Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-23
Future for The Jeau
When the House OF Judah and
House OF Israel Walk Together.


Jabowtinsky and his message OF last week, was
read by me With great interest II recalled
10 mind an editorial in The Bee IL years age
august loosl. entitled, "Frenzied Zionisni," IN
which the writer entitled the zonism OF those
days. "irenzied," because OF their intense long,
ing for the restoration OF the Holy Land 10 lis
righttul owners, Truly. the "wofld do move, +
Ike Banquos ghost, this persistent hope OF the
chosen people will not down" and now the
kionsm that was "irenzied' in 1905 can fill
the large theateF OF 1922 with an intensely en-.
thusiaslie audience. aud receive a column OF
space OF practical endorsement III the same paper
that then characterized II "irenzied."
My reply 10 that article appeared in the issue
OF August 5, zoos. and read In part as follows.
| aud IS even more IN point today. "fhe reading
OF your article aroused and intensified old.,ime
feelings OF pity, sympathy and hope; pity for
those who are so stubbornly set against the idea
OF Divine Intervention in human affairs; sym
pathy with those lsraelites, who, despite cen
| tufies OF oppression and wrongs. still keep alive
| their faith IN an ultimate destiny toward which
they believe they arc steadily moving
Their exhibition OF faith in the Divine is
| TO me sublime aud taken together with the
promises upon which they rely adds new strength
10 my own hope that il may be in my own time
! shall see their faith honored, their hopes real
lied and the national entity OF the Israel OF God
and of prophecy fully established; and that,
too. in the dear old land OF scattered lsraePs
desire. One promise alone is to me sufficiently
clear and explicit as 10 leave no room Tor doubt
as TO the Divine intention; albeit the time seems
long in our reckoning that leads to its fulhllmcnt.
For as day OF the Lord is as thousand years.
our concept Of time must be broadened and we
should not throw faith to the winds because of
the apparent slowness OF fulhllmcnt. The word
OF God in Jeremiah reads Therefore, behold the
days come, saith the Lord, that they shall no
more say, the Lord liyeth which brought up the
Children OF Israel out of the land of Egypt: but
the Lord livcth which brought up and which led
the seed of the house Of Israel out of the north
country. and from all countries whittier | had
driven them, and they shall dwell in their own
land
"That promise is still unfulhlled, but to me
there is nothing more certain than that it shall
be. Another point ,fon which we need broad
ening OF vision is the land of promise itself
The land of promise exteuds from the Euphrates
to the River OF Egypt, and embraces within its
area the most central, and as a consequence the
most valuable of the land surface of the globe.
1t is not mere sentiment for so-caed holy places
that is the motive back of Europeans desire
Tor control. Modern peoples have learned to set
value upon places for other than sentimental
reasons; and Jerusalem in the hands of a pro-
gressve, commercial people would soon become
a rival of London as trade center and clear
ing house for the world. Zionism is not frenzed;
it is rather the focusing OF faith, the persistence
OF hope, that will, sooner than we expect perhaps
be crowned with a glorious realization"
Since writing the above many most wonderful
happenings have taken place The hands that so
ruthlessly signed orders for Jew killings and
burnings by thousands in recent years, lie rot
ting in unknown and unhonored graves and the
nation, whose will was thus expressed, has
gone to pieces without apparent hope OF recon-
struction. Another still greater power. which
compelled the Jews so unfortunate as to be scat
tered among them, to live within the limits of its
Juden strasses, has gone to smithereens both
receiving cpndiop ehn1euf than ar
once proud mistress OF the sea, Spain, now so
insignificant as not to be reckoned amongst the
powers. But to take UP for few moments
the Jewish return: Our friends. the Jews, never
refer to that other. and much larger branch of
the chosen race when speaking OF their return
to their old home land, whereas, anyone but
slightly familiar with the. early history of the
people cannot fail to see that the Jew, or House |
of Judah, is but small part Of the whole. That
the distinction remains in force is apparent from
prophet said: "The House Of Judah shall walk
to the House of Israel and they shall come to-
gethcr to the land that | have given for an in
heritance to your fathers"
In this connection we may ask to what peo-
pie have the Jews been going III recent years
in ever-increasing numbers to be met kindly and |
assisted? Great Britain and United States of |
America have practically had their doors open
to the weary refugees from all lands for many
years-have given them also a fair field in all
branches OF industry and allowed their elevation
to post of distinction; hence it is not rare
thing to find Jew among titled nobility and
occupying places of trust such as governor gen.
eral in Great Britain and the United States of
America has one seated in her supreme court this
latter under protest. to be sure, but there neverthe
less
There are, therefore, two mighty national
entities that are not likely to suffer because
Of wrong treatment Of the Jews. There are, to
be sure, some printers on the other side who
are endeavoring to stir up spirit of hatred for
the Jew, but the nations leaders continue to
show their confidence in him. Great Britain's
Alenby in the late war captured Jerusalem from
the Turk; never again, let us hope, to return to
him. and Great Britain's mandatory relation to
the Holy Land is a guarantee Of protection to
all home returning Jews.
We read Of estimates Of the possibility of
at most. but 100000, when the
land is put under modern management and treat
nent but let US include the Euphratean valley
and the possibility Of support quickly jumps to
many millions more and this place is also under
the mandate to Great Britain; so, the future
takes on wonderfully cheerful aspect for our
friend the Jew. However we must not forget
that the ultimate happiness Of the House of
Judah as also of the House of Israel depends
upon their acceptance of Jesus, the Son of God
and Son of David as the Christ Of God. Thence
forward their place in the world will be trans
,endently glorious.
For "Jesus shall reign wherc'r the sun doth
MS successive journey run"
January IS, 1922.
It's a Dollar Worth Dollar !