New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-30
A JEW IN REPLY TO A CHRISTIAN
Dear B,othe, II Ths ChErehMda.

Dear B,Otl, # The Chue~aa;
Although only q " Jew, an Infdel, or any,hpy
else which your kindly and mild Christie spir, woqli
term me, beg to address you as God fearing Amer
lean citizen recognized such by the Const'atonOs
the land and by all lberal-minded and good Christ.
ians. whether Of one sect another. You commence
your TRADE b. declaring, :" An outrage was done 70
1.-The Christian religion, &C., at the Legislative din
"per by the toast to the clergy being responded TO
"by jew and you add, ut may seem incredible,
"but il is strictly true Alasl thS you should be %
arrogant as to interpret the words OF the toss, IA
honor only of your particular sect TO the exclusion
many sscs Of good Chrts,fans whom you, in the full
Itss OF intolerance, class a. unbeevers and nhdes.
Surely N this land of religious liberty and equshy
YOU would not, you could not, prevent 1od-iearos
clergyman Of any denomination. who might be pres
Ell on occasions like toe one in question from re-
sponoing to toast. worded In 80 liberal and 9enerd
smarper the following; "The Clergy-ro them
ave look for sincerity truth and adm ,ni'on Where
is tie outrage Whs, is Incredible
But the Jew can forgive you-as you might hsys
written in the strain, II Unitarian "a cs,ho-
Tic Christian. had responded Your Christian charity.
it seems, cannot be practical outside OF yoHr pAFtea'
lar Church.
Amorg the gentle and charitable epihe,s, and seu-
siops our brother Of The CbwchmaH Il p'essed 20
mention the &c evil heart Of unbehef OF ms reviler
of Christianity this hypocrlte and inhdel Jesiss
"RAbbi" and, infer, companion Tor gathsrtngd
roydles-"fo for a company OF hoertlnes. ", my
friend, these nsmes, destinations and imphcfion.,
are very unchristIanlike, and am acquaintsi WIN
too many good men who pracf'cs as veil - profess
Christianity 10 believe that y0Hr ihoeray would os
sanctioned or justified by them Tnen, aSNn you Hs
in error TO u,e the mldest wordi the JeF does noe
reve Christianity: True he Goes not - W
mild sirit that il breaibes; nor even does ne seVno
such intoerant advocates as YOURSELF ne pues men,
and deplorss tha, in this blessed LsnaMn o, III
eral ard 80 unjust. And further, you should not
Judge lest you be judged you cannot sean tue hu-
man leart with the eye OF Goc-sith is omnse.ence'
HIS mercy ard love- You should not ven,ure 70 pro-
roupce anu heart evil co alone can search thF,
and II would be impIously arrogant for any cahi OF
mortality TO pass Judgment much less one giving "
terance to virulent Intolerance, as eylnoel IN the
article before me.
la closing your remarks you observe " The male
| a. dc,ion OF the Jews against 81 Pan, away WIN
such fellow from the earth, for Il is not ut thai he
| should live, " was only an ebuIltloo OF th3 sin3
cling which stl pefvades the jew sh hesrt, dared
"they ocy display it, Now, this sentence, this
! grsve assertion, comes in bad taste from one who
gives US written evidence of his inclination TO con-
! denim AS unfit for esrh, the whole race III Iniiel
Jews" Allow me TO ret'rt, that You siyo vent TO
! an ebulton Of the came feeling wnich IN former
Gays consigned 10 the flames ana torture tao o,
our persecuted race. Permit me 10 inform you that.
-. -. .s- so. o.Iy sv,crsn, fftrrfy - those
differing from US on edJh, but we 6clIcce thai God
III give them bliss in Heaven. The Rsbbins say
4" the pious and good Of al nations have shsre in
" the life TO come" They likewise teach rs 10 pray
f,r the peace and welfare Of the country in which
live. So much for the m,leoictions II the Jews
aud tie maligDity of the Jewish heart The jew
does not hate Cbrisioty; he sees too much Of that
rfegioUs feeling among its Pr9fessor' When he OBJ
serves Protestant reviDg Catholic, and Uaitarisu
s,bipst both, with the hosts Of other sects all en-
gsged in disputaton and disagreement, he sees moth
ing 10 excite hatred but much to deplore. In con-
clusion, let ne advice you to study and pr4c'cs the
teschrg of your Testament be more mTk, humble
ard tolerant. Z" Love your neghbor as YOURSELF
and understand this in an extended sense, for by Il
even that Infdel Jewith Rabbi" is your neghbor,
ard well he deserves TO be, concedng you possess
bose Christian virtues, which be 70 slly erpounded
in bis response to the toast Z" The Clergy" II ws
are TO Judge of men by their works, you by your
irtoerant article and the RABBI by his response, We
should decidedly ssy he is the better Chrsan of the
two. IS.
Nste York, March g. 1855