El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-11
ISRAEL.
The Greatest Living Wonder of the
WOrld.'

World"
Following is condensation of an ad-
dres delivered last night by Rev. DR..
Roubin. He took his text from Isaiah
XII: SIP:
But thou, Israel. art my servant; Jacob
whom have chosen. the seed of A braham my
thee. be not dismayed; for 1 am thy God: l
will strengthen thee; yea, will help thee;
Of my Righteousness. Behold, an they that
were incensed against thee shall be ashamed
and they that strive with thee shall perish
There is but one wonder in this
world which will never change nor be
cast away, because it is neither the
product of mans hands nor the off
spl ing of his genius but Gods own
work. 1t is living wonder which is
to be found all over Gods wide world.
1t is Israel.
Israel is in fact, a permanent and
living wonder, and everything con-
nected with him is, too, a wonder per
Sc.
His long history, beginning with the
dawn of humanity, passing through the
ages, assisting the evolution. of man
kind; Witnessing the rise and fall of
kingdoms and empires, and finally
reaching actively and vigorously the
present civilized and enlightened CEN
fury, is great wonder. His preser-
walton from all the vicissitudes nations
are exposed to as the sword, pestilence
and earthquakes, etc., which have ex-
terminated many a powerful nation of
antiquity, is very wonderful.
But what caused Israel's preserve
ton? What is the principle of his
strong vitality that even the huge
mountains of prejudice, hatred. and
animOsity which have been heaped up
on him could not crush out of him?
There is but one agency which attend
ed Israel in his growth to make him so
strong as to resist all changes and evo-
lutions. His assistance came from a
most high and inexhaustible source.
1t came from heaven.
The world taken in its entity is q
huge machine. To everybody has been
set a certain function to perform.
Every individual, every nation. has
the universe q special mission to fulfill
n this world. The mission of the Ro-
mans was to teach people warfare
Art and literature have been conferred
upon the Greeks: Theosophy and
mystery we're given to the Hiudo0s.
70 France we're allotted manners and
civilization. To Germany industry and
philosophy. To England and Holland
commerce and colonization. Russia
was selected to show to the world
the ugliness of tyranny and autocracy.
glorious mission and the divine power
to break the shackles of prejudice, to
dissolve the bonds of slavery and to
plant the tricolored flag of liberty,
equality, and fraternity upon the soil
where once the snake of tyranny and
barbarian was crawling.
But Israel was selected of all the ma
lions to an extraordinary and most i'm
portant mission. Israel was chosen to
oe representative of the only one and
true God on earth. He has been charR-
ed to teach to the world the existence
OF just, righteous. merciful and toler-
identified with the God he is teaching
and representing. Therefore is he inn
movable and everlasting like the God
he is representing. Israel will exist
as long as the pure and clear conception
of a mOnOtheistic God will be enter
tanned by people. And therein lies
the secret of Israel's strength for who
can destroy what God called his own?
as it is written isaiah XLIII :1-2).
But now thus said the Lord that
created thee, o Jacob, and he that
formed thee, o Israel, Fear not: for 1
have redeemed thee. 1 have called
thee by thy name, thou art mine:when
thou passeth through the waters 1 will
be with thee: and through the rivers,
they shall not overflow thee, when thou
waIkest through the fire, thou shall
not, burned, neither shall the flame
kindle upon thee" Could anyone des-
troy heaven on earth? Not even one
particle thereof can man with all his
and devices apnihilate.
Could any nation insult the represent
alive of another nation without in
curing guilt, without call
ing forth upon their heads
the wrath of the nation insulted and
endangering their liberty and in
The less so could q
whole nation be eXterminate6 to which
God said 81 will uphold theaenniAA11|
right hand of my righteo