The Jews.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 32, 6 July 1885, Page 2

The Jews.

It is not- generally known that the healthy and longevity of the Je\vg f are to tKose of other races, alfact that haisibeen noted by careful ohserver» from early times inrthis. f and .p^her ! eoiiKft-ies; * An experiment extending over thousands of "years has been made as to the sanitary value of, certain ! laws in .the; Mosaie code. The -test '^has 'been applied in the most riwid . way, ahdif it had failed in any period *of their . eventful history, thejr name hlone, like that of the Assyrian and Babylonian, would have remained to -fe^tify of their existence as a nation. The three deadly enemies of mankind — war, famine and pestilence,— have a Mimes been let loose upon them. They have stood firm as a rock against the crushing power of oppression, whpir exerciser! at the call of political or relij»inris antipatKy. Tliey have been pursued with relentless perseciilion, from city to 'ity, and from one eountt-y to another, in the nameof onr holy relisfion. Kestric(e<l as to their trade, singled out to bear of- special taxtftioh^confined in the most miserable and un.* healthy quarters of the towns where thejr were permitted to dwell, livin« in the constant fear of fobhery w ; ith^ out red ress, of violpncc without" succour, of poverty withoHt relief, of assaults ajrainst' their persons, hbiioir; and^eligion, wi'hout hope of protedtion ;in spite. of woe after^woe comihw upon _ t hem, like thte' waves of. a, pitjl less soa^; they have riot broken fa pieces and been swallowed up, learing not a wreck-behind. No other race has^ had the fiery trials that they have Sone ' through,' yet, like the three Hebrew youths in the furnace, ' : Wfr s P?p!?°f ftve is not^found on them* To-day their .'bodily vio-onr is unequali'edi and their m'onil and mentai qnalitics are unsurpassed.— Ze%if^