the glad news will be published simultaneously to our brethren to the ends of the earth. There is another advantage of modern civilization, which will make the conditions of our new migration unparalleled and quite unique in history. The results of geographical surveys, of navigation, exploration, engineering, and locomotion will be brought to bear on our new migration. What if Palestine
is now said to be a desolate land. The land will not remain so with the appliances we can bring to bear upon it. The land was fertile once, and the same sun which smiled upon it then is now ready to reward our efforts; and when we shall scientifically bring to bear upon it the conditions of fertility, it shall yet become a land "flowing with milk and honey."
TO ZION
O, people long oppressed and stricken sore,Condemned as wanderers on the earth to mourn,Across the age-long darkness of thy fateThere breaks at length the radiance of the dawn.Behold a land, thy birthright and thy home,On thee by Heaven bestowed, by Heaven withdrawn,Yet promised to thy seed forevermore;Yea, He, the Mighty One, Himself hath sworn.Behold its plains unsown, its rock-strewn slopes,Whereon no more the vine and almond grows;—Those barren hills again shall cedars crown,That land for thee shall blossom as the rose.Return unto thy rest, at last return;Cry to the south "Give back! Give up, O, north!"Those mountains summon and those valleys call,By twos and threes, by tens, in troops go forth.Though yet afar the Peace of Zion waits,Perchance through flames and blood thy pathway lies,Fear not.—Be strong.—Thy heritage regain.O, Judah, tarry not! Israel, arise!