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ted us also this freedom? You 8eef ray honored feast-companions, he justly deserves and we have the full duty to remember him today in Jove and respect, and empty a full glass for his life and health; 11 Ilia majesty the kin-2, may he live Jong.*'The royal counsel JjcobjKaulla. and family, were the first, who received the right of citizenship in Stuttgart. Circumstances changed, when king William pa me to the throne- The congregation of Stuttgart are only indebted for their greatness and welfare to the wise legislation of their sovereign.The Rev. Dr. Maier, theological member oT our Israelitish high consistory, says; The school is thehall to the synagogue; but why is Wcr tern berg in want of every opportunity of schooling for the rabbinical knowledge. Should they not officially take care in Stuttgart that they who frequent a gymnasium he enabled to attain also Hebrew knowledge, if they wish to study the Mosaic theology? The Rabbis of Stuttgart, who are too busy, will not be able to give such instruction, but a suitable person may be found, who if paid by the royal treasury of central churches would be officially charged to give daily instruction to young rabbinical candidates in rabbinical science.Vienna.—-.The Pretie oT Vienna notices a fact indicating that religious toleration is making some progress even in Austaia.— The Josephine Academy, which used to require a certificate of baptism on admission bas ceased to do so. In consequence, several Jews now study in that institution.The Talley of E^draclon.Ignorance of the geography of the Bible is a formidable barrier to understanding its history, or deriving the full benefit even of its moral lessons. The land of Palestine is so limited in extent that a few hour's faithful study can make one acquainted with its chief points of interest, but many Sunday-school teachers, and even ministers, have little more intimate acquaintance with it than with the interior of Africa. The following brief sketch shows how' much of the eacred narrative often centres round a single locality:The valley of Esdraelon is a fertile plain iu the southern part of Galilee,—the largest one in the* whole country, it being thirty miles in length, twenty in breadth, and extending ‘k from tlie Mediterranean Sea andMt. Curmel to the southern extremity of the Sea of Galilee. It U surrounded by Mts. Carmel, Gil boa and Tabor, and is watered by the river, called* by Deborah, “that ancient river, the river Kishon. This valley is noted fur its battle-fields and encampment grounds. Here occurred the famous contest between Gideon, with bis three hundred, and the arm} of Midian. At Megiddo in this valley, Josiah was defeated by Pha-raob-necho. Here was Esdraelon, or Jez reel, a favorite abode of Abab, where was Naborh’s vineyard; and where Jezebel was killed, whose blood Ilosea announced that-God would avenge on the house of Jehu.— In this plain was JShunem, where the Philistines met to oppose Saul, and from fear of whom he cousuked the witch at Endor, also in this valley. Here was Nain, where Christ raised the widow's son. But the most memorable place in the valley of Es-draeion is Nazareth, where Mary dwelt at the time of the annunciation, where our Lord spent his life from the return (rom Egypt to the commencement of His ministry; where one day He entered the synagogue, opened the Scriptures, read part of the Gist chapter of Isaiah, and spoke to the people; and where they took Him to the brow of a hill to cast Him down therefrom. On Carmel, which forms the western limit of this plain, Elijah and Elisha dwelt. On Gilboa, a mountain on the eastern extremity, Saul’s army was marshalled previous to battle, and here Saul and three of his sons perished. There also arose in this plain Mt Tabor, where Barak and his ten thousand encamped, and whence they isued forth to encounter and to defeat Siser.i, the commander of Jabin’s army. Thus have we seen that the valley of Esdraelon has been the scene of numerous conflicts; and even in modern times, as late as 1799, Napoleon I, here defeated a body of Turks and Mamelukes; and travelers tell us that al-most always at the present day this valley serves as the encampment ground of some wandering tribe of Arabs-^
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Cincinnati Israelite
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Fri, Aug 02, 1861
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