The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-26
Our Indebtedness to the Jews
BY DIR. j. W. VILLA MS. Richmond, Va.

GeCf0 OF Cnrlstendom, Roman or Frot-
Astant, the. Greek Church is the most
ignorant, degraded and fanatical. 1t
II huge superstition. Let no Israelite
think for moment that Jesus OF
Nazareth. the apostles or any Chris
tan who has the spirit of Christ, ever
did, or even can, persecute anyone
: or anything. The gospel knows MOTH
ing of religious intolerance. On the
contrary. it was religious intolerance
. the most dangerous thing to human
liberty, and the rights of man, tnae
4 crucified the Lord. murdered tne
prophets. slew the apostles. ana uyso
setts robes with the blood OF fitty nu :
lions Of martyrs. The head OF the
Greek Church Is the Gar, and rne
paw OF this Russian bear SUN drips
with the blood Of the Jew. These
Christians? These Christian soldiers
are both desnumanized and demonized.
and are perpetrating TINS massacre 0.
f3od's ancient people IN the name OF
Christ. Could a more glaring COM
sradiction be exhibited before the ma
lions OF the world? Both the late
h Isreaident,s Benjamin Harrison, and
Secretary Blaine, In their protest to
the Russian Government, declared the
Jews to be among the best citizens
Of our country. How many criminal
Jews are in our State penitentiary. city
Ny fellow citizens. we owe these peo-
pie debt Of gratitude we can never
pay. They gave us the Bible, the
prophets. the apostles, and Jesus of
Nazareth--him Of whom Moses In the
law and prophets did write: blessed
be his name forever They wrote
every line OF that holy book, and, in
behalf of 1t. and as witness to lis
inspiration. they have suffered the
n( a Qt.1f0ftn.t4
from the days OF Nebuchadnezzar.
when they lost their country. six hum
dred years before the Christian era
down to Russian oppression in our
day. appeals to our compassion. their
heroism to our admiration: and their
unexampled devotion to Moses and
the prophets to our gratitude. Our
hearts go out to them In sympathy
and we ffft our voices to our common
Father in heaven tnat He would
hasten to fulfill His words to them
that He would remember His covenant
with Abraham. and remember the
land: that He would soften the
hearts of the rulers of the world and
restore them to their own land
: ..Blessed land Of Judea. thrice hal
lowed OF song,
Where the hottest of memories pill
srim-iike thrung;
In the shades of their palms. by the
chores OF thy sea,
On the hills Of thy beauty, our hearts
are with thee"
Have Survived All Their Conqucrors.
Ever since Israel lost her scepter,
crown and throne at the hands OF the
king OF Babylon in the days of 2esie-
kia h. their last king (ses b. G. }, down
TO this day the dark and gloomy
night Of persecution foretold by the
prophets. has hung over tn. captive
daughter OF Zion. The political
storms Of twenty-five hundred years
have beat down upon Judah's head.
s9iey have witnessed the rise. ascent
10 power and subsequent doWnfal OF
All the great empires ~ cart Egypt,
Babylon. Persia. Greece and Rome.
Trey nave lived through them all.
and. IN turn. have been oppressed hy
them all.
.,Ah Judah rly dwellings are sad
Thy children are weeping around
In sackelo1h their bosorns are cha 4
AS they took on the Vanishing
ground.
IN the deserts they make their home,
sse the mountains awake 10 their
cry,
Fur tht irown Of Jehovaa hath come
And hiE anger is red in the sly
the hearts OF the mighty arc bowed
Ard the lowly are. haggard with
care.
The voices Of mothers are ioud,
As they shrek the wild note Of
despair,
oh. Jerusalem. mourn through thy
halls,
And bend to the dust In thy shame
For the doom that thy spirit appalls
Is the famine. n,e sword AMI the
flame"
Long Night OF Sorrow.
Long has been the night nf their
SORROW. When they returned from
the EAbyloniar captivity they lived
In theiy own land only five slunAred
ana thirty-six years, but even then
bowed their necks to foreign yoke
a Not only captiyes in their own land
but for twenty-five hundred Year,
cartives and wanderers among the
] nations"
Tribes of the wandering foot and
weary breast.
How shall we flee away and be a,
rcst7
The wild dove hath her nest. and the
fox his cave.
Mankind their country, Israel Nat she
grave"
They can trace their blood back foi
four thousand years--to Abraham. Ir
America and England who can tell
whether his family In derived from
the ancient Britons, the 'Danes, the
1 saxons. the Romans or the Norlnans
yet In character and type the same
The blood that fills their veins
Has flowed through forty centuries.
From Father Abrahams"
Thirteen hundred years before the
A1rth OF the British Empire they set
lied upon the English shore Who
re the Saxons { Cd Sax(s)ons) but
The sons Of Isaac? And ages before
The harp COT Judah that throagh
Tara's hall
The soul Of music shed,
And now hangs, as mute on Tara.
walls
As II that soul had fled.