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¦¦*&.- ' TJ8US' ' '' ) _^*f can come and *l*fe° 'on '.'b cflr in higher re- po 1 oh Hi to.' T^lie mafn qtl^lon is, what he can be placed into tt'at system wUUottt vioU-^ij^fej^b&ia ^Jjfe flections/Ih WortHi^Wbr\iyei, rn divin e lea- hlhYij ftft cla>m$d to be or to become. ting some of its well-defined provisions.

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CINCINNATI . 0Hie DBCKMBKB 31, 1869. MSMW r«v .'*' "*»"•*, »*»" "" y", 4 . ,r king, it could not have been considered a wielr-1 --^gg^^ elevation ( fiotion t0 |rath| affiUBement t0 in. hedrin three generations before Jesus, taught

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in refu,i hereditar ower > ftnd M the aJ} F — th* ™k °f etevn ity ; persons who worship self- the master, m order to receive wages; be like

of Jad *did » who ^ with eternal £; ishness in lieu of the Eternal God , will go al- servants who serve the master without expect- mv fJ fir ' fl „rnpr ., . .. , , , . t .roroBini* biow«

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coreligionists upon you.- If Jesus propounded hi8 scheme °'dfon' Thi« author ih a fair representativenotice the date against thAlr names upo» tbeiV pftpws, are miataKen in the bulk ot our coreligionists, J1" ' . / -, ,. rt „ - of the popular mind as framed by the Mosaicana see that the accoont is right. The data stows thu if we maintain that the vast majority of them of salvation in order to hold any position in . J

r . ' "tine .0 w i,ich p»ym ent h.« hoen made. if th«o u any ffl . . & .

h ooportunitv offers the restored Theocracy, be it that of Messiah ^f B^lot1

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lfi t mrougnly democratic,mistake wo wub to b« notiff ed m <m<». Never wait more wiu viwi me iempw, wuen opporiumiy oners, , . . , , , The Theocracy is lus element of life.outside ofthan three weeks for the date to be changed after par- and go to hear artiats some other evenings, if or priest, of temporal or spiritual ru ler, or any j ;0„rtW 0.a *i ,n Q™i „0;„o a^, r n. . . t »i t_ ri. - j «.». . ¦ . - - - ~ * , 1 i rr * i» _ i " WHICH 116 QloCOVcro 1116 GXCluolVG oOilTC© 01 fil lment ia nmdfl , as wo shall , hereafter , send ho other re- they wish to hear them. Managers of theaters other rank or office, name or fame, his mo- . , . 1 1 <¦ , , • ^

¦ceipts . , ..., ~ , . , .. 1 j i_ - • 1 • ui miseries which betel the nation . Every na~

.. and operas will have to put off their gala even- tives were Impure and his impulses ignoble , .. , . - , . . , . . T ' ,,•-¦ - . r « . i r, . ¦ , . -wr , L. i L . L\ r 4i tiou al misfortune w a punishment for Israel'siners fro m Friday to Saturday evening. We do entirely contrary to th ose of the generous en- , A r ., „,, riDIVINE SERVICE AT SEVEN P. Wl. , , , '., B ,. , " , . i j iA. . , . , ,, .t , departure from the Theocracy . It was theQCR v i w c m i aEvci* r-. m. 18Upp0SQ to be mistaken, if we predict that thusiast who does that which the necessity of . \ , t4 , t , . J, . . . u ,— ••— rr , , ' , , r , .„ , , . . . . . , , m. i. book written for the people, brie f , pious andWn™ „.,. *„m „i„ m„„ ^„^;„„t^ . « „~ our members and our personal friends will be his nature compels him to do. rbose who . . . , -* f. . . , ¦ ,When our temple was ded icated , we pro- . .¦ , , ^ , , , ^ r T •»» ¦ -i j j - i.. patriotic, glowing with enthusiasm and decked„ j , , ,j ,. . . > c -j in the temple, young and old , every Friday made of Jesus a Messian and a god have over- . , . , ° T . , . , ,posed to hold divine service every Friday even- . «"»f»c» 7""" ai,u ",u > C¥C J- A u J , , . .- . . . , . . , , ... ' with poetical gems. Its author certainly hadx f T i i i . u u » i - » j evemne, and will soon convince themselves looked tnis simple principle ot etruca . .. ,, iL , . , , . , > ,.ing at 7 o'clock, to have a short lecture ready, C¥C ""'S. * u "*" »wu , , m, . • .1 c .• no idea, that the law book of his nation gave„^ „«„m™:„«.„ m, ;A

i,a u „* <,„ *. that there is the proper place to spend an hour There is no passage in the Synoptics or L. ' . , . . . _,. , ? ¦ ¦and appropriate musift, to make it as solemn , if / , , ., ¦¦ . t- • .i * .. . r .. w • j t sanction to the royal institution. This bookj „ • l iv • r j • _» - j - or so in devotion , after a week of toil and tur- Epistles to prove that Jesus himself aspi red to , , . . . . . ¦?.and appropriate,- brief and impressive as di- " ,u v\ ' 7 !Sf . , J* .4 .,„ , ... u j *i. * * *i. o / and four centuries of history are the moat sat-vine service ought to be. The majority of *

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,the °f isfactory testimony, that the few ot Moses waa

K. Bena i Ynkuru* then considered the mat- Je he same, in all other citiea, where our Man Posterity invented titles for him , ,neon- th

^ democratic, without the remotest

ter and refu sed to accept it. Meanwhile, the brethren reside in large numbers. Try it, and sistent with his character and derogatory to his . &

Rev. Dr. Mayer , of Cleveland , and we believe convince yourselves. fame, and Peter forced the Meniahship upon THE cohddct of samuel

abo the Rev. Dr. Kleeberg, of Louisville, in- On our part , it will be our duty to establish the Master. Let us investigate those titles arid "troduced it with the beat success. Sunday last, a FridaJr eveblng service, which shall be as claims to see what they amount to, and then D

the ITophet Hamuel know the law of

at a general meeting of K K B Y of C?incih sudK00© as edify^g and elevating, as God'has let us ascertain what Jesus claimed to be his -Israel , and did he obey them ? It appears he

nati, the Board again proposed and reborn^ Placed the meallB within our «*¦ office - did" Not wly * the V»lf * place him inmended the aaid refbrm , and it was accepted , Last, though not least, we have to etateanoth- - the law democratic. juxtaposition, with Moses and Aaron, Moseaso that hei-eafte r there will be, every Friday er reason for this reform . Some of our Gentile The'reader knows already, that ' Theocracy and Aai™ am

tbe prieBte, - and Samuelevening, at seven o'clock, divine service, ser- friends, who have overcome many an inherited and Democracy are synonyms, aa far as popu- among those who proclaim his name; batmon and appropriate selection of hymns, in prejudice against the Jew and Judaism, desire ]ar B0Vereignty is concerned. God Is Lord , also the ancient rabbis stated,. Samuel was a*the temple, corner of Plum and Eighth streets, to have a better and more correct taaowledge of K{ng and Rulerj and no man has a right w any important as Moaea. and Aaron." Traditionwith seats free to all who wish- to attend. oUr mode of Worship and our form of faith. of tho8e titles. when God created maq > He , mamtainB that lie established the first school at

What is the meaning of this reform? Oar We have no '«tention to make proselytes ; nev- appointed him to have dominion over the brute ' Na)oth of I^ah, to ed u cate prophets. Indeedreaders know that innovations for innovation's ertheless jt is our duty to remove errors and creation ; to govern even the mighty and vio- the £enai Eannebiim, " Sons or pupils of ihesake do not suit ua . Reforms must have an overcome misconceptions. It is for them, also, lent forces of nature. But no man Was given Prophets," among whom also Saul prophesied;object. Wha t is the obj ect of this particu lar t«at the evening service is intended , as Satur- the right to have dominion over his fellow man . are mentioned for the first time in the Bible,one? We will state it , chiefly for the consid- day is a 'working day with them, and we liope The hu man family, the entire Adam, is God's when Samuel was an old man. Still this veryeration of sister congregations all over the ' to do a holy work of conciliation, of advancing representative on earth. Mankind owes alle- Samuel most zealously opposed the appoint-cduntry, who might take the matter into fair the cause of brotner]y feelings and mutual re- glance to God, and obedience to His laws, and ment of a king>consideration- &ard - to them only. The nations are God's aons,ahd When Nahash , the king of Ammon, armed

In the first place, evening services are much We. eha1!' from time to time> rePort to our Israel is His first born ,' so the Bible says. . All aSain8t Isra6li the elders addressed thfe yeqji^tmore impressive and solemn than the day ser- readerfl» the effect which thi» reform ehaU Pr°- men being born in the image of God are en-_ t(? Samuel, " Give us a king, to judge lis likevice. Nevertheless this natural point of ad- doce here, and hope to hear from sister congre- dowed with equal and inalienable rights and all other nations," . This so, displeased the agedvantage was almost ' entirely neglected in the gations on this topic. claims of . happin^s. This is Scriptural doc- P™Pnet that he believed to' have heard thesynagogue. The services being;held at twilight; " ^ trine taught in genesis, as the basis of Theoc- word of God, ' They have not rejected thee ;as the evening'sacriStie was* made1 in JehiaaletH • JESUS HIMSELF. racy, from which the laws, of Moses (the Le- but tQeJr

^aV€ reJected ™> that I should not

were n ot attended on' accoU#& the improper .—— vitical aws excepted) a^rt as do thgrays irora re«n ™v them-" d- Samuel vm, 7,) Heand ever-changing time,, |Kmany congre- CHAPTER VIII. the sun.' The idea of the royal institution is threatened them with all the slavery and mi*gations given up«ntWely. r V the office of jesus. perfectly foreign to the Law of Moses. He ery to which their kings would subject them ;

In the second place, durin g the hottest The office p^ Jesus, as defined by the theoi-' addpted none of the myths On divine dynasties, nevertheless they insisted on flieir demand.month s of the sumtue'r, in inifi Climate at least,; ogy of the Middle Ages, has become the soured ' ^ch' existed among almost all nat^ona; from , ^h »«Uy after they had a king, anjl werethe Sabbath mbrningaervice also was neglected,

' of perpetual -trouble to Christian sectarians. Egypt to China, and knows of no race or fam- . al*ead^ J1™1 of, hlm> Samuel

^said to them at

still the cool evening, when people love to go m difficulty of uniting in one person God and ily preferred by God, except Abraham, whose Gllf

a1' . Ye sald unto me, Nay, but a k*ngi

oiit, was not used for the purpose, although the man, the lamb qf atonement and the atoned preference has the object/ that all families of aha11 reigri oter ue ; when the Lord yOttr Godadvantage is evident! , ¦

d«Hsr*Milihj Son of God, Logoa'and the cm- the earth should be blessed by-/ hjm and hb ' « yo« King, (xu.12). Then he goes on toIn the third place, there are ;a great many iri cifled one, beebmea^o much more insurmoonV Bee

and not that lle or ™7 <>f bu fl*ed should sbow , That you may perceive and see that

every congregation who can. not attend .divine able/ as : the analytical understanding attempts Bovera over otherB - yonr wlckedneM J» S«at» that you haw dcawservice in the morhirigf. J We neTad ha*aiy re- to 'obtala' a ' clear^conception of the hatiii|e bf Before the law of Moses, all persona are the sight of the Lord in asking frou a king,mind our reader*; tttaV'ther'e are^usintesV men , ' each office , and then to unite them all . in one equal , none stand above or beyond the'law: T^P60

?16 then re^ueat Samuel, ' Pray for

clerks, book keepers, 'apprentices; femalje ' ser- ' peirson. Peter's Messiah? a Jewish phantasm, Prince, priest and prophet , the master and his th* Bervants unt0 the Lord thy God, that wevants, and even matoy mothers, who can not Paul's Son of God, a Pagan vision frbitt Olym- servant, the native and the foreigner , the be- dl? n0|: for we have added unto all our sinsleave their houses always in the morning, and pus, and'J ohn's Logos, a purely Alexandrian liever and the heathen , are persons , all alike, tni " evil » ,to ask us a (k^|K-"attend divine service1.1 product of speculation: aTe ideas as widely dif- all equaLb&fdre, afld subject to,the one and the This conduct of Samuel ,-together witfi the

It is certainly deadly wrong not to give ferent from ori^ another , as all ¦ of' them are same la*, without exception. No room is left wordB of God and th,e PeoP!e^

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"those persons an opportunity, at least oflce a fro m the Godhead J^su^

of : trinitarian or-

inthe Mosaif state for

a king. No duty is dence, that the appointm erff of a king1 was con-week, to satisfy the sooTe yearning after Gody thodoxy. They mark three distinct epochs in presbribed to him, none to hifl subjecte. Infact sidered a grievous wickedness, rebellion againstman 's natural desire-to hear, see, feel and em- the origin of Christianity, prior to the trjni- there ' is 'no subject in tKat systiem. Idolatry the Theocracy, and treason against the laws,brace something higher than the earth's charms tarian speculations, viz: the Jewish Messiah- and rebellion against the highest authority of Had the national code contained any provisionand the world's common places. We consider nism with Peter 's Messiah; the Gentile Chrig- the law, viz : the council of elders, are consid- sanctioning the appointment of a king, or hadit a crime on human nature, to abandon in the tianity, with the Gospel of Paul and his Soil of ered treason punishable with death ; but no r°yal institution being copsidered con foxm-wild curren t of materialism, arid leave it to its God, in the first.century and tha first half of particular punishment is pronounced on diso- ab,e onl^ to

.the Tb-eoeracy, a^ th ose words

own fate, especially the yOu ng and the un- the second ; and the Alexandrian Christianity bedience to the king, or even on killing him. would appear inexplicable ; the conduct of Sam-l earned , if it is in our power to assist it with with the scholastic speculations, frOm and after Still, so much is certain, had the lawgiver uel that of a mad zealot ; and the author of thatlight and truth , with higher ideals and senti- the second half of the second century, which thought of a king, he would have defined his book could not Poa9iDl7 "aTe recorded , as thements more sublime and more elevating ; if it led to the trinitarian doctrine and the excom- duties and prerogatives, the duti es of the sub- word of God, "They have rejected me, thatis in our power to offet a resting place to the munication of the Jewish Christians in the ject s, and the penalties for the violation thereof. r should not reign over them." The appoint-weary soul , a sheet anchor to the drifting pas- third and fourth centuries. If Jesus- was a Furthermore, tlvere can notco-exist two sover- ment of a kIn° wafl rebellion against the The-sions, a table richly loaded with heaven 's man- Messiah, a Son of God, a Logos, a God himsel f, eign powers in the government. The national ocracy -na for the famishing sentimentH , a beacon light why did he not say so in clear and intelligible council being sovereign in the Mosaic law , it

Deuteron omy xvu , H.to those who walk-in the perpetual darkness, words, as the God of Moses and the prophets could not think of a king. Beside, the machine The onl y passage in the laws of Moses,whichof the world' s combats and fortune 's defeats, announced Himself invariabl y, " I am Jeho- of government in the Mosaic law is perfect mentionfl the, existence of a king in Israel , isWe consider it a crime on the holy cause which vah thy, God." And if he did say any thing without the king. All offices , except that of thut in Deuteronomy (xvii , 14), in which per -we represent , to neglect all those who from one 0f th e kind , aa John appears to maintain , wh y priest, are elective. No appointing powder is miH8ion * granted to appoint a king who mustcause or another can not be reached by our did the Synoptics systematically ignore it? conferred on any body. The executive power be n0 forei gner ; who furthermore should notpresent arrangements. TbeBa are que8tions which can not well be is vested in the princes of the tribes and the I,0S9eM much wealth ' niany horses, or many

There is no excuse left to any bod y. Seven overlooked or satisfactorily explained . We bailiffs. The judiciary is independent , respon- wives, and obey the law. The reader know-o'clock in the evening, every Israelite in this open the Gospels and ask, what ran k did 'Jesus aible only to its highest body, in which also the ing the ab&Ve wU1 readily adniit ' that tbi8city, and most likely also in every other city, expect to occupy in the restored theocracy ? legislative power is vested. The military chief- passage was not in the nationa l code in the timecan attend divine service. Those who do at- What office did he propose to hold in the re- tains were to be-elecled before every campaign of Sftmu ?1 »r previousl y. I t appears that thosetend their temples on Sabbath morning and those established kingdom of heaven ? It matters either by the bailiffs or the warriors,the passage

" critics who consider Samuel the author of thewho can not , the old and the young, those who little, what offices others claimed for him, or is not distinct enough (Deut. xx , 9). Hence no are and those who are not their own maeters, what di gnities his admirers after his death ini- function whatsoever is left to the king. None 0f'i uu^S?n?.*S «™ ^u^Z X Z£.

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under 0es- ISLAMlStf Afltt VmOAISM.dawe in their favort aavegarda the first two an. w4 , to the Jewish, JHWW*, The Jewish Uus .jraiufhed Nwo, ,%rfei^o^Iy conxjealed —j BEarnr^wr

*hmp *'' it must be admitted, at1 the same tlmp, ™MkW. for 4«iJrWW. i ,: ¦ - . - ' Ws textflr and coblnaion, and assumed aTtonepC „ , ' B™: E- » " ." ¦¦'¦ '• -2SS' ui^uf the 'law was entirely disre- " And. no* raw—wax Ufrthe OflnifeiaBd td the- oow>mpt for hi* rebellions province: be, how- ' A space further, a little robot. atahfafflmS^mW $ '^^-C ' i! ^ w^rinos reces^Qf tka hJeArt^brokefortlh inl W deemed x\ groper appoint Vestiasian, of , the Limit, Mohammed ffi9 hS^Jffigftraea by tfce. .WWrtia^ Kings. It waa.obr, itsmbst hideous and homfyina form; io ivam one of bis cleverest generals, to chastise the sudden , alone. Neither Gahjull noT BqmJcserved by the kings and people of larael, in Agrippa advised and,entreated the multitude troublesome Jews for their sedition. On the. dared, gp beyond it ; and he heard &yp i<$ci3E,n«veral though not all of its provisions, while to <*°<# Elbrus, dt leastunjtiil! desar should bp* appearance of Vespasian £t Ptoleraaia, he was ing 'Approach.' And he passed o& and , cat-i] Z ¦

™ trace of it in Iiidal. ThprpW Pou*«wth*i! in his.stead; th*iwound-waa in« . mPt b^a deputation frotn Sepphorifl: they were tain , and veil after veil was drawn up bftSre,there is no trace or lUnouaah . ineretore curabib,,Bhd the patient,in despair tore off the for peace with the Romans, and offered to as- Mm and fell behind him. When the hVcSSthe balance must have been written after the uselessbandage.; Agrippa bimaelf^aj s insulted, ai^ them against their own brethren. They taia rose, he stood within two bow-s'Hotai ' ft»fflLdivision of , the kingdom . It is not our object and dtivea from the city by a people who met with a courteous reception , and were sent the Throne; and here—says the ^ran-r^yanow to establish this point. It suffices us to plainly saw that there Wfts no longer any1 hope Q<>me with a force of six thousand foot and one ai*w the greatest of the signs of his Wd4 ' iflakttow, that the parage in spirit and letter is of peace except in.thegra^^ Eleaiiirvthe govv . J**"* h,°ff - V°'defend them against any at- per, dared to say more. 'There.Wa^grS¦. * • I j « « • ¦ * ,L ernor.ofthe temple, a rash and bold youth, per- tack from the Jews. stillness, and nothing was heard except theatttt-toosaic, and was written centuries after the nM tho prieBte to receive no sacrifices from Josephus made a vain effort to recover the Bi^nt sound of the reed, wherewith the (fecreeadeath of that, lawgiver, after his theocratic re- foreigners. In vain "the men of power" and metropolis of Galilee. He was repulsed, and °fGod are inscribed upon the tablets of "Fate,',;-public had been revolutionized, and a throne the principal pharisees tr ied to d issuade the the Romans vented their rage upon all Galilee, It would indeed be a labor of love, and noXerected on its ruins. priests from their resolution ; it was fated slaying the strong, selling the Weak, and burn- without its reward , to follow this Miraj-Saga

otherwise ; the peaceful portion of the commu- ing everything they could not appropriate to through all its stages, down to the Persian andto be contikukd. nity sent ambassadors to Florus and Agri ppa their own use. Titus also mad e his appearance Turkish cycles. But it is not our task. All¦*•-•» to come and put an end to the sedition whilst soon after at Ptolemais, where, joining his we have to add here is that Mohammed is not

POST-BIBLICAL HISTORY OF T H E it was practicable. Florus was delighted with forces with those of his father and his allies, to be made responsible for some of his enthu-J EVVS. the message, but declined even a reply to the the whole army amounted to six thousand.— 8ia.stic admirers when they transformed thia—?— ambassadors. Agrippa, who felt for both the Placidus attacked Jotapata, but was repulsed; v^9n

—a vision as grand as any in the wholeBy Hertz Ben PincJ tes. peace and the war party, sent three thousand the.Bomans fled ; many were wounded, though Divine Comedy,—which indeed has uncon-:• horse to the assistance of those who wished to only seven were slain. Vespasian himself ap- scioualy borrowed some of its richest plumage

At C#aarea, where the Jewish and Greek in- keep the peace. Agrippa's troops and . the proached Gadara, which city he found without from it,—but which Mohammed, until he washabitants were constantly contending for supe- peace party possessed themselves of the upper a garrison; and Nero's greatest general valiantly a^ck °/ it> insisted on calling a Dream, into in-riprjUjy, Felix, iu his endeavors to keep the city ; Eleazar and the war party had the lower put to death the young and the old ; not one sipidity and drivel. .pe?.cei, by no means shewed himself the friend city and the temple in their power ; and thus man wei saved ; the city itself and all the sub- 9ne ^eature more deserves mention. Whenojfj;ne.Jews. The charges they brought against we jbehold the horrid , sight of Jew fighting urbs were burnt to the ground. The report of Zaid asked the Prophet after- his little daughterhjjp before the emperor were of no avail. His against Jew, brother against brother : for seven the approach of the Roman forces under Ves- Wfl.° had died , he answered that she was ia Par-brother Pallas was the favorite of Nero. The long days were they mercilessly shedding each pasian struck terror into the boldest hearts.— -adise and happy. And Zaid wept bitterly,brother of a royal favorite can)seldom err; Felix other's blood , while their common enemy, the The army of Josephus, which was encamped Remains, as of traditional miracles, the lustwas succeeded by Festus. During the admin^ fierce Roman, beheld with pleasure the progress at Garris , deserted its leader , and the indignant °ne of the two Angela who took out Moham-istrajji on of this, procurator,, ;the chief men of of their mutual devastation. The fectival of chieftain , with a few despairing but faithful rood's heart when he was a boy, purified it iaJerusalem noticed that Agrippa, from, out of wood-carrying brought a great accession in troops, had reluctantly to fl y to Tiberias. To snow, then weighed it , and found it weigh tier.his palace, could observe what was going for- strength to the war party in the lower classes Totauata Vespasian next directed his march ; than all the thousands they put into the otherward in the temple; this they deemed contrary and the zealots ; and the first fruit of this and drew up the whole of his army on an emi- 8cale:—a parable equally transparent, andtp law, and consequently built a wall to ob- amalgamation w,aa the destruction of the house nence to the north of the city, in the hope of bardly a 'miracle' in the conventional sense ofstruct his view. ' This offended both Agrippa of the high-priest, the palace of Agrippa, and frightening the inhabitants into submission.— the word.

^and. F.estus, who ordered the wall to be pulled the Archives. With the destruction of the lair But what hopes could they have from Roman Cue only command was given to Mohammeddown. An appeal was made to Nero ; and ter , all the bonds of the debtors were destroyed, mercy ? Submission was only the exchange of on that occasion of the Ascension :—that histhr0ugh ,the influence of his wife, Poppea,"who By this act thev gained the additional strength one misery for another. faithful should pray fi fty times daily. AndWa£ a religious woman," . leave 'was granted to of the debtors, "whom they had thus relieved of Josephus, w ho found means to throw himself u-hen he.5et

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re Moses waited for ,let ^he. all they had built remain unmolested, their troublesome debts ; they next attacked the into the city watched every opportunity to an- ' told him this, Moses made hjni)The, depth of Festus brought Albinus a* gov- Antonj a, slew the garrison, and set the citadel nor the enemy • and even ventured with the return to §ra^ ^

0(i lo reduce the number. Andernrir into Judea. Whilst yet on the road , com- on fire ; they also attacked the palace whither whole strength of his army to make a daring U was.m forty ' Tbia i8 8ti^ too much, Mdiplants reached him about the then high-priest Agrippa's soldiers had fled. In the meantime sally, and ' actually drove the Romans down the 8f s d ; I know that the faithful will not beAnimus.' the son of Ananus, who had the extra- Manahem, the son of Judas the Galilean , sud- hill The valor displayed by the besieged was a . eTea tbus niach- ,And aSam «»<*ordinarjr fortune of enjoying the high-priest- denly appeared, and- became captain of their worthy of the cause they defended - and Ves- agam was tbe number reduced till it came, toUodd himself, and of haying five sons who had forces. After undermining and setting on fire pa3ian was at last induced to change the siege ?v% ^

d Mohammed no longer ,dared return,each been invested with that high dignity. one tower, they found* second wall, which the into a blockade, in order to starve the garrison to £od' tb/°.??K Mopes urged turn to do soi(

When Albinus understood tKe complaints besieged had buil t within ; even tually, however, into submission - but he soon got tired of the Very strikingly indeed does the HaggadaU.against Ananus, he wrote him an angry letter, Agrippa's troops capitulated, and were permit- blockade, and again assaulted the city. Still ™anlfe8t her constant presence, not merelyand thereupon Agrippa took the high-priest- ted to march out unmolested. The Roman por- tne fertile invention of Josephus, and the glori- tbrougbout th» whole Vision, bufeyen in suchhood from him, aiid gave it to Jesus, the son of tion of the garrison retreated to seme towers ou8 vaior 0f tne besieged, baffled the Romans in ^^te features as this hat, of Gois ins£ruc>Damheus. Deprived of the priesthood, Ananus built by Herod ; and many of them were slain spite of their superior force and discipline. "* Mohammed about prayer. For, when ,made use of his wealth to bribe both the Roman by Manahem, who also plundered and set fire In the mean while, Japha, after a brave de- the Pentateuch records that extraordio&cy:governor and the Jewish tpriest. His servants, to their encampment. fence, fell into the hands of the Romans, who matuf«8tation of Qod to Moses on jhe. ro<%who felt themselves secure in tj heir master's im- The success of Manahem roused the envy and were led by Titus and Trajan. The unfortu- wneretne gJory ot the J^a

p^setoi bV; ana

pdnity, committed all sorts of wickedness undai- je alousy of Eleaza^Jn whose favor the popu- nate inhabitants were all put to death , except Pr°claim8: Jehovah 'J ehovah. C^bd , mfxcjMthe wings Of his protection ; and they carried lace rose. Manahem was taken and put to \ng the women and children, who were destined a«d gracious, long-suffenbg. an^.abun^aat ofthfeir iniolehce so far as t(o go into the people's death. Eleazar pressed the siege of the towers to be sold for slaves. At length, aft er a brilliant SOodnem and tru^f; and keemng , m^rcy Joflthres^fl^ floors

and takTby force the t^es' and the Romans were constrained td demand : and glorious defence of forty-seven days, stich thonsands, fprgivuig iwqmty, an tran^ressipjtt

thai belphged to the priests, whilst sprnfe bf the terms. A treaty was made and ratified , and fl8 Would'have done hopor to the bravest people and «« •' .V» Ta"»W -W\;®F a}J ,f«J>Wmpriests who were solely dependant on the tithes even sworn to; but thafiomans no sooner laid on ^^

the city of Jotapata fell into the PaB!a^' ** " wony^,¥^e.i * f M'PWB?^

fei4 Bv^ ab>l dil?4%i^

l8ittlien: dpwn their arms,,than, the base insurgents djs- hands of the Romans. Ar recreant scoundrel on>»pw^

,#^w^^Mr,

to 'be WonOed ; t, that .God V»^ *W* &*'¦ graPe^iry broke their oath, and slew the Ro- deserted to Vespasian, and disclosed to him the tr^^S ™

rda

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to tT&xEL^xiwnk ^ad ao mttn's to a man, except their commander, true state of the city. The great Roman com^ aaid this, no man ,wouM daTe toJReakpf .ajg^full -of yiolehce and corruption? The .gangs pf Metiliusj who meanly ' prayed for meroy,and, mander deigned to be instructed by one of the ^fe

ta

ilon,> and* ?w!f ' o e x«rc^bdrs yhicb infested the towns, villages; and to .- Wye , bis paHry:life„ even underwent the meanest creatures on God's earth , a renegade, that ; G?? *™wed Moses hoy JM. rnen f ) w$ .

de'serts;1 bok advanM, the power oj fluariuB, operation Qf c|.rcumqUion.. Whilst the insur- km to obtaid the city ; and Jotapata fell; be- F-«y- -Let them invoke my; Me^py, ^nd _ my

to af^e to guHty comrades from their merited gents shouted aloud the exulting cries of their cause, among the myriads of Jewish warriors, Long-suffenng. I will forgive tienfu JehovahpuWishnleiit. Whepever, any , of the bandUti victory (or rather disgrace) before high heaven, there was found oiftf traitor, who preferred an -twice repeated-means, p is Jehpsah evenwere tak6n, prispndrs, tHeir friends abroad im- even on the very sabbath day, in the self-same . ignominious life to a glorious death £» bet°re maa smneth , and I, the selfrsame J*-m^ f ^ed

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tft area Forty thousahd brave IsraeUtes fell during hYAstime^t wlXufd

*aowXS\afWsetvahts pi- friends of Anantis, whom they kept suddenly and unexpectedly rose upon the Jews, .. . . . ' . .. „j om. „ „rtM va va ~t han j \,Z . w . 7 1. ¦ ??r 7. 4°"i;re';u FnJ'.' Wr%

unttl thetr; brethren were restored b theml- and in one hour 20.O0D laneUta fell to rise J^^ U^iS^ uSiSS' these many indispensab e litae monoCTaphs^oThe influen ce of Ananus with Albinus was al- no m6te. ȣf ea

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the founder tf Ialam himBAf': V J^H®ways sure to render their captivity of short The Jews have often been known to prove S£w „f™ tW Wrt t* think ^hS T? Personage,

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*i#duration. With subH injustice openly practised faithful to their masters-ami have even fought W™e*'/"""™t*J^%Jj JS£ Z&£

faift' w.e.m1U8t tum Wl^P^MW %

by their hea^h ruW^it to lewL^ed at., against their own brethren in defence, of thL

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toM Mte»6*T mainofScythopolis where

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found ,reat

re- ^ ^S J^S ^^ J^^^^ tSliti&And then , how degraded and undignxned must ustanoe from the Jewish inhabitants, w^io were MTtfl f thr8 year's campaign '» siys S^'w« hk fiEiS3tlrl8^-®have become the pontificate itself, seeing that fightwg m the ranks of the Syrians. Tbe wsi^^^ 8 * „nt a „nn„A\n„ tn »i,ffl „J?Vo MM« convert was ms mtniui moineriV jynaqya. is

prieflt after priest became elevated and degraded Scythopolitans, however, doubted their sincer- ^ h *fn ° aJ^ ^IJSfi ™^

k„J second the

freed slave Zaid, -probably a, Chrw-in rap id succession, and the high-priest of one ity, and most treacherously put to death 13,000 °f

. „w ^"uj™^ rJJE?«nrf*SL5flr tian >.wh1°1m he Copied: and Whlrd,hia smallday turned adrift like a lackey by the high! J^s, who manfully fought in their behalf.- ™dwdtr? ' ?!^S?™™SlS „«rli ri2SS" cousin Ali ten years of age C^dy^Wsgoo<IprLt of another day wlvo, l/hiJturh,: m|st One man of the whole Jade himself remark- S£^^^^££&%*&

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and cry, " Here is another and another!» Sc>thopolitans. He first slew hia aged father ^ °?Jn0J^^^

the

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His

loaeiaen-,Jesus the son of Damneus, was deposed, and add mother; hid wife and children shared the bar

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^W«SS n5 W ger, and in the Revelation. Thereby M MJesus, the son of Gamaliel, succeeded : and his- same fate; then putting the bodies on a heap, °.f Vespasian and Titus oni J ew.Mbi groundI, for a Bent him comfort > for a8 oftenaa heheard aughttory presents us with the horrid sight of two he sprang upon them, stretched forth his hand, fi°gle tra , °im

^,anl

T.m' 3\f t?"„ Zul disagreeable, contradictory, or how he was

rival priests, each at the head of his rabble.con- and buried his sword up to the hilt within his ft general-in-chter, or in hat ot nis son , tne 8hown to be a Uar> 8be WM 9ad ab,>ut n. Godtending in the open streets, and throwing stones own bosom. The example of the Scythopoli- SSt^ A nirW^ couifurted

Mmthrough her when he

^ returned,

at each other. Is it not a mtae, that the earth tans was followed by Askelon, Ptolemais, Tyre, anenltvene^ mth a single ray ot true numanuy to

her j roU81n„ hlm up again and makingopened not ite mouth to swallow them, even as Hippos, and many others. With an army of ma rkl e"^„ S,"xl L th^Etni n*2

his bqrden more light to him, assuring him^of

it swallowed the sons of Korah ? Nor Was this 10,000 Roman troops, and 13,000 allies under °\ L? w- Xn ST A^r L hivi her own.6lth,m him and representing to him

all: whilst the rival priests were pelting each his com raand.Cesthjp Gallus appeared in Judea, &re8?7, „ vimTi.n * in J^a^t n^r tif* the futility of men 's babble. 'other in one place, Ananus was at the head of a in order to chastise the refractory Jews. The iaricneaJ> y esVa , v?" ili«SS S™ SL in And ' in truth

' wllen B ed-» not mere

he

ruffian band m another place. Saul and Costa- proud Roman went onward and onward , and tllTL J t^ ritl T^^^t rZmand« but Islam lost much of their fervor much ofbor , because of their relationship to Agri ppa, the track he left behind was marked with mis- ?aS!Sn? °J { - J ¦!' ;„ ,LSl7. «t {\S o„J their purity. He would not be comforted,thpughdeemed themselves justified in having their erv and devastation. "On to JgrusalenTt" ex- tM W«l hiB 'f J " tte «/ 7,a he married many wives after her; and thegang of plundering ruffians ,, whilst Albinus claimed Cestius; and already in his imagination ™an ' t0. lnff ?nt0™™l . .„? T/Snln« mnlt handsomest and youngest of his wives wouldhimself, fn virtue of his office , as Roman pro- he counted the treasures of gold and silver [lve8 .BJ

l0Uild, e

^f^' fj1/ i^^lJS" never ^e being jealous

of that 'dead tooth-curator, enriched himself by permitting many which awaited his arrival in the holy city ; al- have b ushed to the temples when he enaea - [es8 old woman/ Ah Bak wealthy mer-malefactors to purchase from him that freedom ready he beheld the captives at his feet, suing v°r.ed t0 ex. e"Uate

Sj LJlnfemv nr ?rh • n ime chant ' ergetic, prudent and honest, j oined atwhich th ey miiht in vaU have hoped for from for that life he never intended to spare On- "£?h entailed Tl g

A IT>Z ll^A once- He had Probab1 Wn a fellow-disciplehis mercy With these ransomed

Pconvicts at ward he m arched, and suddenly the city of ?, ,lT lPtL wXofh ers

^ who were usf- of Mohammed at the feet of Zaid the Skeptic,large, and the eighteen thousand discharged la- God seemed to emerge from the clouds, and the , old„men > toS™ w

;" ^"J ^1 m n, and ,a8

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co1nfida,]t and bo9?m frie"d hl?ug?"borers , who were employed during the building glittering rays of the sun sparkled (ike dia- less> we™ f m.< 8lX

f ] ^ he bowel^of^he out bis life-the only one who unhesi atmglyof the temple, Jndea seemed to have had its in moods upon the magnificent temple ofthe Lord.

a""i A^Tthm.iS were sold for slaves J^l iK1*"1* "° Mr

tJ-Cr W?t P i^habitants divided into two classes only, the Pleased and delighted , the calculating Roman ^arth> ^V 'w^^.Htice w^

much for Ro ^^ Mohammed

said of

bin.. It

was

heplundere rs and the plundered. rubs his hands together for joy. "Jerusalem ^° m?c.h, or *°hma" J"S T^ese ™ ^° S\°°d ? th£ " ? m

WJ?"n$°T

The recaK ofAlbfnus brought into Judea, if lies prostrate , its treasures are mine!" But it man fa\th ! «Jha^

g^h^l^h

. 1 1? Apostles who Pubseq u ently rall ied round thepossible, a still greater fiend in the person of was fated otherwise . Defeated and disgraced , desperate ruffians says t i e Jewish apologist Prophet araong whom we find Hamza theGeasius Florus. The crueltiesand devastations the dastardly Romans fled from a people they A^Tri "Had

°f

G°d ', 0thn,a ,n' tfiof this man drove the Jews to madness and de- came to destroy; they fled , and the shrill war- £dlg"an* J*1™4ia

J'„uinot exrale^e S« °i ener^, talent, and weato a

!«&»spair; they preferred , as Josephus says, "to be cry of the Jews sounded the funeral knell of six J<* been

^^''. "?!d "0t 6XCnBe the ba9C adverse to Paganism Tho e twelve were his

destroyed it once, rather than by little and lit- thousand heathens who mercilessly came to de- ^W of Vespasian ! principal advisors while he livec and after histie." It was this demon who hurled our fore- | stroy, but were themselves doomed to perish.— to bk continued. death they founded an empire greater man mat