b';i^mmf^ \n\n\n\nff<ff\\^^f^f^f\\f^f<l \n\n\n\nAAA \n\n\n\n\'^^Mmfmmj^^^^^m \n\n\n\n--^w^:^y^\'^-^-; \n\n\n\nZ^kr\\r/^r\\K \n\n\n\ntMMAl^lAWmW^J \n\n\n\nLIBRARY OF CONGRESS. \n\n\n\nn <-\'i \n\n\n\n\xc2\xae]^ap. \n\n\n\nShelf J ""\' \n\n\n\nUNITED STATES OF AMERKA. \n\n\n\nvaaOOaaAaaa \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nf^^mft^ftf.fiS;;^,^ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n.aA^\'^^^A^i \n\n\n\n^\'Qr\\AA \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAAAAa; \n\n\n\n\n\n\nrjr\xe2\x82\xac^ \n\n\n\nTBEIB \n\n\n\n^^wis^ \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAND \n\n\n\n0\xc2\xab\'*>^ \n\n\n\nTO THE \n\n\n\ns \n\n\n\n^ \n\n\n\nHoly Land. \n\n\n\ne. \n\n\n\nQ \n\n\n\ns"z- IF. iaE"sr2sroxjX)S. \n\n\n\nIVbi^-^ HERALD BOOK AND JOB OFFICE. \n\n\n\n\n/ \n\n\n\nTHE \n\n\n\nEWISH MONITOR \n\n\n\nAND \n\n\n\ng-xjxde: \n\n\n\nTO THE \n\n\n\n"tIOLY land. \n\n\n\nBehold the clays come, saith the Lord, that I will \n\\;\'3rform that good thing which I have promised tc \nthe house ot Israel and the house of Judah. \n\nThe secret things belong to the Lord our God \n] *it those things which are reveaJM\'i^ST?)!!^ untc \ns and to our children foreYer,.^tfi!^ we may do a\'Hs-- \nhe words of this law. \xe2\x80\x94 FBible^\' ^\'^\' \' \'^ ^ \n\n\n\niBY :FE.^i5rT<: s,E"2^i5roxjX)s. \n\n\n\nHARL.VX, IOWA. \n\n\n\nHEKALD BOOK Xl^Ti JOB OFFICE. \n\n\n\n\'^- \n\n\n\n\n\n\nEntered according to act of Congress, in tlie year 1877, by \n\nFRANK REYNOLDS. \nIn the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. \n\n\n\n:e^E;E:p^ce. \n\n\n\nThe following pages contain a compilation of \nancient prophecy, pointing out the present and \nfuture of the Jews and of Israel. \n\nThe purpose of the author is to place in the \nhands of the reader a Monitor w^hich, it is hoped, \nwill be Ihe means of diffusing light, not only \namong Hebrews but to all people, relative to Je- \nhovah\'s purposes in the immediate future. \n\nThe renewal of the Jewish nation and the reor- \nganizing of the tribes of Israel are particularly \nforeshadowed and carefully pointed out by the \nProphets, who were made acquainted with God\'s \npurposes to the latest generation. \n\nBelieving that He Who foresaw and foretold the \nBabylonish captivity of 70 years duration, did also \nbehold, through the vista of time, a much longer \ndispersion of his chosen people ; and that he has \nforetold a great reunion at Jerusalem, which \nis made the burden of this small volume. \n\nThe ancient together with modern evidences of \nthe return of the Jews to their own country are \nherein clearly set forth. \n\nDue credit is given to historians and writers as \nwell as recent travelers in the Holy Land, so far \nas known to the author. \n\nRespectfully, \n\nFrank Reynolds. \n\n\n\ni| \n\n\n\nAND \n\nGUIDE TO THE HOLY LAND, \n\n\n\nPART -^IRST. \n\n\n\nPRESENT AND FUTURE OP ISRAEL. \n\n\n\nRemember the former things of old : for I am \nGod, aur* \'here is none else ; I am God, and there \nis none like me, \n\nDeclaring the end from the beginning, and from \nancient times the things that are not yet done, say- \ning, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my \npleasm-e : (Isaiah 46 :9-10. \n\nBut ye, O \'mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot \nforth your branches, and yield your fruit to my \npeople of Israel ; fr\xc2\xbbr they are at hand to come. \n\nFor, behold I, am for you, and I will turn unto \nyoLi, and ye shall be tilled and sown: \n\nAnd I will multiply men upon you, all the \nhouse of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall \nbe inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded : \n\nAnd I will multiply upon you man and beast ; \nand they shall increase and bring fruit : and I will \nsettle you after your old estates, and will do better \nunto you than at your beginnings : and ye shall \nknow that I am the Lord. (Ezekiel 36 :8-ll). \n\n\n\n10 THE J E WISH MONITOR AND \n\n\n\nThe following recent history of the present sit- \nuation of Palestine is veiy encouraging: \n\n"It seems to be a well established fact that the \nlast three or four years have witnessed a return \nof the Jews 1o Palestine from every quarter of the \nglobe. The number going from Russia is entire- \nly unprecedented. The Hebrew population of \nJerusalem is more than double what it was ten \nyears ago, and the movement i^ going on rapidly. \nMost of the city property is now in the hands of \nJews, who have gone there from other countries, \nand in a few years\' time they will probably be \nthe owners of the whole city." \n\nThe speedy change wrought in Palestine has \neven astonished the wise of this age. In 1830 no \nvisible change was witnessed different from that \nwhich had been common to that land for nearly \neighteen centuries; but from 1880 to 1850, rain \nbegan to fall again in Palestine, and the ancient \nvillages began to revive, and farms opened up ; \nand in 1858 a surplus of fine wheat was sent to \ndifferent parts \xe2\x80\x94 such a thing not having occurred \nfor many centuries. \n\nFear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the \nLord will do great things. \n\nBe not afraid, ye beasts of the field : for the \npastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree \nbeareth her fruit, the tig tree and the vine do yield \ntheir strength. \n\nBe glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice \nin the Lord your God : for he hath given you the \nformer rain moderately, and he will cause to come \ndown for you the rain, the former rain, and the \nlatter rain in the first month. \n\n\n\nGUIDE TO THE HOLY LAND. 11 \n\nAnd the floors shall be full of wheat, and the \nfats shall overflow with the wine and oil. \n\nAnd I will restore to you the years that the lo, \noust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiL \nlar, and the palmerworm, nfy great army I sent \namong you. \n\nAnd ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and \npraise the name of the Lord your God, that hath \ndealt wondrous]}\'- with joii : and my people shall \nnever be ashamed. \n\nAnd ye shall know that I am in the midst of \nIsrael, and that I am the Lord your God, and none \nelse : and my people shall never be ashamed. \n\nAnd it shall come to pass afterward, that I will \npour out my Spirit upon all flesh ; and your sons \nand your daughters shall prophesy, your old men \nshall dream dreams, your young men shall see \nvisions : \n\nAnd also upon the servants and upon the hand, \nmaids in those days will I, pour out my Spirit. \n\nAnd I will shew wonders in the heavens and in \nthe earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. \n\nThe sun shall be turned into darkness, and the \nmoon into blood, before the great and the terrible \nday of the Lord come. \n\nAnd it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall \ncall^ on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: \nfor in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be de. \nliverance, as the Lord hath said^ and in the rem- \nnant whom the Lord shall call. (Joel 2 :21-32). \n\nThe restoration of the abundant harvest of grain, \nfruit, etc., prior to God sending his \'\'Spirit upon \nall flesh," is inevitable, and may we not make the \napplication in these times ? \n\n\'\'The result of Dr, Barclay\'s observations goes to \nshow that the greatest fall of rain at Jerusalem in \n\n\n\n12 THE JEWISH MONITOR AND \n\n\n\na single year "was eighty-five inches, and the small- \nest forty-four, the mean being 51 1-6. These \ntigm-es will be best appreciated by recollecting \nthat the average rain-fall at London during the \nwhole year is only twenty-five inches, and that in \nthe wettest parts of the country, such as Cumber- \nland and Devon, it rarely exceeds 50 inches. As \nin the time of our Savior, (Luke 12 :54), the rain \ncomes chiefi}^ fi-om the south, or southwest ; they \ncommence at the end of October, or beginning of \nNovember, and continue wthi greater or less con- \nstancy till the end of Februar}^, or middle of March \nand occasionally, though rarely, till the end of \nApril. Between April and November, there is, \nwith the rarest exception, an uninterrupted period \nof fine weather, and skies without a cloud ; during \ntMe summer the dews are very heav3^ and often \nsaturate the traveler\'s tent, as if a shower had \npassed over it. The nights, especially towards \nsunrise, are very cold, and thick fog or mists are \ncommon all over the countrj^ Thunder-storms \nof great violence are frequent during the winter \nmonths." \n\nThe following tabular statement of the fall of \nrain between 1846 and 1853, as stated by Dr. Mac- \ngowan, then residing at Jerusalem, Avilb doubt- \nless, prove interesting : \n\nRATN--FALL IN JERUSALEM FROM 1846 TO 1853, IN INCHES, \nACCORDING TO NEWMAN\'S RAIN-GAUGE. \n\nEarly Rains | 1846-7 | 1847-8 | 1848-9 i (*) | 1850-1 | 1851-2 1 1852-3 \nTotal.... 20 1-5 43 3-5 35 3-5 54 4-5 28 4-5 15 3-5 \n\nLatter Rains. \n\nTotal.... 38 4-5 7 2-5 25 30 1-5 36 1-5 24 3-5 \n\n(*) 1849-0 not registered. \n\nThou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion : \nfor the time to favor her, yea, the set time is come. \n\nFor thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and \nfavor the dust thereof. ( Psalms 102 :13-14.) \n\n\n\nGUIDE TO THE HOLY LAND. 13 \n\nTo favor Zion, would be to fully organize her \nI people upon the land consecrated to them for an \n\'everlasting possession. The following will rep- \nresent the manner the organization will take \nplace : \n\nAnd their nobles shall be of themselves and \ntheir Governor shall proceed from the midst of \nI them ; and I will cause him to draw near, and he \nshall approach unto me: (Jer. 80:21.) \n\nThe Rev. Bonhomme says : \n\n"Whatever opinion may be formed as to the \nspecial mode in which the attempts are made to \nrestore the Jews to Palestine, the circumstaDces \nthat the attention of so many individuals. Israel- \nites and Christians as well as some of the crown dtl \nheads of Europe, has been called to the national \nprosperity of God\'s literal Israel, cannot be over- \nlooked by the Hebrew Nation. In view of the \nProvidential interference at this time, the Jews \nfeel that they are no longer outcasts and despised, \nand they cannot remain indifierent to what is \ntaking place. \n\nPolitical changes are every year taking place \nin the East, which augur well for the Jews, ancl \npresent appearances favor the expectations that \nfurther changes will soon so dispose the nations \nabout Palestine, that the scattered millions of Is- \nrael may be restored to their native land. \n\nThe late projects of two eminent Jews, Roths- \nchild and Sir Moses Montefiore, the first to pur- \nchase Jerusalem and its neighboring places, as a \nrefuge and home to all Jews wishing to return to \na land consecrated by a thousand sacred associa- \ntions, and the latter to secure, by a sort of lease, \nthe possession of several towns and villages held \n\n\n\n14 THE JEWISH MONITOK AND \n\nsacred by tUe Jews, for the purpose of colonizing \nthem there, may indicate one means by which the \nJew may be reinstated into more than his orig, \ninal civil privileges. \n\n***** A party of wealthy \ngentlemen from England left for Jerusalem, with \nthe purpose of commencing a colony in Jerico. \nAt Tyre and Si don also, an architect from England \nproceeded, with men and means, to commence a \ncolony. \n\nAn eminent Jew purchased land in the vicinity \nof Jerusalem, and about Jaffa, upon which Jews \nare settled and laboring. A wealthy Jew^ess, the \nwidow of a rich banker, Madame Polac, resident \nat Koenigsberg, Prussia, purchased the Mount of \nOlives, in order to beautify the place with im, \nprovements at her own expense. The ftrst thing \nshe did was to plant the whole area with a grove \nof olive trees, and thus to restore it to the original \nstate of beauty from which it derives its name." \n\nAt the same time, saith the Lord, will I be the \nGod of all the families of Israel, and they shall \nbe my people. \n\nThus saith the Lord, The people which were \nleft of the sword foand grace in the wilderness; \neven Israel, when I w^ent to cause him to rest. \n\nThe Lord hath appeared of old unto me, say, \ning. Yea, I have loved thee with an- everlasting \nlove ; therefore with loving^kindness have I drawn \nthee, \n\nAgain I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, \nO virgin of Israel : thou shalt again be adorned \nwith thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances \nof them that make meriy. \n\nThou shalt yet plant vmes upon the mountains \nof Samaria : the planters shall plant, and shall eat \nthem as common things. \n\n\n\nGUIDE TO THE HOLY LAKD. 15 \n\n\n\nFor there shall be a day, that the watchmen up- \non the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and \nlet us go up to Zion unto the Lord our God. \n\nFor thus saith the Lord ; Sing with gladness for \nJacob, and shout among the chief of the nations : \npublish ye, praise ye, and say, O Lord^ save thy \npeople, the remnant of Israel. \n\nBehold, I will bring them from the north coun- \ntry, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, \n\ni and with them the blind and the lame, the woman \nwith child and her that travaileth with child to- \ngether : a great company shall return thither. \n\ni They shall come with weeping, and with sup- \n\n\' plications will I lead them : I will cause them to \nwalk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, \nwherein they shall not stumble : for I am a father \n\nj to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. \n\nI Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations, and \ndeclare it in the isles afar off, and say. He that \nscattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as \na shepherd doth his flock. \n\n> For the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and ran- \n! somed him from the hand of him that was strong- \n\n> er than he. \n\nI Therefore they shall come and sing in the height \nj of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness \ni of the Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil : \nj and for the young of the flock and of the herd, \nI and their soul shall be as a watered garden ; and \n\nthey shall not sorrow any more at all. (Jeremi* \n\nah 31 :1-12.) \n\nThe Rev. Bonhomme further says : \n\nIn turning our attention to the prospects of \nthis people, we behold an ever-active Providence \nin preparing the way for restoring his chosen na- \ntion to the land of their fathers, and to the favor \nof their God, and to the beloved, their Messiah, \n\n\n\n16 THE JEWISH MONITOR AND \n\n\n\nPrince and King^. The time is near at hand when \nthis standing monument of Divine displeasure, \nthis once higlxly honored but now scattered and \ndispersed family, is to be gathered from ^11 the \nnations whither the Lord their God has scattered \nthem. \n\nWhen this period shall have come \xe2\x80\x94 come it \nmust \xe2\x80\x94 it will be an eventful period for the world. \n(Micah 7 :18-20.) The Prophet, anticipating their \nrestoration, says: "An highway shall be made \nfor them, as in the days of Assyria, when they \ncame up out of the land of Egypt." When this \npeople w^ent down into Egypt, the Assyrian op, \npressed them. When the Lord was about to de, \nliver them, he called Moses, the man of God, and \nsaid unto him, "I have seen the affliction of my \npeople, and am come down to deliver them." \xe2\x80\x94 \nEvery difficulty was taken out of the way, and \nthey went out triumphantly. In like manner, \nwhen the seventy years of Babylon\'s captivity \nhad expired, the Lord inclined the hearts of Da. \nrius and Cyrus, by whose decrees in their favor \nevery hindrantie was removed for their return to \ntheir own beloved land. In fact, the only plan \nwhich would tend to effectually secure the peace \nand pros])erity of Palestine, would be the settle^ \nment of the many millions of them there; being \nan active, enterprising people, they would soon \nrid the land of the marauding Arab tribes and \npromote its welfare in every respect. \n\nRecent discoveries made in Africa and Japan, \namong the AfFghans and Chinese, will swell the \nnumber greatly. Having taken special pains \nwithin the last twenty years to collect carefully \nfrom missionaxy statistics fia*nislied by the mis, \nsionaries sent am.ong the Jews throughout the \nworld \xe2\x80\x94 missionaries numbering between two hun- \n\n\n\nGUIDE TO THE HOLY LAND, IT \n\nclred and three hundred \xe2\x80\x94 a source most reliable \xe2\x80\x94 \nthe following is a table, in specified order, as to \nthe actual number of Jews scattered : \n\nChina, including Ka-Fung-fu 60,000 \n\nRussian Provinces in Asia 3,000 \n\nRussia proper. 1,200,000 \n\nPoland - 2,000,000 \n\nPrussia proper 135,000 \n\nAnstria 453,524 \n\nConfederate States of Germany 138,000 \n\nAmsterdam, in Holland 35,000 \n\nThe Netherlands., , 50,000 \n\nFrance 81,000 \n\nItaly 200,000 \n\nEngland , , 60,000 \n\nIonian Isles 7,000 \n\nDanish States , 15,000 \n\nSweden 1,700 \n\nSwitzerland 1,900 \n\nGibralter ,.,.,..., 4,000 \n\nGalatia ......,,, 200,000 \n\nNetherlandish Colonies ,.,.,, 500 \n\nKingstown, West Indies ,...., 5.000 \n\nDemarara, Esquibo ,..,.,,.,,,.. 200 \n\nNew Holland , 50 \n\nSt. Domingo, ,,...,,,,,.. ^ , .... , 5,000 \n\nPorto Rico , 3,300 \n\nUnited States . . 700,000 \n\nSouth America 10,000 \n\nFez, in Africa and Morocco, , , . , , , . 300,000 \n\nTunis 130,000 \n\ni^lgjers , , . 30.000 \n\nHabesh... .., ,,,. 20,000 \n\nTripoli , ^ ^ ^ . 12,000 \n\nEgypt. 12,000 \n\nIn the Turkish Dominions in Europe \n\nand Asia 2,500,000 \n\n\n\n18 THE J E WISH MONITOR AND \n\n\n\nThose discovered in the East, as men- \ntioned in 2 Kings 17:6, the original \ncountry where the ten tribes were car- \nried away captive, the identified ten \ntribes of which we have a complete \nhistory of recent dates 7,000.000 \n\n\n\nA grand total of. 15,000,000 \n\nAnd their seed shall be known among the Gen- \ntiles, and their offspring among the people: all \nthat see them shall acknowledge them, that they \nare the seed which the Lord hath blessed. (Isa- \niah 61:9.) \n\nThat Jews are known, wherever the sun shines, \nis true : And when it is known that Jehovah ap- \npears once more in their defense upon the moun- \ntains of Israel, all people will have to acknowledge \nthe unexpected favor extended to them. \n\nLift up thine eyes round about, and behold : all \nthese gather themselves together and come to thee. \nAs I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt surely clothe \nthee with them alL as with an ornament, and bind \nthem on thee, as a bride doeth. \n\nFor thy waste and thy desolate places, and the \nland of thy destruction, shall even now be too \nnarrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that \nswallowed thee up shall be far aw^ay. \n\nThe children which thou shalt have, after thou \nhast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, \nThe place is too strait for me : give place to me \nthat I may dwell. \n\nThen shalt thou say in thine heart. Who hath \nbegotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, \nand am desolate, a captive, and removing to and \n\n\n\nGUIDE TO THE HOLY LAND. 19 \n\n\n\nfro ? and who hath brought up these ? Behold, I \nwas left alone; these, where had they been? \n\nThus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lift up \nmine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard \nto the people : and they shall bring thy sons in \ntheir arms, and thy daughters shall be carried \nupon their shoulders. \n\nAnd kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their \nqueens thy nursing mothers : Ihey shall bow down \nto thee with their face toward the earth, and lick \nup the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that \nI am the Lord : for they shall not be ashamed that \nwait for me. (Isaiah 49 :18-23.) \n\n"Among the signs of the times may be noted a \nfact which will interest many Christians. The \nRev. James Neil, an English clergyman who has \nlived for some time in Jerusalem, has written a \nbook, in which he says that the Jews are returning \nin large numbers to Palestine. So great is the \ninflux of new-comers, chiefly Jews Irom Russia, \nthat the population of Palestine has doubled with- \nin the last ten years. \n\nAt Laplied, one of the four holy cities of Galilee, \nthere was, three years ago, so large an emigration \nthat many of the immigrants had to camp out, \nthe houses being insufficient to contain them. \n\nBuilding goes on in Jerusalem in the night as \nwell as in the day, and a plot of ground near the \ncity has been sold for twenty times its former price. \nThe apparent causes of this migration are first, \nthat now Jews are permitted to own land in Pal- \nestine without becoming Turkish subjects; and \nsecoadly, the new law in Russia (1874) which \ncompels all Jews to be enrolled for military serv- \nice." \n\nBehold, I will gather them out of all countries, \nwhither I have driven tlism in mine anger, and \n\n\n\n20 THE JEWISH MONITOR AND \n\n\n\nin my fury^ and in great wrath ; and I will bring \nthem again unto this place, and I will cause them \nto dwell safely t \n\nAnd they shall be my people, and I will be \ntheir God : \n\nAnd I will give them one heart, and one way, \nthat tliey may fear me for ever, lor the good of \nthem, and of their children after them: \n\nAnd 1 will make an everlasting covenant with \nthem, that I will not turn away from them, to do \nthem good ; but I will put my fear in their hearts, \nthat they shall not depart from vne, \n\nYea, 1 will rejoice over them to do them good, \nand I will plant them in this land assuredly with \nmy whole heart and with my whole soul. \n\nFor thus saith the Lord ; Like as I have brought \nall this great evil upon this people, so will I bring \nUpon them all the good that I have promised them. \n\nAnd fields shall be bought in this land, where- \nof ye say, It is desolate without man or beast ; it \nis given into the hand of the Chaldeans. \n\nMen shall buy fields for monej^, and subscribe \nevidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in \nthe land of Benjamin, and in the places about Je- \nrusalem, and in the cities of Judali, and in the \ncities of the mountains, and in the cities of the; \nvalley, and in the cities of the south : for I will \ncause their captivity to return, saith the Lord. \xe2\x80\x94 \nJer, 32 :37^44.) \n\n"Sir Moses Monteflore, now in the 92d year of \nliis age, a few months back paid a seventh visit \nto Jerusalem for the purpose of collecting infor- \nmation relating to the actual condition of tlie \nJewish inhabitants of the Holy Land, as to their \ncapability and inclination to engage in mechan- \nical and general 1 agricultural pursuits. The report \n(the London Times says) is now i3nblished, with \n\n\n\nGUIDE TO THE HOLY LAND. 21 \n\n\n\na letter to Sir Moses from two of the leading Rab- \nbles of Jerusalem, in which they refute the charg- \nes of disinclination to work of the Jews of Jeru- \nsalem while there was a possibility of obtaining \nsufficient charity to enable them to live. It is \nknown that, in order to give a refutation to these \ncharges. Sir Moses Montefiore determined to un- \ndertake a mission to the Holy City and report on \nhis observations. Sir Moses states that a whole \nvillage has been pointed out to him w^hich might \nbe purchased at a moderate rate. All the persons \nWho reported to Sir Moses on this subject stated \nthat there would be no difficulty whatever in se- \ncuring as much land as might be required, either \nfor cultivation or building purposes. The Gov- \nernor and Kadi of Jerusalem assured him of the \nreadiness of the Turkish Government to render \nevery possible assistance to encourage any indus- \ntrial scheme for the promotion of the welfare of \nthe people in the Holy Land. The French and \nAmerican Consuls also assured him of their wil- \nlingness to assist. Sir Moses states that a great \nstruggle may arrise in the future between the ed- \nucated or Progressive party \xe2\x80\x94 those who do not \ncome to the Holy City from religious motives, but \nfrom reasons connected with special circumstan- \nces \xe2\x80\x94 and the strictly conservative party, whose \nsole object in going to Jerusalem was the preser- \nvation of their religion. During his short stay at \nJaffa, Sir Moses Montefiore noticed some indica- \ntions to that effect. Sir Moses gives a long ac- \ncount of the different institutions established in \nJerusalem for the benefit of the poor. There is \na soup kitchen; a loan society, whose object it is \nto make advances without interest; a hospice, \nwhich provides every poor person coming to Je- \nrusalem with gratuitous board and lodging until \n\n\n\n22 THE JEWISH MONITOR AND \n\n\n\nhe may have procured for himself a suitable resi- \ndence; three building societies, etc. Sir Moses \nsays : "I had some conversation on the subject of \ngeneral drainage in Jerusalem with a gentleman \nof authority. He told me that all the refuse of \nthe city is now carried into the pool of Bethesda, \nwhich, strange to say, I was informed, is close to \nthe house intended for the barracks, and the sol- \ndiers living there appear not to experience the \nleast inconvenience on account of its vicinity. If \narrangements could be made to clear that pool en- \ntirely, to admit pure water only, and to dig special \npools for the purpose of conducting there the city \ndrains, Jerusalem might become free from any \nthreatening epidemic. All the doctors in Jerusa- \nlem assured me that the Holy City might be reck- \noned, on account of the purity of the atmosphere, \none of the healthiest of places." Sir Moses speaks \nof the skill of Jewish mechanics in Jerusalem, \nwhere it has been said that there are no Jewish \nmechanics in the Holy City. Sir Moses saw \nwatchmakers, engravers, lithographers, iiiculptors, \ngoldsmiths, bookbinders and carpenters, and, he \nsays, "all did their work most satisfactorily." A \nwatchmaker into whose hands he gave a valuable \nrepeater for repair, put it within a very short time, \ninto excellent order. The same man, in addition \nto his skill as a watchmaker, displayed also great \ntalent as a Hebrew caligraphist. He presented \nSir Moses with a grain of wheat on which were \nwritten nineteen lines, forming an acrostic on the \nname of the venerable philanthropist. The trav- \neler states that he has had every opportunity of \nconvincing himself that the Jews are eager and \nwilling to engage in any kind of labor, agricultu- \nral or otherwise, which will obtain for them the \nnecessaries of life and place them above the need \n\n\n\nGUIDE TO THE HOLY LAND. 23 \n\nof the charity of their benevolent co-religionists. \nI Sir Moses says that the great regard which he has \ni always entertained toward his brethren in the Ho- \nly Land has now become, if possible, doubly in- \ncreased, and he emphatically asserts that they are \ndeserving of assistance ; they are willing and able \nto work, their mental powers are of a satisfactory \nnature, and all Israelites ought to render them \ni support." \n\nAnd it shall come to pass, when all these things \nare come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, \nwhich I have set before thee, and shalt call them \nto mind among all the nations, whither the Lord \nthy God hath driven thee, \n\nAnd shalt return unto the Lord thy God, and \nI shalt obey his voice according to all that I com- \nmand thee this day, thou and thy children, with \nall thine heart, and with all thy soul ; \n\nThat then the Lord thy God will turn thy cap- \ntivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will \nreturn and gather thee from all the nations, whith- \ner the Lord thy God hath scattered thee. \n\nIf any of thine be driven out unto the outmost \n! parts of heaven, from thence will the Lord thy God \ngather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee : \nI And the Lord thy God will bring thee into the \nI land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt \nj possess it ; and he will do thee good, and multiply \nthee above thy fathers. (Deut. 30 :l-5.) \n\nI Col. J. P. Sanford, a recent traveler in China, \ni Egypt and Palestine, now lecturing in the United \nI States upon what he saw abroad, states that fruit \ngrows in abundance in Palestine; that he saw \ngrapes that weighed seven pounds to the bunch \n\' and that bunches generally ranged from four to \n\n\n\n24 THE JEWISH MONITOR AND \n\nten pounds each: That Jews were emigrating \nthere from all parts of the world, and when they \narrived much time was first spent in \'Sprayer and \nwailing," beseeching God to bless and renew their \nland by his omnipotent hand saying, "how long \n\nLord, until thou wilt favor again our desolate \nhomes r" \n\nIn that day w^ill I raise up the tabernacle of Da. \nvid that is fallen, and close up the breaches there> \nof: and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build \nit as in the days of old : \n\nThat they may possess the remnant of Edom, \nand of all the heathen, which are called by my \nname, saith the Lord that doeth this. \n\nBehold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the \nploughman shall overtake the reaper, and the \ntreader of grapes him that soweth seed ; and the \nmountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills \nshall melt \n\nAnd I will bring again the captivity of my peo, \npie of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, \nand inhabit them ; and they shall plant vineyards, \nand drink the wine thereof; they shall also make \ngardens, and eat the fruit of them. \n\nAnd I will plant them upon their land, and they \nshall no more be pulled up out of their land which \n\n1 have given them, saith the Lord thy God.-\xc2\xbb \n(Amos 9:11-15.) \n\nThe following is from a recent traveler in that \ncountry of my acquaintance j \n\n"I arrived in Indiana a few days since, from \nthe Eastern Continent. I stopped at Joppa nearly \nthe whole winter. For my part I was well pleased \nwith the country, it is certainly a land of most \nwonderful fruitful ness, with a delightsome cli- \n\n\n\nGUIDE TO THE HOLY LAND. 25 \n\nmate, producing everything if properly cultivated, \nand from two to three crops in a year. They have \ngrain, fruit and vegetables all the year round ; in \nfact I never was in such a country before. I have \nseen much good country in Europe and America, \nbut none to compare with Palestine ; its fruitful- \nness is uncommon, and the climate the most de- \nlightsome ; even in winter I did not see the least \nsort of frost, and vegetables of every sort were \ngrowing in perfection in gardens. It is a fact that \nthe rain and dew are restored ; recently, in 185e3, the \nformer and the latter rains were restored, to the \nastonishment of the natives. The Jews have been \nreturning to the Holy Land for some time, and \nare increasing, going to their beloved Canaan \nfrom many parts of Europe, Asia and Africa. \xe2\x80\x94 \nThey are making preparations to rebuild cities \nand build railroads. The fruit in Palestine is \nbetter than in Europe and America. They have \ncamels, mules, horses, asses, cattle, sheep and \ngoats ; but I saw no hogs. The natives are gen- \nerally friendly." \n\nThe sons also of them that afflicted thee shall \ncome bending unto thee; and all they that des- \npised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles \nof thy feet ; and they shall call thee, The city of \nthe Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel. \n\nWhereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so \nthat no man went through thee ; I will make thee \nan eternal excellency, a joy of many generations. \n\nThou Shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, \nand Shalt suck the breast of kings : and thou shalt \nknow that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy \nRedeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. \n\nFor brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will \nhring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones \n\n\n\n26 THE JEWISH MONITOR AND \n\niron: I will also make thy officers peace, and \nthine exactors righteousness. (Isaiah 60:14-17). \n\nThe Lord has always worked b}^ means, and oft- \nen used the basest of men to perform his deter- \nmined purposes : For instance, Cyrus, a heathen \nking, was even named two hundred years before \nhe was born, as being the one to restore Israel \nfrom Babylonish captivity to their own land. \n\nWho are they that now fear the future changes ? \nThey are the nations with whom abide the wealthy \nIsraelites : The abundance of the precious metals \nwill be brought up from some quarter, and the \nentire globe will feel the effects of its transit ; but \nwill they remember that God is at the helm ? \n\nFor I know their works and their thoughts : it \nshall come, that I Avill gather all nations and \ntongues ; and they shall come, and see my glory. \n\nAnd I will set a sign among them and I will send \nthose that escape of them unto the nations, to \nTarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to \nTubal and J a van, to the isles afar off, that have \nnot heard my fame, neither have seen my glory ; \nand they shall declare my glory among the Gen- \ntiles. \n\nAnd they shall bring all your brethren for an \noffering unto the Lord out of all nations upon \nhorses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon \nmules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy moun- \ntain Jerusalem, saith the Lord, as the children of \nIsrael bring an offering in a clean vessel into the \nhouse of the Lord. \n\nAnd I will also take of them for priests and for \nLevites, saith the Lord. \n\nFor as the new heavens, and the new earth, \n\n\n\nGUIDE TO THE HOLY LAND. 27 \n\nwhich I will make, shall remain before me, saith \nthe liOrd, so shall your seed and your name re- \nmain. (Isaiah 66 :18-22). \n\nBy what power, or means, God will "Set a sign \namong the nations," I do not propose to conjec- \nture, further than the Bible will warrant. Amos \ntells us how God works : \n\nSurely the Lord God will do nothing, but he \nrevealeth his secret unto his servants the proph- \nets. (Amos 3 :7). \n\nThe prophets come from the house of Israel. \xe2\x80\x94 \nGod has never raised up a prophet outside of \nAbraham\'s seed since the promise was bestowed \nupon him, viz : "That in thee and in thy seed shall \nall the nations of the Earth be blessed." Neither \nhas God ever promised to raise up a prophet \namong the Gentiles : Hence, since the dissolving \nof the Jewish nation, darkness, even "Gross dark- \nness" has covered the people. \n\nO Lord, why hast thou made us to err from th}^ \nways, and hardened our heart from thy fear V Re- \nturn for thy servants\' sake, the tribes of thine in- \nheritance. \n\nThe people of thy holiness have possessed it but \na little while: our adversaries have trodden \ndown thy sanctuary. \n\nWe are thine : thou never barest rule over them ; \nthey were not called by thy name. (Isa. 63 :17-19.) \n\nDeclare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem ; \nand say. Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, \ngather together, and say. Assemble yourselves and \nlet us go into the defenced cities. \n\nSet up the standard toward Zion : retire, stay \n\n\n\n28 THE JEWISH MONITOR AND \n\nnot: for I will bring evil from the north, and a \ngreat destruction. \n\nThe lion is come up from his thicket, and the \ndestroyer of the Gentiles is on his way ; he is gone \nforth from his place to make thy land desolate ; \nand thy cities shall he laid waste, without an in- \nhabitant. (Jer. 4 :5-7). \n\nThe following, from the "Christian Union," re- \nveals the position of thousands of the Hebrew \npeople in past centuries : \n\nJust now, both in this country and in Europe, \nthere is what we may call an epidemic of the \nJewish question. Here, as well as there, the dis- \ncussion is but the rebound of circumstances. Mr. \nDisraeli was thought to have drawn upcm his very \nopulent oriental imagination when he stated, some \nyears ago, that in all parts of the world there \nwere Jews, who, shrinking from the excruciating \ncontempt and aversion of mankind, concealecl \ntheir faith, not only for a life-time, but for gener- \nations. Some facts have lately come to the sur- \nface which indicate that Disraeli knew what he \nwas talking about. For example, it is mentioned \nin a recent number of the "Jewish Chronicle," \nthat a company of Jews at Berlin brought to the \nShah, on the occasion of the latter\'s visit there, a \npetition imploring him to protect the Jews in Per- \nsia; and that a stern Persian, belonging to the \nRoyal Suit, who had received and closel}^ ques- \ntioned the delegation, quietly informed them that \ntheir memorial should really reach the Shah, for \nhe, the stern Persian aforesaid, was a concealed \nJew, though obliged to deny his faith. Since the \nreligious emancipation of Austria and Spain, \nthere have been numerous conversions to Juda- \nism, which were in reality nothing more than the \n\n\n\nGUIDE TO THE HOLY LAKD. 29 \n\nopen avowal of Judaism by "Catholic" families \nwho perhaps for ages, have remained Jews in \nsympathy and faith and domestic habits, while \nthey have outwardly assented to the dominant and \ndomineering religion. \n\nAnd I will cause the captivity of Judah and \nthe captivity of Israel to return, and will build \nthem, as at the first. \n\nAnd I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, \nwhereby they have sinned against me ; and I will \npardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sin- \nned, and whereby they have transgressed against \nme. \n\nAnd it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise \nand an honour before all the nations of the \nearth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto \nthem : and they shall fear and tremble for all the \ngoodness and for all the prosperity that I procure \nunto it. \n\nThus saith the Lord ; Again there shall be heard \nin this place, which ye say shall be desolate with- \nout man and without beast, even in the cities of \nJudah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are \ndesolate, without man, and without inhabitant, \nand without beast. \n\nThe voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the \nvoice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the \nbride, the voice of them that shall say. Praise the \nLord of hosts : for the Lord is good ; for his mercy \nendureth for ever : and of them that shall bring \nthe sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord. \nFor I will cause to return the captivity of the \nland, as at the first, saith the Lord. \n\nThus saith the Lord of hosts ; Again in this \nplace, which is desolate without man and without \nbeast,and in all the cities thereof, shall be a habita- \ntion of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down. \n\n\n\n30 THE JEWISH MONITOR AND \n\nIn the cities of the mountains, in the cities of \nthe vale, and in the cities of the soutli, and in the \nland of Benjamin, and in the places about Jeru- \nsalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks \npass again under the hands of him that telleth \nthem, saith the Lord. \n\n. Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I \nwill perform that good thing which I have prom- \nised unto the house of Israel and to the house of \nJudah. \n\nIn those days, and at that time, will I cause the \nBranch of righteousness to grow up unto David; \nand he shall execute judgment and righteousness \nin the land. \n\nIn those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusa- \nlem shall dwell safely : and this is the name where- \nwith she shall be called. The Lord our Righteous- \nness. \n\nFor thus saith the Lord ; David shall never want \na man to sit upon the throne of the house of Is- \nrael: (Jer. 33:7-17). \n\nThe days in which Judah shall be saved will be \nwhen the New Era has come : The time which \nthe prophets have all spoken of since the world \nbegan \xe2\x80\x94 even of the "restoration of all things,\'\' \nand when this time shall have come, the an- \ncient date for reckoning time w^ill end, and the \nthrone of David will never be in w^ant of a King, \nunder the new dispensation spoken of in the above \nprophecy. \n\nThus saith the Lord God; In the day that I \nshall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I \nwill also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the \nw^astes shall be builded. \n\n\n\nGUIDE TO THE HOLY LAND. 31 \n\nAnd the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas \nit lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by. \n\nAnd they shall say, This land that was desolate \nis become like the garden of Eden; and the was1e \nand desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, \nand are inhabited. \n\nThen the heathen that are left round about you \nshall know that I the Lord build the ruined pla- \nces, and plant that that was desolate : I the Lord \nhave spoken it, and I will do it. \n\nThus saiththe Lord God ; I will yet for this be \ninquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for \nthem ; I will increase them with men like a flock. \n\nAs the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in \nher solemn feasts ; so that the waste cities be filled \nwith flocks of men : and they shall know that I \nam the Lord. (Ezekiel 36 :33-38). \n\nWe annex the following testimony : \n\n"An important society has been formed in Eu- \nrope, called the International Society of the Ori- \nent, to prevent the grave complications arising \nout of the Eastern Question and to regenerate the \nEast, by infusing therein the spirit of western \ncivilization. To accomplish this great result, the \nSociety, which enrolls among its members, such \nmen as Napoleon, Rothchilds, and JVlontefiore, \nproposes to favor the development of agriculture, \nindustry, commerce, and public works in the East, \nespecially in Palestine ; to obtain from the Turk- \nish government certain privileges and monopo- \nlies, chief of which is the gradual concession and \nadvancement of the lands of Palestine ; to distrib- \nute at cash prices such of those lands as the com- \npany receives, and to efiect the colonization of \nthe most fertile villages of the Holy Land. The \nSociety, after having established its commercial \n\n\n\n32 THE JEWISH MONITOR AND \n\n\n\nbureau at Constantinople and other cities of the \nTurkish empire, will construct a port at Joppa, \nand a good road, or railroad, from that city to Je- \nrusalem. Upon the north of this road, the Socie- \nty expects land to be conceded by Turkey, which \nthey will sell to Israelitish families. \' These, in \ntheir turn, will create new colonies, aided by their \nOriental co-religionists, and it is expected special \ncommittees will send thither Jews of Morocco, \nPoland, Moldavia, Wallachia, from the East, \nand from Mrica. The society claims that the plan \nwill reconstruct the holy places of Jerusalem in \na Christian manner, put an end to the constant \nconflict between the great powers in reference to \nthem, transform the ancient Jerusalem into a new \nand great city, create European colonies, which \nwill become, in time, the centers, whence Occi- \ndental civilization will spread in Turkey and pen- \netrate to the remote Orient. The Society is being \nrapidly formed, with the strongest influences, \nfinancial and political at its back. The Roth- \ncliilds, Mores, Montefiore, and other great capi- \ntalists among the Jew^s, are actively in sympathy \nwith the undertaking. The plan has also the fa- \nvor of more than one crowned head in Europe ; \namongst them, Napoleon, of whose special theo- \nries of nationalities it is a development. Several \nprominent noblemen of England, and the leading \nnames of the Faubourg St. Germain are also \namong its friends." \n\nAnd therefore wdll the Lord wait, that he may \nbe gracious unto you, and therefore will he be ex- \nalted, that he may have mercy upon j^ou : for the \nLord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they \nthat w^ait for him. \n\nFor the people shall dw^ell in Zion at J erusa- \nlem : thou shalt weep no more : he will be very \n\n\n\nGUIDE TO THE HOLY LAND. 33 \n\n\n\ngracious unto tliee at the voice of thy cry ; when \nhe shall hear it, he will answer thee. \n\nAnd though the Lord give you the bread of ad- \nversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not \nthy teachers bo removed into a corner any more, \nbut thine eyes shall see thy teachers: \n\nAnd thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, \nsaying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye \nturn to the rifj\'ht hand, and when ye turn to the \nleft. (Isaiah^-^ 0:18-21). \n\nDaniel March, D. D., utters the following noble \n\nand truthful statement : \n\nUnder the Divine guidance the men who made \nthe deepest impress upon the life of the "world, \nwere not the men who founded cities, and con- \nquered nations, and governed empires, but the pil- \ngrims and wanderers who dwelt in tents and found \nin the Almighty God their shield and exceeding \ngreat reward. We cannot point to fallen columns, \nand ruined temples, and desolate cities and say : \nThese are the works of our father Abraham. But \nwe can find his living memorial in the life and \ncharacter of the best and bravest men of all suc- \nceeding time. * * Moses lived eighty years in \nthe desert, and his only home was a tent. And \nYet these tv\\^o mighty men of faith are still mon- \narchs in the realm of mind, friends and fathers in \nthe sacred empire of home. \n\nFor Zion,s sake will I not hold my peace, and \nfor Jerusalem\'s sake I will not rest, until the \nrighteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and \nthe salvation thereof as a lamp that burnetii. \n\nAnd the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, \nand all kings thy glory: and thou shall be called \nhy a new name, which the mouth of the Lord \nshall name. \n\n\n\nU THE JEWISH MONITOR AND \n\n\n\n1 \n\n\n\nThou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand \nof the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of \nthy God. \n\nThou shalt no more be termed Forsaken ; nei- \nther shall thy land any more be termed Desolate : \nbut thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land \nBeulah : for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy \nland shall be married. \n\nFor as a young man marrietli a virgin, so shall \nthy sons marry thee : and as the bridegroom re- \njoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice \nover thee. \n\nI have set watchmen upon thj^ walls, O Jerusa- \nlem, wdiich shall never hold their peace day nor \nnight rye that make mention of the Lord, keep \nnot silence, \n\nAnd give him no rest, till he establish, and till \nhe make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. \n\nThe Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by \nthe arm of his strength. Surely I will no more \ngive thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and \nthe sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, \nfor the wdiicli thou hast laboured : \n\nBut they that have gathered it shall eat it, aud \npraise the Lord ; and they that have brought it to- \ngether ishall drink it in the courts of my holiness. \n\nGo through, go through the gates ; prepare ye \nthe w^ay of the people ; cast u}), cast up the high- \nway ; gather out the stones ; lift up a standard for \nthe people. \n\nBehold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end \nof the world. Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Be- \nhold, thy salvation cometh ; behold, his reward is \nwith him, and his work before him. \n\nAnd they shall call them, The holy people, The \nredeemed of the Lord : and thou shalt be called, \nSought out, A city not forsaken. (Isa. 62 :1-12). \n\n\n\nGUIDE TO THE HOLY LAND. 35 \n\n"Palestine is not such a desert as some people \nsuppose. Even after the waste and exhaustion of \n4000 years it exhibits surprising fertility. The \nhill country of Galilee yields crops which indicate \na production equal to all that Josephus has said \nof it. South of Bethlehem they raise two crops \na year. Their grapes almost rival the clusters of \nEshcol, a single vine having 100 , bunches of \ngrapes, each three feet long and each grape three \nand one half inches in circumference. They \nhave Indian corn eleven feet high. Water-melons \ntwenty, thirty, and forty pounds weight, and bean \npods thirteen inches long and six on a stem. \xe2\x80\x94 \nTheir quince-trees yield 400 quinces each, which \nare larger than the largest apples of New Eng- \nland, and a single citron-tree yields 510 pounds of \nfruit." \n\nI lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and be- \nhold a man with a measuring line in his hand. \n\nThen said I, Whither goest thouV And he said \nunto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is \nthe breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof. \n\nAnd, behold, the angel that talkea with me went \nforth, and another angel went out to meet him. \n\nAnd said unto him, Run, speak to this young \nman, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as \ntowns without walls for the multitude of men \naLd cattle therein: \n\nFor I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall \nof fire round about, and will be the glory in the \nmidst of her. \n\nHo, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of \nthe north, saith the Lord : for I have spread you \nabroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the \nLord. \n\nDeliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the \ndausfhler of Babylon. \n\n\n\n86 THE JEWISH MONITOR AND \n\n\n\nFor thus saitli the Lord of hosts ; After the glory \nhath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled \nyou : for he that toucheth you, toucheth the apple \nof his eye. \n\nEor, behold, I Will shake mine hand upon them, \nand they shall be a spoil to their servants : and ye \nshall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me. \n\nSing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I \ncome, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith \nthe Lord. \n\nAnd many nations shall be joined to the Lord \nin that day, and shall be my people : and I will \ndwell in the midst of thee, and thou slialt know \nthat the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto thee. \n\nAnd the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion \nin the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem \nagain. \n\nBe silent, O all flesh, before the Lord : for he is \nraised up out of his holy habitation. (Zechariah \n2:1-13). \n\nTo protect the city of Jerusalem, in past ages, a \n\nwall was erected ; but the weapons of war now \n\nused, demand something more efficient : God has \n\npromised to be a defense in the age of Israel\'s \n\nvictory and redemption. \n\nIn that day will I make the governors of Judah \nlike a heartli of fire among the wood, and like a \ntorch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all \nthe people round about, on the right hand and on \nthe left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again \nin her own place, even in Jerusalem. \n\nThe Lord also shall save the tents of Judah first, \nthat the glory of the house of David and the glory \nof the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify \nthemselves against Judah. \n\n\n\nGUIDE TO THE HOLY LAND. 37 \n\nIn that clay shall the Lord defend the Inhabitants \nof Jerusalem ; and he that is feeble among them \nat that day shall be as David; and the house of \nDavid shall be as God, as the angel of the Lord \nbefore them. \n\nAnd it shall come to pass in that day, that I will \nseek to destroy all the nations that come against \nJerusalem. (Zech. 12:5-9). \n\nCome, behold the works of the Lord, what des- \nolations he hath made in the earth. * \n\nHe maketh wars to cease unto the end of the \nearth ; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear \nin sunder ; he burnetii the chariot in the fire. \n\nBe still, and know that I am God: I will be ex- \nalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the \nearth. \n\nThe Lord of hosts is with us ; the God of Jacob \nis our refuge. Selah. (Psalms 46 :8-ll). \n\nBehold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I \nwill make a new covenant with the house of Is- \nrael, and with the house of Judah : \n\nNot according to the covenant that I made with \ntheir fathers, in the day that I took them by the \nhand to bring them out of the land of Egypt ; \nwhich my covenant they break, although I was a \nhusband unto them, saith the Lord : \n\nBut this shall be the covenant that I will make \nwith the house of Israel: After those days, saith \nthe Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, \nand write it in their hearts ; and will be iheir \nGod, and tliey shall be my people. \n\nAnd they shall teach no more every man his \nneighbour, and every man his brother, saying. \nKnow the Lord : for they shall all know me, from \nthe least of them unto the greatest of them, saith \nthe Lord : for I will forgive their iniquity, and I \n:wiir remember their sin no more. \n\n\n\n38 THE JEWIbH MONITOR AND \n\n\n\nThus saitli the Lord, which giveth the sun for a \nlight by day, and the ordinances of the moon and \nof the stars for a light by night, which divideth \nthe sea when the waves thereof roar ; The Lord \nof hosts is his name : \n\nIf those ordinances depart from before me, saith \nthe Lord, then the seed of Israel also shall cease \nfrom being a nation before me for ever. \n\nThus saith tJie Lord; If heaven above can \nbe measured, and the foundations of the earth \nsearched out beneath, I will also cast off all the \nseed of Israel for all that they hav^e done, saith \nI he Lord. \n\nBehold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the \ncity shall be built to the Lord from the tower of \nHananeel unto the gate of the corner. \n\nAnd the measuring line shall yet go forth over \nagainst it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass \nabout to Goath. \n\nAnd the whole valley of the dead bodies, and \nof the ashes, and all the field unto the brook of \nKidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward \nthe east, shall be holy unto the Lord ; it shall not \nbe plucked up, nor thrown down any more for \never. (Jer. 31 :31-40). \n\n\n\nThe (covenant alluded to in the above, was nev- \ner made with Israel and Judah ; it is a different \nagreement from that made under the direction \nof Moses in the exodus from Egypt. In the new \ncovenant, all are to become acquainted with God \nNo teachers will be required ; hence, we need not \nexpect to find this covenant on earth at the pres- \nent time, for the world is encumbered with teach- \ners; and I nius^ sny (will the reader dissent?) that \n\n\n\nGUIDE TO THE HOLY LAND. 39 \n\n\n\nthe following, clipped from "Spirit of the Times," \nis only an echo from the dark ages from which \nwe are not fully recovered ; and were it not for the \nfaithful Hebrews, how much would the present \ngeneration know of Jehovah : \n\nA young minister had gone to a prosperous \nchurch to preach his lirst sermon. Before leav- \ning the house the gentleman who was entertaining \nhim suggested to him not to preach against the \nUniversalists. "There are," said he, "several \nUniversalist families who have pews in our \nchurch, and we don\'t want them oflended." The \nyoung minister promised. At the church vesti- \nbule one of the deacons drew him aside, and said, \n"Do you see those gentlemen just passing in ? \nThey are Spiritualists, but come here to church \noccasionally. I wish you would be a little careful \nnot to say anything that might hurt their feelings." \nThe minister promised. As he was ascending the \npulpit steps, one of the elders button-holed him \nfor a moment to whisper an additional caution \xe2\x80\x94 \n"The leading liquor dealer has just come into the \nchurch, and he gives us a lift sometimes. I wish \nyou would be particular not to allude to the whis- \nky business or the temperance question." The \nyoung minister, getting fairly frightened to see \nthe moral ground thus steadily narrowing before \nhim, inquired, "Pray, who or what shall I preach \nagainst, then ?" The elder\'s reply came with an \nair of triumph \xe2\x80\x94 "Preach against the Jews ; they \nhaven\'t got a friend in town." \n\nThe wilderness and the solitary place shall be \nglad for them ; and the desert shall rejoice, and \nblossom as the rose. \n\nIt shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even. \n\n\n\n40 THE JEWISH MONITOR AND \n\n\n\nwith joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall \nbe given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and \nSharon; they shall see the glory of the Lord, and \nthe excellency of our God. \n\nStrengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the \nfeeble knees. \n\nSay to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, \nfear not: behold, your God will come with ven- \ngeance, even God with a recompense; he will \ncome and save you. .^ \n\nThen the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and \nthe ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. \n\nThen shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the. \ntongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness \nshall waters bi*eak out, and streams in the desert. \n\nAnd the parched ground shall become a pool, \nand the thirsty land springs of water : in the hab- \nitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass \nwith reeds and rushes. \n\nAnd a highway shall be there, and a way, and \nit shall be called The way of holiness ; the unclean \nshall not pass over it ; but it shall be for those : the \nwayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. \n\nNo lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast \nshall go up thereon, it shall not be found there ; \nbut the redeemed shall walk there : \n\nAnd the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and \ncome to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon \ntheir heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, \nand sorrow and sighing shall flee awav. (Isaiah \n85:1-10). \n\nThe following, which we quote from the "Jew- \nish Times," published in New York, favors the \nColonization of Palestine : \n\nSir Moses Moiitefiore, the venerable advocate of \nthe Jews, has issued a circular letter urging the \n\n\n\nGUIDE TO THE HOLY LAND. 41 \n\ncolonization of Palestine and the encouragement \nof Jewish agriculturists and mechanics. The \nproject seems by no means impracticable. What- \never opinion people of a liberal turn of mind may \nentertain regarding the veneration due to the an- \ncient home of the Jews, there can be no doubt \nentertained that millions of Jews look upon Pal- \nestine as the land holy par excellence, the place \nnearest to the future abode of bliss, and in direct \nconnection with the Paradise of Saints. An irre- \npressible desire and burning longing dwell in \nthe breasts of thousands of our brethren for the \nland which, in their opinion, is alone worthy to \ncontain the temple for the worship of the true \nGod, and where the}^ may best secure the due \npreparation for entering the home of eternity. \n\nTherefore, behold, the days come, saith the \nLord, that it shall no more be said. The Lord liv- \neth, that brought up the children of Israel out of \nthe land of Egypt ; \n\nBut, The Lord liveth, that brought up the chil- \ndren of Israel from the land of the north, and \nfrom all the lands whither he had driven them : \n\ni and I will bring them again into their land that I \n\nI gave unto their fathers. \n\nj Behold, 1 will send for many lishers, saith the \nI Lord, and they shall tish them; and after will I \nj send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them \nfrom every mountain, and from every hill, and \nI out of the holes of the rocks. \n\nI For mine eyes are upon all their ways : they are \nnot hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid \n, from mine eyes. \n\nj And first I will recompense their iniquity and \n\nj their sin double; because they have defiled my \n\nland, they have filled mine inheritance with the \n\n\n\n4a THE JEWISH MONITOK AND \n\ncarcasses of llieir detestable and abominable \n\n*^O^Lord my strength, and my fortress and my \nref^se^nth^clayof atliiction, the Gentiles shal \ncom! unto thee from the ends of the earth and \nsha 1 \xc2\xabav Surely our fathers have mhented lies, \nfaSV and thfngs .herein there is no proflt.- \n(Jer. 16:14-19.. \n\nWhen the promises of God to the Hebrews are \nbeginning to be made manifest again, the Gentiles \nwill doubt the correctness of their long cherished \nbelief, that God has cast the Jews off forever I \nwill here say that many good men believe in the \n\nliteral return of Israel to their promised land. \n\nRev. Charles Wesley, a great reformer, who \n\xe2\x80\xa2frequently expressed his feeling and belief on \n\niis subject furnishes the following: \n\nAlmighty God of love. \n\nSet up the attracting sign. \nAnd summon whom thou dost approve \n\nFor messengers divine. \n\nFrom favored Abram\'s seed. \n\nThe new Apostles choose ; \nIn Isles and Continents to spread, \n\nThe Dead-reviving news. \n\nWe know it shall be done ! \n\n\'Tis God\'s almighty word; \nAll Israel shall the Messiah own, \n\nTo their first state restored. \n\n\n\nPART SECOND. \n\n\n\nISRAEL\'S FINAL, REDEMPTION, \n\n\n\nBehold, I will send my messenger, and he shall \nprepare the way before me : and the Lord, whom \nye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even \nthe messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight \nin : behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. \n\nBut who may abide the day of his coming ? and \nwho shall stand when he appeareth ? for he is like \na refiner\'s fire, and like fullers\' soap : \n\nAnd he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of sil- \nver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and \npurge them as gold and silver, that they may offer \nunto the Lord an offering in righteousness. \n\nThen shall the offering of Judah and Jerusa- \nlem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of \nold, and as in former years. \n\nMany persons have supposed that John, the \nBaptist, was the messeng(;r spoken of in the above \nprophecy, but let the reader review for a moment- \nThe Lord did not suddenly come to his temple in \nthe personage of Christ ; he taught in the temple, \nbut they had power to abuse him and "Cast him \nout;" but when the above is fulfilled "Who may \nabide the day of his coming and who shall be \nable to stand?" \n\nThe offering of Judah and Jerusalem is to be \n\n\n\n44 THE JEWISH MONITOR AND \n\npleasant unto the Lord as in the days of old.\'\' \xe2\x80\x94 \nThese are occurrences demanding of us more than \nan ordinary thought ; they have never taken place, \nhence they are future. \n\nI saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like \nthe Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, \nand came to the Ancient of days, and they brought \nhim near before him. \n\nAnd there was given him dominion, and glor}^ \nand a kingdom, that all people, nations, and lan- \nguages, should serve him : his dominion is an ever- \nlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and \nhis kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. \xe2\x80\x94 \n(Dan. 7 :13-14). \n\nShould times change, and Israel become as *4n \nformer years ;" then the days will be Ancient days \nor like unto the ancient times ; And Daniel saw \none come with the clouds of heaven, and receive \na kingdom composed of all people and nations, \nwe have no account of this having taken place, \nhence it must be future. \n\nWho is this that cometii from Edom, with dyed \ngarments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in \nhis apparel, travelling in the greatness of his \nstrength ? I that speak in righteousness, mighty \nto save. \n\nWherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and \nthy garments like him th^it treadeth in the winefat ! \n\nI have trodden the winepress alone ; and of the \npeople there was none with me : for I will tread \nthem in mine anger, and trample them in my fu- \nry ; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my \ngarments, and I will stain all my raiment. \n\n\n\nGUIDE TO THE HOLY LAJSTD. 45 \n\nFor the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and \nthe year of my redeemed is come. \n\nAnd I looked, and there was none to help ; and \nI wondered that there was none to uphold : there- \nfore mine own arm brought salvation unto me ; \nand my fury, it upheld me. \n\nAnd I will tread down the people in mine an- \nger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will \nbringdown their strength to the earth. \n\nI will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, \nBnd the praises of the Loixl, according to all that \nthe Lord hath bestowed on us, and the great good- \nness toward the house of Israel, which he hath \nbestowed on them according to his mercies, and \naccording to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. \n\nFor he said. Surely they are my people, children \nthat will not lie : so he was their Saviour. \n\nIn all their affliction he was afflicted, and the \nAngel of his presence saved them : in his love and \nin his pity he redeemed them ; and he bare them, \nand carried them all the days of old. (Isaiah 63 : \n1-9). \n\nThe various dispensations, at different times, \n\naccording to the record of the past, have estab \n\nlished the fact, that God has appointed certain \n\ntimes for special work to be performed on the \n\n^ earth. Although the time may seem long, and \nthe persecutor\'s hand not withheld, and thousands \nof Urm believers in God\'s promises made to bow \n\nI down to Idols, yet "the day of vengeance" will \n\n\\ come, and the year of redemption to those who \n\nj worship the God of our fathers. \n\nAnd tbe Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto \n\n\n\n46 THE JEWI8H MONITOR AND \n\n\n\nthein that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith \nthe Lord. \n\nAs tor me, this is my covenant with them, saith \nthe Lord; My Spirit that is upon thee, and my \nwords which I have put in thy moutli, shall not \ndepart oat of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of \nthy seed\'s seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth \nand forever. (Isa. 59:20-21). \n\nThe Spirit spoken of in the above, will harmo- \nnize earth with heaven ; be a covenant of perpet- \nual peace ; a medium by which men will be taught \nGod\'s ways, giving him direct access to all Light \nand Truth, thereby exalting him in the kingdom \nof Grod and perfecting him for eternal life. \n\nBehold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy \nspoil shall be divided in the midst of thee . \n\nFor I will gather all nations against Jerusalem \nto battle ; and the city shall be taken, and the \nhouses rifled, and the women ravished ; and half \nof the city shall go forth into captivity, and the \nresidue of the people shall not be cut off from the \ncity. \n\nThen shall the Lord go forth, and fight against \nthose nations, as when he fought in the day of \nbattle. \n\nAnd his feet shall stand in that day upon the \nmount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on \nthe east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in \nthe midst thereof toward the east and toward the \nwest, and there shall be a very great valley ; and \nhalf of the mountain shall remove toward the \nnorth, and half of it toward the south. \n\nAnd ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains ; \nfor the valley of the mountains shall reach unto \n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUIDE TO THE HOLY LAND. \n\n\n\nAzal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from be- \nfore the earthquake in the day s of Uzziah king of \nJudah : and the lord my God shall come, and all \nthe saints with thee. \n\n* * \xc2\xab * \n\nAnd the Lord shall be King over all the earth : # \nin that day shall there be one Lord, and his name \none. \n\nAll the land shall be turned as a plain from \nGeba to Eimmon south of Jerusalem : and it shall \nbe lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Ben- \njamin\'s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto \nthe corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel \nunto the king\'s winepresses. \n\nAnd men shall dwell in it, and there shall be \nno more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall \nbe safely inhabited. \n\nAnd this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord \nwill smite all the people that have fought against . \nJerusalem ; Their flesh shall consume away while \nthey stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall \nconsume away in their holes, and their tongue \nshall consume* away in their mouth. \n\nAnd it shall come to pass in that day, that a \ngreat tumult from the Lord shall be among them \xe2\x80\xa2 \nand they shall lay hold every one on the hand of \nhis neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against \nthe hand of his neighbour. \n\nAnd Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and \nthe wealth of all the heathen round about shall be \ngathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, \nin great abundance. \n\nAnd so shall be the plague of the horse, of the \nmule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the \nbeasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague. \n\nAnd it shall come to pass, that every one that is, \n\n\n\n48 THE JEWISH MONITOR AND \n\n\n\nleft of all the nations which came against Jerusa- \nlem, shall even go up from year to year to worship \nthe King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast \nof tabernacles. (Zech. 14:16). \n\nFrom the above prophecy we learn that a great \ndivision of the spoil is to take place in Jerusalem ; \nvarious nations are to unite to subdue the Jewish \nnation; the reckless soldiers will plunder the \nhouses, and abuse and outrage the women ; half \nof the city, only, is to go into captivity ; then the \nLord appears on the mount of Olives and the \nmount is cleft asunder leaving a great valley in \nits place ; the remaining Israelites resort, at once, \nto this valley for safety ; all controversy is over, \nand the residue of all nations that fought against \nJerusalem are required to go up annually to wor- \nship at Jerusalem. \n\nAnd at that time shall Michael stand up, the \ngreat prince which standeth for the children of \nthy people : and there shall be a time of trouble, \nsuch as never was since there was a nation even \nto that same time : and at that time thy people \nshall be delivered, every one that shall be found \nwritten in the book. \n\nAnd many of them that sleep in the dust of the \nearth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and \nsome to shame and everlasting contempt. \n\nAnd they that be wise shall shine as the bright- \nness of the firmament ; and they that turn many \nto righteousness, as the stars forever and ever. \xe2\x80\x94 \n(Daniel 12:1-3). \n\nThe "trouble" that is yet to come upon Israel, \n\n\n\nGL^IDE TO THE HOLY LAND. 49 \n\n\n\nin the hour of their redemption, will, doubtless, \nbe wonderful ; but it will soon pass over, and Ju- \ndah be saved forever ; for He who holds the keys \nof death and the grave will come to his own, \ni and fully reward them by dividing their inherit- \nance ; removing the original curse from the earth, \n;and opening the gates to the Garden of Eden by \nthe removing of the "Flaming Sword," once \nplaced there to guard it, while millions of reck- \nI less soldiers and those who have persisted in peir- \n\' secuting God\'s chosen people, are confounded. \n\nThe word that Isaiah the son of Amos saw con- \ncerning Juciali and Jerusalem. \n\nAnd it shall come to pass in the last days, that \nthe mountain of the L\'ord\'s house shall be estab- \nlished in the top of the mountains, and shall be \n[exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow \nunto it. \n\nAnd many people shall go and say, Come ye, \nand let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to \nthe house of the God of Jacob ; and he will teach \nus of his ways, and we will walk in his paths : for \nout of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word \nof the Lord from Jerusalem. \n\nAnd he shall judge among the nations, and \n\nI shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat \n\nI their swords into ploughshares, and their spears \n\ninto pruninghonks : nation shall not lift up sword \n\nagainst nation, neither shall they learn war any \n\nmore. \n\nO house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in \ndie lighl of the Lord. (Isa. 2:1-5). \n\n\n\n50 THE JEWISH MONITOR AND \n\nThe re-building of the Lord\'s house at Jerusa- \nlem will be done with a view to fully establish \npeace, not only in Israel, but among all nations. \nOn many of the pages of this book, the Prophets \nhave declared that God would be exalted among \nall people. Jehovah has plainly informed us that \nhe would yet choose Israel and cause them to send \nforth the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. The \nword of God being His law, the nations will be \nrequired to obey it in order to abide the Millen- \nnial reign ; and they must, also, cease to learn w^ar. \n\nFor God will save Zion, and will build the cit- \nies of Judah : that they may dwell there, and have \nit in possession. \n\nThe seed also of his servant shall inherit it: and \nthey that love his name shall dwell therein. \xe2\x80\x94 \n(Psalms 69 :35-36). \n\nI was glad when they said unto me, Let us go \ninto the house of the Lord. \n\nOur feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusa- \nlem. \n\nJerusalem is builded as a city that is compact \ntogether : \n\nWhither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, \nunto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto \nthe name ot the Lord. \n\nFor there are set thrones of judgment, the \nthrones of the house of David. \n\nPray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall \nprosper that love thee. \n\nPeace be within thy walls, and prosperity with- \nin thy palaces. \n\nFor my brethren and companions\' sakes, I will \nnow say. Peace be within thee. \n\n\n\nGUIDE TO THE HOLY LAND. 51 \n\nBecause of the house of the Lord our God I \nwill seek thy good. (Psalms 102 :l-9). \n\nThen he said unto me, Son of man, these bones \nare the whole house of Israel : behold, they ^ay. \nOur bones are dried, and our hope is lost ; we are \ncut off for our parts. \n\nTherefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus \nsaith the Lord God : Behold, O my people, I will \nopen your graves, and cause you to come up out \nof your graves, and bring you into the land of \nIsrael. \n\nAnd ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I \nhave opened your graves, O my people, and \nbrouglit you up out of your graves, \n\nAnd shall put my spirit in you, and ye sha 1 \nlive, and I shall place you in your own land ; then \nshall ye know that I the Lord have spoken it, and \nperformed it, saith the Lord. (Ezekiel 37 :11-14). \n\nThe hope of the resurrection was ancient Isra- \nel\'s hope : The people who lived near to God and \nkept his commands did not anticipate a reward \nuntil the true Messiah, or Shiloh, comes to the \nearth and fully establish the expected kingdom : \nwhen those who are waiting within the gates of \nthe Paradise of God are called to take their places \nappointed them. Nothing can appear more sub- \nlime than to behold the Twelve Tribes of Israel \nmarching in perfect order, each taking its respect- \nive place, with no envious spirit pervading their \nbreasts ; When the knowledge of God fully covers \nthe earth and the Spirit of God dwells with all \nflesh. \n\nAbraham "Sought a City whose maker and \n\n\n\n52 THE JEWISH MONITOR AND \n\nbuilder is God." He saw the Holy City, in a vis- \nion, as it would be finally established on the earth \nThe modern method of spiritualizing the word of \nGod, especially where it relates to the changes to \nbe made on this earth, will prove to be a myth to \nthose who may be living a few^ years hence. The \ngreat day o f miracles is now^ beginning to appear, \nand will inc rease in power until Israel is estab- \nlished in order on the Earth. \n\nMoses did a noble work in God\'s name in the \nrecovery of the Hebrews from a terrible bondage, \nbut his great achievement vanishes and is lost ; \nbut they shall exclaim, "The Lord livetli that \nbrought the children of Israel from the North \nCountry and from all nations whither the Lord \nhath driven them." Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, \ntogether with Moses and all the Prophets, have \nplainly told us that the reward of the righteous \nwas to be "At the time of the end. Job under- \nstood this and wrote to that effect: \n\nOh that my words were now written ! oh that \nthey were printed in a book ! \n\nThat they were graven with an iron pen and \nlead in the rock for ever ! \n\nEor I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that \nhe shall stantl at the latter day upon the earth: \n\nAnd thougli after my skin worms destroy this \nbody, yet in m\\ flesh shall I see God : \n\nWhom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes \nshall behold, and not another; though my reins \nbe consumed within me. (Job 19:23-27). \n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUIDE TO THE HOLY LAND. 58 \n\nAbraham did not find the City he sought on \nearth, but will in due time. \n\nNoah was commanded to build an ark, and he \ndid as he was commanded, and thereby saved his \nfamily. Had Noah lived, and the deluge come \nin our time, some of our brethren might have \npersuaded him that it was a spiritual ark that \nwas demanded, and the consequence would be \na lost family. Moses, also, might be induced to \nbelieve that it was simply a spiritual deliverance \nwanted in Egypt, and would let his brethren con- \ntinue to toil in slavery and oppression. I would \nhere remark that it is well that they lived when \nthey did ; and let us not be deceived, for we may \ntruthfully look for a literal fulfillment of God\'s \nword in the gathering again of His people. \n\nBlessed is the man whom thou choosest, and \ncausest to approach unto thee, th^t he may dwell \nin thy courts : we shall be satisfied with the good- \nness of thy house, even of the holy temple. \xe2\x80\x94 \n(Psalms 65 :4 1 . \n\nWait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he \nshall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the \nwicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. \n\nI have seen the wicked in great power, and \nspreading himself like a green bay tree. \n\nYet he passed away, and, lo, he was not : yea, \nI sought him, but he could not be found. \n\nMark the perfect man, and behold the upright : \nfor the end of that man is peace. (Ps. 37 :84-87). \n\nWhen the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall \nappear in his glory. \n\n\n\n54 THE JEWISH MONITOR AND \n\nHe will regard the prayer of the destitute, and \nnot despise their prayer. \n\nThis shall be written for the generation to come : \nand the people which shall be created shall praise \nthe Lord. \n\nFor he hath looked down from the height of \nhis sanctuary ; from heaven did the Lord behold \nthe earth; \n\nTo hear the groaning of the prisoner ; to loose \nthose that are appointed to death ; \n\nTo declare the name of the Lord in Zion, and \nhis praise in Jerusalem ; \n\nWhen the people are gathered together, and the \nkingdoms, to serve the Lord. (Ps. 102 : 16-22). \n\n\n\nPART THIRD. \n\n\n\nTHE christian\'s MESSIAH. \n\n\n\nIn the First and Second Parts of this work, the \nprophetic evidence has been confined strictly to \nthe ancient Scriptures: I now quote from the \nNew Testament, to obtain evidence of an expect- \ned government or kingdom^ with a governor or \nruler, bearing so striking a similarity, both in his \nadvent to the earth and his reign in the proposed \nnation with that of the long anticipated Messiah \nof the Jews, that either Jew or Greek may find in \nthe few testimonies offered, far less difference be- \ntween the hope of those who wrote the New Tes- \ntament and the Jews, than is commonly supposed \nto exist. \n\nAnd as they heard these things, he added and \nspake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusa- \nlem, and because they thought that the kingdom \nof God should immediately appear. \n\nHe said therefore, A certain nobleman went in- \nto a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, \nand to return. \n\nAnd he called his ten sei*vants, and delivered \nthem ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till \n1 come. \n\nBut his citizens hated him, and sent a message \nafter him, saying, We will not have this man to \nreign over us. \n\nAnd it came to pass, that when he was returned \n\n\n\n56 THE JEWISH MONITOR AND \n\nhaving received the kingdom, then he command- \ned these servants to be called unto him, to whom \nhe had given the money, that he might know \nhow much every man had gained by trading. \xe2\x80\x94 \n(Luke 19 :11-15). \n\nWatch therefore ; for ye know neither the day \nnor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. \n\nFor the kingdom of heaven is as a man travel- \nling into a far country, who called his own serv- \nants, and delivered unto them his goods. \n\nAnd unto one he gave five talents, to another \ntwo, and to another one ; to every man according \nto his several abilit}^ ; and straightway took his \njourney. [Mat. 25:13-15]. \n\nLuke, in the 21st chap, and 24th verse, records \nthe following relative to the Jewish nation : \n\nAnd they shall fall by the edge of the sword, \nand shall be led away captive into all nations: \nand Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gen- \ntiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. \n\nHistory informs us that the above prediction \nhas been literally fulfilled; and only at the pres- \nent time has the tyrant\'s heel been removed. \n\nFor what is a man profited, if he shall gain the \nwhole world, and lose his own soul ? or what shall \na man give in exchange for his soul ? \n\nFor the Son of man shall come in the glory of \nhis Father with his angels : and then he shall re- \nward every man accordino; to his works. [Mat. \n16:26-271. \n\nYe are they which have continued with me in \nmy temptations. \n\nAnd I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my \nFather hath appointed unto me ; \n\n\n\n\n\n\nGUIDE TO THE HOLY LAND. 57 \n\nThat ye may eat and drink at my table in my \nkingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve \ntribes of Israel. [Luke 22 :28-30]. \n\nThe above confirms the testimony already of- \nfered, viz: The perpetual organization of the \ntribes. \n\nO Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the \nprophets, and stonest them which are sent unto \nthee, how often would I have gathered thy chil- \ndren together, even as a hen gathereth her chick- \nens under her wings, and ye would not! \n\nBehold, your house is left unto you desolate. \n\nFor I say unto you. Ye shall not see me hence- \nforth, till ye shall say. Blessed is he that cometh \nin the name of the Lord. [Mat. 23 :b7-39]. \n\nWhen the Son of man shall come in his glory, \nand all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit \nupon the throne of his glory: \n\nAnd before him shall be gathered all nations : \nand he shall separate them one from another, as a \nshepherd dividetli his sheep from the goats: \n\nAnd he shall set the sheep on his right hand, \nbut the goats on the left. [Mat. 25 :3I-:i3]. \n\nThen answered Peter and said unto him. Be- \nhold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee ; \nwhat shall we have therefore ? \n\nAnd Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto \nyou. That ye which have followed me, in the re- \ngeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the \nthrone of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve \nthrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. \n\nBut many that are first shall be last ; and the \nlast shall be first. [Mat. 19 :27-30]. \n\nWhen they therefore were come together, they \nasked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time \nrestore again the kingdom to Israel ? \n\n\n\n58 THE JEWISH MONITOR AND \n\nAnd he said unto them, It is not for you to know \nthe times or the seasons, which the Father hath \nput in his own power. \n\nBut ye shall receive power, after that the Holy \nGhost is come upon you : and ye shall be witness- \nes unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, \nand in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of \nthe earth. \n\nAnd when he had spoken these things, while \nthey beheld, he was taken up ; and a cloud re- \nceived him out of their sight. \n\nAnd while they looked steadfastly toward heav- \nen as he w^eiit up, behold, two men stood by them \nin white apparel ; \n\nWhich also said. Ye men of Galilee, wh}^ stand \nye gazing up into heaven ? this same Jesus, which \nis taken up from you into heaven, shall so come \nin like manner as ye have seen bim go into heav- \nen. [Acts 1:6-11]. \n\nSo Christ was once offered to bear the sins of \nmany ; and unto them that look for him shall he \nappear the second time without sin unto salva- \ntion. [Hebrew^s 9:28]. \n\nI charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord \nJesus (yhrist, who shall judge the quick and the \ndead at his appearing and his kingdom ; \n\nPreach the word ; be instant in season, out of \nseason; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuf- \nfering and doctrine. [2nd Tim. 4 :l-2]. \n\nFor the grace of God that bringeth salvation \nhath appeared to all men, \n\nTeaching us that, denying ungodliness and \nworldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, \nand godly, in this present Avorld ; \n\nLooking for that blessed hope, and the glorious \nappearing of the great God and our Saviour J esus \nChrist; [Titus 2:11-14] . \n\n\n\nGUIDE TO THE HOLY LAND. 59 \n\nI give thee charge in the sight of God, who \nquicken eth all things, and before Christ Jesus, \nwho before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good con- \nfession ; \n\nThat thou keep this commandment without \nspot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our \nLord Jesus Christ : \n\nWhen in his times he shall shew, who is the \nblessed and onlv Potentate, the King of kings, \nand Lord of lords ; [1st Tim. 6 :13-lo]. \n\nBut those things, which God before had shewed \nby the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ \nshould saffer, he hath so fullilled. \n\nRepent ye therefore, and be converted, that your \nsins may be blotted out, when the times of refresh- \ning shall come from the presence of the Lord ; \n\nAnd he shall send Jesus Christ, which before \nwas preached unto you : \n\nWhom the heaven must receive until the times \nof restitution of all things, which God hath spok- \nen by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the \nworld began. [Acts 3 : 18-21]. \n\nAnd to you who are troubled rest with us, when \nthe Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with \nhis mighty angels, \n\n* -K- * * * \n\nWhen he shall come to be glorified in his saints, \nand to be admired in all them that believe (be- \ncause our testimony among you was believed in \nthat day. [2nd Thes. 1 :7-10]. \n\nAnd Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, proph- \nesied of these, saying. Behold, the Lord cometh \nwith ten thousand of his saints, [Jude 1 :14]. \n\nBehold, he cometh with clouds ; and every eye \nshall see him, and they also which pierced him : \nand all kindreds of the earth shall wail because \nof him. Even so, Amen. (Rev. 1:7). \n\n\n\n60 THE JEWISH MONITOR AND \n\nFor I would not, brethren, that ye sliould be \nignorant of this mystery, ( lest ye should be wise \nin your own conceits) that blindness in part is \nhappened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gen- \ntiles be come in. \n\nAnd so all Israel shall be saved : as it is written, \nThere shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, and \nshall turn away ungodliness from Jacob : \n\nFor this is my covenant unto them, when I \nshall take away their sins. \n\nAs concerning the gospel, they are enemies for \nyour sakes : but as touching the election, they are \nbeloved for the fathers\' sakes. (Eom. 10 :25-28). \n\nBut I would not have you to be ignorant breth- \nren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye \nsorrow not, even as others which have no hope. \n\nFor if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, \neven so them also which sleep in Jesus will God \nbring with him. \n\nFor this we say unto you by the word of the \nLord, that we which are alive and remain unto \nthe coming of the Lord shall not prevent them \nwhich are asleep. \n\nFor tli(^ Lord himself shall descend from heav- \nen with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, \nand with the trump of God : and the dead in \nChrist shall rise lirst: \n\nThen we which are alive and remain shall be \ncaught up together with them in the clouds, to \nmeet the Lord in the air : and so shall we ever be \nwith the Lord. (1st Thes. 4 :13-17). \n\nAnd now I stand and am judged for the hope \nof the promise made of God unto our fathers : \n\nUnto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly \nserving God day and night, hope to come. For \nwhich hope\'s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused \nof the Jews. \n\n\n\nGUIDE TO THE HOLY LAND. 61 \n\nWhy should it be thought a thing incredible \nwith you, that God should raise the dead ! (Acts \n26:6-8j. \n\nAbraham was forbidden the right to settle in \nPalestine; God notified him that four hundred \nyears must pass away before "The iniquity of the \nAmorites was full." Noah had a special mission \nof one hundred and twenty years, to warn the \nAntediluvians of their wickedness, prior to their \nbeing destroyed by water. Ninevah was warned \nof God\'s, displeasure, and the days of their pro- \nbation were set. Jesus Christ warned the Jewish \nnation of their overthrow and their dispersion to \nall nations at the point of the sword. \n\nAnd now the great sign is, the removal of the \nblindness and the restoration of the Jews to their \nown land from all nations, and the renewal of the \ncovenant with them. \n\nAnd there was given me a reed like unto a rod : \nand the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the \ntemple of God, and the altar, and them that wor- \nship therein. \n\nBut the court w^hich is without the temple leave \nout, and measure it not : for it is given unto the \nGentiles : and the holy city shall they tread under \nfoot forty and two months. \n\nAnd 1 will give power unto my two witnesses,, \nand they shall prophesy a thousand two hundreds \nand threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. \n\nThese are the two olive trees, and the two can- \ndlesticks standing before the God of the earth. \n\nAnd if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth \n\n\n\n62 \n\n\n\nTHE JEWISH MONITOR AND \n\n\n\nout of their mouth, aud devoureth their enemies : \nand if any man will hurt them, he must in this \nmanner be killed. \n\nThese have power to shut heaven, that it rain \nnot in the days of their prophecy: and have pow- \ner over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite \nthe earth with all plagues, as often as they will. \n\nAnd when they shall have finished their testi- \nmony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottom- \nless pit shall make war against them, and shall \novercome them, and kill them. \n\nAnd their dead bodies shall lie in the street of \nthe great city, which spiritually is called Sodom \nand Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. \n\nAnd they of the people and kindreds and tongues \nand nations shall sec their dead bodies three days \nand a half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies \nto be put in graves. \n\nAnd they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice \nover them, and make merry, and shall send gifts \none to another ; because these two prophets tor- \nmented tJiem that dwelt on the earth. \n\nAnd after three days and a half the Spirit of \nlife from God entered into them, and they stood \nupon their feet; and great fear fell upon them \nwhich saw them. \n\nAnd they heard a great voice from heaven say- \ning unto them. Come up hither. And they as- \ncended up to hpaven in a cloud; and their ene- \nmies beheld them. \n\nAnd the same hour was there a great earth- \nquake, and the tenth part of the cit}^ fell, and in \nthe earthquake were slain of men seven thou- \nsand : and the remnant were affrighted, and gave \nglory to the God of heaven. \n\nThe second w^oe is past ; and, behold, the third \nwoe cometh quickly. \n\n\n\nGUIDE TO THE HOLY LAND. 63 \n\nAnd the seventh angel sounded ; and there were \ngreat voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of \nthis world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, \nand of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and \never. \n\n\xe2\x80\xa2si: -J?- * * * \n\nAnd the nations were angry, and thy wrath is \ncome, and the time of the dead, that they should \nbe judged, and that thou shouldest give reward \nunto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, \nand them that fear thy name, small and great; \nand shouldest destroy them w^hich destroy the \nearth. (Rev. 11:1-18). \n\nAfter the building of the Temple in Jerusalem, \na certain portion of it is to be measured off for the \ntrue worshippers, another portion is to be given \nto the Gentiles, who will trample upon the liberties \nof the Hebrews forty and two months, or three \nand a half years. \n\nTwo witnesses of the Jewish nation will be \nchosen of God, w^ho will prophesy and w^arn all \nclasses of men, of God\'s ])urposes concerning the \nearth, and like Elijah of old, they have power \nover the elements, w^hich goes to prove their divine \nmission. God\'s wrath is come, also the time for \nhim to judge the dead and reward the prophets. \n\nAnd what shall I more say V for the time would \nfail me to tell of Gideon, and of Barak, and of \nSampson, and of Jepthah ; of David also, and \nSamuel, and of the prophets : \n\nWho through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought \nrighteousness, obtained promises, stopped the \nmouths of lions. \n\n\n\n64 \n\n\n\nTHE JEWISH MONITOR. \n\n\n\nQuenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge \nof the sword, out of weakness were made strong, \nwaxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies \nof the aliens. \n\nWomen received their dead raised to life again : \nand others were tortured, not accepting deliver- \nance ; that they might obtain a better resurrection : \n\nAnd others had trial of cruel mockings and \nscourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and impris- \nonment : \n\nThey were stoned, they were sawn asunder, \nwere tempted, were slain with the sword : they \nwandered about in sheepskins and goatskins ; be- \ning destitute, afflicted, tormented ; \n\nOf whom the world was not worthy : they wan- \ndered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens , \nand caves of the earth. \n\nAnd these all, having obtained a good report \nthrough faith, received not the promise: \n\nGod having provided some better thing for us, \nthat they without us should not be made perfect. \n(Heb. 11:32-40). \n\n\n\n\xe2\x96\xa0^wwm \n\n\n\ns^SSSrf \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\'^ff^f^f^f^r\\r\\f\\C\'Arsfy^ \n\n\n\n^\'A*.A*;A\xc2\xae,\xc2\xbb\xc2\xab\' \n\n\n\n\\fy^^.r^f^O.^Qf:^m \n\n\n\n\n\n\nmmm^^^^^- \n\n\n\n9I5S9S \n\n\n\n\xc2\xabi\'i?5?Sfl^W\xc2\xbbM)?A^ \n\n\n\nAAAr \n\n\n\nA\xe2\x96\xa0\xc2\xbb^hkXr/^\xc2\xab \n\n\n\nAAVAWn \n\n\n\n\'M?\'5?S??SISSe\xc2\xabf.\xc2\xab\'\xc2\xab \n\n\n\n\n\n\na\'s a]\xc2\xab^- a AAA, a \n\n\n\niaAiO, \n\n\n\n>^/^A/ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n^A0\' \n\n\n\nMjMmm \n\n\n\n\n\n\nmmm \n\n\n\nr\\r\\Ar\\fsr\\\'i \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\'(\\f\\f\\f\\f\\6f\\> \n\n\n\n^P\\/!\\P^Pm \n\n\n\nAa\'a\' \n\n\n\n/^/^/\xe2\x80\xa2.AA \n\n\n\n/^AA/Oi, \n\n\n\n^f\\^^^^^m \n\n\n\n\'AWAHa \n\n\n\nn?*AW \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAa:/^AA/^aAa/^A^Aa \n\n\n\naa/^.AaAa \n\n\n\n:^Wa^W \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n'