| 564 newspaper, calling upon them to rally, once more for the recovery of the long lost land of their fathers. In relation to this land the appeal says:
"We have a country, the inheritance of our fathers, finer, more fruitful, better situated for commerce, than many of the most celebrated portions of he globe.-Environed by the deep-delled Taurus, the lively shore of the Euphrates the lofty steppes of Arabia, and of rocky Sinai, our country extends along the shore of the Mediterranean, crowned by the towering cedars of Lebanon, the source of a hundred rivulets and brooks, which spread fruitfulness over shady dales, and confer wealth on the contented inhabitants. A glorious land! situate [situated] at the farthest extremity of the sea which connects three-quarters of the globe, over which the Phœnicians, our brethren sent their noumerus [numerous] fleets to the shores of the Albion and the rich coast of Lithuania, near to both red sea and the Persian Gulf, the perpetual couses [courses] of the traffic of the world, on the way from Persia and india to the Caspian and Black Sea; the central country of the commerce between the east and west."
The facilities for concentrating a large body of the Jews, at once, in Palestine, are thus spoken of:
"In no country of the earth are our brethren so numerous as in Syria; in none do they live in as dense masses so independent of the surrounding inhabitants; in none do they persevere so stead-fastly in their faith in the promise of the fathers, as on the beautiful shores of the Orontes. In Damascus alone live near 60,000."
The appeal then speaks of the various and dis-similar races, which now inhabit Syria and Palestine, each at enmity with the other, and all, at times contending for the supremacy. "A chactic [chaotic] mixture," it says, "of all tribes and tongues, remnants of migrations from north and south, they disturb one another in the possession of the glorious land where our fathers for so many centuries emptied the cup of joy and wo [who], where every clod is drenched with the blood of our heroes, when their bodies were buried under the ruins of Jerusalem."
"The power of our enemies," says the appeal, in continuation, "is gone, the angel of discord has long since mown down their mighty hosts, and yet ye do not bestir yourselves, people of Jehovah! What hinders? Nothing but your own supiness.
Think you that Mehemet Ali or the Sultan in Stamboul will not be convinced that it would be better for him to be the protector of a peacelul [peaceful] and wealthy people, than with infinite loss of men and money to contend against the ever repeated, mutually provoked insurrection of the Turks and Arabs, of whom neither the one nor the other are able to give prosperity to the country?
Our probation was long, in all countries, from the North Pole to the South! There is no trade, no art, which we have not practised [practiced], no science in which we can not show splendid examples. Where will you find better proclaimers of civilization to the wild tribes of the East?
People of Jehovah raise yourselves from your thousand years' slumber! Rally round leaders; have ready the will, a Moses will not be wanting. The rights of nations will never grow old; take possession of the land of your fathers; build a third time the temple on Zion, greater and more magnificent than ever. Trust in the Lord who has led you safely through the vale of misery thousands of years. He also will not forsake you in your last conflict."
Death Warrant of Jesus Christ.
Of the many interesting relics and fragments of antiquity which have been brought to light by the persevering researches of modern philosophy, none could have more interest for the philanthropist and the believer, than one which we copy below. 'Chance,' says the Courier des Etats Unis, 'has just put into our hands the most imposing and interesting judicial document to all Christians, that ever has been recorded in human annals: that is the idential [identical] Death warrant of our Lord Jesus Christ.' The document was faithfully transcribed by the editor, and is in haœc verba:
Sentence rendered by Pontius Pilate, acting Governor of Lower Galilee, stating that Jesus of Nazaret shall suffer death on the cross.
In the year seventeen of the empire Tiberius Cæsar and the 25th day of march, the city of the holy Jerusalem, Anna and Caiphas being priests, sacrificators of the people of God, Pontius Pilot [Pilate], Governor of Lower Galilee, sitting on the prsidentia [presidential]
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