, 1870-06-06

Eox look how the world stands on these ques-
tons. OF nominal Christians there arc thousands
xho II rally aE.s ars rers 40 aGane 1ea TSos
un-JewlsA ideas are dattr losing ground ~ the
midst of The educated classes, while the rational
and Jewish elements u orr .s gIea. slsteF cnurcn
But now comes our liberal friend, and says:
!. Why do you designate the liberal views &c en-
tcrtain as Jewishl You assume too 1nuca.
Nv fr1end-so VIC ansEer-an arts and sciences
The Occidental world has Its teachers and models,
pp{ among the IsEaelltes, but among the so-caued
classical nations Of Antiquity n 5egop 3b pfPGl ,S
came to the Western nations: 4ou cannot tfASe I'm,
your religious views 70 the ulndoos Or 10 the ~.
nese. Even II you md amons5l Lnelu as!aI sannLoG
docfr1ues similar to those Jou ard arc heiieylhg
tn you must confess that the teaching OF the Ain H.
docs and the Chinese did not have the least 10.
nuense upon the formation aaa a. e Ell
We can, on the hands Of history, follow the slLea
Of our mental philosophy back to AIissoue
and Plsto* and the Stream Of our 1arlspr@uaentte @
back to Rome 8nd ByZanz, so We arc lead oaek -
Sinai and Judca, We start from tae present slase
OF The ruling religious Ideas and follow the tnrcsa
Of their historical Development back 70 then
Not yet Is the spiritual world fully conquered; !;
not get Is hcathenism totally oycrthro"n. M
| tons are not born IN one day. and snch gigantic
lahors are not accomplished in one short epoch.
| ar already won. We have no childish pride IN
nan,es; We do not complain when people oesltats s
fully gansded With the fact, and glorliy
in it. that Judaism In Its cssence-one God,
one Mankind-ta daily, more aud more acGnowl-
! EDGED and accepted May We not hope. however,
| that honest people will ere long honor the truth,
| md viii, individually and collectively. declaI::
| We are 10 Chria1ians-we even ilsclaim the name
| OF sucht And who knows whether the teiofmatot
Is not boEn already, who, like Luther in the sCx,
| tscuth century, Will stond up. before the emu oi
The nineteenth century. boldly, fe8tlesslyt nhu
| true TO Ills InntImost c0nrictions and TO tAe tuc
tates OF his conscience, and who will, fun OF zea
and enthusiasm, call UP the people and say: Al
three hundred years ago it Was time to renounce
| Topesy and Roman Catholicism, go It IL now the
time 70 renounce the dedication OF man and al
| the ldtaB connected thGrrwlth--to fcnounce ChtlS
Vanity. And as Luther and his Contemporaries r.
turned. or intended to return, to the Christianity
of the nrbt century, SO It is time for us to return
the spirit Of the prophets Of Israel" Who HoH,
whether sone Of us might not lre TO see the grea
religious revolution When the same will rakt
rlaCe--And many stGns Of tho times point to tht
: event coming, that casts It's shadow beforehand
then 1t Will be obvious, even for din eyes, tina
| judaism is q power In the world. .,- -.
Dear brethren, to cur ratriarcns already II ha
Teen promised: BY you and your seed all tn
nations Of the earth shall be blessed This prornls
, fhe God In history ful1is+ He caused Is1ae
I to te dlspersed iii over the world, in ordel
: Is the falmud Enya, to bring over pfuse
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