Show JEWS IN JERUSALEM THE TilE following significant article on the situation in Palestine as it lot relates to the gathering of the Jews l is taken from the Christian Stand Stand- Standard Standard f ard published in Cincinnati i F One of the facts filets of the times is r the remarkable Increase of the Jew Jew- Jewish Jewish Jewish ish population of Jerusalem Cen Cen- Centuries Centuries Cens s ago Jud a was swept as clean of the hated race as was pos pos- possible Bible sible and for centuries past no pains were spared to keep it clean of them The number of Jews residing residing residing ing in the land of their fathers was next to nothing while a rigid rule as asto asto f to the length of temporary sojourn kept it from increasing Thus Thus not long ago the maximum period of re- re residence re residence was three weeks But the Turkish government yielding to Jo the modern spirit and to the pres pres- pressure pressure pressure j sure of the European Europen powers has re- re relaxed re relaxed its iron grasp until whatever the formal rule rula may be Jews now 1 go and come and reside in Palestine including the Holy City like other j people f Responding to causes that have not as yet been very fully explained Jews have improved their new op op- opportunity opportunity opportunity until the increase of their i num number r in Jerusalem and other ti parts of the country is at at- attracting attracting attracting universal attention The Thet t- t Tery intelligent correspondent of the Cleveland Leader tells us in a late i letter written on the ground that t- t ti fifty years ago there were in Jeru Jeru- Jerusalem Jerusalem h t salem only two thirty-two families and f only Jews in all Palestine r while today there are nearly in the country and three-fourths three of 1 the population of Jerusalem is made up of f them They Th y are business and control a large part of oft r t the trade of the Holy City What are the causes of this in influx in- in influx l flux of population to a land Jand that isby is ism isby m f by no no means inviting has not been made very clear The correspond correspond- correspondent if- if ent just mentioned says the per persecution ecu ecu- tion of the Jews by the Austrian an and Russian governments is one cause cause t Many Polish Jews resort thither Some of them he says feel fed that the day when the prophecy of ot the 11 Bible that they shall shaH again inhabit he land shall shaH be fulfilled is at hand and he mentions in particular particular particular lar a tribe claiming descent from Gad dwellers in Yemen Arabia for 2500 years that claims to have received a revelation that the they must leave their desert country and come comeback comeback comeback back Palestine to They are bringing with them many valuable old manu manu- manuscripts manuscripts manuscripts scripts which prove their origin i and not a few of them are engaged ill iii agriculture near Jerusalem It would not Dot be surprising if this strange movement movement-f movement especially movement specially especially if it should be accompanied by a dev dev- development development development of were fanaticism fanaticism were at- at attended attended at attended tended by for unlooked results It seems certain that some light will willbe willbe be thrown on the state of the Jewish I mind as to a national re establish establish- establishment establishment establishment ment in the land of ot their fathers Formerly this wits was an article of re- re religion religion re religion ligion but rationalism has sadly weakened the ancestral faith of the Jews particularly the b better educated educated educated ted and more progressive It I t Is hard to say just what the Jewish mind on this point is But the new developments are certain certai n to attract increasing attention unless they come to a sudden end Christians will be sure to resort to the prophecies prophecies prophecies cies to see just what they do say concerning a return of Israel to Canaan The foregoing furnishes a strong testimony to the truth of the Latter day Latter Latter- day Saints doctrine concerning the gathering of the Jews to the land of 01 their fathers This is to form one of the prominent features of the Lat Lat- Latter ter- ter day ter-day ay dispensation In the revel revel- revelation revelation revelation of the Gospel to Joseph Smith Smitha a commandment was gi given ven to preach this Gospel of the Kingdom to all nations first unto the Gentiles and then unto the Jews This divine injunction has been repeated and the Elders commissioned to warn the world have l been n told again and again that their mission was not only to the nations of the Gentiles but afterward to the Jews also The land of Palestine has been dedicated and consecrated by Elders sent there under special revelation for the gathering place of No direct and particular effort has yet been made by this Church toward the conversion of that race to the principles of the Gospel of Christ because the appointed time has hae ha not yet come ut that itis it itis itis is near at hand is evident from the progress of events which were pre predicted pre pre- predicted predicted by prophets of old The Book of Mormon speaks very clear clear- clearly clearly clearly ly of the time when the Jews which are scattered shall begin to gather in upon the face of theland the theland theland land and the restoration shall take place which was spoken of bythe by byI bythe bythe I the Hebrew prophets This was to be consequent upon the coming forth of the Book of Mormon and the preaching of the day Latter day Gospel to the Gentiles That Book has been presented to the world in many languages The Elders have published the Gospel in inmany inmany inmany many nations The Gentiles have been warned For more than half haf a century the message of mercy has haa been proclaimed In their midst The signs of the times give token tha that that- ibe the th f of the Gentiles has n nea nealy l ett ly Jy y come ia iR They are hardem their hearts against the truths ro re- re revealed d from on hi high h and their times are nearly fulfilled Then will wiH occur the withdrawal r- r of the word of the Lord and the ministrations ministrations min- min of his servants among among- them and the opening of the Que- Que pel agai again n to the Jews The result will be the gathering to the be Holy Land which all aU the leading g Hebrew prophets predicted The masses of the colonists in Jud Judea will will wiH be unbelievers in Jesus of N Nat u- u But there will be some ome among them who will be d dof of his and others other who f will be partly con converted aad the spirit of gathering will be upon the therace race wherever scattered Every rte word word spoken by the Holy Gho through the prophets will come to ta S 'S pass The events foretold bythe bj the Pro Pro- Prophet as phet Joseph Smith are occurring occurring with startling fidelity to his hisk k words Those who are looking for their fulfilment must be fan fan- f pressed prEssed with the rapidity and e eness exact exact- exactness ness of their realization Truly he be r was possessed of no common inspiration inspiration inspiration ration and foresight and though the world may not perceive the ibe truth and importance of his hia sayings saying the wise will understand and give fLord Lord the glory a Among Among the must most important of thy u tb great occurrences which will bart heM bear t divine mission wilt will be 4 witness to his be the movement of the tha Jews to theland the landof land of their ancestors and the reestablishment re- re reestablishment establishment of their and power preparatory to the per per- personal 1 BUnal advent of the Son of David Jesus the Messiah who will reign in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem Jerusalem and eventually be recognized ss King King of Kings and Lor Lord of Lords Lord Lords TZ o |