Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-19
THE JEW IN HISTORY.

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important part in the history Of the world than
the Hebrews The law given the Mount that
trebed at the presence Of the Infinite, ebodcs the fun
darenal principles of all civilization. The Savior OF
kind the Captain Of salvation, from the house OF
David. The Jew in the past has made history. lis de-
sny is to make history again.
It is peculiar fact that though the nation scattered
to the four winds after the overthrow Of the jewish poy
BY the Romans it has been annhatcd Israel was al
most totally lost history for many centuries, until the
restoration and gathering these the latter days, but Judah
always was in public view In their scattered condition the
Jews today onunlber the total number that peopled Pae
tine the time Of the most iustrious Of Hebrew kings.
They have reared their affairs all over the earth Their fin
anccrs dictate the policy Of mighty nations Their scientists
reading the secrets of nature Their poets and
posers are stirring the world with their song and
Their artists are charming the world with their produc
tons
Hundreds of ilustrious Hebrew names could be men
toned. Judas Maccabeus, the valiant and trre WARRIOR
Favius Josephus the lucid impartial historian; and,
recent times, Disraeli the powerful statesman; Roth
scId the eminent fnancier Monteioc the plantlropst;
Elisa Rachel, the world-renowned tragedennc Heinrich
Heine, the writer; Moses Mendelsohn the philosopher,
Felix Mendelson the musician and Carl Herzl the founder
of modern Zonism, are but few OF the many Hebrew
inscribed ndelbly upon the pages OF history They
but few of the many who have made deep i'm
press upon civilization
There today about 100000 Jews in the world of
which one million live in the United States Their
preservation is not accident If they marching on is
with predestined tread toward we'll defined goal II
they have survived and expatriaon prescription,
secutor torture, and DEATH it because they still have
mission to perform in the world, as nation.
The great Apostle Of the Genties himself Jew, declared
two thousand years ago that blindness part is happened
to Israel until the fness of the Gentiles be come in
from. II e. The darkness not to be permanent.
The Apostle declares that there shall of
Zion the deyerer lie says that the final restoration Of
the Jews will to the entire world "ife from the
dead It will mean resurrection, virtually
The history Of the Jews is, by means, ended When
they find the ideal that appeals their spiritual being they
will gather, the dead bones the vision the prophet
and reconstruct their national organization Modern Zion
ism is but seeking after this ideal Dr. Emil Coin we'll
says of this movement that is the first force in modern
times to make OF Judaism the central fold of mems lives
1t has made it the atmosphere which thousands live and
have their being The vital principle he says uniting
all the scattered fragments OF JeWry, which it has
oused to new life, ancient Jewish nationalis or
the modern term, the national idea' upon the basis of
which the highest culture could develop upon which
that culture was preserved, and upon which it will con-
tnie to exist in the future if it is ever to undergo
renaissance has given free play to thousands OF OBJ
scre and buried talents. 1t has created statesmen the
highest ability, and poets and artists of marked ndyidual-
ity.
These real results They are indications the future
destiny OF the scattered people They point the coming
OF the day when the law shall go forth Of Zion and the
word OF the Lord from jerusalem; when "a tie people
VIII walk every in the of his God and we will walk
70 me name OF the Lord, God, for ever and ever
(Mieah 4:I-5.