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' The Two Jews Of Meshid.
because most dangerous office at the peril of their lives , were denied the title of hostages ; on which Mackenzie forcibly remarked , that " if Pottinger , Lawrence , ancl himself ivere not hostages , they must be deserters , ancl ought to be shot . " They ivere denied their pay , then allowances , their just military compensation
. Lord Ellenborough seems to have felt the A ery existence of those Avhom he had , as far as in him lay , abandoned to hopeless captivity , the most bitter reproach ancl slur upon him , ancl therefore pursued them with the petty malice of a A'icious woman . Pottinger , gnawing his own heart at this unmerited treatmentwent away and died ; mortification of spirit
, having aggravated the severe wound he had received at Charekar . Mackenzie , Haughton , and others went home in an almost hopeless state of health from wounds ancl suffering . Of course , the claims of those who had served them were not likely to be listened to . In vain did Musa and Ibrahim seek , not generosity , but bare justice ; in vain did Sir George Clerk
and Mr . Maddock , then Secretary to Government , ancl others , exert themselves to procure this justice * . it was denied . Finding nothing was to be done at Ferozpiir , Mackenzie brought the two Jews with him as far as Loodiana , where , commending them to the charge of the American missionary , Mr . Neivton , he left them , and proceeded to England . They
diligently attended the teaching of this good man , and gradually professed their belief in most of the doctrines of the Gospel ; the elder , as it Avere , leading the way . The only stumblingblock in his onwardj path appeared the true and . perfect Godhead of our Lord Jesus Christ . Musa acknowledged Him as the " first-born of every creature , " but not as . " God over
all , " " who made all things , and without whom was not any thing made that was made . " He appeared to rely on Him as the Saviour of His people , but did not fully see that He was " one with the Father . " Still he continued seeking . _ After spending a summer in Kashmir , endeavouring to recruit their ruined fortunes by fresh mercantile A'entures , the brothers proceeded to Bombay . From that time our knoAvledge of them becomes more indistinct .
In spite of all that has been said of the want of conscience in public bodies , in spite of all the meannesses that corporations , courts , and committees have perpetrated and will perpetrate , let this be recorded to the honour of the Comt of Directors , they are not so bad as their neighbours , not so bad as an irresponsible Board of Control , or as that freak of nature , Lord Ellenborough .
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' The Two Jews Of Meshid.
because most dangerous office at the peril of their lives , were denied the title of hostages ; on which Mackenzie forcibly remarked , that " if Pottinger , Lawrence , ancl himself ivere not hostages , they must be deserters , ancl ought to be shot . " They ivere denied their pay , then allowances , their just military compensation
. Lord Ellenborough seems to have felt the A ery existence of those Avhom he had , as far as in him lay , abandoned to hopeless captivity , the most bitter reproach ancl slur upon him , ancl therefore pursued them with the petty malice of a A'icious woman . Pottinger , gnawing his own heart at this unmerited treatmentwent away and died ; mortification of spirit
, having aggravated the severe wound he had received at Charekar . Mackenzie , Haughton , and others went home in an almost hopeless state of health from wounds ancl suffering . Of course , the claims of those who had served them were not likely to be listened to . In vain did Musa and Ibrahim seek , not generosity , but bare justice ; in vain did Sir George Clerk
and Mr . Maddock , then Secretary to Government , ancl others , exert themselves to procure this justice * . it was denied . Finding nothing was to be done at Ferozpiir , Mackenzie brought the two Jews with him as far as Loodiana , where , commending them to the charge of the American missionary , Mr . Neivton , he left them , and proceeded to England . They
diligently attended the teaching of this good man , and gradually professed their belief in most of the doctrines of the Gospel ; the elder , as it Avere , leading the way . The only stumblingblock in his onwardj path appeared the true and . perfect Godhead of our Lord Jesus Christ . Musa acknowledged Him as the " first-born of every creature , " but not as . " God over
all , " " who made all things , and without whom was not any thing made that was made . " He appeared to rely on Him as the Saviour of His people , but did not fully see that He was " one with the Father . " Still he continued seeking . _ After spending a summer in Kashmir , endeavouring to recruit their ruined fortunes by fresh mercantile A'entures , the brothers proceeded to Bombay . From that time our knoAvledge of them becomes more indistinct .
In spite of all that has been said of the want of conscience in public bodies , in spite of all the meannesses that corporations , courts , and committees have perpetrated and will perpetrate , let this be recorded to the honour of the Comt of Directors , they are not so bad as their neighbours , not so bad as an irresponsible Board of Control , or as that freak of nature , Lord Ellenborough .