Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-14
MARVELLOUS MODERN MIRACLEs.
The Sketched ship that s'MateriaRiK-
edss and the Sandals that saved q
Caravan.
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PdF5s Rdppet.
In the fifteenth century the Jews were
greatly prosecuted in Spain, and on one
occasion number of them were lying in
prison in an inland Spanish town. con-
demned to death and expecting the speedy
execution of the sentence. Among them
was grand Rabbi enjoying the name of
Ben Simah Durand All at once his
countauance was seen to become radiant
he took piece of charcoal and having
roughly sketched ship on the wall the
Rabbi turned to his companions in mis-
fortune and said: eye who have faith
put finger on the ship" All accord
ingly did so, and the sketch forthwith
became a real vessel, which sailed away
with Ben Simah and the other true be-
levers to Algiers 1t is not to be sup
posed, however, that the individual who
abstained from following -Simah's
behest remained behind to die. Being q
great Rabbi himself he was able to per
form miracles on his own account, and
no doubt diSdained to benefit by those OF
others. Scarcely had Ben Simah's troupe
taken their departure than this gifted
Individual -Ben-Koua by name-stooped
down, picked up the neglected charcoal,
and portrayed with it q lions form
with as much success as his rival The
lion became endowed with life, Ben
Koua mounted on his back, and the
pair proceeded direct to Mostaganem.
This may, with justice. be called mira
Gle. Its most wonderful feature, how
ever, is not that the sketches should
have developed into realities, though
such events are not to be seen every
day, but that the ship, which had to
traverse considerable extent of land
before reaching the sea, should have ex-
perieuced no difficulty in doing so, while
the lion, on the other hand, found it
just as easy to cross the water. Wonder
full as this may be, however, the genu-
inenesS of the miracle can scarcely be
considered open to doubt, as all the
names are given-Ben Simah Durand, in
fact, being the ancestor of the Durand
family which acquired great celebrity in
connection with the events which pre-
ceded our conquest of Algiers. We
might quote any number of similar
cases, but will only mention one. the
hero of which is Mussulman-a certain
Sipi-Abd-el Kader ell Djilali, who enjoyed
a great reputation throughout Islam,
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of travellers. This miracle is much more
recent than the preceding, being little
more than one hundred years old. The
Abd-el-Kadcr in question was engaged
one day in haranguing numerous as
sembly when he was suddenly seen to
take off one of his wooden sandals,
which he threw against wall. The
sandal of an ordinary man would pro-
baby have been broken and the pieces
would have fallen TO the ground The
holy mans foot covering, however, went
straight through the wall and disappear
ed, his second sandal also pursuing the
same course. Naturally enough the
audience were greatly astounded, but
the explanation was not long delayed. 1t
seemed that caravan was being attacked
by brigands, and the traders had invoked
Abd-el Kader's assistance. The first
sandal had struck the chief of the
brigsnds on the jaw. The robber would
probably have not ultimately been deter
red from proceeding with the rifiing of
the caravan by the reception of one san
dial on his check, but when the second,
launched, as in the first case, by an I'M
seen hand, came flying through the air
and hit him in exactly the same spot, the
bandit felt there was something uncanny
about tine affair, and therefore let the
caravan go on its way. As little doubt
can, of course, exist as to the miracu-
lous nature of this incident as of that of
the previous one.