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y&si ^ PuftqmWfi&OQ tS W Jbr -m TfTutftaus . i Boodi ' siit j ^ sreon ; , ,- > - . 05 ? y £ a ? to f ^ i |* qs ^ cM ^ aiiii ^ f on the baft &M $ wiflfef / ff ^ siyfe , to fcaVe * * fr ^ ofi ^ sfeetf ™ flte Hatf ; fiardrjr dosed Ms WfesVWfeA ^ Jtt ' rBfe wblTclarae and killed « 8 " 6 tifckV * 'W ^ &r tiew misfortune is | tP' ^ Ejaculated' the \; a ^ 6 rrished Akiba . ** ! MV « yilaiW . % QiilV ) atfitai ft fcbhtf ! Who
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^ now ?* exclaimef } . we , lonely wan d erer , 4 My lamp and my cpck are gone—my ^? £ s £ , too , > i * £ d&e ^ aHis gone ! But , praised be the Lfflft ) ) $ bKdtet ? er -he aoes is ^ % l ^»/ ' - r Hfe ( ifc ^ a sleepless &Jfcft ^ ifffeilJMtn -ftte ' -afoniSiifir wetit to fib Sei * could
WervlBI ^^' i * J * ether he proc * ttre a ° horfi # . or kny other beast erf bttr-W ^ , Weaable him to pursue his jOur fae ^ . ^^ wVhat was his surprise , not to find a single individual alive I
•*^ -tt appears tfrat a band of robbers had Entered the village during the night , killed its inhabitants , and plundered their hbtisefc . As soon as Akiba had sufficiently recovered from the amazement into whaeh this wonderful occurrence had
thrbwu him , he lifted up his voice , and exclaimed , Thou great God , the God of Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob , now I kfctow by experience that poor mortal men" i are shortsighted ^ nd blind ; often co © sideriog , a ^ evjlS f what is ip ^ ten ( Je 4 .. & > £ { tSf $ r iw
^ r ^ Sje rya ^ ! , $ ut tlu >^ ^} qw ^ $ dM ** ani | klud i ana rjie ^ cifu 44 ]/ Hadl not . ^ ie hardhearted people driven me , by th , ejr innb ^ pitality , from the village , I should a ^ ssifiretfjy teve ^ h ^ ared their fate . Had rftjtftfie wffiil iptftihga 5 shed my lamp , the r ^ feers iwould ) ihave beeh drawn to the
« po ^ 'and-Have foi ^ dere d ^ ^ Ae . I perceive also that k'watffchymeircy which deprived mam e ^ on ^ twite vG 6 utoamions , that they : ^ ighWw * teiby fefik ^ oiBe gfcye uotice to ^ ie (^ ii ^ i whffip + ftwfflb * Pvdimd , then , ^^ j yj ^ mp ^ forf ^ ver aad ' ever !' v .: . ^ ^ ,, b » juchotu , » — -Pp . i ^ t-21 . the
" v We ; sst ^ p ^ eC following story frdto : lVfeafash Rabba" is designed &s atiint to beirtain Christian proselytfet ^ ; : "' ¦ j ¦ si -J ' t -iii o ^^^ MffmH ^
¦ ^ Ifh * ^ ii ^ i&' ^ edlai ^^ in /^ si ^^ w / said a 4 H ^* h ^ mBi ^ n 0 f ^ rlMti ^ il 3 ^ i M « hmhj .- ' c ' thBt Sfts ^ flfTO n ^^ fH ^ ftWiN ^ JIie ^ iflcjt be obtained , j f ^ iUJKhtj ^ felV >» i *^ majority ; an ^ l you alloW that we Heathens ^^[ WWhtorMW * mfr KV&Utitr } then i ¥ h ^^ ykr ^ W-m i ^^^ Me ' fit Wor-
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ask thee a question : Ha ^ Pfl ^ i WSp * toii . < £ v en £ ; V ^^ A '^ W ^ Ifn ^ lJhHleHAeii , c f t ^ oi ^ . r ^ min 4 eM n& <* of ti ^ x gr ^ J ^ t of my troubles * * — 'Why , what . is v * fe ® at « ter ? ' asked Joshuah , f I will tell thee '
replied the Heathen : - 1 have man ? sons-, generally speakrng , the ^ live ^ rettjrpeaeel ably together $ but when meal- time arrives , and prayers are to ^ oihnience , each wishes to adore his God- { h % ik oven ^ y ^" One invokes Jupiter ; a ' libtlie ' r MaIis
auother Neptune . Each extofe him whom he wishes to adore , arid insists on his superiority . From worcte the ^ r often come to blows ; so that instead Of paying a comfortable meal , we ^ iave riothhigbut cbnfusion and quarrels . * ^* '* Aiid iffliy dost thpu not endeavour tp refe ^ Be them ?* asked Josjraah ^ irt Mmt as
well , said the Heathen , * attempt to reconcile fire and water , or td imyopitii the' turbtrlent waves of the ocean . *^* I truly pity thee , * said the Rabbi ; c thy neighbours are , perhaps , morfc fortunate ?'—* Not at all , ' replied the Heathen , ' unless they be childless
;—otherwise , the same cause produces the same effect . '— ' And yet , ' exclaimed Joshtrah , c thou callest this a majority — whose worship thou fain wouldst recommend to us 1 Be advised by me , good man , and before thou attemptest to reconcile others to such a mode of worship , first reconcile
the worshipers amongst themselves . ' "Pp . 44 , 45 . .. ¦ £ - « ,- ¦ - - ¦ . " . ; V »> . There are both wit and vvisdowtin the ^ Dialogue of Tale XXX : ^ ^ " 31 i ton ' s * Dark from exbess of bight * —anticipated and applied by R .
Joshuah , in answer to a demand of the Emperor Trajan , " ' You teach , " said the Emperor Trajan to Rabbi Joshuah , that your God is every where , aM Boast th ^ t he resides aniotfgst your * taatidn . t shWld lite to see him . * - ^* God ' s pre ^ ente is fMt&d A . ¦ . ' 1 . 1 . ( i \ 11 ill .
every where , *¦ ' tVptied ^ d ^ shti ^ h , " Wuthe dan not be ^ ett" { no mdrtai eye cati % &-hold his gliiiy /—llie Etu ^ erbf insis ^ d . < Well / said Joshuah , * strppbse w ^ % to look first at one of his anibaaslwltoW ?* —The Emperor Consented/—Hi * itabbi took him in the open air at ttcnott 1 1 ^ , and bid him loot atifhe siin 4 n w meri f
dian ^ plendoiii ' . — t c # tiiM , ' 8 m' ^™> 4 l ^ h t / da ^^^ m' ^ . ^^ rjiiW ft ^ We / * &l _} fa J > ^ j \ W ^^ of one of ( Jifs cr ea ^ urejs . anSTcan ^ st Jnou L ^ pti ^ Wr'bfehBhf th ^^^ M ^\^> W 9 the Creator ? Would not suck } t fgn * SfihlilinA **^*! * fW ^^ vi ^ n : > B - 1 -T . Cholin /'—Pp' /' iW ; &
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1826, page 232, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2547/page/44/
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