The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-17


nation, remnant only being left in
their native land The Lord shall bring
thee, and thy King into a nation
which neither thou nor thy fathers
have known. 'A'The stranger which is
within thee shall get up above thee
very high, and thou shalt come down
very low. These prophecies and many
others of similar import were fulfilled,
first IN the Assyrian and Babylonish
captivities, in the first of which ten
tribes were carried away, and the land
colonized with foreigners, and in the
second of which the remaining two
tribes were deported.
when the jewish commonwealth
had been restored under the mild reign
of Cyrus, and continued until it burst
into the final glory of its passing un-
der the Asmonean princes, whose reign
was terminated after one of the
grandest defences known to history.
the Romans at last fulfilled the fear of
all patriotic Jews, and took away their
place and nation Hadrians famous
edlct forbade them to set foot in Judea.
or even to approach the country round
about. Jesus declared that in the fear
tdl overthrow which was to come upon
them soon after His time, 'Jeru-
salem should be trodden under, foot
or the Gentiles, until the times of the
And from that ancient day until
now, Judea has been governed by
aliens, and the chosen people, for long
centuries past few among the inhab-
ltants of their own country, live as
strangers there in bitter sorrow and
humiliation. The wailing place of the
Jews, where they are wont to meet
to bewail the degradation of Zion, is
familiar to every traveller who has Wis
tied Jerusalem.
Their future conquerors were de-
scrlbed. The Lord shall bring a ma
tlon against thee from afar, from the
END of the EARTH as swift as the eagle
Hleth a nation whose tongue thou
shalt not understand, a nation of
fierce countenance, which shall not re-
gard the person of the old nor show
favor to the young. partial fulfil
ment of this prediction is recorded in
II Chronicles. but it was under the
Roman conquest that the subjugation
of Israel was completed. The Romans
were truly brought from far, since
Italy was beyond the sea, and espe>
cially since Vespasian and Hadrian,
the two great conquerors of the Jews,
came from commanding force in Brit
ain. The Roman standard, too, was
the eagle with outstretched wings, so
that as fast as the Roman eagle flew
the victorious armies of Rome ad-
vanced. And the Latin language was
an unknown jargon to the Jews
Their Suffering FOretoId.
"Their sufferings in subjugation and
captivity were foretold with fearful
minuteness. 1t was foretold that in
the stress of privation the people
would disregard the instincts of nat
ural affection, and mothers should eat
their own children. Fulfilments of this
prophecy were quoted from the Scrip
lures and from Josephus
They were to be left few in num-
ber,' and multitudes were to perish
from starvation, and they were to be
sold as slaves after being transported
in ships to Egypt, until the market
was glutted. The Lord shall bring
thee into Egypt again with ships, and
there We shall be sold unto your enc
mics. and no man shall buy
YOU One million one hundred thous-
and were destroyed in the siege of
Jerusalem by Titus, and nearly $500. 900
in all Juaea. Ninety-nine thousand
Two hundred prisoners. according to
Josephus, were taken. MuItitudes
were transported to Egypt the mar
ket was overstocked, and II, 900 starved
to death. Two thousand five hundred
were exposed to wild beasts on Domi-
tian's birthday Not only in Egypt,
but in many lands did they serve, as
Moses had foretold, in hunger and in
thirst and in want of all things
Dispersion of the Jews.
Their ultimate dispersion over the
whole world was foretold 4 will scat
ter thee among the heathen;' the Lord
shall scatter you among the nations.
from one end of the earth to the other
What is now true of the Jews?
tl1aYaA Scsv .rr,fr.
earth where the Jew is unknown. and
they are the only people of whom, un-
less in quite recent years. as much
could be said They are citizens of the
world. Neither mountains, nor rivers,
nor deserts, nor oceans have termina-
ted their wanderings.
Though wandering far and wide
they were to suffer still wherever they
went" The speaker gave a graphic
account of the prosecutions of the Jews.
during many ages. "It had been said
to them. Among the nations shalt
thou find no ease, neither shall thy foot
find rest; but the Lord shall give thee
there a trembling heart, and failing
of eyes, and sorrow of mind, and thy
life shall hang in doubt, and thou shalt
fear day and night During many
centuries together these words were an
accurate description of the condition
or the Jews. Ihelr condition was aptly
described in most of the countries of
the world, even in the earlier part of
the last century, in the words of
Byron:
Tribes of the wandering foot and
weary breast,
How shall We flee away and be at rest?
The Wild dove hath her nest, the fox
his cave,
Mankind their country-Israel but the
gravel
Notwithstanding all their persecu-
tions they were to continue a distinct
people L will not cast thee away to
destroy thee utterly 'Lo! the people
shall dwell alone, and shall not he
reckoned among the nations I will
command, / will sift the house of
Israel among the nations like as corn
is sfted in a sieve, yet shall not the
least grain fall upon the earth I
will make a full end of all the nations
whittier l have driven thee, but l will
not make full end of thee
The Jewish Nation To-day.
80 spake the prophets, and 10! we
behold the Jewish nation to-day. home
less and kingless, living among the
ruins of mighty empires, themselves a
monument of indestructibility. The
Jews. as has been said by a great
preacher are the aristocracy of Scrip
ture, reft of coronets, princes in de-
graduation A babylonian, a Theban,. a
Spartan, are names known only in his
tory: their shadows alone haunt
tbe world and flicker on its