and reason TOR
oppressive discrimination against them.
An indasiriouss thrifty. sober, peaceful aud, ~ .