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WISER THAN PROPHETS.
HSN IN THIS DAY HELD TO EXCEL
EVEN MCSES AND JESUB.
i Sermon in the Hebrew Temple
Beth-El on the Origin of the Idea of
a Messiah—The Jews Do Not Look
for a Christ.
From the Few York Sun.
The sermon at tbe Hebrew Templo Beth-
El, Forty -third street and Fifth avenue,
was devoted to defining the belief of the
modern Jews regarding the Messiah. Is
was delivered by Rabbi Dr. Joseph Silver -
man, who said that people commonly sup
pose that the chief difference between Jew
and Christian was that the Christian believes
tbe Messiah had already come, while the
jews still looked for him. The belief in a
Messiah to come, or that had come, had
plaved so important a Dart in the history of
the world, and particularly in religious his
tory, that it was necessary for the Hebrew
to define from time to time his belief in the
matter.
Asa matter of fact, he said, the Messiah
forms no essential part of the Jowish belief.
There is a sect among the Jews who believe
in one to come, founding their faith, of
course, on passages of the Old Testament.
“Does the Old Testament teach that a per
sonal Messiah is to come?” asked the
preacher. “The Messiah is a being who is
to be the redeemer of mankind, a partaker
of the character and nature of God, one
who is divinely commissioned to come
down from heaven to cast out sin, punish
the w.cked, reward the just, and
to work miracles. How much basis is
there in the Old Testament for believing
that the coming of such a being was fore
told by the prophets* If any one ever had
a right to claim that he was the Messiah it
was Moses, but he was too well acquainted
with the divine will and character to make
any such claim. Any of the old prophets
who stood for truth and l ight, and defied
the kings of the earth, might with some
reason have claimed that he was a Messiah;
but the prophets were men who knew their
mission on earth and reverenced God too
highly to do that. All the prophets saw
that they were, in common with the rest of
humanity, the children of God, or, if it
suits modern skepticism better, the children
of Nature.
“Further than that, however, they saw
the corruption about them, and felt (aud
hero is the only Messiah idea in their writ
ings) that the corruption must come to an
end soner or later, that the wicked must
perish. They but expressed the modern
scientific idea of the survival of the fittest—
that the just shall inherit the earth, t at
goodness and purity will survive sin and
corruption.
“This was a glorious idea, but is there in
this the promise of a personal Messiah?
They saw wicked kings in power about
them; they saw the corruption of the prin
cess of the house of Israel; they knew as
wise men that such things could not last
forever, and that the time must come when
a righteous king, a righteous son of David,
if you please, would sit on the throne then
occupied by the wicked. But it was a
matter of good judgment and faith that the
right would prevail. Men of genius cv.
always foretell that the reign of the wicked
must come to an end. We can sec t■■
wicked iu high places in our own country ai
we know that in time they will fall, but n >
one is called a prophet or a Messiah became
he foresees this inevitable result.
“During the Babylonish captivity it v.v:
easy for the men of God who stood high in \
the kingdom aud who were familiar vyilh j
the real condition of affairs in,the nation to
foresee that Cyrus was coming to liberate
the captives and restore the throne of Israel.
Isaiah speaks of Cyrus as the Lord’s
anointed, using a Hebrew word that means
the Lord’s anointed —a word that has been
adapted into the English language as Mes
siah. On such a slender basis as this men
have built up a graud system of theology,
with the Messiah as the central idea.
“The prophets wore only human. They
predicted many things that came to pass,
and many things that did not come to pass.
They erred in judgment. Not all ideals,
however great, aro fulfilled. Why should
those ho are Jo as and those who are not
.Tews make martyrs of those prophets?
There are men living now who are just as
pure in lifo and just as wise as any or all of
the prophets, not excepting Moses or Jesus,
Mohammed or Buddha. With all then
prophetic instinct the greatest of them could
not see beyond the limitsof Syria and Egypt.
Not one of them foresaw the great Ameri
can nation or the great nations of modern
Europe There are thoughts and ideas now
ainongxbe living that are of as much im
portance to humanity as wore the thoughts
of the prophets of old. This is not said to
disparage the prophets, for they deserve
great credit for this: They thought out
the ideal religion. There is one God, whose
law is truth and justice, and on this they
based the common brotherhood of man
kind. *
“The ideal of the prophets was twisted
into the foretelling of the coming of a
Mcs-iah. Thoro w ere always men credulous
enough to believe the tale of the false
prophets, and men avaricious enough to
take advantage of this credulity, and men
who were of such natures as to bo deluded
into believing that they wero really Mes
siahs. Jesus was not tho only one who
pretended to bo the Messiah. There were
sixty-four well known Messiahs. Jesus by
his lifo created a demand for Messiahs
which had to be filled. In the
twelfth century every country had
a Messiah. Tho most successful of all
the Messiahs was Zabbathai Zebi. He was
born in Smyrna in the dark ages. He was
rich, well educated, handsome and at
tractive. He traveled from place to place,
and robbed his deluded followers until at
last he was brought before the sultan, who
said that he would believe in the new
Messialpatter firing three poisoned arrows
through him. Thereupon tho Messiah
turned Turk and was made a priest, but
eventually ded in prison. A wise suitan,”
said the sjK-aker. “Would that someone in
power had had equal wisdom 1,500 years
before.”
“After the day of this impostor the light
of intelligence had become so strong that
Messiahs could no longer hope for success.
In suite of all the dangers which had besot
it, tho true religion—the Judaic conception
of one God and one humanity—survived
and is still living.”
Hr. Gotthiel will continue his lectures on
tho subject, “Did the Jews Kill Jesus?” on
Sunday next at 11:30 o’clock. The specific
topic will be: “Wanted, a Bad people.”
Fort VALLEY’S GOOD FORTUNE.
A Colony of Michigan People Apt to
Settle There.
Fort Valley, Ga., March 11. —This sec
tion continues to attract people from tho
north, who object to the cold winters. F.
”. Gano and Charles Bishop arrived here
yesterday from Buchanan, Mich., prospect
-IDK for an entire neighborhood of people
<1 that state who have mado up their minds
to dispose of their lands and come to
Georgia.
The gentlemen were taken in charge by
Gapt. J. B. James, who bos done more than
any one else ill this section to induce emi
grants to come to Houston county. Aftor a
long and varied trip of inspection they in
i i med your correspondent that they wero
better pleased with this section of
Georgia than unv they had yet visited
md would return to the parties in Mich*
1 <ii laden with many good things to say
“Gan Fort Valley and vicinity. They a
him that before the lapse of many
j nths several families would move in
'" re and make their homes among us. Next
'■< 1 they thought a great many would V>l
- * their example. Fort Valley is certainly
Climbing to the ptuuaciu of success in itn
piuvements and population.
"All the world loves a lover"—except the
> m|t lady’s lovey and the dog.—JJurlinu
ton t ree Iren.
MEDICAL
PEAKS’ SOAP.
Pears’ Soap
Fair white hands.
Bright clear complexion
Soft healthful skin.
“PEARS 1 —The Great English Complexion SOAP,—SoId Everywtrera.”
CLOTHING.
mryn icoldi
IT IS TUFF.
The elements don’t seem to run our way at all this season.
WERRY RUFF,
Having so many nice Winter Suits, Overcoats and Un
derwear left on hand. Nothing but sacrifice in this world.
AIN’T IT RUFF?
B. H. Levy& Bro.
iTTTTYI IWETi
HARDWARE, ETC.
GEO. DREW HDW. CO.
4:0 and 42 East Cay St., - Jacksonville, Fla.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
HARDWARE, SASfI, DOORS AND BLINDS, STOVES AND TINWARE.
STATE AGENTS for Revere Rubber Company's Giant Stitched Rubber Belting, Henry Disstoa
& Sons’Circular Saws, Nicholson Files, Sterling Emory Wheels, Alligator Axes, Si mond's Cres
cent Ground Coarse Cut Saws. Starke’s Genuine Dixie Plows, Buffalo Standard Scales, Longman
& Martinez Paints, li F. Avery & Sons’ Steel Plows. Iron Age Hand Garden Tools, “Medal Brand”
Roofing Felt, Thomas Roberts Stevenson Company’s Heating and Cooking Stoves and Ranges.
HEADQUARTERS for lowa 4-Point lirirb Wire, Kilbourne & Jacobs’ Wheelbarrow, Atlantic
White Lead, Campbell & Thayer's Oil and Painters’ Supplies.
All orders shipped immediately on receipt. Correspondence solicited.
MI L IUS <Sr CO .
Our stock now complete in every detail, The latest novel
ties and most desirable things in Laces, Embroideries, Dress
Trimmings, Hosiery, Handkerchiefs, Gloves, Rucliings, Mus
lin, Silk Lisle and Balbriggan Underwear, Jewelry, Leather
Goods, Shirts, Collars and Cuffs, Scarfs, Ties, Parasols, Sun
shades, White Goods, Linings, etc., etc. Polite Attention
and a desire to Please our motto.
The much desired “DRAWN WORK” just received.
Nl I L I TJ S C O .
THE FAHOUI COCOA OE
Best & Goes Farthest-Largest Sale in the World-Once Tried ’ Always Used ”
, words all over Europe. Now that the manufacturers are drawing the attention of the American public to this first and, ever since its invention the hrnf dr oil
ar ° h i, vni soon be appreciated here as well as elsewhere all over the world. All that the manufacturers request is simply otic trial or still better a comparative 'test with
cocoas, b 0; thcn Van lloutbn’b Cocoa itself will convince every one of its great superiority in strength, flavor and economy,
whatever O , ' , , oa ., ei //„,///, sa vs: “ None of the numerous cocoas have as yet equalled this inventor's in solubility, agreeable taste and nutritive qualities." It is s mtrpneUhn mi.
,C and '" R r3wlbmf b£!£. -Superior to tea uud cohcc and having no injurious effects. Ash for Van Houtcn’s and take no other. * scnagUcoer ot the
tJtftt \ft AO ’A
TIFF. MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12. 1890.
TUFF AIN’T IT?
. BEWARE.
Our Senior is in the
orthern markets pre
ring a landslide of
>ring Goods for us.
le wires us, “Make
;>om. ” Only one way
. > do it, and forth goes
the MOVER:
“Re-slaughter prices
THAT ARE ALREADY CUT
TO fHE QUICK.”
CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, WAGONS, ETC.
“QUALITY IS KIKG?
“MERIT WINS.”
OUR MOTTO: Square Dealings.
OUR AIM: To Improve Our Goods and Please Our Customers.
OUR RECORD: Twenty-two Years in the Carriage, Buggy, and
Wagon Business.
OUR BUSINESS: To Look Strictly to Keep in the Lead of the
Trade.
SALOMON COHEN.
P. S.-A carload of TURPENTINE WAGONS just received, with steel axles, aud be sold lower
than ever.
i OMHIBBION MXRCHANTS*
CLAYTON R. WOODS* JOHN K. GARNETT. CHARLES B. MALONE.
WOODS, GARNETT & CO.,
SUCCESSORS TO WOODS & CO.,
Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants,
S3 Hay Street, - - Savannah, Cr:.
liberal advances made on consignments of cotton. Prompt attention given to all business.
LOTTERY .
UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION !
OVER A MILLION DISTRIBUTED.
L.S.L.
Louisiana Slats Lottery Company.
Incorporated by tho Legislature, for Educa
tional and Charitable purposes, and its fran
chise made a j>art of the present, State Consti
tution, in 1879, by an overwhelming popular vote
Its MAMMOTH UKAWIAGS take place
Semi-Annually (June and Beeeinlier) nn.l its
GR AMI SINGLE M M 111: K DRAWINGS
take place in eaeh of Ihe other ten months
of the year, and are all drawn in public, at
the Academy of Music, Sew Orleans La
FAMED FOR TWENTY YEARS
For Integrity of Its Drawings and Prompt
Payment of Prizes,
Attested as follows:
“We do hereby certify that tee supervise the
arrangements for all ths Monthly amt Semi-
Annual Drawings of The Louisiana State lot
tery Company, and in person manage anti con
trol the Drawings themselves, and that the
same are conducted with honesty, fairness,
and m good faith toward all parties, and me
authorize the Company to use this certificate
with foe similes of our signatures attached in
its advertisements."
Commissioners.
T*> the undersigned Danles and Hankers will
pay all Prizes drawn in The Louisiana State
lotteries which may be presented at our coun
ters.
K. K YV \ LMSLE V. I*res. Louisiana \nt. Hk
IMERKE LVAAIX, Pres. Male Aafl Hk.
A. H V LI) \\ l\, I ’res. !N c w Orleans ftat’l Hk.
CARL KOIIY, Pres. Union National Hunk.
Grand Monthly Drawing
Atthe Academy of Music, NewOrleans,
Tuesday, April 15, 1890,
Capital Prize 5300,000.
I1)0,000 Tickets at S2O each; Halves $10;
Quarters $5; Tenths $2; Twentieths sl.
LIST Of PRIZES.
1 ESJSF; **'>o,o9o is SIOO,OOO
1 PHIAL OF 100,000 is jo,) (I;I')
1 PRIZE OF 50,000 is ' s o'ooa
1 PRIZE OF 25,000 is
2 PRIZES OF JO,OOO aro ' ■ 20000
5 PRIZES OF 6,000 are 26 000
25 PRIZES OF 1,000 are <c>’ooo
100 PRIZES OF N)0 are rc'os)
200 PRIZES OF 300 are eo’ooo
6uo PRIZES OF 200 are lOu’.OOO
APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
100 Prizes of S6OO are 850 nnn
lOOPrizesof 300 are lio'ooo
100 Prizes of 200 aro ’ 20jX)
TERMINAL PRIZES.
999 Prizes of 100 are 99.900
999 Prizes of 100 are 99, 900
8.1.14 Prizes, amounting to $1,054,800
Note.—Tickets drawing Capital Prizes aro not
entitled to Terminal Prizes.
AGENTS WANTED.
For CLt:n Rates, or any further In
formation desired, write legibly to tho under
signed, clearly stating your residence, with
State, County, Street and Number. More rapid
return mail delivery will be assured by } T our
enclosing an Knvelope bearing your full address.
IMPORTANT.
AddrossM. A. DAUPHIN,
Sew Orleans, La..
orM. A. DAUPHIN,
Washington, 9. <\
By ordinary letter containing Sfoney Order
Issued by all Express Companies, Now York Ex
change, Draft or Postal Note.
Address Registered Letters Contain
ing Currency to
NEW ORLEANS NATION \L HANK,
New Orleans, La.
“REMEMfIFiR, that the payment of Prizes
is GUARANTEED 111 FOLK V\TIO.\AL
lIA.\KK of New Orleans, and tho Tickets aro
signed by tho President of an Institution whoso
chartered rights aro recognized in the highest
Courts; therefore, beware of all imitations or
anonymous schemes.”
U.\E DOLLAR is the price of the smallest
part or fraction of a Ticket I£HLED BY US
in any Drawing. Anything in our name offered
for less than a Dollar is a swindle.
CARRIAGE WORKS.
CARRIAGE WORKS.
SANBERG & CO.,
St. Julian, Congress and Montgomery streets
FRANKLIN SQUARE.
Wo offer to the public the best work Ia our
line in the city.
REAL ESTATE.
jTSTf tj LT 01ST
Real Estate and General Collecting
Agent,
8 DRAYTON STREET.
SPECIAL attention given to tho collection of
rents and the care of real estate. Patron
age respectfully solicited.
MEDICAL.
rj D [3
C U R ES trw
-PHI L I 5
Physicians endorse P. P. P. as a splendid combination.
Rial proscribe It with great satisfaction for the cores of
_all forms amt statfuj‘>f Primary, Sopoh dary and Tertl-
BBHh
©, p. P. CM e , s
.Voob POISON
Catarrh, Skin iMsefteea, Eczema, Chronic Female Com
plaints, Mercurial Poison, Tetter. Bcnltlhead. etc., etc.
lis a powerful tonic and an excellent
P. P. P: ms§
Lz-uMATisr#
zer, building up the system rapidly.
LadUtb whoso ByßteiitH are poisoned and whoso blood
J® duo to menstrual lrregnlwl-
wphhpii*
1 ■
llos are peculiarly iMjnelUod by the womlerful tonic sad
blood cloansing properties of Y. V. F., Frlckly Ash, l’oke
Hoot and Piitasslum.
ZIJV.T-vv. r%wirra umi—iiimm n i imimiz
P. P. ,P- R * s
bsSMhi M
LI PPM AN BROS., Proprlrtcrft,
■>.V’TOt,E3AL]fi LRUG r '' .
Lippman Cluck. SAVANNAH. CA.
mm
tVpgMAN.&tfi PfatiGiri i'R.VPS --AA.Nt-JAM C,
k
tl sCTs, anlkk CareS Malaria, mnoosimwi
a VTj ~! fig* St rotula. Dynpepsia. LuJ
E3 ff Mb'® Ma* corrhea, ‘ In.uoleocy andl
tj tjr Jr 9“ * oefuT.il Debility, cicelleni
• tor Removing Pimple* nd|
•h .. _ rfv ißeautltylng e Complezton,
KB a ISmall; sugar eoale.l 761 n a
Bars I ■ % itmtilo. A t DrusKlKU. I'm
r IL hM mall, 60 cenu>. AlvindH
Js Jf KW Uodtclno Cos.. New VorE
Money Returned by follow
ing druggists if Alexander’s
Cholera infantum Cure,
Cholera Morbus Cure, or
Pile Ointment fails to cure:
Butler’s P sTmstar, W. K. MRH,
L. C. Strong, E*M Ac Cos ,
Sklwant J. Kieffer. W. F. Reid,
W. A. Pieman, W. M. Cleveland,
J. R. Hakiwanirer. Win. F. Hendy,
J. T. Thornton, W. A. Btohop,
Symons & Melt A. N. O’KeelTu & Cos,
M. Johnson, David Porter.
WHOLESALE BY IJFPMAN SHOO.
SPOLIATION CLAIMS.
L’ li K NOH
SPOLIATION CLAIMS.
\BILL is bf fore Congress to extend time for
filing French Spoliation Claims one year. I
will take and prosecute all claims on the Kamo
terms ufMHi which I filed claims of about two
million dollars in IHSS ami iK>iG. Call or address,
IR. JVIjIuIVN.
31 Equitable Building, Iloston, Mass
HAEDW AH B.
Oliver Chilled Plow.
BERT PLOW MADE. FOR SALE BY
J. D. WEED & CO.,
G-ENKRAL A-GrIGIVXS,
MEDICAL
JiSisP p||.
DR. SCKENCK’S I
-Si. gjfißa^ggJjg
, STANDARD FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY "
pOSOHIC
the Stomach; Contiren*>(, Inflammation, ,w
bi.irrhte.i, Piles,and biiirasesof the Howe!*'; _ .
• f e Congestion, Billnusatbs, Jaundice, Nitusr-t,
a IS* Headache, Giddiness, Nervousness, Wan- O W PIIP
g (1 ring Puina, Malaiia, Liter Complaint. y 11 wV
_ - ami ail Divines arising from a Gorged and *
Sluggish Liter. They clean tho mucous
Is a Positive Cure for coats, reduce gorged or congested condi- Will Cure
tions, break, tip stubborn complications, re- fa iipa* q r'rtl
DYSPEPSIA store free, healthy action to the organs, and '
give tho system a chance to recover tone An<l ' 1 the
And all Disorders of the Pi* and strength. They are THROAT AND LUNGS,
gestlto Organs. Itis likewise wrcgTsm tr 11 is l ,,Pasant to the test-,
a Corroborative or Mrength- PURELY VlUl IAuLI, anddooMiot contain :t partirlo
ening Medicine, mid may 1> CTRITTI V Dpi lARi p of opiutu or anything injuri
taken with ben. tU in all caw * o|n,^'LT ntLiHDLt, one. It is the boat Cough Me l
of Debility. For Sale by all an D A BSO LUTE LY SAFE!.™ I " tliW-rlil. For Sale
Druggists. Price,f I.ooperbot- hy all Druggists. PriroSl 'i)
tie. Dr. Schenck’s New Book r<>r Sale by all Druggists. Price cts. perhottle. Dr.Schenck's Itoofe
on Lungs, Liver and Stomach per Ih>x ; ;j boxce lor hi> cts.; or sent hy on Consumption midils Cure,
mailed free. Address, mail, postage free, on receipt of price, mailed free. Address
Dr. J.H.Schenck & Sen. Phils. l>r. J. 11. Schenck A Son, Philadelphia, Pa. D-. J.H.Schenck A Son. Ph J, n
CLOTIIING.
WE ARE NOW OFFERING SPECIAL INDUCEMEN fS in
MEN S HALF HOSE.
A look in our show window
and an examination of the goods
will convince one and all that it
is the cheapest line of fine half
hose ever offered in this city.
Our stock in this department
jj/ring very heavy, must be sold,
and we have made prices ac
cordingly.
A.. FALK & SON'S,
161 BROUGH JON STREET.
Our Spring Samples for our Custom Department have ar
rived, and we are now prepared to take orders.
MILLIIYEKT
GRAND_ OPENING
KROUSKOFFS
Our Paris and London Round Hats
and Bonnets, from Paul DeVernio., Mme.
Tosse, Linn Fauikn:.-* and o* .. . also
many other rare novelties and works of
art have just come through the Custom
House, and will form an important feat
ure of our Grand Opening on THURS
DAY, March 13th, when all the novelties
in Spring Millinery will be on exhibition.
S. KROUSKOFK
FURNTTUKE A:NU CARPETS.
THE OLD NATIONAL
AT LINDSAY & MORGAN’S. • TIIE BEST SPRING BED NOW IN USE.
SF.E OUR SUPERB STOCK OF BABY CARRIAGES—THE lIKYWOOD CARRIAGE
THE BEST—LOW PRICES OUR MOTTO.
eTNDSAY & MOEGAN,
LEADING FURNITURE AND CARPET DEALERS.
S. W Coriior and Hnrnard Streets.
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