PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1122, 11 July 1882, Page 2

PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS.

We publish by permission of the -KivvW. . Mge&Seraon preached, in Churon.qn Sunday morning rev. 3fXV. ouap^Md:' ?.$W appeals for sympathy and for sub. stantial aid havejbeen pttt forth tb-'a.ohris-our than the appeal "n'owmade far .andjnde. in ,the..worldon.behalf of the'-'per-:^^^Vi6^oiithern;'Enssia.-vln::mo3t .of-the-appeals' made' in 'our bhnrbhes there is : ; i which Of ifeelffwarriifljtfeshe'arts'.of -indivi- ( dwl&'aid enlists. in' the i Cariße); 6if,' ifthV subject 'jjjs : mo're "remote, 1 theje | : th'u's!46fe'for 3arin#and 'eonrage,! as 'when i <je heawfrnen who nobly fell asleep in the. > j annaoldnty,and' ; gavetheirlives-'awillihg ( Baorific6'f<fijtljeirfellowd;' andtlfe spirit'of the f ; J hoawr is stum with an honest manlj pride I to aid, by the (Htpreaiion of sympathy aid i substantial relief,-the sorrow and the want-, a of thoßeTwhVnfthey'EVe 'left widowed: and !i ,faffiwle!fc i .-,Orragain,'vtliew are'appeal f which stir us stalljmore" deeply, perhaps,'as t 'wehe« ; of sw.eepmj? ruinfrpm storm-ahd- 1 'tempest,' of 'deWtntioh' ,'froaT famine, .arid v t are' ,s i and the destitute.-~Pnt in?'all. these, cases: * i'iheiwid a, certain in- a ,'Saparablo frcto the! ofotSiHiaaster, d fWbreadwlnne^ifelliibht'ieiell'itifthepath k of'duty, fighting tho battle ofglifei&tfnobly 8] asasoldieratthecannon'amonth.andit'was it God's will that he should be taken!arid.in si all the misery of distress arid devastation p

ais:peitilen M , the; thottght'itliat underneath itjill God's : lave" : working '-out fsomel wise .end i.idde| ffom us, now, perliupV to be' fora|lwelmoW/feiavi^'t 4 iii straightest Votfootin the Better Land, so that the short Bharp-struggle is.more.thiin compensated for by,the J sjp6edier -'enitrahce tin' the' rest jfronr labor. ..Id all these oases; sad. and distress•iii'g as' they are' in themselves, there is a ray of Jigkt''that9Ke^E|'c6iiß'6ritidn'"diidF-'«rftenB n the But'-iwday,-brethren, an exceptional iaso. It is for tog arising from the haad of Godr-incident,; oho may say, io the human race,—and only what man may reasonably expeot to awaken, his'sympathies; for'pothers; or^'teaeh;hinV personally to lean more closely on God! It is not for such calamities our alms are craved to-day. But tho appeal comes from the sobbing child and desolate mother, and. the voice of murdered' fathers 'orying'io us from tliß.carth, telling a tale.of.unparalleled ; 6raefty;from the hand!.of .mail, :I bt fiendish, barbarity from christian' civilised man—if; indeed,, it-be not.a profanation to call the Wongdoerr by suou lioble titles as those' whioh devoto God's last oreatioh'i-a'tale of' infamy and wrongs; pf unmerited.suffering of a' harmless; and; law-abiding people' at'which tlie ears of him who Leareth it tingle, and stir, ing to its 'depth the heart of ever; human:being with, .feelings of 'Sympathy^pf/honor and; indignation. ..thai. .BUoh; cruelty can be praotjaed ih^these, daya of the nineteenth its" voice and sent a thrill through the heart of Christendom'that, appeals-; to the-: God of Heaveti'forjustioeand.redress; .The 1 pßrser cution of the Jews in Southe'rn' : Bn6si4' savors of the darkness and "superstition, of the Middle • Ages and •', theiri 'attendant cruelties, and. is a blot;, and a stain ph m ■age pf;.;thongW aua; ; enlightenmont7. and of - freedom, justice, aoH'right, ],ol -which' those", darker periods were •strangers.''-' And that' iwhioh: -makes this ,'persJcutiqnV the, more astounding and'dreadful" is that it'Va' socalled civilised' pejple \that.ias;, done- ,th-> wrong. In.; : the late:KusibrTurkish \War',. 'when the indignation of Europe was arousedat the.lfarferities inflioted ; on : .the Bulgarian one i •ied'eernihg'feata™ in this horrible scene of cruelty'ant wrong, -viz., the perpetrators 'of the'-'wickedness' were -Turks., tho foliowers ,qt. a 'debased t and. debasing religion; but.hero .'the wrongdoers ; are christians (at least in name'and profea-' sion) who follow a religion that inculpates: even forgiveness to an enemy,meroy tttafoe,' and love to humanity.. It matters Utile to ; us .whotheaotualw , r6n'gdoersinthefiritin9tanea may have been, the'.'u'ndesirableifacfc remains > that' the "authorities/ of''•'Bu'nii'.f. (Heaven 1 'save the mark I) have. not only been ;calraspectators of; the inflam.ons cruelties practical mi -'aft 'unoffundihc; people^.but have-them-' selves aided'and * abetted'.the"'eytf For'if is stated in the appeaLput" forth that' "" it iS'weU-knowu that : numbers 1 of towns and villages wholly or partly'inherited by Jews, in Southern Russia, have', been' de-' strayed by incoridiarism, tlie houses sacked and pillaged, and the inhabitants, in addition to being ruined and rendered .jiavebeen-subjecte'd to the vilest pver kiiown." Fathers of families h&ve been brutally mii'dered; mothers and daaghters, outraged, and all in the presence of W Bussianmilitary and police "who took no step's'to prevent the crimes," but''in. many, instances took' an active part' in them. Thousands who.were, once in affluence are now absolutely' ina starving condition. Ten tlipusand Bussiari' Jewish refugeware en.campe'dat'Brpdy,- they are literally starving and; there'ib great mortality among the children, Ifmakos one's blood run cold in realise sftoh an'amount of suffering inflicted wantonly and wiokedly, without even the heap'of war and battle to

nuuuut ovou hub neap oi war ana Dame to condons the crirne. :■■'■':■■ V.Oanwematvelif there isa terrible day ofreckoning'at hand for Buch a nation? Can we wonder that Nihilism and; anarchy and bloodshed are raising their Hydra heads jnEusiia when such & state of things' can/be officially tolerateel ? Low indeed must that nation be in the scale.of humanity, not to 1 .speak of.religion; for such' deeds to be consontol to' and not • be. execrated by the: Ration si vo'ce as of oas man ?>■ Dee-Is that ]castinto the shade.the atrocities of that . moral scourge that BWept like 'a pestilence over France in the da/s of her -revolution! We. may leave impious. Russia to God-for punishment, It will come, and'quickiy, for surely ,the cry of 'distressed' humaaity will reaoh the ears of the Lord of all, though the sufferers be not as yet of those who own on earth the blessed Redeemer of the, world, for they too- are ohildrea of the universal father, crmted by-Him and : ,loved. And as. •snob, it becomes us as 'christians than as fellow men to relieve their ptesent' necessities as far as in us lies, and to render, suoh assistance as may enable them to emi'grate or otherwise escapovthe-repetition. or continuance of suoh hideouV persecution,' I do not think indeed that there is one person here present who really rieeds;.t6.havnthia s'ubjeofpressed home-to .him,' or who need? to be'urged'w give, but merelyto have said that our.offertories to-day wbuld'be devoted to the fund for the relief of the'• persecuted :Jewsj;arid-to have made noreferenco to their suffering*, would have argued a coldness and heartlessneßs unworthy of .us as, men;: and: thrice unworthy of "us as phristians for •Christ taught us by His example to fejl for; and to aid the afflicted, and not' onlyhoso who profess like"faith with ourselves bui the,, outcast and the heathen as well at the christian, And by our own hopes of He tven God appeals to us this day, in the persons of the suffering Jews to remember and to practice the love of His.Sonformankinlwho came to seek and to save the lost shop of the House of farad, and who can say what' the outcome of christian relief to suffering Judaism- may bo, whether it may not be the means of opening the eyes of the blin'Un & . to see the glory of the Redeemer, to recognise the Son of God„in rtbe./hitherlo' desDised man nt NaukMi.T" ftiia"'_i„ v

despised man ot Nazareth-! Go'd only knows! Be it as it may, our course is plain and I feel sure alljresent will-aoknov/ledg it and- see in the persons'of the sufferim,' Jew« of Russia Jesus Christ and to feel that His blessrot! rests upon as in o ir ! e'a ; :; • deavors to alleviate their distress aco >rdirig ; Ito His pwn blessed promise." in'asmuc'i as ye have done it unto one'ot the least of thesi my brethren ye have done it unto me." We indeed owe muoh to the' JewY ftf' them alone of: the nations of the earl'i were entrusted thepraplesofflod.' To'tficm'-'w-owe theßofiptureswhjqb have brought light and-comfiirt;-and; hope; 'and' salvation'lo our hearts. 'To Jewish. Missionaries we as .Britons, owe tho 'firßt TpreadhiDg^of r Gospel on our Chores, .(far. iiorii; Hinißelf was born into the world as a Jewish 10'iild of, a/Jewish mother. Thb race.to'ttialiof Go'dY .'Elder Church, and one that yet shall'bo brought to see the radiance of the sqn of righte'ouan'esß,-and toahare .with tiie.fientile word the bleased-•• hope of ■* and' eternal life,;-' And :jf it should, .be that any one forgetting the Bpfat*of~ ! .ihs' gospel should : look on the Jews aa those whom God punishe3 for their' wilful' rejection of His Son, let him think of that surpassing seene ofdivine love, when in the agonies ..of death the Sayienr's prayer " Father, forgive them,-theyknow notwhat' they do.!'.' and go and do likewise. I have fuh: confidence tbatyourownleartß-wuT diotate the right course to be pursued,thjj, day, and that your-offering will be the utmost of your?, power,- --the outpouring -iof.heafts'.fallrpf/gratitude; and HbarikMiew that your own'lbt'has 'been ..laid" where such jou.rest secMeJroiajlread of .harm %.-flife : or.child, stioh as;has. befallen Wftflnfiappy Jewsin Russia, HrcongsV whioh' mHifl tie blood'of-'everymanboilwith'My rage and indignation when he ; heirs they have' raffittediwifwe;hiW.even' ;: |ut cursorily )aat years we can hardlyM to "we that i a time of Wal;(pf | perpie«tyi'.of affliotion is at hand, affdoting not merely one'portion of the worldbufr.welldTM.'Perhapseven nowthe fMjiiow^Wß;b^ rt, «trMk fi whtob will." set.thp. ablaze.J: WW '.jdr . say that this isnot the beginning of the end fi% t &rfsMi°k ihi i ßon °f God draws AmMwMh*mk>mn dead,. yms&^i'M^^fttore.rife, .the i spirit .of fwe''rehgior m6re%rh%tl,,thin-itis.at-present,, Jost.BUchatimeafMtto sorrowfully iridieateiby. the Saviour/aa 'fte • period of hia retain, "When teßon^dl'-

i; Man cometh shaU he.;-. W: faith oi tiife' )' earth■?-', We-hviiy well bMr.'th»thingfl 7 (n' l mind when our attention is- soS'fofiSbly i MawntotheuuJettle(^ ; , is.rtw at and give inofij than a •'" V pMamg,..thtoht,:to .the Btartlinff. events : Jfrhioh are ready to shake the world; they t bid us examine-our stewardship'4hey bid :. ttsset'Onrbouse in order against the .con- . r nig of our Lord, : .that we inay be ready to go •'■ forth to meet, him when beVtfpea come. I ' would only add with, reference to .the aub. r jeotwe have before us thisniorning that ,- there-are two special reasons why the offer. ' . toryialio.ald.bjigiven'. .1. A.written appeal *• has'been as a congregation from ; the Jewish Babbi in.; Wellington whioh w V 'received and acted on priori to any notice i. being given of the the t' Jewish 2,.Be'cattse it ..is well- ) known that thereto' alwipta be - foutia i in.every community many who are not per- . ;, / h'ap3.able;,tp,dp much, but who woukigladljr- • i give them initea in .the causi of huiranityT— — I and yet who would feel debarred from doing i so'-if tb.ey;liad to append -their'-' names and ; their offerings to a subscription, list,' Hap- ) pily the ohurch affords to ail, theonkortunity )• ;pf doin|'what they feel they. earfjKly »nd f' tovingly'do .without- the worldTtt large ; beingable tobritioise the. largeness, or the ; smallnesrf pf their gifts whiph,thris' remains i between God 'and•their-'cohsoience, given i too for .no other reason than because love f dictates them, given moreover in secret as i'L'flp'djiimself, and,-.like the widows two i :mto,; ( a^optßd,by ; Hini;:;aV'the''freo will j offeiip'gjqf a-devout'.' and grateful heart, I beating in unißoa with the loving heart of I the .self-Baorifioing.Sott of God who np . Allforjlovebfraari; ]And;now,?brethren I-. Tcommit the cause of the ruined, the homeI less; the widow, and the fatherless, by our i,praters and God the Holy i- Spirit blesß'our e.de'avofa this day to rei- lieve their.distress."^.,'.