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of mind , graciously approved his excuse , and granted his petition in behalf of the Israelites of Alsace . —Moral and Religious Tales . MISRECKONING OF AN APOSTATE . —An Israelitish officer , to curry favour with Napoleon , baptized himself . Relying on the privileges he fancied he should acquire by embracing the religion of the majority of the French , he solicited a preferment , of which he considered himself
certain . But the Emperor , who despised all interested apostasies , administered the following rebuke : — " I will give him no promotion whatever ; I have no longer any confidence in him . He who has betrayed his God will not hesitate to betray his country . "—Ibid .
THE ARCHBISHOP AND THE JEWESS . —M . de Cheverus , Archbishop of Bordeaux , so well known for his virtues , was going out in his carriage from the palace , when a miserable looking old woman approached the door of the vehicle and implored alms . " Give twenty francs to that poor woman , " said the prelate to the priest who accompanied him . " What ! my lord , a piece of gold to this beggar ? She is a Jewess !" " You are right , " replied the Archbishop ; " as a Jewess , she without doubt often receives less assistance than other indigents ; therefore give her a hundred francs \"—Ibid .
THE PROTESTANT , THE JEW , AND THE CATHOLIC PRIEST . — "A little anecdote , illustrative of Christians being more attached to Jews than to their own brethren , just occurs to my mind , and may , perhaps , fill up a nook in your periodical . A Jew of the island of St . Thomas being at Jacmel , one of the ports of Hayti , some months ago , became intimately acquainted with an English clergyman of the Baptist denomination , who was a missionary there . The missionary , who was in very delicate healthfell ill and died . On his death-bed he begged his friend
, the Jew to Tead the burial service over his remainsjhefore . they : were committed to the earth . The Jew declined , arguing , that , as a Christian , the dying man had better have that service performed by Christians ; and stating also , that he could not conscientiously read , on so solemn an occasion , what he did not believe in . 'Then say the prayers , customary at the funeral of a Mason' ( of which fraternity-ihe was ; ., a member ) the l The Jew Mason of highrankand
was repy . was a , , scrupulously fulfilled the request , the funeral being attended l ? y ' every respectable inhabitant of the place . Thus a Prbtestent ' preferred ,, a Jew ' s services to those of a Catholic priest . I regret to say that the Jew died a month ago . His name was Benjamin Levy . "— -Jewish Chronicle . - ¦ ' - ' '' - ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ J " ' !; ¦ '•
MARRIAGE . —Sept . 30 . —At Trentham , Staffordshire ,. thei . / Marquis , of . ; Kildare , eldest son of the Duke of Leinster , to the Lady- Caroline ; Leveson Gower , third daughter of the Duke , and Duchess of Sutherlafidi , Broi the Marquis of Kildare was made a Craft and Royal ArcflMason . .. at Oxford , and a Masonic Templar and R . C . & c , in \ Lohapn , ; under . the auspices of Dr . Crucefix , now M . P . Grand Commander 33 rd ' uegijeel ; . ¦¦' !/ ¦ ' -1-: - ! -: 0 ' ¦> - } jaxiilillll VjlilUlillj
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Chit Chat.
of mind , graciously approved his excuse , and granted his petition in behalf of the Israelites of Alsace . —Moral and Religious Tales . MISRECKONING OF AN APOSTATE . —An Israelitish officer , to curry favour with Napoleon , baptized himself . Relying on the privileges he fancied he should acquire by embracing the religion of the majority of the French , he solicited a preferment , of which he considered himself
certain . But the Emperor , who despised all interested apostasies , administered the following rebuke : — " I will give him no promotion whatever ; I have no longer any confidence in him . He who has betrayed his God will not hesitate to betray his country . "—Ibid .
THE ARCHBISHOP AND THE JEWESS . —M . de Cheverus , Archbishop of Bordeaux , so well known for his virtues , was going out in his carriage from the palace , when a miserable looking old woman approached the door of the vehicle and implored alms . " Give twenty francs to that poor woman , " said the prelate to the priest who accompanied him . " What ! my lord , a piece of gold to this beggar ? She is a Jewess !" " You are right , " replied the Archbishop ; " as a Jewess , she without doubt often receives less assistance than other indigents ; therefore give her a hundred francs \"—Ibid .
THE PROTESTANT , THE JEW , AND THE CATHOLIC PRIEST . — "A little anecdote , illustrative of Christians being more attached to Jews than to their own brethren , just occurs to my mind , and may , perhaps , fill up a nook in your periodical . A Jew of the island of St . Thomas being at Jacmel , one of the ports of Hayti , some months ago , became intimately acquainted with an English clergyman of the Baptist denomination , who was a missionary there . The missionary , who was in very delicate healthfell ill and died . On his death-bed he begged his friend
, the Jew to Tead the burial service over his remainsjhefore . they : were committed to the earth . The Jew declined , arguing , that , as a Christian , the dying man had better have that service performed by Christians ; and stating also , that he could not conscientiously read , on so solemn an occasion , what he did not believe in . 'Then say the prayers , customary at the funeral of a Mason' ( of which fraternity-ihe was ; ., a member ) the l The Jew Mason of highrankand
was repy . was a , , scrupulously fulfilled the request , the funeral being attended l ? y ' every respectable inhabitant of the place . Thus a Prbtestent ' preferred ,, a Jew ' s services to those of a Catholic priest . I regret to say that the Jew died a month ago . His name was Benjamin Levy . "— -Jewish Chronicle . - ¦ ' - ' '' - ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ J " ' !; ¦ '•
MARRIAGE . —Sept . 30 . —At Trentham , Staffordshire ,. thei . / Marquis , of . ; Kildare , eldest son of the Duke of Leinster , to the Lady- Caroline ; Leveson Gower , third daughter of the Duke , and Duchess of Sutherlafidi , Broi the Marquis of Kildare was made a Craft and Royal ArcflMason . .. at Oxford , and a Masonic Templar and R . C . & c , in \ Lohapn , ; under . the auspices of Dr . Crucefix , now M . P . Grand Commander 33 rd ' uegijeel ; . ¦¦' !/ ¦ ' -1-: - ! -: 0 ' ¦> - } jaxiilillll VjlilUlillj
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