Year: 1879

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streams will flow into and unite with
the waters of the Great Sea- which they
will turn into blood. All those who
have escaped the destroying sword, will
be sold in the streets as lifelong slaves;
the precious children of Zion will be
spread, scattered and banished among
all the nations of the earth; they will
be carried in disgrace and starvation to
all the four corners of heaven, and they
will endure terrible evils and persecu-
tlons in all countries and in the isles
afar. The son will be separated from
his father, the daughter from her
mother, the beloved wife will be snatched
from the husband of her youth, and the
old man will be removed from the circle
Of his grand children These lost and
doomed people are even now covering
themselves for the last time with the
ashes of their burned houses, they are
embracing the remaining stones of their
dwellings, and are kissing the soil of
their fatherland with burning lips and
melting hearts, before they are driven
from it, never, never to return. Fearful
and terrible is the voice of their mourn
ing the sighs of their hearts are like
the seas roars, and their grief is as
deep as the mighty waters Alas, alas
how has lsraels crown fallen, how have
our heroes fallen, how have our stars
fallen down from heaven to be trod
down under the feet Of transgressors
and blasphemers


Alas, my eyes have been consumed in
tears, my reins have been consumed in
my bosom, my liver has fallen to the
ground because Of my nations suffer
ings


Many years will the children of Israel
dwell in the lands of those who hate,
rob, and persecute them many days
they will be without priest, minister, or
teacher; they will travel from sea to
sea, and from the east to the west they
will seek for Gods word, but they will
not find it, and their souls will pine. to
embrace the dust of Zion's deserted
mountain to shed their tears upon their
ruined sanctuary, and even to endure
the pains of the grave, and the torture of
death in the bosom of theirdesolate coun-
try. Many days will they mourn in pain,
with broken hearts and dry eyes they
will sit hoping and waiting for Gods
salvation, and with Korah's sons they
will pour out their prayers to God to
allow them to return into His presence
in Jerusalem, his holy mountain. And
the small remnant who will escape from
the sword and famine, captivity and
pestilence, and will remain in our holy
land, will be doomed to death if they
do not deny the Lord God of Israel
and spread out their hands to strange
gods, if they do not forsake our holy
religion and unite themselves with the
sensual creed of the idolators. Even
now our enemies will not allow us to
assemble on the fast-day of Atonement,
in order to pray to God, and devotion in
assembly is better and more acceptable
than private prayer


Alas [ have become disgusted with
my life on account of the Romans, and
| have chosen death And what is
death? 1t is simply the bridge which
we cross from earthly life, the life of
vanity, to life eternal, the life Of the
soul, life where there is eternal joy
and delight in Eden, the garden of God
1t is therefore that [ endangered my
life and taught Gods law to the congre-
cation of Jacob in violation of the edict
wherein they commanded us not to
study the law.


Once, when an immense assembly
gathered in the city, in order to hear
me expound the law, it so happened
that Papus, the Samaritan, passed
through that street, and when he heard
that was expounding the law openly
and publicly, he loudly exclaimed to me-