The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-08-10

written for the Hepubiican.l
The Increase of Israel in Egypt.
The patriarch Jacob had twelve sons
Joseph, one OF the twelve, when seven
teen years OF age, was sold by his
brothers TO merchants who carried
him to Egypt, Some years afterwarC
he married the daughter of an Egyp
tian priest, and she became the mother
OF two sons. When Joseph. had LIVED
In Egypt thirteen years, his father, his
brothers and their wives, and theil
children and grandchildren, removed
TO Egypt. Including Joseph and his
family they numbered eighty persons
The descendants of these eighty per
sons left Egypt about two hundred
and fifteen years afterwards; and the
fact that they had an armed force oil
six hundred thousand men that were
twenty years OF age and upwards, leads
to the inference that the entire Israel
itish nation numbered not lees than
three million souls.
Certain skeptics discard the Mosaic
narrative of the great increase OF lis.
rael in Egypt. They say that such an
increase is neither probable nor posi-.
BILE, and they reach their conclusion by
supposing that, as the United States
doubles lis population burt once in q
years, it was impossible for Israel to
double their number in q shorter pc
rlod than q quarter of century.
IL 1t is o fact that GENTLE families have
doubled their number seven, eight
nine and more times In century In
modern times, 1t Is not an improbable
thing that strong, healthy, and vigor.
Gus nation, existing three thousand
years ago, should increase at the rate OF
more than doubles in century. Its
fact that quite number OF GENTLE
families have increased at the rates
of more than seven doubles In cen
tury. Some have from ten to nine
teen and twenty healthy children. and
q small army of descendants.
Just before Jacob left Canaan for
Egypt, God said to him, Fear not to
go down into Egypt, for will make
OF thee great nation" Moses informs
us that the children Of Israel in Egypt
were fruitful, and increased abundant
ly, and multiplied and waxed exceed
with them.n The wonderful increase
of the Israclites alarmed Pharoah, the
Egyptian king, and he afflicted them
with heavy burdens; but the more he
afflicted them 'the more they multi
piled and grew"
More than thirty centuries have
rolled away since the Israelites left
Egypt for Canaan, and a portion of
one OF the twelve tribes, that of Judah,
Is in our country. They arc called
Jews, and their numbers in this 'land
of the free and home of the brave.
run up into the hundreds of thou
sands. They are healthier, more moral,
and longer lived than the Gentiles.
One-sixth of the Gentiles die of con-
sumption. Not one Jew in five thou
sand dies of that disease. or the two
hundred thousand liquor saloons that
are In full blast in the United States,
IL Is arare circumstance to find one here
or there that is kept by a Jew. The
writer never saw person that knew
of a liquor saloon kept by a jew
We have station houses, jails, peni-
tentiaries, prisons and insane asylums,
and they are filed principally with la
borers who built them, but Jews as in
mates OF such places are as scarce ms
white crows. The Jews take care OF
their poor. They educate their chill
dren, and seek to make all morally
pure. Arrests for crime among them
are exceedingly rare.
They are more prolific than Gentiles,
have healthier children and live longer
Trustworthy statistics show that
while among Gentiles the annual num-
her of births is thirty-eight to each
thousand OF the population. among
the Jews the births average iifty-live
per thousand. Among one hundred
thousand Gentle births one hundred
and forty-three are still-born; among
the same number Of Jewish births on
ly eighty-nine are still-born."
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healthier thirty years ago than they
are now. Then their sanitary laws
were of the highest character and the
people were compelled to observe
them. Their homes and their mode Of
living are very plain. They were an
agricultural people and abstained from
all kinds Of food Chat were injurious
to the human system. With plain Nv
ing, wholesome food, pure water, COM
Portable and modest clothing, unsur-
passed sanitary laws, and an abund-
ance of outdoor exercise, they could
not be otherwise than healthy and a
prolific people.
Not long before Potter Cartwright
died, more than one hundred and
twenty of his defendants celebrated
his birthday at his home. This in
crease occurred within period of six
ty years. And a family increasing
from two persons to more than one
hundred and twenty in period of six
tyyears doubled its numbers about
six times in that period, or at tho rate
of ten doubles In hundred years.
As quite number OF families of
Gentiles have doubled their numbers
at the rate of ten doubles In century,
it is probable, and possible, and GER
tain. that the hardy aud prolific Israel
ties of the days OF Moses doubled their
numbers seven times in century,
thus increasing their numbers In two
hundred and fifteen years TO about
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