The colored American., 1903-05-23
DlONYSiUS iii

The persecution and slaughter of
the Jews in Russia is exciting not a
little comment in the press and among
the Jews IN this country, and the lat
ter are raising funds for the relief OF
their brethren in the land of the Bear.
When the Jews became carnal and
crucified Jesus Christ they fell under
the denunclatiOn and execution of his
wrath. Moses, their prophet, had long
before warned them of the judgments
to come if they should ever become of
the character which they did The
Messiah uttered against them, in con-
sequence OF their rejecting him, a new
addition of these fatal denunciations.
See Matt XIV; Mark XIII; Luke
XIX, Al, Al, Chap. XXI-XIII 81. 80.
These were to have a primary fulfill
ment in the deSolation of Jerusalem
and the Jewish commonwealth. This
fulfillment Christ assured them would
take place in that generation. 1t did
The Jews have for more than 1900
years believed the lie told them by
the soldiers who guarded the tomb of
Jesus, and some of them to this day
still refuse to believe that He has
risen. and are still looking for the
coming of themes siah- That lie of the
Roman soldiers IS perhaps one of the
oldest and best Stuck-tO lies in the
world. For their belief in il the Jews
have suffered more persecution than
any other race on earth Little did
they dream that when they cried out
Cruelty Him. Cruelty Him,i" they
were prOnouncing their own doom.
Christ's apostrophe TO Jerusalem
showed the tenderness of His soul for
His people--O, Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
thou that killest the prophets and
stOnest them that are sent unto thee.
How often would / have gathered thy
children together as a hen gathereth
her chickens under her wings; and
ye would not. Behold your house is
left unto you desolate. For | say unto
you, We shall not see me henceforth
till We shall say, Blessed is he that
cometh in the name of the Lord"
The Christian Jews, both IN Europe
and in America, are prosperous Jews
and are not prosecuted. For centuries
the nations of earth have been slaugh-
tering the Jews. driving them from
country to country, subjecting them
to all kinds of indignities. Arabia
opened the bloody scene after a short
season of peace. In Selencia the
Greeks and Syrians rose against the
Jews who fed to that place from the
pestilence of Babylon, and fifty thous-
and of them were slain. Five years
later thousands more were slain in
Persia Four years after this the Ro-
mans slaughtered ten thousand of
them. At Damascus ten thousand
were slain in one hour. In Caeserea
twenty thousand were slain, and in
hve other cities the carnage among
the Jews was dreadful. In Alexandria
the Jews rose upon the Romans and
fifty thousand of their peple were
killed without any regard to infancy.
age or sex. At ScythopoliS thirteen
thousand were slain in one night. At
Totapata forty thousand Jews per
lshed and these contentious the his
torian of the times tells US rose and
increased till the whole Jewish nation
took up arms against the Romans,
and brought on themselves their final
destruction And still they doubted
and secuted the idea that Jesus Christ
was the Son of God or that He had riS-
en- from the dead as He said He would,