The Jewish advance. (Chicago, Ill.) 1878-1881, 1879-07-18

you are either lunatic or calumni-
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| pray you, come with me" replied
Papus, come with me pray you, my
lord and king, and you shall be convinced
| said nothing but the truth
Unwillingly the king followed the Sa-
maritan, who led him through intricate
paths, until he brought him to the door
OF the great synagogue, when he said
=" pray you to enter this miniature
sanctuary. and your ears will convince
you that my words are true.p D" at"
The synagogue was filled, with many
of the most respectable persons of the
city, who listened attentively to Rabbi
Eliezer Hamodai, and their attention
was SO much engrossed in his words that
they neither heard nor saw the king en-
ter the building. Rabbi Eliezer stood
near the holy ark, and in an argumenta-
tive but eloquent tone of voice he spoke
these words:
warned you not to fight against the
Romans, whom God put over our heads
because OF our numerous sins. [ i'm
plored you, with all my might, to con-
clude treaty of peace with them, but
you would not listen to me, you would
not heed my advice, and would not obey
me therefore have we been reached by
great misfortunes, we have become en-
veloped by surging waters, and the mes
sengers of Gods wrath are constantly
plunging us deeper and deeper in the
jaws of destruction And now listen to
a vision that appeared unto mes Yester-
day night, as [ was sitting in ashes, with
my heart broken and my eyes weeping
for the suferings of my nation, my soul
was suddenly illumined with aslight as
brilliant as the lightnings of xen, q
sweet slumber came upon nj & and &
slept. Ny bodily eyes were clbsed, and
the eyes of my spirit opened, and I saw
a terrible vision, vision of the great
and holy day of judgment I Fitted my
eyes heavenward and saw theGGod of
justice sitting upon magnificent throne,
and seraphim encircled him; a lake of
fire burned before the glorious throne,
and myriads of angels stood around the
edge of that awful lake. Suddenly the
voice of the great trumpet was heard,
and all nations and tongues from all
parts of the world assembled with ter
rible noise, with a frightful clamor and
larum, to take their respective positions
before the seat of judgment; 1T was as
though the waves of the mighty seas
we're rolling over each other onsa stormy
day, as though the pillows of the ocean
were slashing against each otherin a day
of tempest. But above all this noise,
the voice of the angel could be heard
exclaiming: Let the Roman nation ap-
proach here p The naughty Romans
approached with their mighty Weapons
and triumphal crowns, and deposited
these testimonials of their power and
glory at the angels feet but The An
cient of days who sat upon the throne
said:
Il am aware of the strength of your
arm, you have imprinted it's marks upon
land and sea, you have subdued numer-
Gus countries with fire and sword, and
who has not heard of your might? But
[ ask of you to tell me what you have
done for my nation Israel =? You see
this Law which reposes in my bosom
Do you know that [ only love- those
who are guided by it's commands, and
that [ hate all those that hate this law
and persecute it's observers"
The Romans stood there quiyering
and trembling, but finally they said:
"We have built bath houses, the like
of which can not be found in all the
world, we have laid out broad and beauti-
full avenues, and by the work of our
hands and the study of our minds we in
vented all the pleasures known to
humanity, and for whom did we undergo
all this immense labor ? Only for the