Letter from Bateman, Cephas C. to Morais, Sabato. Mount Tabor, OR; Jul 1890
- Title
- Letter from Bateman, Cephas C. to Morais, Sabato. Mount Tabor, OR; Jul 1890
- Date Created
- 7 July 1890
- Format
- 5 pages on 5 sheets
- Language(s)
- English
- Source
- Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
- Sabato Morais Collection, Box 5, Folder 8
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- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3nz8184h/manifest.json
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- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3nz8184h
- Provenance
- Transfer of Custody from the Hebrew Education Society, 10 March 1913.
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- content
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Mount Tabor Oregon
July 7 '90
Dr Sabato Morais
Minister Portugese Congregation
Mickvé Israel
Philadelphia
Pa
My Dear Sir:-
I have been carrying on, of late, a most interesting correspondence with your learned and eloquent friend, Mr. D. Solis Cohen of the city of Portland Oregon, The place at which I write is a suburb of said city.
The subject of our correspondence has been the present faith & practice of the Jewish people. I am a Baptist minister, deeply interested in the Hope of Israel. Mr. Cohen has very kindly and
clearly answered many of my questions, but has suggested that I make inquiry of you touching may of the most important topics. He has assured me that you would take pleasure in answering my questions when I assure you it is in no controversial spirit that they are asked. My only desire is to learn of prevailing faith among the Jewish people of today. I would therefore very respectfully ask the following questions:-
1st. Do the Jewish people generally, today, believe in Messiah at all?
2nd. Do they believe that the Millenium or age of perfect peace or tranquility will dawn before or after the coming of Messiah?
3rd. Do you believe the Messiah will be a Prince of Peace who will reign with the ceptre of universal
empire, on this earth, or that, in other words, all nations will acknowledge the sovereignty and sway?
4th. o you believe, in the resoration of the Jewish nation to the Holy LandD?
5th. Do you believe Jerusalem will finally be restored to her former glory?
6th. If so, how will such restoration be brought about?
It is said there are more Jews in Jerusalem at the present time than for many years.
7th. If so, what significance, if any has this fact?
8th. So far as you know, is there any truth in the common report that the Rothchilds and other wealthy Israelites hold a mortgage on the Holy Land as security for loans made the Turkish
Government?
9th Under any circumstances do you believe the Jews will ever again become a distinct nation under a separate government of their own?
These questions cover the topics I am most deeply inerested in at the present time.
Answers to these from so learned a man as yourself will be very gratefully received. Hoping this may not be too great an inflection upon you, I remain my dear sir Very Respectfully & Cordially, Cephas C. Bateman Pastor Baptist Church Mt Tabor. Oregon Near Portland
Dr Sabato Morais
Minister Portugese Congregation
Mickvé Israel
Philadelphia
Pa
From Rev. C. C. Bateman Pastor Baptist Church Mt Tabor Oregon - Identifier
- p3nz8184h
- identifier
- SMBx5FF8_24
Part of Letter from Bateman, Cephas C. to Morais, Sabato. Mount Tabor, OR; Jul 1890
Bateman, Cephas C. and Morais, Sabato, “Letter from Bateman, Cephas C. to Morais, Sabato. Mount Tabor, OR; Jul 1890”, Sabato Morais Digital Repository, accessed October 18, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/morais/item/84743