Show ephe HE downtrodden DOWN I 1 JEW american israelite in a recent calls attention to the fact that ol of men has been so ao much I 1 persecuted and wronged as the ants of abraham hardly had bad einer emerged ged from egypt before they amalea anil and other enemies rea reaby jy t off the taint faint ad the weak the conditions obtained when the of lof judah returned from the bk baity y wa captivity under abel ezra nehemiah Beb emiah haman hainan planned toe ton of the me whole people so as dij dehus iua Ep lubanes later aad by an titus and edrian the fotion ion was waa nearly completed followed a long lone era ot or storm on BW and devastation the he ba of europe went ot on on an condemning ring ing bud aud slaying the seed ol of rl arabam ibe work of f the P T the were only a little taki duto in the history of craine dottl ro I 1 god stew slew the first born by tine the 7 ol of america and france SV subsequent the eer penta 98 hea bead J tile the head ui 0 a in state and church and are now dow the mure mere shadows 4 0 autocrats liberty to some tem followed the new state slate ot of affairs did not last jaet long A eel f different forma form of i soult it took the fim of Jr jtb lj C and malicious anti semitism in we in smooth faced bigotry in e lot berand in social racism else elee f i yet the race remains as num and vigorous ao afi ever and their to is unalloyed how do you account for that abil op ot of history the american america 0 Itta lari elite olito asks and tuen refers to scrip tare for a reply in leviticus 24 44 A 45 it is 18 stated and yet for all that when they be in abe land of their enemies I 1 will not cast theu away neither will I 1 abhor them tte destroy them utterly and to 10 break my covenant with them for I 1 am the lord their god bat I 1 will for their sake remember the covenant of their ancestors lotom brought forth out of the land of egypt in the sight eight ot or the heathen hea ihen 7 jeremiah speak speaking inic ot or the tame ame sub jutnas folet this nar fear thou not 0 jacob my servant amith the lord for I 1 am with wih thee for I 1 will vill make a full end of all the nations whither I 1 have driven thee but I 1 will not make a full end of thee but correct jee abas in measure jer 46 28 prom from these and similar utterances it plain in that the past sufferings as well ills T the me miraculous preservation of the race are due to a special providence the covenant by their fathers at bere 4 the land of palestine was wae aton ten to ito an eternal inheritance afe oot not broken broke mighty nations the oppressors of israel have passed away tet not loot the stated seed of abraham they AM have a mission to perform among an nations of the earth their future rua be more glorious glor loua than the past when once established in the land of their fathers to ta all the faithful children of abraham it should be important to notice however that the means by which their restoration is to be accomplished are as well defined in their sacred records as are the reasons why they became outcasts among the nations nation tit temporarily thus moses says saye and it shall come to pass when all these things are come upon thee the blessing and the curse which I 1 have set before thee and thou shall call them to mind among all the nations whither the lord thy god hath bath driven thee and reburn re urn unto the lord thy god and shall bobev his hia voice according to all that I 1 command anis day thou and thy children with lall thine heart and with all thy soul that then the lord thy god will turn thy captivity and have compassion upon thee and will return and gather thee irom all the nations whither the lord thy god hath bath scattered thee it any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven from thence will i the he lord thy god gather thee and from thence will he fetch feich thee and the lord thy god will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed and thou possess it ii and he will do thee good and multiply thee above thy fathers jeet 30 15 1 5 there here Is lea a marked ton daucy amon among 9 modern hebrews to lo evart from the anc doctrine trine of their fathers yielding tu to views and sentiments vot I 1 ut rounded founded it in the word of the god of abraham lemac and jacub undoubtedly this it if do e in ID tt lineral spirit suo with the intentions of being in touch with the advancement of the age but from the scriptures in which they believe it fluid fh f h uld be clear that only incon in conformity to the covenant made with their fathers and in obedience to the voice ot of the almighty is their deliver ai too oe possible the jewish religion was founded bounded on a peculiar relation of the people to Jebo jehovah the restoration of that relation is their salvation and with theirs the exaltation or of the I 1 human race |