Show SIR BIR MOSES montefiore history gives account of men who have lived but bait little over tho allotted time 06 given to man upon the earth according to tile the average length 0 of life laid and who ilane haie accomplished acco aed works t which have mused caused their names to be handed down to succeeding generations it has been beell conri considered acred belter to live a short life well spent than it a long jonm 0 one unfruitful of good 0 aoa it in tile world while praise may bo be bestowed for a few years faithfulness to fellow beings 0 what can belf lid id and done in lionor hollor of if 1 a I man mail who passes the rivera average A e laid and readies reaches years of age 0 having devoted the greater part of that time to benevolently seeking the welfare of liis his race and to bless tran mankind kind bir mo ses Monte ficare was such a man mail lie he was born at leghorn D italy on oil oct 1781 his p parents arents macd to london where sit sir moses was educated in 1812 lie ho married miss judeth colica it 1 connection by marriage to nathan meyer rothschild the founder of the london branch of tile the roth Koth banking c house ills his married life was a happy one for nearly dearly fifty years wile when his wife departed this life this w was As n 1 grent great sorrow to sir moses which seemed pat not to decline with years she land had licen with him on can numbers of ills his charitable vi visits siti havill having considerable literary lit crar ability she vv wrote robe nit ill account of one of the many inter interesting estill trips A nakli I 1 WE had been made to palestine while visiting that land in 1829 si sir moses Montc nore became much interested in seeing tile alie holy land and peopled again by his own tile tholly ile brew race and an empire established of the jews with jerusalem as its capital capit nI 11 in 1840 1810 be again 0 made 1 a I visit ami alid was instrumental in callin causing freedom to many lually of tile jews jell 5 griat who had been imprisoned during or a persecution and also effected measures with mill mohamet kh ali pasha maslia for such protection for ili his people as was wag demanded by him RIVAS it vas upon this trip that lio lie is to have taken half of which was I 1 liis s own contribution sis Is 1 a I relief fund to tile E sufferers ers lie he olisted OlIC ted in 1833 1853 for the relief of the ilia sufferers ly hy fala famine irac in ill tile the exist cast lie ile also obtained the right from lite suit sultan to establish poor houses laid and the right to told property pio plo perty in jerusalem agriculture ri and industry 1 I ere promoted thele when wheat 82 rears cars of ou e lie he made his last isit hit tol to palestine al estille alb the people hall been scourged urged with wit cholera and he was ou on an all errand of charity and of comfort to the trouble stricken strick cn inhabitant ts of that land his A ifsits in tile interest of his persecuted race were manyard many and his successes great lie ile was honored by Enz angland 0 inual for his noble deeds of chabi ty aud and in ill was made a baronet barou ct at it ramsgate ijams Kams gate ate lle he founded 1 a I school of learning 0 a which milich provided ample advantages a es for the alic education of young AD people in tile hebrew literature broader and deeper alian could be conveniently abt obtained lined elsewhere i in ili Ot october tober last 1 when beat tilts eminar atilt and noted lacteal philanthropist reached his one hundredth birthday Iirth day that day dav wa noted throughout lite civilized hebrews heathens heathers He athens and christians christian alid him honor bonor because they his latue his death took place flace on oil the of july in the beautiful sea side town of iiams ate J angl al haild ind ile he lacked only a arief brief period of to tio months laid and a few days of being 7 henrs cars of age age his life lias has I 1 been peen a 1 long oil one laid and lie he has lived live to see sec many of tho the fruits of life his Us labors it 11 is sad to reflect that so great laid and good coil 1 a I man anan lias has not left a son to bear liis his licati honored cared name ile he died childless in life ie he wa was 3 holi honored ored in benth A rey revered cred and cewill he will bele bu in ill tile the hearts of liis his people for generations to ile he rests from his enri earthly lily labors and truly kiy it be said nid that liis his gorksi follow him |