Letter from Marseilles, Charles to Morais, Sabato. Exeter, NH; Feb 1884
- Title
- Letter from Marseilles, Charles to Morais, Sabato. Exeter, NH; Feb 1884
- Date Created
- 18 February 1884
- Format
- 3 pages on 1 sheet
- Language(s)
- English
- Source
- Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
- Sabato Morais Collection, Box 3, Folder 6
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- Provenance
- Transfer of Custody from the Hebrew Education Society, 10 March 1913.
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Exeter, New Hampshire,
February 18, 1884.
Rev. Dr. S. Morais,
My dear sir:
I am respectfully referred to you as a learned Israelite for information upon a subject or two, to which I have been giving some study, thus far with-out satisfactory results.
I have an impression that the Jews believe that the true Christ [or Messiah, as I think they prefer to name Christ (Why?)][previous brackets used by author] is yet to come. If so, why do they believe this. Why do they make Sat-urday their Sabbath day? Have you a creed or articles of faith? Any information you may be pleased to write to me concerning the Jews will be thankfully received. Can you name to me some book, and the publisher of the same, that will give me, in addition to what you may kindly write, further information?
Of what does your Bible consist? The Old Testament only? If so, why do you reject the New Testament? Can you not give a reason for the faith that is within you?
The poet Milton, in his "Paradise Regained," Book I, lines 242-245, wrote:
"At thy nativity, a glorious choir
Of angels, in the fields of Bethlehem, sing
To shepherds, watching at their folds by night,
And told them the Messiah now was born."
Why did Milton use the name Messiah, and not Christ? Although, at the age of 21 years, he wrote a sublime hymn, with the title-- "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity."
What do you understand by an angel? Webster, in his Unabridged Dictionary, defines an angel--"a spirit, or a spiritual being, employed by God to communicate his will to man." When a boy, in the Sabbath school, I was taught to sing:
" I want to be an angel,
And with the angels stand;
A crown upon my forehead,
A harp within my hand."
Artists, in painting pictures of angels, repre-sent them as human beings with wings. I never heard of any in these later days.
Can you give me any information re-garding the words or ideas—omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent—Divine attributes?
"But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased."
I shall be most happy and very grate-ful to you, if you will kindly write to me information, which you are doubtless well able to give, upon the several sub-jects, of which I have herein written.
At any time, when I can serve you, feel free to command me.
Fraternally yours--
Charles Marseilles,
(Journalist.) - Identifier
- p33776f1s
- identifier
- SMBx3FF6_10
Part of Letter from Marseilles, Charles to Morais, Sabato. Exeter, NH; Feb 1884
Marseilles, Charles and Morais, Sabato, “Letter from Marseilles, Charles to Morais, Sabato. Exeter, NH; Feb 1884”, Sabato Morais Digital Repository, accessed October 18, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/morais/item/88103