Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-11-14
THE Losr TRIBES or IsRxEL
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The "Lost Ten Tribes" have given
the world deal Of bother in seeking
out where they have been hid away all
this time and what they have been DO
ing during all the centuries which have
elapsed since they were carried into
captivity by ShaImanezer some two
millennia and half ago. The bother
about this matter has been even greater
and more exciting than ever Junius, the
Man in the Iron Mask, or any of the
other mysteries which never have been
solved and are never likely to be. An
other claimant for the succession or the
identity has just come in the shape Of
the Ameer Of Afghanistan, who holds
it as beyond all reasonable doubt that
his countrymen arethe real original
Ten Tribes" which nobody can
deny" In 1882, his Highness issued
a proclamation making known to his
people this glorious and ever-to-be-
reloiced-in TACT
The Ameer's manifesto is shockingly
long. Abdurrahman seeks to make his
people fully alive to the grandeur and
glory of their position among the
nations of the earth, and, therefore
very naturally hopes that they twill re-
move the cotton Of negligence from
their ears and listen to his speech" :"
He is, at the same time, abundantly
reasonable, for he adds "Should my
advice be acceptable to you, act ac-
cordingly; if not, consider me as one of
your tribesmen, and think my speech
preposterous ard throw it into the field
of forgetfulness"
Like true genealogist, as he is, the
Ameer begins at the beginning, or
nearly so. He starts wilh Jacob,
glarces at Joseph, and then plunges
right into Egypt, that land which has
so long been one of surprises, vexations
and disappointments.
They had, after the death of Joseph,
become 'jealous and malicious against
each other" and the npshot was that
although you are about six lakhs of
people you became, subordinate to the
Copts and the Egyptians, your property
was plundered and your male children
were massacred by the accursed
Pharaoh. Then some Of your pious
men, having been disgraced beyond
measure by the strange nation, awoke
from their sleep Of negligence, and
turned the face Of supplication toward
their Creator. The arrow of their
prayers reached the target of response.
Then Moses, may peace be on him,
was selected from your nation, and by
the strength of his prophecy, intellect
and great qualifications he emancipated
you from captivity and the slavery of
the Copts and the Pharaohs, and
selected the Provinces of Egypt and
Syria for your abode. Mamma ard
quail we're sent to you from the secret
blessed table, and all temporal enjoy
ments were granted to you.
"After that you again forgot the
promises of'God and for time, yield
ing to the tempting of Smart, you wor-
SHIPPED a calf Another time, while,
fighting against tyrant nations, you be
haved treacherously to your prophet
Again God poured out his anger on
YOU Mamma and quails and other
blessings ceased.
"Wheryou started for Syria you were
all confused and bewildered in the
desert of Tech. The distance was not
more than two hundred and fifty miles;
this small distance you could not ac-
complish in forty years
"Moses and Aaron, on account of
your thankless behavior, then left you,
and were free from your evil hearts
and your trouble.
"You wandered in the desert OF per-
version until you ceased committing
vicious acts, and turned the face of re-
fuge towards the threshold of the Crea-
tor. Then God selected Yusha Bin
Noon (Joshua) from among you, by
whose prayers, and blessings, and ac-
ceptance OF your repentance you were
released from the desert of bewilder
ment, and by the strength of your arms
the tyrant nations were made con-
temptible and miserable.
"You then, by reason of your thanks
giving to God comfortably enjoyed the
gardens and buildings of the Province
of Syria. after long time you again
were conquered by negligence of duty
to God, and became idolaters, and did
not remember to preserve unity. Then
God being wrathful made tyrant nation
rule over you; they plundered most of
your property, and killed the rebellious
people ot.your nation, and you, on ac-
count of your malace against each other
would not in any way defend yourselves
against your enemy"
This state of things could only be re-
medied by repentance. They, accord
Ingiy, it seems, did repent and selected
Tarloot (Saul) as their Ameer with en-
couraging results. Finally, however,
corruption got in, and this was the up
shot;
"Your learned men (Olma) became
degraded, the seeds Of jelouasy and
malice began to sprout in the ground
of your hearts, you forgot the blessings
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