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possession there had been left little but the dear faith which
upheld them in sorrow & comforted them in misfortune; and yet
as year followed year & brought no external eonsolation; as season
succeeded season & showed no diminution of hatred & oppression;
as era closed upon era & proved too well that, while refinement
& civilization softened all else, the fate of the Jew knew no change
yet in these depths the Jew has hailed the advent of Passover
as a proof that Providence having once pronounced sacred the
rights of conscience, all man's efforts must prove ineffectual
to prevent the ultimate recognition of an inviolable
principle. And now that we breathe a milder atmosphere,
now that we enjoy a more congenial climate, now that the Sun
of toleration warms us to vigorous existence, we love the
Passover still more dearly because we hail our present
boons as a type of the good to come. So that this may indeed
be called the great festival of Hope. There are however many
moral phases in connection with the Passover upon which we
could expatiate, but the most important of these in this
connection is the glowing possibilities of woman's gentle
ministry. The Talmud informs us by way of homily that
it was the means of the virtuous women that redeemed Israel from Eg.

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