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' The Two Jews Of Meshid.
skirts , —men Avho have lost all for our sakes , men who hacl neA'cr deserted us in our adversity , but to whom we did not even grant rations , or the shelter of a tent , on that harassing painful retreat through the defiles of Afghanistan ancl the plains of the Punjab . Musa and Ibrahim fled for their lives , the only shelter they could find was a corner of Mackenzie ' s wretched little
tent , which he freely shared with them . " What shall it profit a man if he gain the ivhole world ancl lose his own soul ? " implies , " What doth it matter if a man lose all he hath in the Avorld , if he gain life eA'erlasting ? " The thorns and briers of this ivorld are as apt to choke the good seed as the deceitfulness of richesbut they were not permitted to clo so in the case of
, the brothers . They still studied their New Testament , searching therein as for hid treasure , with an eagerness that could not be repressed , so that even when then * gallant host , who had been reduced to the brink of the grave by mental and bodily suffering , fell asleep on the ground , exhausted by the daily march , they would wake him , with many apologies , and
entreat him to explain some difficulty they had just encountered . It is a picture that touches one's heart—the soldier , worn to a shadow of his former self , in the prime of his days , teaching the way of truth to his Jewish friends . Unlike most of then countrymen , they were remarkably well versed in the Old Testament , and Mackenzie helped them to compare it with the
Neiv . So clay after day passed till they reached Ferozpiir ; there the men who had maintained the honour of the British name by their Christian and chivalrous gallantry in the lowest depths of adversity , the forlorn and destitute ladies ancl children , innocent of all but misfortune , were treated with the utmost contempt ancl neglect by the inflated GoA * ernor-General . Lady
Sale Avas received with honom , because she was the wife of the General Avho had maintained Jellalabad ; but there Avas not even a pinchbeck imitation of that magnanimity , which made Napoleon raise his hat to the prisoners of Wagram , and exclaim , " Honneur a 1 'infortune ; " not a spark of that highminded manliness ivhich prompted the Roman Senate to vote thanks to the unfortunate general for not having despaired of his country .
The " Brummagem Bony" ivas not even a tolerable copy of his original . Not even an aide-de-camp was sent to inquire after the ladies , not even an offer of help made to the destitute widoiv and orphans , not the slightest notice taken of the presence in camp of men like Eldred Pottinger , Mackenzie , Lawrence , Haughton , whom a king Avould have delighted to honour . The hostages , who had undertaken that honourable
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
' The Two Jews Of Meshid.
skirts , —men Avho have lost all for our sakes , men who hacl neA'cr deserted us in our adversity , but to whom we did not even grant rations , or the shelter of a tent , on that harassing painful retreat through the defiles of Afghanistan ancl the plains of the Punjab . Musa and Ibrahim fled for their lives , the only shelter they could find was a corner of Mackenzie ' s wretched little
tent , which he freely shared with them . " What shall it profit a man if he gain the ivhole world ancl lose his own soul ? " implies , " What doth it matter if a man lose all he hath in the Avorld , if he gain life eA'erlasting ? " The thorns and briers of this ivorld are as apt to choke the good seed as the deceitfulness of richesbut they were not permitted to clo so in the case of
, the brothers . They still studied their New Testament , searching therein as for hid treasure , with an eagerness that could not be repressed , so that even when then * gallant host , who had been reduced to the brink of the grave by mental and bodily suffering , fell asleep on the ground , exhausted by the daily march , they would wake him , with many apologies , and
entreat him to explain some difficulty they had just encountered . It is a picture that touches one's heart—the soldier , worn to a shadow of his former self , in the prime of his days , teaching the way of truth to his Jewish friends . Unlike most of then countrymen , they were remarkably well versed in the Old Testament , and Mackenzie helped them to compare it with the
Neiv . So clay after day passed till they reached Ferozpiir ; there the men who had maintained the honour of the British name by their Christian and chivalrous gallantry in the lowest depths of adversity , the forlorn and destitute ladies ancl children , innocent of all but misfortune , were treated with the utmost contempt ancl neglect by the inflated GoA * ernor-General . Lady
Sale Avas received with honom , because she was the wife of the General Avho had maintained Jellalabad ; but there Avas not even a pinchbeck imitation of that magnanimity , which made Napoleon raise his hat to the prisoners of Wagram , and exclaim , " Honneur a 1 'infortune ; " not a spark of that highminded manliness ivhich prompted the Roman Senate to vote thanks to the unfortunate general for not having despaired of his country .
The " Brummagem Bony" ivas not even a tolerable copy of his original . Not even an aide-de-camp was sent to inquire after the ladies , not even an offer of help made to the destitute widoiv and orphans , not the slightest notice taken of the presence in camp of men like Eldred Pottinger , Mackenzie , Lawrence , Haughton , whom a king Avould have delighted to honour . The hostages , who had undertaken that honourable