Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1903-06-16
THE HEBREW RACE.
Something About The Promised
Land and Its Probabilities.

ne recent massacre OF the Jews
in one of the provinces OF Russia
has called the attention of the world
again 10 the prophesy of the Bible
that they shall be gathered togeth-
er in the promised Land.
1t is a remarkable thing that
every prophesy made in regard to
the Hebrew race, the most unique
and wonderful race on the earth
to-day, has been literally fulfilled,
save the one prophesy of gathering
them together For nineteen CEN
turies they have been scattered
over the face of the earth. In ev-
cry country, in every climate under
the sun you will find the Jew. He
speaks all the languages
of the world. lie under
stands all the customs of the world
and wherever he dwells be is fac
tor in commercial wealth. Perse.
cuted, despised, spat upon every
where even in the laud of his in
heritance; legislated against and
oppressed he has accumulated more
of this worlds goods than his fell
low man of any other nationality.
In Europe, Asia, Africa and Ameri-
ca, wherever I have seen him, /
have known him. He carries the
racial distinctions which cannot be
mistaken.
The old Egyptian passed away
centuries ago. The ancient Greeks
and Romans, who IN turn ruled the
world, are to be found only in his
tory and literature. The Jew alone
of all the ancient people, with more
to contend with than all of them
combined, remains as much a Jew
as when he rshiped in Solomon s
Temple upon Mt. Moriah..
Is rot this fact, when all the cir
Gu Instances and conditions are con-
sidered, as much a miracle as many
others we read of in the Bible? |
And does not this establish the fact,
beyond controversy, that he has
been preserved as distinctive from
all other people of the world to be
finally gathered together in coun-
try of his own? There are several
things that suggest themselves in
connection with this idea: How
many Jews are there in the world
and from a human calculation will
the promised Land" support
them? From the best statistics at
hand there are something less than
100000 Jews. Of this number
there are about 100000 in Europe
and of those in Europe about 3,OOO,-
600 are in Russia. This number is
much smaller than most people sup
pose. There is hardly State in
the United States which could not
support 100000 people while a
number of the States would support
twice that number. 1t will be ar
gued, however, that Palestine is
not as fertile as any of the States
in the union. For a person familiar
with the Holy Land that will have
to be admitted. But Palestine was
once a land which flowed in milk
and honey and when it did it sup
ported many more than 100000.
Syria was under the rule of King
David and Solomon and can be
counted In connection
With Palestine. The two countries
low have a population exceeding
100000. It will only be necessary
or two people to live where one
ives now for all the Jews to sub
list.
The present population of Syria
nd Palestine are not to be COM
jared with the Jew in any respect.
they are thriftless, indolent and of
very low order of intelligence,
While the Jew, wherever you find
i'm, is thrifty, industrious and
cry intelligent, The whole valley
f the Jordan is now practically a
waste, while with irrigation, which
ould be obtained with small ex-
'ense, it would blossom like the
ose. The soil from the hillsides
las been allowed to wash away by
heer negligence, and could in few
ears be restored. The Jews, If
estored to their native land, (and
t should be takeu from the Turk) |
would carry with them more than
hey took out of Egypt.