1. The evidence of the divine power accompanying the dedication of the land of Palestine is seen in the wonderful changes which have come over that land in recent years, and also in the changed attitude of the Jews, in relation to their return and also their belief in Jesus Christ. Nephi prophesied as follows regarding the restoration of the Jews: "And it shall come to pass that the Jews which are scattered also shall begin to believe in Christ; and they shall begin to gather in upon the face of the land; and as many as shall believe in Christ shall also become a delightsome people" (2 Nephi 30:7). The Savior also referred to this in his instruction to the Nephites: "And I will remember the covenant which I have made with my people; and I have covenanted with them that I would gather them together in mine own due time, that I would give unto them again the land of their fathers for their inheritance, which is the land of Jerusalem, which is the promised land unto them forever, saith the Father. And it shall come to pass that the time cometh, when the fulness of my gospel shall be preached unto them: and they shall believe in me, that I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and shall pray unto the Father in my name." (3 Nephi 20:29-30). At the time of the dedication of Palestine the feeling expressed by the Jews towards Jesus Christ was most bitter. This condition is stated by Dr. Isadore Singer, as follows: "When I was a boy, had my father who was a very pious man, heard the name of Jesus uttered from the pulpit of our synagogue, he and every other man in the congregation would have left the building and the rabbi would have been dismissed at once. "Now it is not strange in many synagogues to hear sermons preached eulogistic of this Jesus, and nobody thinks of protesting--in fact, we are all glad to claim Jesus as one of our people." Compare the letter of Rabbi Landau, _Documentary History of the Church_, vol. 3:356. In 1891, Baron Maurice de Hirch founded the Jewish Colonization Association. The "Lovers of Zion" Association was commenced about 1878, and was supported by Baron Edmund de Rothschild. The Zionist Federation was organized in 1896, and was strongly promulgated by Theodore Herzl of Vienna, Baron de Rothschild and many other renowned Jews. All of these organizations were formed to aid in the colonization of the Jews in Palestine. The first congress of the Zionist Federation was held in Basel, Switzerland, in 1897, where the old nationalistic sentiment was revived, and organizations were established for the gathering of the Jews. At the Zionist Congress held in London in 1901, Professor R. Gothell, president of the federation, said: "It is time the nations understood our motives. Our purpose is gradually to colonize Palestine. We political Zionists desire a charter from the Sultan authorizing us to settle in our Holy Land, and we ask the powers to approve and protect this charter."