Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-08-02

tomsc and the lovely Shenandoah" At sunsst
we entered Harpet's Ferry - Cor. Rich. Dissc:.I
COMMUNICATED.
The Preservation Of the Jews ass
Distinct People.
A still more wonderful case, ss proof OF The
Divine authority Of the Bible. is tho prcscp,
sste of The Jews, as showing tho fu!i!meus OF
the prophecies which Masses and nther sacred
writer's had made concerning them. AS have
often remarked. 10 conversation upon the d,
Vioiiy Of the Bible, tn, jews ar, "Lyias
cpistIe. seen and read Of ali neD." Not to 70
toto the details Of their history as givan 10 the
Bible, their preservation as separate people
Is inits:If lasting miracle. That nation should
exist, "a the Jews should havs douo, for more
| than $500 years, and that. TOO, for the grest.r
| pa!t OF that time, scattered among nearly every
other nation upon the earth, ablo to trace tbt!
| origin from obs mao, and without Using their
| identity, is beyond the comprehension of shot,
| sighted mortals, upoo any other hypothesis
| than that God alOno arranged it all.
The British ratinn is made up OF Brltous
Romans, Saxons Normaos. So, but though
cot one Thousand years havo passed away sine,
these various parts wcro u0ited, set they are
now 50 blended together that they can scarcsIv
be distinguished. The same may b, sad Of
other nations. Take for example This Aue,
can continent. more especially this tempsrl,e
zone 10 which our goveroment is located, AID
Wa 6nd that it takes but two or three genera
tions to obiiterate the nationality of oil who
settle among Us except the Jews who msiotGu
their identity iot0ct, aud, as rule, invest veIS
little in houses aud lands. All others arc lost
in the general mass of American ci,izsus. And
set. 10 the case OF The jews, there seems to
have been less reason to expect they would b,
made tho exception. aud ior several reasons.
lss. Abraham was not laTgiver. p6ilosl-
pher or corqncror. lie built 90 city-Heb. 81,
| 9. When no died be had DOT foot of land
except tho cave in wbiob he WIS buried-Acts
vii, 5. 1t vas from his son lsa1o alone, as lha
| child of promise, that the Jews wera descerd
ed-Gep. xvii, 70; xxi, l2;- and nearly tive
hundred years si.cr the birth Of that SOD they
had increased only 10 about seventy sou!s---
Gen. XVI, 81.
21d. Balaan's prophecy. uttered by On. who
wished their destruction. and Nlcs,s remark
bic prophecy On this suit ,ct-Nun. xiii, =;
Daut. iv., 81; Lev. XVI, 44-Gere written
| when the Jews were wanderers 10 tho wilder
ness. whioh Moses loretold, WAS to DO tho pro
mature grave Ct all the men snoog them who
entered it. except Caleb AID Jostua-Num
xiv, % aud IS. They waro surrounded by
| nations greater AID more powerful than them
| selves. who combined to attempt their destuo-
ton. but whom they tha JawsI were com-
! mauded to destroy Jeremlsh's prediction Of
| their dellrersnoe was given when thor utter
destruc ioo was threatened by their captivity 10
| Baby lon, and when teo Ct thsit tweiv1 Tubes
| had already disappeared.
| sd. Wars, battles, seises, Tires, taDl3ls.
pestilences, rebellious usssacfes. persscutions.
captivity. slavery, misery, says Bishop New:os
mark their whole history" At tho last dc.
struoton OF their city By Titus, loo 900 per.
| isbed, aud nearly coo 600 were taken prisoners:
10 the rebellion that followed. nearly 600 600
| Rero destroyed 10 open combat, besides 10 10
| Vulnerable Dunber. who, in other places, killed
| themselves or persisted By mine, bauishmeot.
CT other miseIies. Fifty forrG ID cls,les, aud
| yearly 900 .urishiug aud populcu, towns,
We're plundeTld uud burUi; oDd 81 general Was
| the mass ,cre OF the inhabitants that all Judea
| was 10 some measure left dcsoIste aud convert
ed ltto desert.
4th. Ever since hat event tie destluS5,i
Of their city by Tnui and the slaughter Of ia
iohabitap's, flowed by their rcbelloo, aud ii
most humiliation, for more than ECO yraIs
their laud has been troddeu down OF the G.u
tilcs-Luke xai., 24;-aId they the lew:
have been drveo fclm their ocuatz;, scattered,
over tho face OF the earth, Without disiacr ,Iy
OF tribes; without kln.; without q price,
Hosea III, d; -without even the form Of civil
goverumen Withuu. tempe, or oficiaio.
priesthood, aud. GODS qnently. without lbs
peans OF saccaGce or piaue where it GAO b.
ofered-D> u. XIII, ID ani H. Ard yet, they
still exist, unbsllevers ia Chrstisuity; aud yer
the custodiaus add guardians OF those very
prophecies which prove tn, uoreasonableuess
OF their uLb 'liei; mioeled amoog, but distant
IRON those around ttcn; the wonder of the
woIl6: "as bush on i!re, and cot c1psuuad"
10 this connection their uab.lief 10 Christ
asked 40 Stucated Jew, macy years ago, his
opinion respeetiog The 43.h chap. aud l0.h
yer. OF Gen sig, The sccp,ro shall DOT d,pa,t
from Judah, nor lawsiver from between his
leet, until Shiloh cCms." Who | asked, is
Shiloh ? "Without hesitation here he respond
ed. The Messiah" What, again asked, is
the meaning OF ''s,ep're acd laggiver? he
promptly responded, "Ru!c, goverOmsot, uu
thorItg.. Hero l had him oornered Is his
oWo Scriptures. l then a, I'd him if the j .ws
mad any government, or bore sny rule or au
tborlty on the fac, OF tho Garth ? aud if 20,
Where lie could not answer, but & ~ eff i,
81 palpa6ly au eVas!ve reply that auulher Jew
not educated, who was prescott, saw it at orc,
and rslog frou bis seat, said 10 hin. II 81
you will not answer the q1esti IN fairly AL
Fquarely' and there is 20 US, 10 my lis,euus
any longer, aud lris %. Can any one doub!
toe truths ct the Bible, as illustrated in Iii,
'ulhlmeot OF the prophecies 'hsreia c,utaccd
commencing moro than COB years ago, ,h,
evidence OF which We. Of this day, bavo right
here before our eyes. "the remarkable preser
ration Of the Jews, dslioct from all Others
Phi.
The Indians.
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