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wine O, the rorah. vhenewith he quenehes the

highest on the ladder Of ciyillzation-by those
shat profess Or Ne esm For
10th these religions are nothing more nor lesa taAa
1irect oGspHngs from Judaism, and Whafeveris
az o t9e e m asn ~ of es5e 5ada
3ur Jewish standpoint, only regret t3e lac. sa
he Jewish doctrines. when hoHoWea " o.at,cs oesi
Id inse@Slule nss VIII forega sls@en
nents uuJew1sh and anti-JeEtso. Tine. Low.
ever, SLOWLY but surely VIII Smest Yewis
idcaa W. repeat it, viii 4, the end rule the world
These are grest hopes, and you might gaInsay,
VIII they indeed hs rral!sea e. IT. eataG snese nof
these expectations not brought forth bJ onr pre-
Indlccs naturally entertained In fnvoF Of the re-
I!g!ou N which We nave oeen leAsen
In order to show you, mJ friends, that We mag |
ruly expect the fultlment OF our hopes. let ns
pxainlnc the teachings Of Judaism, and let US fur
tbe1u1ure see In how far the present statc OF tho
religions world tusti6es our hopes
l invite you. ftfst, to thorough examination OF
Judaism. Whosoevcr examine Judaism. be ne
erroneous notions concerning the B&me, and be-
;omcs acquainted with lts tenets, will surely, and
must surely, admit that Judaism 1pstly caina Inc
rs doct11ues and teaching dtserse TO h..come the
property Of mankind. And os truth will, In the
end. always be victorious, 30 will judalsm ceE-
We viii not dcry that true and good doctrines
are also maintained, aud are also taught IN other
religious systems Gladly do we admit that eter.
l
those heathcplsh religious systems whose ort9in
and growth We canupt trace back 10 the religion Of
Israel, and whose holy books have not me least
connection with the Bible OF the Jews Justly We
ma ssse1t that the so-cailed New Testament OF !
the Christians and the Koran Of the Hahometans
would not and could not exist If our Jewish b,6ie
had not existed beforr them. But neither lie |
Brahuans, with their Vt1as nor tie FaFsees
with their ZeEdavesta, neither TIC bun1ai.ts Nlh
their 11ptass noT tne Chinese sa 1aels y 9ns sas
connected With Israel and tts Torah. sun VIC Joy
fully con- EIDE that by them many true doctrines
spd s9qa sws
even those religious systems which have not pro-
duced any holy books At all-holy In tue sense as
s asen for the resons ri q Hess aa1 Rae
a The Tentons and the Gets Of the9Atricans and
The Indians, etc. even they were the vehicles 70
spread, IN some degree, truth and morality. SUD,
therefore, our appreciation Is due to them also
I How could It be otheswise7 The Creator has
bestowed on all nations and aa paviduaa
| thereof conscience, and has gifted them With
mental faculties more or less exalted THESE tac-
ulhes Of the mind md this tuboru consciousness
Of what Is right and vast Is "rohS aa0aga LEY S[
| whence hare grown the manliod truths ionna
! everywhere, and It Is thcoT quito unnecessary
nave borrowed The same from another nation.
| Different nations have discovered them fnderenu-
entity Of one another. But "nat We Glaam Is snss' rs
toGnd In the uou-Jcwsh system, there are also 10
be found there great masses Of cIrors intellectual
ones aud moral ones, Of which Judaism, and only
Thcrc is none entitled to pronounce Judgment
In this alImportant issue except the Gosi-enllgnt-
I eucd human reason. To this judge We do appeal
| before his bench We plead our ca1se-
| its moi often, my dear friends, that we nuke
| such comparisons We do not uodeTalue me
lga have lruught to the nations IN the East and In
the West We Like, rather, TO dwell upon the
great merits ana historic importance 81 these i0re-
| runners OF the Messtanic time, ana VIC render nnto
them praise and thanks for their deserts But whel
| VIC SO often perceive that parity malice partly
en9rsnee and pEsiodlce and Pasds y a. l,t
and attacks of our own Judaism. then We are ces'
| tainly justified when We point to our creed ehin'
0F Y doea Judaism tsaeh, Docs IT, indeed
teach that his God Is merely bis national Cog
Does # not, on ne contrary. say ana repeah Ss,
other! Brethren, cannot stop, IN tn!s snori
hour to bring the proofs for ali this; hinta mus
sg 19r tea g;nss ena s. x esres
days One God-onc God for all mankind! Th;
does nol exclude the fact tnat, IN times long gone
fss:tly understood br the unlea1ned and unthink
. ing part Of the people. Dues our religion te21l,
teach that our God is God ot anger and revenge
Of All tts inspired prophets and all 1ts teachers
. that God ID God OF mercT and OF love! DOE
no Ttn %1e ~ msae nla5sor eyei 1s
and grant him equal rights With thee Does
NUfet&uEIQRlE
eyen our desires, even the very thoughts Of on
hearts. b5 en}o!ntGg us not to covet wha1 belong
TO our neighbour Does # fqrthermore pot @ @re4nsfs
already In the Pentaisuch. 10 be mefcfaI to~afd'
e oq II ta eoaa ahs ehssnse
opposite world to answer them, and N tae gEeat
est composure OF mind We could await th'
auswera ........ -.
But it might be said that similar doctrines ant
similar laws are taught BY others IS well, and par
ticularly by that q Judalsm t.
nearly ali Europe and America pays homage. !
, this Is 50, We Sec therein the psogress Of u
and We do not hestt2te to admit that It a1so cdec
: ed, for the benefit Of mankind. q great ptogses
low for1nalities, when that party in early Christ
j, | anity, whose leader and mouthplece was II
Apostle Paul. gained the uppcr-hand oyef an OPP, @
+ by the example. But Christianity bIanched Q
!, from the mother church and went astray Whel
: especially By the sa1ne PaQlinian parry foree
: {es of the Neoplatonic school Of philosophers az
y the bottonlesa organizations Of the Gnosucs Me
= ism, and when, in order to make IT more palatah
. TO the heathens tn Europe, it dld 1ot snflnk Pa
from admitting into its BODY sush docsnes os Wa
= Do We jews teach d Col incarnate: G.
'e tted7 4 God bJ whose blood the sins OF ms
yind were atoned 1or !, Do We teach that our g
90 sIne as 70 glye orc5 to etern1l ~ persta u
~ In the contrary, expc!tely teach that erery 60
~ man, u whatever creed and whateyer nationall
q, he maI be- win participate u sa!vston: H. DO %
Va Jew on accnnnt Of hls religious Fle"s:
q. wc state OF claim that any nan Is
e scispce: DOES 1t not grant to the scientific /
a. quIrcr the fullest and most unlimited freedom
ie Calico and.a Copernicus, Darwin anu sAn5ley
e, unmolested BY Judaism, and the astronomer a
~ geolegfst, the speculator on the age OF the NUN
~ a. race and on the age Of the world, On Tue Origin
y, wiz his studies without meettng any tntenelen
u !. or aay protest from our eide. There Is nothl
E, ire -sCredo IN Judaism that might stand
II m obstacle In the way Of the searcher 81
- ruth. There Is only one doctrine WMch Is regal
y u ed In Judais1n as nrm and un2hakeahe: fhe q q
oe And there is only one kind Of laws for Which !
~ ~ cAangeah1lity Is claimed: tbs Hao71l id.Fs A
Or these lava We might sum uP y one sshten, aa
9f 1e Bible has it: @Ye shan be holy, for holy an
II Ire Lord your God" This being The state Of fat
We again ask. Is judaism Id any way Oh aos POI
ss And again We might 90 on with our 4uesilo
en- again We might ask OF the thinking and unpre
diced world 70 answer these Questions, and ';i G9
he deny, my friends, that there are many indIvid
1- Jews nbera1 in their v1ewB, queerin their noto
hle narrow minded and narrow-heaHed. Me lt WI
IL deny that some Of our felloH-Isrefltcs en:ert
ley ideas and lead life Eot AZ al hecomnS an ISL
aat ite, who, ns member Of the "ctosen peop
5pg Ss1F ssa IN 0ass ss hsh1 we We vii not DC
ri untenable tas found explessson by
pst 10 be lost sight o. that ali these things are tot
I've unessential In Judasm. Cast them on, ge my
whatever Is irrational, whatever is in conuics '
the demands Of sound modern culture and ei
rial zatton, whatever as obsolete and ant1qnatsd,
~ taias It's opposition 10 every Eind Of heathen'
inf Isl Iopg AZ ii holds fast To the sole living God,
,00 ~ long as It acknowledges the oongaeofy po"e
~ II Where else do you ind such a power TO e
nj naIJ tejuyenase lsscit. Ask any earnest aEd q
nal cere Christian theo1ogian and II you 40 not u
md uiae OF the Trinity, Of the at4nlng power M 9 o.
3m death eS Christ et the dedication OF ths SANE n
Of the origtna! sn &C. 1s done away ,S,a Ttn nn n
een CHRISTIAN viii inform Jod, call what rema
me Christianity By pollteness or 1honghuessn
.s % %astc'ss of Of creed zee mar, perhaps honestly.
nT Iude their Owp selves in still claiming to DC u
Inc 1ians; but they are auch onls by name and NJ
ono NuT Look how the world stands on these g
an ttonR. OF nominal Christians there are lnons:
who In reality are no Chf1stians Jes
pF an.5svisa s IDEAS are daily losing ground IN
midst oT the educated classes, while the rntl
the and Jewish elements in onr great sister Ch'
olo- naAE LIZ. 1ap ,. t1ss INV 1iheraI friend and 4
,0d- ~, ~ ~ ~ .em 1oSonate the 1erot views wt
49,. 4 tcytain as Jewish. You assume too much
We Wa IN fr1cnd-so We answer-an arts and sie
es% The occidental world has its teachers and mot
DoI among the IsEaetltes, hut among the Soc
classical nations Of antiquity. IN religion pr!
however, Judaism Is the ground whence the :
ca1ue to the Western na.lons You cannot
Eel- your religious ylews 10 the Hlndoos OF 10 me
pre- 4 nese, ETen II you md amongst them s9n
doctrines, similar to those Jon ard ase heite
my In yo,1 nt,st confess that the teaching OF tho
,El, dnnsa ann ne f.hjnese did not have the leas
ILL., nuence upon the formation and deVelo2me1
the Western mind. Judaism did. Aaa s as s,e He