The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-14

rather an ignoble spec 49,
iASA Now a more interested -
- stituency=the twenty 81.
,,,illior7 mem bers of the SUNDAY adv
of the world-will TINS I-noIyn in
ebo,,t another Persian ruler k.io ~I-,,,e
1t+era+,Ire as the Great King. SS,a1
-. Great vas one of the nan -
S-or1d TuIers. of all history. -
Known earth was then IN vase E, ak
persia What a descent 10 ny 19e,-sia
ness anarchy and misery %
u me other nation that figures IN rle
- - The Jewish people; then as
now a nation despite tileli N,-s,,7-
king. capital and organlzeu 97'9,Io1,ia
80 rI,l,ev were exiles in BapSl 70.
and Persia An inter 3,I1ile many
the present-day fact that MlIlIS +ban
,,a+5ons are even more eager 1e,-
70 70 oct rid of the Jews, they ale
steadily increasing IN Ilpol 90 -,
Tov-er solidarity and nallonai -.
s.oio,1snass Even the Jews VINO ma
i,,s5 in Fabvlonia and Persia unto
4bis 5av-and they number hune si 80 -,
SF +to17sands -are beginning TO nIl "
tbeiT heads in newness OF nope anu
self-confidence- 49, lows
The prophesied exile OF 1lie -,
mo- almost over The promised retui Il
80 been nernitted by Cyrus VINO Iiau -.
1-arious reasons of policy Tor WIslll "a
- ,,oesess the loyalty OF the Jews az
also to establish them once MOI
the strategic outpost OF ms kl ii5S 80
at Jerusalem. Back OF the .lt "a
Ir;re- ,, of course. and moving my
4a--io',s1,- upon his Will, was the hIHs
Of Kings. The mightiest OF eal III -
c1,11- a servant to do the Will OF the
SToS+ High God shapes history LOT
His own sovereign purposes IN the
promotion of His kingdom
,e,,,-;7 +Lo dim unknown,
Stendeth God within the SHADOW
Ireenine watch above his own
Taught by Trouble.
F,xperience is a schoolmaster Wno
ALWAYS carries q rod. The Jews un-
-.,11i,,s to learn their lesson in any
softer school, had been sent INTO EXIT
NThe sole and avowed purpose OF IhS
e1-i1e was to teach a vagrant-mlndeu
snd instable-hearted people the lesso"
of loyalty to God. They mao col l'Ill-.
Iallv wandered after the hea0iien So
of their neighbors.
Now the great question was. hau
+be,- learned the lesson designed LOT
them in this severe school. 10 HllaS
the meaning of adversely is IKE reIus-
ing a precious letter because one Goes
not like the postman's looks Coo
sends no meaningless trials But II
has made a preacher out OF you salu
a close friend to a clergyman, review
ing a deep sorrow through Wnlch the
latter had passed. One OF the vital
books of recent months Is Early L. e.
ters of Marcus Dods,'' which reveal the
life of the great scholar-preacher-
author during the six long years Wheh
80 vas an unsuccessful candidate for
a first charge. A lesser soul would
have been embittered and spoiled by
that ordeal: it was the refining OF the
gold of Dod's character.
@Before 1 was afflicted I went astray'
But now 1 observe thy word,
wrote the Psalmist. That was IsraeIs
experience In exile it learned that
Jehovah alone is Cod Never more did
its heart wander after idols. The bit
terness of exile was sweetened by this
fruit; the Jews learned to give GOD
His rightfu1 place
a Teller and a Doer.
"Of which things also was part,
wrote Caesar in his account of his Cal
lie wars Ezra is the scribe whose writ
ing we now study; he is the narrator
Of this record. A historian. he prob
ably compiled several of the sacred
books of the Jews; and in a large part
of the volume which bears his name he
speaks in the first person His is the
testimony of an eyewitness. He was
participant in the scenes he describes
He was doer as well as a teller
Down along the Tigris River below
Bagdad I saw a great shrine, which
was pointed out as EZra'S tomb. The
Jews believe that he returned to Baby
lonia and was buried there. So great is
the esteem in which his memory is held
that the Jews from a wide region made
annual pilgrimages to this shrine.
Prayers for children especially are
supposed to be efhcacious when offered
here The descendants of the exiles
nTr Cd hR1 q
memory of the leader of those who
left
For many Jews did not go back
home when opportunity offered. Only
about one out of six, returned to Pal
estine- The remainder had struck new
roots into this fertile soil and had
found prosperity Business was good
in Babylonia. Besides the exiles from
the Northern Kingdom had in this for
eign land become assimilated with
their brethren from Judah They were
doing well socially and commercially:
and material considerations triumphed
over sentimental and spiritual ties
The Goers and the Senders.
The stay-at-homes helped the goers-
forth. That is the universal rule.
When 1 climbed the sacred mountain.
Fuji-yama. with bands of japanese
pilgrims, I learned that they We're but
representatives OF their respective com
munities; the whole neighborhood had
united TO pay the costs. Thus Chris
tan Endeavor delegates go to conven-
lions. So, also, it is with Zionism to-
day; Jews all over the earth nav for
the maintenance of their fellow reli-
gionists who have returned to Pales-
tine Practically every Hebrew in the
Holy Land today receives portion
from abroad.
In this manner the more pious and
devoted of the expatriates were helned
home The immense sums necessary
for the journey, and for the re-estab
lishment of life in the Promised Land
were provided by those who. for va.
rious reasons, We're unable to 90 them.
selves Similarly. the great missionary
propaganda of today is made possible
i. by the few who go abroad and the