Show HISTORY OF JEWS the history of the jews I 1 perhaps estranger et ranger than that of any other nation f in the the dwellers in a little mountain city with their divine reve lation and sacred temple and holy worship of god to day are conspicuous in the world says the a ledger still racial hatred pours out their life blood their ancient aridi eions peopled this earth with angels but in russ a they met with men who are almost devils the w dening out of judaism in ancient days is shown in the fact that naturally excl asive jews named their children after alex ander the groat and every nation with whom they have come in contact is represented in their first names chaldee greek latin and german ap lons are found among them rome the ancient london of the world had its collection of all na and religions and here horace notices the jews satire I 1 ix 69 and juvenal satire XIV they intermarried with greeks but the roman ever feared their rebellious spirit as he strove to put his iron heel on the necks of the noble race whose intense courage had anciently shone out in the maces we the unity of god and the thunders of sinai s law ever sounded in their ears in heathen lands the customs of moses I 1 ept the nat on peculiar anile the old men dreamed dreams and the young men saw visions of the glory of the coming mess ah to eclipse the splendors of the reigns of david and solomon isaac taylor speaks of the jews as hold ng human nature as in a mold and god made them a chosen and separate people for a special pur pose to show his name to the heathen and yet to keep the line between themselves and the heathen idolaters now the mold is breaking still the old egyptian bondage casts its shad ow over them and a murmur rises froy dying throats like that m the wll berness As taylor lewis show s in lang s commentary on the chapter of genesis the jew had a world idea in Q promise which grecian culture and roman conquest lacked in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed genesis 8 H |