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of the mosques and temples were illuminated , as were also many private houses . His Highness the Guicowar of Barodar , at a durbar held on Tuesday , for the purpose of announcing formally
the recovery of the prince , made a speech , in which he intimated that , as a thank-offering , it is his intention to devote one lac of rupees for a work of public ^ utility , to be chosen by his
Excellency the Governor of Bombay , and to bear the name of His Royal Highness . And here we may mention , that , to commemorate the happy restoration to health of the Prince , the Hon . A .
D . Sassoon , C . S . I ., on Monday last made a formal offer to the Governor of Bombay of half a lac of rupees , in addition to a lac already given , for building a new Elphinstone Hig h School . Of
all the addresses that were delivered to the congregations on Tuesday , perhaps the one which , for its speciality , particularly merits notice was that made to the Khojas—a division of the
Mussulman community—by their high priest , his Highness Aga Khan . Our report of his address mentions that after speaking of the happy recovery of His Royal Hig hness the Prince of Wales , he
referred to the lamented death of the Viceroy , and quoted a tradition from the Prophet Mahomet' That it is a great duty upon his followers ( Mahomedans , ) to pray for the health and
prosperity of their Hakam ( kingor ruler ) under whose authority they are protected , even if the Hakam were unjust . ' His Hig hness further said he recollected having seen many other traditions from
his Holiness the Prophet Mahomet , confirming the above tradition . The British Raj , he pointed out , was very just and kind , always earing for the welfare of her subjects ; and it was a fact
that wherever the intentions and purposes of the King were directed towards the welfare of his subjects , God Almighty always sent his blessings upon the country of such ruler , and it was
always prosperous . He also impressed upon his hearers , that , at the present time , all the people under the British rule were comfortable , while the people in many other parts of Asia
were in trouble , through famine , sickness , and other causes ; and this , he said , showed that 'the intentions and purposes of the British Power were more kind and better to their subjects than
those of any other kingdom . Therefore , according to their belief , it was necessary to pray for the health and prosperity of the Hakam , and , this being a special occasion , to pray and oiler up
thanksgiving to Almighty God for the recovery of the Prince and Heir Apparent to the kingdom , under whose protection lives and property were
safe and religion free . '" Can we fail to perceive in all this , the expression of a spontaneous and general desire for the prolongation of the power that now rules the Indian Empire r
A monarchy appears to me to be one part of the apparatus by which the Divine purposes in relation to mankind are , through the instrumentality of the Israelites , to be effected : and , if so ,
its preservation will always be with them an object of peculiar solicitude , whether they be conscious of its reason or ultimate object , or not . " The Lord of hosts hath sworn , saying , Surely
as I have thought so shall it come to pass , as I have proposed , so shall it stand . " ( Isa . xiv , 24 ) . The Israelites were not left to determine their o \ rn form of government , they were to be " a
Freemasonry And Israelitism.
peculiar people , as witnesses for God in the world , asserting His unity , divine attributes , and moral perfections , and also His government of the world He had created . And the God , whom
they were thus to serve , prescribed the form of government they were to [ adopt and maintain . The collective ' tribes formed the kingdom of Israel , and aftertheir separation , when Rehoboam
succeeded to the throne of Solomon , they formed the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah . Their form of government was to be a monarchy ; not
an aristocracy , nor a democracy . And this seems to have been adumbrated when we first read of the race .
Abram and his family dwelt in Ur of the Chaldees , one of the earliest despotic monarchies of the east , whence they received a divine command to depart ; this they did , and never
afterwards became subjects of a foreign . { monarchy . Abram , as the head of his tribe and adherents , exercised sovereign or kingly power ; so did Isaac and Jacob , and though Joseph was , in one
sense , a subject of Pharaoh , king of Egypt , he exercised kingly power ; for Pharaoh said to him , " according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled , only in the throne will I be greater than
thou . See , I have set thee over all the land of Egypt . And he took oft * his ring from his hand , and put it upon Josep h ' s hand [ a symbol of the regal power ] and arrayed him in vestures of
fine linen , and put a gold chain about his neck ; and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had ; and they cried before him , bow the knee , ( or , as the word Abrcch is rendered by
the Targums , " Father of the King I" ) and they made him ruler over all the land of Egypt . And Pharaoh said unto Joseph , I am Pharaoh , and without theu shall no man lift up his hand or
foot in all the land of Egypt . " ( Gen . xli , 40-44 ) , Hence we find that when Joseph desired to inspire his father Jacob with confidence in his power to receive and protect him and his house , he sa id to
his brethren , " God hath made me a father to Pharaoh , and lord of all his house , and ruler throughout all the land of Egypt . Haste ve , and
go up to my father , and say unto him , thus saith thy son Joseph , God hath made me lord of all Egypt : comedown unto me , tarry not . " ( Ch . xlv , 8-0 ) .
When Jacob and his family , with a large body of retainers went down upon this summons , it was not to become part of the Egyptian community . The kingdom had attained to a high
degree of civilisation . It had a well regulated court , dignified courtiers , a royal life guard , a strict ceremonial , a powerful prime minister , high officers of state , a state prison , under the
captain of the life guard , and a scrupulous distinction of rank—all indicating a rich , flourishing , and well-ordered kingdom . The Theban , or Diospolitic dynasty , had become extinct , and all
Egypt was united under the sceptre of the Memphian Pharaoh ; and so celebrated was the country for its wealth , that caravans of Ishmaelite or Moabite merchants went thither , through
Palestine and Arabia Petrea , with the productions of their country . Joseph exercised the supreme power , with onlv such limitation as is implied in
the king being greater only on the throne . The natural thing would seem , that Jacob and all who came down with him , should have been
Freemasonry And Israelitism.
absorbed in the Egyptian population , and have become subjects of the Egyptian monarch . But it was otherwise ; they were to " dwell alone , " as Balaam afterwards described them . The
Land of Goschen was assigned to them ; and therein they grew until they became so great and powerful a nation , that the Pharaohs ultimatel y stood in dread of them ( Ex . i . 7—10 ) .
This location of the Israelites can hardly be thought upon by the biblical student , I imagine ,, without his perceiving in the fact , one of the providential arrangements which are so
conspicuous throughout the whole history of that people . Goschen was a region l ying to the north-west of Lower Egypt , bounded , apparently , by the Mediterranean , on the north , by the desert ,
on the east , by the Tanitic branch of the Nile , on the west ( hence called the field of Zoah , or Tanis . ( Ps . Ixxviii . 12 , 43 ) , and probably extending south as far as the head of the Red Sea , and
nearly to Memphis . It appears to be called the Land of Rameses , in Gen . xlvii . ii . ; and the Israelites , before the exodus , are said to have built in it the cities of Ramses and Pithon ( Ex . ii . i ) .
It was probably , though nominally under the dominion of the Pharaohs , only on the confines of Egypt , hence the LXX call it , Gesen of Arabia . Here the Israelites were placed , in
" the very best of the land , " ( Gen . xlviii . 7 , )—a region which even now , as the Province of Es Shurkiyer , is said to bear the highest valuation and to yield the largest revenue of any in Egypt .
Here , then , on the confines of Egypt nearest to Palestine , which they were afterwards to possess , and near to Joseph himself ( Gen . xlv . 10)—Memphis , or Tanis , being then , probably , the
metropolis of Egypt , the Israelites were locatedand dwelt apart , under their own rulers . They multiplied and grew abundantly , so that " the land was filled with them "; i . e . the large and
flourishing district allotted to them , extending from the eastern branch of the Nile ; and so numerous and mighty were they , that , as already stated , when the new king—the head , as is
thought , of the 18 th dynasty—who completed the expulsion of the Shepherd-Kings , or Hyksos of Manetho , became aware of the fact , he said , " they are more and mighter than we , " and , at
once adopted means to reduce their numbers , "lest it come to pass , that when there fallcth out any war , they join also unto our enemies , and fight against us . " ( Ex . i . 8 ) . But the more they
were oppressed and afflicted , the more they multiplied « nd grew , and waxed ever mighty ( ver , 12-20 ) . Their bondage was made bitter , by increased oppression and cruelty ; and Moses
was at length made their deliverer , and carried them forth from Egypt , after a sojourn of more than 400 years , during 80 of which they were subjected to intolerable suffering . ( To be continued . )
HOLLOWAY ' S PILLS . —All our Faculties . —Almost all disorders of the human body are distinctly to be traced to impure blood . The purification of that fluid is the first step towards health . Holloway ' s Pills recommend them , selves to the attention of all sufferers ; no injurions consequences can result from their use , no mistake can be made
in their administration . In indigestion , confirmed dyspepsia , and chronic constipation , the most beneficial effects have been , and always must be obtained from the wholesome power excited by these purifying pills over the digestion . Persons whose lives have been restored to ease , strength , and perfect health by Holloway ' s Pills , after fruitless trial the whole pharmacopoeia of physic , attest this fact . ADVT ..
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Freemasonry And Israelitism.
of the mosques and temples were illuminated , as were also many private houses . His Highness the Guicowar of Barodar , at a durbar held on Tuesday , for the purpose of announcing formally
the recovery of the prince , made a speech , in which he intimated that , as a thank-offering , it is his intention to devote one lac of rupees for a work of public ^ utility , to be chosen by his
Excellency the Governor of Bombay , and to bear the name of His Royal Highness . And here we may mention , that , to commemorate the happy restoration to health of the Prince , the Hon . A .
D . Sassoon , C . S . I ., on Monday last made a formal offer to the Governor of Bombay of half a lac of rupees , in addition to a lac already given , for building a new Elphinstone Hig h School . Of
all the addresses that were delivered to the congregations on Tuesday , perhaps the one which , for its speciality , particularly merits notice was that made to the Khojas—a division of the
Mussulman community—by their high priest , his Highness Aga Khan . Our report of his address mentions that after speaking of the happy recovery of His Royal Hig hness the Prince of Wales , he
referred to the lamented death of the Viceroy , and quoted a tradition from the Prophet Mahomet' That it is a great duty upon his followers ( Mahomedans , ) to pray for the health and
prosperity of their Hakam ( kingor ruler ) under whose authority they are protected , even if the Hakam were unjust . ' His Hig hness further said he recollected having seen many other traditions from
his Holiness the Prophet Mahomet , confirming the above tradition . The British Raj , he pointed out , was very just and kind , always earing for the welfare of her subjects ; and it was a fact
that wherever the intentions and purposes of the King were directed towards the welfare of his subjects , God Almighty always sent his blessings upon the country of such ruler , and it was
always prosperous . He also impressed upon his hearers , that , at the present time , all the people under the British rule were comfortable , while the people in many other parts of Asia
were in trouble , through famine , sickness , and other causes ; and this , he said , showed that 'the intentions and purposes of the British Power were more kind and better to their subjects than
those of any other kingdom . Therefore , according to their belief , it was necessary to pray for the health and prosperity of the Hakam , and , this being a special occasion , to pray and oiler up
thanksgiving to Almighty God for the recovery of the Prince and Heir Apparent to the kingdom , under whose protection lives and property were
safe and religion free . '" Can we fail to perceive in all this , the expression of a spontaneous and general desire for the prolongation of the power that now rules the Indian Empire r
A monarchy appears to me to be one part of the apparatus by which the Divine purposes in relation to mankind are , through the instrumentality of the Israelites , to be effected : and , if so ,
its preservation will always be with them an object of peculiar solicitude , whether they be conscious of its reason or ultimate object , or not . " The Lord of hosts hath sworn , saying , Surely
as I have thought so shall it come to pass , as I have proposed , so shall it stand . " ( Isa . xiv , 24 ) . The Israelites were not left to determine their o \ rn form of government , they were to be " a
Freemasonry And Israelitism.
peculiar people , as witnesses for God in the world , asserting His unity , divine attributes , and moral perfections , and also His government of the world He had created . And the God , whom
they were thus to serve , prescribed the form of government they were to [ adopt and maintain . The collective ' tribes formed the kingdom of Israel , and aftertheir separation , when Rehoboam
succeeded to the throne of Solomon , they formed the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah . Their form of government was to be a monarchy ; not
an aristocracy , nor a democracy . And this seems to have been adumbrated when we first read of the race .
Abram and his family dwelt in Ur of the Chaldees , one of the earliest despotic monarchies of the east , whence they received a divine command to depart ; this they did , and never
afterwards became subjects of a foreign . { monarchy . Abram , as the head of his tribe and adherents , exercised sovereign or kingly power ; so did Isaac and Jacob , and though Joseph was , in one
sense , a subject of Pharaoh , king of Egypt , he exercised kingly power ; for Pharaoh said to him , " according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled , only in the throne will I be greater than
thou . See , I have set thee over all the land of Egypt . And he took oft * his ring from his hand , and put it upon Josep h ' s hand [ a symbol of the regal power ] and arrayed him in vestures of
fine linen , and put a gold chain about his neck ; and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had ; and they cried before him , bow the knee , ( or , as the word Abrcch is rendered by
the Targums , " Father of the King I" ) and they made him ruler over all the land of Egypt . And Pharaoh said unto Joseph , I am Pharaoh , and without theu shall no man lift up his hand or
foot in all the land of Egypt . " ( Gen . xli , 40-44 ) , Hence we find that when Joseph desired to inspire his father Jacob with confidence in his power to receive and protect him and his house , he sa id to
his brethren , " God hath made me a father to Pharaoh , and lord of all his house , and ruler throughout all the land of Egypt . Haste ve , and
go up to my father , and say unto him , thus saith thy son Joseph , God hath made me lord of all Egypt : comedown unto me , tarry not . " ( Ch . xlv , 8-0 ) .
When Jacob and his family , with a large body of retainers went down upon this summons , it was not to become part of the Egyptian community . The kingdom had attained to a high
degree of civilisation . It had a well regulated court , dignified courtiers , a royal life guard , a strict ceremonial , a powerful prime minister , high officers of state , a state prison , under the
captain of the life guard , and a scrupulous distinction of rank—all indicating a rich , flourishing , and well-ordered kingdom . The Theban , or Diospolitic dynasty , had become extinct , and all
Egypt was united under the sceptre of the Memphian Pharaoh ; and so celebrated was the country for its wealth , that caravans of Ishmaelite or Moabite merchants went thither , through
Palestine and Arabia Petrea , with the productions of their country . Joseph exercised the supreme power , with onlv such limitation as is implied in
the king being greater only on the throne . The natural thing would seem , that Jacob and all who came down with him , should have been
Freemasonry And Israelitism.
absorbed in the Egyptian population , and have become subjects of the Egyptian monarch . But it was otherwise ; they were to " dwell alone , " as Balaam afterwards described them . The
Land of Goschen was assigned to them ; and therein they grew until they became so great and powerful a nation , that the Pharaohs ultimatel y stood in dread of them ( Ex . i . 7—10 ) .
This location of the Israelites can hardly be thought upon by the biblical student , I imagine ,, without his perceiving in the fact , one of the providential arrangements which are so
conspicuous throughout the whole history of that people . Goschen was a region l ying to the north-west of Lower Egypt , bounded , apparently , by the Mediterranean , on the north , by the desert ,
on the east , by the Tanitic branch of the Nile , on the west ( hence called the field of Zoah , or Tanis . ( Ps . Ixxviii . 12 , 43 ) , and probably extending south as far as the head of the Red Sea , and
nearly to Memphis . It appears to be called the Land of Rameses , in Gen . xlvii . ii . ; and the Israelites , before the exodus , are said to have built in it the cities of Ramses and Pithon ( Ex . ii . i ) .
It was probably , though nominally under the dominion of the Pharaohs , only on the confines of Egypt , hence the LXX call it , Gesen of Arabia . Here the Israelites were placed , in
" the very best of the land , " ( Gen . xlviii . 7 , )—a region which even now , as the Province of Es Shurkiyer , is said to bear the highest valuation and to yield the largest revenue of any in Egypt .
Here , then , on the confines of Egypt nearest to Palestine , which they were afterwards to possess , and near to Joseph himself ( Gen . xlv . 10)—Memphis , or Tanis , being then , probably , the
metropolis of Egypt , the Israelites were locatedand dwelt apart , under their own rulers . They multiplied and grew abundantly , so that " the land was filled with them "; i . e . the large and
flourishing district allotted to them , extending from the eastern branch of the Nile ; and so numerous and mighty were they , that , as already stated , when the new king—the head , as is
thought , of the 18 th dynasty—who completed the expulsion of the Shepherd-Kings , or Hyksos of Manetho , became aware of the fact , he said , " they are more and mighter than we , " and , at
once adopted means to reduce their numbers , "lest it come to pass , that when there fallcth out any war , they join also unto our enemies , and fight against us . " ( Ex . i . 8 ) . But the more they
were oppressed and afflicted , the more they multiplied « nd grew , and waxed ever mighty ( ver , 12-20 ) . Their bondage was made bitter , by increased oppression and cruelty ; and Moses
was at length made their deliverer , and carried them forth from Egypt , after a sojourn of more than 400 years , during 80 of which they were subjected to intolerable suffering . ( To be continued . )
HOLLOWAY ' S PILLS . —All our Faculties . —Almost all disorders of the human body are distinctly to be traced to impure blood . The purification of that fluid is the first step towards health . Holloway ' s Pills recommend them , selves to the attention of all sufferers ; no injurions consequences can result from their use , no mistake can be made
in their administration . In indigestion , confirmed dyspepsia , and chronic constipation , the most beneficial effects have been , and always must be obtained from the wholesome power excited by these purifying pills over the digestion . Persons whose lives have been restored to ease , strength , and perfect health by Holloway ' s Pills , after fruitless trial the whole pharmacopoeia of physic , attest this fact . ADVT ..