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Article THE MONK AND THE RABBI. ← Page 2 of 2 Article RIZPAH, THE DAUGHTER OF AIAH, OR WOMAN'S DEVOTEDNESS. Page 1 of 2 →
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The Monk And The Rabbi.
The community of Prague was thrown into trouble and despair . When brought in chains before the duke , Rabbi Solomon was the only one who preserved his tranquillity . His representations were rejected , and Vladislas was about to pronounce his condemnation , when the Bishop of Olmiitz advanced towards the ducal throne , and exclaimed : " My lord , in the name of the God of Christians , I forbid that even a hair of the head of this Jew be touched . He is noble , generous , and conscientious , and never was deaf to the voice of humanity . " The Duke and the Court were confounded ; but the Bishop related with warmth the service
which had been rendered to him by the generous Rabbi , when he was only an obscure monk . The Duke instantly ordered the irons to be removed from Rabbi Solomon , and the courtiers vied with each other in overwhelming him with compliments . The Christian | Bishop thus distinguished himself by his gratitude ; and Rabbi Solomon had an escort of honour , and was loaded with presents and blessing ^ . But that which was more grateful to him was , that the Jews of Bohemia enjoyed peace and security under the protection which the Bishop gratefully accorded to the brethren of his fellow-traveller , the benevolent Rabbi . —Moral and Religious Tales .
Rizpah, The Daughter Of Aiah, Or Woman's Devotedness.
RIZPAH , THE DAUGHTER OF AIAH , OR WOMAN'S DEVOTEDNESS .
THE devotion of Rizpah is an exquisitely beautiful trait of female character . Its mention does not contain a lesson , but a picture . It does not tell us what woman should be , but what she is , and is valuable as proving that the women of the Bible are but portraits of woman ' s nature now . ****** Day and night , from the beginning of the barley harvest , till the rain came down from heavena period of weeksdid Rizpahthe
, many , , daughter of Aiah , keep solitary watch beside the mouldering bodies of the last remnants of the house of Saul . "She took sackcloth and spread it for her upon the rock , and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest upon them by day , nor the beasts of the field by night . " What a volume of woman ' s heart is told in that brief verse ! That devotedness
to the beloved dead which would guard the poor remnants of mortality from all insult of bird or beast—that lingering beside all which was spared her ; alas , for that mournful " all ! " Scorched by the sun of day , and chilled by the clews of night , yet moved she not from the stony rock , nor cared she for aught besides . Mourning , yet not repining ; guarding the hallowed dead , yet breathing not her anguish , save through tbe tears that fell on the impenetrable rock , the sighs that mingled with the breeze . Who might feel for her , sole remnant of that bloody house ? Who
might lament those deaths which retribution called ? None . And the mourner asked nought of man . Her world was by the dead , and there the mocking sun and the pitying moon gazed down upon her in her sad and solitary watch , And oh ! is not this woman ?—Is not this the love , the devotedness , which are the natural dwellers of woman ' s heart , when nought but nature speaks ? And not entirely unsympathised was her affliction . It reached the ear , and penetrated the heart , of the feeling and affectionate king ; and the bones of Saul and Jonathan , and of them
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Monk And The Rabbi.
The community of Prague was thrown into trouble and despair . When brought in chains before the duke , Rabbi Solomon was the only one who preserved his tranquillity . His representations were rejected , and Vladislas was about to pronounce his condemnation , when the Bishop of Olmiitz advanced towards the ducal throne , and exclaimed : " My lord , in the name of the God of Christians , I forbid that even a hair of the head of this Jew be touched . He is noble , generous , and conscientious , and never was deaf to the voice of humanity . " The Duke and the Court were confounded ; but the Bishop related with warmth the service
which had been rendered to him by the generous Rabbi , when he was only an obscure monk . The Duke instantly ordered the irons to be removed from Rabbi Solomon , and the courtiers vied with each other in overwhelming him with compliments . The Christian | Bishop thus distinguished himself by his gratitude ; and Rabbi Solomon had an escort of honour , and was loaded with presents and blessing ^ . But that which was more grateful to him was , that the Jews of Bohemia enjoyed peace and security under the protection which the Bishop gratefully accorded to the brethren of his fellow-traveller , the benevolent Rabbi . —Moral and Religious Tales .
Rizpah, The Daughter Of Aiah, Or Woman's Devotedness.
RIZPAH , THE DAUGHTER OF AIAH , OR WOMAN'S DEVOTEDNESS .
THE devotion of Rizpah is an exquisitely beautiful trait of female character . Its mention does not contain a lesson , but a picture . It does not tell us what woman should be , but what she is , and is valuable as proving that the women of the Bible are but portraits of woman ' s nature now . ****** Day and night , from the beginning of the barley harvest , till the rain came down from heavena period of weeksdid Rizpahthe
, many , , daughter of Aiah , keep solitary watch beside the mouldering bodies of the last remnants of the house of Saul . "She took sackcloth and spread it for her upon the rock , and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest upon them by day , nor the beasts of the field by night . " What a volume of woman ' s heart is told in that brief verse ! That devotedness
to the beloved dead which would guard the poor remnants of mortality from all insult of bird or beast—that lingering beside all which was spared her ; alas , for that mournful " all ! " Scorched by the sun of day , and chilled by the clews of night , yet moved she not from the stony rock , nor cared she for aught besides . Mourning , yet not repining ; guarding the hallowed dead , yet breathing not her anguish , save through tbe tears that fell on the impenetrable rock , the sighs that mingled with the breeze . Who might feel for her , sole remnant of that bloody house ? Who
might lament those deaths which retribution called ? None . And the mourner asked nought of man . Her world was by the dead , and there the mocking sun and the pitying moon gazed down upon her in her sad and solitary watch , And oh ! is not this woman ?—Is not this the love , the devotedness , which are the natural dwellers of woman ' s heart , when nought but nature speaks ? And not entirely unsympathised was her affliction . It reached the ear , and penetrated the heart , of the feeling and affectionate king ; and the bones of Saul and Jonathan , and of them