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' The Two Jews Of Meshid.
he could not do it in his own Avay . He learnt that the numerous Jews in Central Asia read and write Persian in the Hebrew character , ancl in this character , unknown to their Mussulman tyrants , they could receive and read the New Testament without the danger which might have attended the possession of a Christian , or rather of a Feringhi book . He therefore set
himself to the task of getting thc Persian Testament written out in Hebrew letters , ancl Mulla Musa was recommended to him as the fittest man for the work . Thus was the Jew for the first time brought in contact ivith the Gospel . The son of Jacob heard for the first time of " the light of the Gentiles" " the glory of his people Israel . " At
, first he Avas dazzled and amazed . Women' are thought to be easily wrought upon , quickly moved , facile to coiiA'inee , apt to jump to conclusions . We dare not aA * OAV our own personal belief on this point , —let it suffice that the Jeiv is in all respects the very antipodes of the character thus represented . He is slow ancl steadin love and in hate
y , stiff-necked in his opinions , his determinations , his attachments . His home ancl his heart are with the immoveable past . He possesses beyond other men , what Dr . Arnold styled " the two elements of conservation , the love of permanence , one of the noblest attributes of our nature , and inertia , one of the basest ;" ancl therefore a Jew is the hardest of all men to convincefor
, behind his conviction is his will , stubborn as it ever was in the days of old . Jews are the men to make martyrs of , and so they have often proved . But there is a " still small voice , " mightier than their iron wills and hearts of adamant , and that voice seemed graciously making itself heard by Mulla Musa .
Many ancl long were the conversations he had with his young employer , till the work was done , and at the beginning of October , Lieut . Dawes Avent forth with General Sale ' s force to Jellalabad , and on leaving , confided the box of Bibles to an officer Avith Avhom he had recently become acquainted , Capt . Colin Mackenzie , assistant political agent , to Avhoin he likewise
commended his tAvo JeAvish friends . At the forcing of the Khurd Kabul Pass , on the 12 th October , the brunt of the battle was borne by Broadfoot's Sappers and Miners , which , all the officers being detached , Capt . Colin Mackenzie volunteered to command , and on a battery under Lieut . Dawes . This was , in fact , the forlorn hope . Near the entrance , ancl at the narroivcst part of the defile , was a strong breastwork of stones , ancl the attacking party Avas not only weak , and completely unsupported , but the Sappers were new leA'ies who had never been
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
' The Two Jews Of Meshid.
he could not do it in his own Avay . He learnt that the numerous Jews in Central Asia read and write Persian in the Hebrew character , ancl in this character , unknown to their Mussulman tyrants , they could receive and read the New Testament without the danger which might have attended the possession of a Christian , or rather of a Feringhi book . He therefore set
himself to the task of getting thc Persian Testament written out in Hebrew letters , ancl Mulla Musa was recommended to him as the fittest man for the work . Thus was the Jew for the first time brought in contact ivith the Gospel . The son of Jacob heard for the first time of " the light of the Gentiles" " the glory of his people Israel . " At
, first he Avas dazzled and amazed . Women' are thought to be easily wrought upon , quickly moved , facile to coiiA'inee , apt to jump to conclusions . We dare not aA * OAV our own personal belief on this point , —let it suffice that the Jeiv is in all respects the very antipodes of the character thus represented . He is slow ancl steadin love and in hate
y , stiff-necked in his opinions , his determinations , his attachments . His home ancl his heart are with the immoveable past . He possesses beyond other men , what Dr . Arnold styled " the two elements of conservation , the love of permanence , one of the noblest attributes of our nature , and inertia , one of the basest ;" ancl therefore a Jew is the hardest of all men to convincefor
, behind his conviction is his will , stubborn as it ever was in the days of old . Jews are the men to make martyrs of , and so they have often proved . But there is a " still small voice , " mightier than their iron wills and hearts of adamant , and that voice seemed graciously making itself heard by Mulla Musa .
Many ancl long were the conversations he had with his young employer , till the work was done , and at the beginning of October , Lieut . Dawes Avent forth with General Sale ' s force to Jellalabad , and on leaving , confided the box of Bibles to an officer Avith Avhom he had recently become acquainted , Capt . Colin Mackenzie , assistant political agent , to Avhoin he likewise
commended his tAvo JeAvish friends . At the forcing of the Khurd Kabul Pass , on the 12 th October , the brunt of the battle was borne by Broadfoot's Sappers and Miners , which , all the officers being detached , Capt . Colin Mackenzie volunteered to command , and on a battery under Lieut . Dawes . This was , in fact , the forlorn hope . Near the entrance , ancl at the narroivcst part of the defile , was a strong breastwork of stones , ancl the attacking party Avas not only weak , and completely unsupported , but the Sappers were new leA'ies who had never been