The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-01-15
THE ISRAELITES
THE PROPHECY OF THEIR RE-
STORATION TO PALESTINE.
A VERY INTERESTING SUBJECT
Extracts From the Sermons of
Rev. William McNally in the
Presbyterian Church on it's
Speedy Fultillment.

By request of number of town people,
including several of the Hebrew residents,
the HERALD publishes the following ex-
act from the sermon preached by Rev.
William MoNally in tue Presbyterian
church last Sunday evening on "The
Restoration of Israel. Signs of Fulfil
ment" Text; Daniel XII. 81. Luke
XXI. "a. If the prophetic utterances con-
cerning Israel and Judah are to be fulfilled
they will only be so when God has gathered
His ancient people out Of the lands wither
lie has scattered them. Their gathering
and restoration will just be as literal as was
their scattering Tue blessing promised
will be as surely and certainly fulfilled as
was the curse, and we have seen that in the
down-treading and oppression of the
Hebrew people, aud yet their distinct and
inextinguishable national life are among
i the most signal fulfllments of prophecy
How they have maintained and preserved
their national distinctions must be a hard
puzzleito the man who does not read and
understand what Jehovah spske concern.
ing them by His prophets thousands oi
years ago. Study the signs of the times
in the matter Of IsraePs restoration and
see how these ancient prophecies are being
fulfilled, and how the set time TO redeem
lsrselis nigh at hand. We will notice,
arst, the increased interest Of leading Jews
in the land of their fathers, Some years
ago Baron Rotshchild obtained mortgage
from the Turkish government on the whole
Of Palestine for money which he would
loan to it on no other terms, and money
which that dying nation can never pay.
The Turks have had possession of Palestine
for nearly 1890 years and have dis.
possessed Israel since they captured
Jerusalem in the year 695 or 6. The
Turkish government has always been
] Israeps prosecutor, as we'll as the usurper
of their land, which God promised to
Abraham and his seed. In case of q
European war and the fall of the Turkish
Empire, which will surely come, Baron
Rothschild has only got to foreclose his
mortgage and then all Palestine belongs te
one pfincety Js,6t The name of Baron
Hirsch is household word, not only with
his own race, but among the civilized peo.
pie everywhere. He is now advocating the
cause of bis people against the barbarous
crue ties prepetrated on the Jews by the
Russian government and is devising great
scheme by which FIVE millions Of Hebrews
in Russia may find homes in more CON
genial soil, and the cry is Palestine /
Palestine u" AS by common instinct, the
| thoughts of ali nations turn to Palestine as
the ultimate refuge of the prosecuted Jews
Second, notice further the events that are
bringing about the colonization of Pales.
tine. The Egyptian prosecutions which
forced the first exodus into Palestine are
being re-enaeted in Russia and Turkey to.
day and must end in their expulsion from
those countries, when they will largely
settle down in Palestine, the land of their
fathers. The horrid and slckening persecu-
tions in Russia, in some respects, outstrip
those of Egypt. Another sign of the
tuihliment OF prophecy is the large settle-
ments of Jews already in Palestine II is
estimated that about 40, 900 are now settled
In different parts of the country. A few
yesrS ago but 5000 could be und in all
Palestine In 1882 there we're 20 600. The
memorial which was presented to the
President of the United States last March,
and which was numerously signed by the
leading men of the country, requesting the
government to use its good offices and
influence with the great powers of Europe
10 the end that an international con-
ference be held TO consider the condi-
tion OF the IsraeliIes and the expediency
OF restoring to them their ancient
land of Palestine, as country
and nome, is very significant event
There never has been an age since the de-
struction of Jerusalem and the subsequent
dispersion of the Jewish people in which
the race wholly abandoned the hope of one
day returning to the home of their fathers.
Eighteen centuries of exile and wandering
has not dimmed their hope. Mrs. Grattan
Guinness, of London, says a society has re-
Gently been formed there, called the "Cao- |
vevei Zion Society,"" for the purpose of pro-
motihg the re.colonization of Palestine by
It's rightfullowners A remarkable petition |
adopted at large meeting Of this society
was presented by Lord Rothschild to the
Marquis of Salisbury. 1t urged him TO use
his influence with Russia th..t she would
make the departure of the poor Jewish
exiles as easy as possiblei and with Turkey
that she would receive them and protect
them in Palestine and neighboring dis
Lricls' The persecuted people are direct
ing their aspirations with one consent on
he land Of promise What is the mean |