The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-30


The tricky thriftiness of Jacob may be
mo &c frequently among them than the
rollicking recklessness OF Esau; but it may
well be questioned If Esaus are better than
Jacobs for the well-being of society. The
weaknesses of the Jews are only such as
are common to human nature the world
over. Fierce struggle for existence outside
the bounds of ordinary forms of business
has made them timid, suspicious, self-seek-
frequent peregrinations have compelled
them 10 put their property into such port
able and convertible forms as can be read
lily concealed; and for the protection OF
their goods sordid and impecunious ap-
pearance has been cultivated, that it is
little wonder if craft and deception be-
Scott.s ..Ivanhoe." saws: ..r he hast
spoken of the Jew as thou hast made him.
Heaven in ire has driven him from his
country, but industry has opened him
the only road to power and influence which
oppression has left unbarred. Read the
ancient history of God and tell me if those
people by whom Jehovah wrought such
marvels were then people of misers and
usurers.''
The civilization of the nineteenth century
owes TO the Hebrew race a debt which it
can never repay. What we most prize in
civil law has come to us through their
literature. For two thousand years they
were custodianS of privileges which are
possession, and of institutions TO which is
due our elevation. With the calm, medita-
tive gaze of tent-dwelling people, they
watched the dawn of history Twice eight
cen centuries old, they have seen the proud
Egyptian perish in the waters of the Red
sea; they heard the crash when Babylon'S
tremendous power fell they gaZed upon
the ruins OF the Macedonian conquests, and
have outlived the imperious Caesars, and
survived the glories of Charlemagne. They
have been through all civilizations, trem-
bled in all commissions, and have kept pace
with the progress of arts and sciences.
The RothSchlldS to-day are kings of Lom-
bard street, and Lombard street governs
the money market of the world. Beacons-
field, by sheer ability, rose to the premier
We listen entranced to the delicious strains
of Mendelssohn, and in the flashing lines of
George Eliot learn TO admire and even to
love the noble type of his race-Daniel De-
ronda- Here stand the Jews to-day, scat
tered through all countries and before the
antiquity of their pedigree the proudest
escutcheons of mankind but the trfes
of yesterday. Nor alone civilization; re-
Hgion also owes a debt to the Hebrew
which it can never. repay. Every page of
the Bible was written, under Gods in
spiration, by Jewish hands. The first
preachers of the gospel were all Jews
The men who, at the cost of their lives,
carried 1t from city to city and country to
country were Jews. The last and most
effective missionaries of the cross, if there
be any truth in prophecy will be Jews
also. God is preparing them for this work
Distributed as they among all nations
and converSsnt with all languages yet
united in the common possession of the He
brew tongue, Injured to all climates and ac-
customed to all kinds of society, they will
be the last and most powerful means OF
bringing the world under the dominion of
the King of kings and the lordship of the
one Messiah. "Oh! pray for the peace of
Jerusalem; they shall prosper that love
thee" So sings the psa1mist, and richly is
the saying verified In Gods dealing with
man. But now is 1t with IsraePs oppressors?
Hear the strong words of one who knows
whereof he affirms as he states the truth
which none can gainSay.
me nations that oppressed Israel In
ancient times have passed away, with only
two exceptions Assyria, where is she now?
m lie inn
web, have only recently been discovered.
Ghaldea and Babylon, where are they?
Edom, Moab, Amalek, Philistia-only
names. And Rome herself. with all her
pride and power, has persisted, and, as
Worldwide empire, has long ceased to tx
STA that Cyrus issued his edict for s the he res
toration of Israel to their own land: and
Egypt remains, because God has a purpose
an altar to the Lord in the midst of the
land OF Egypt; and Egypt and Israel have
yer great purpose to fulfill in the world.
Spain, from the day of the exile of the
Jews, went down in political power i'm
education and learning, and even in popu-
lation; and Spain has been, going down
ever since. Ten years ago, under an en-
lightened Prime Minister himself. i be-
lieve, of Jewish extraction-Senor Sagasta-
SPAN tried to induce some of the perse-
cuted Jews of Russia to come back to the
peninsula; but they could not be prevailed
upon to do so, for, in the bitterness of their
cruel exile under Ferdinand and Isabella.
the Jewish rabbis pronounced an anathefna
upon any Jew who should go back to re-
side in Spain; and there is not a single
Jewish community, nor even a single jew
Ism family, residing in Spain at the present
time. They go there for business but they
do not live there. The voice of Hebrew
prayers Is heard nowhere In SPAIN for
there is not one single synagogue in use
from end to end of the land. And Russia
is row counting the same DOOM She is
trying, by her oppression of Israel to bring
upon herself the curse that has fallen
upon Spain; and 1t does seem as if il were
Gods purpose that Russia should break
up; that the power of the northern enemy
OF Israel should be brought low, and that
the prophecies of Ezekiel should be fulfilled
against the empire of the Muscovite. the
last and greatest enemy of Israel"
COO grant that we may have the blessing
curse of those who Cypress Israel