A Brief Sketch of the Present State and Future Expectations of the Jew

“I have no hesitation in stating, in the most explicit manner, my conviction, that the partial blindness which has happened to Israel has been by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God; nevertheless, I do not see that the belief of this in regard to any event foretold in Scripture, should make us overlook the means by which, in providential dispensations, ordained events are brought to pass” – R. Hercshell