"See, saith He, that thou make all things according to the pattern showed thee in the Mount."

Heb. viii. 5

THE

CENTRE AND JOY OF THE WHOLE EARTH,

AND THE

JEW THE RECIPIENT OF THE GLORY OF GOD.

BY WARDER CRESSON,

UNITED STATES CONSUL AT JERUSALEM.

"ALL ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, SEE YE, when
he lifteth up an ENSIGN on the Mountains; and when he bloweth a TRUMPET,
HEAR YE."
Isa. xviii. 3.

"For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her (Jerusalem) a Wall of Fire round
about, and will be the GLORY in the midst of her."
Zech. ii. 5.

Second Edition.

LONDON:

J. NISBET AND CO., BERNERS STREET;
B. WERTHEIM, ALDINE CHAMBERS,

PATERNOSTER ROW.

M.DCCC.XLIV.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY C. F. HODGSON, 1 GOUGH SQUARE,

Preface

Introduction

CONTENTS

The Great Power of Faith.....

Jerusalem the Centre and Joy of the whole Earth....

The Jew the recipient of the (Shechinah or) Glory of

God, and Blessing to the whole Earth

Prayer used by the Reformed Jews in England .....

The Shechinah, or God's Glory made visible; or the