, 1874-04-20

GomorItou uIt Ia tlat pood to oAst hrnnd unto
compare very otSy0raely ayo Indeed
1,,a vim rofsoti fo admit gtronnora, a,,I to fho
aa,,,o Dapt vi" class ti,o scnos of Josue ojonUo Il
Ia ,,rovo1 hovnni dpi,ht hy orItioa fi,at Tcana
topcr anid MC1o vo n,ii1 teao nil natinma, " ia.
,,, k " 1onnlc frnn ti,n iionon ynl,o Ioans iii
nh tnh of nnrontlinn hls roliuinn a,1nni. nnui.
NIX TeR,is, ia Tic roai fonor of nhratianitv'
Moithnr i|d tho dasfra ot a,iroo;1in, IN I".vs,,
roi;oIor nil oyer tho World nr3eina{o III VII, pami
i,mtS Srnil,nr i,,anrnd him. A's''"'' VIVA A"'''
Syhcn pn,,l took tho nro,,nd n, Noor,tio ,ows
tn t,,iId hia INV svston ~ holiaf m NJ, ,,uivor
IN, rovo1ntinn a Toi,oinn ~ h,1mnn;tv .vaa nj.
roady rocounizel by tho rnhbfa in thn covonnnt
mado by God With Noah and hia ;1osoonilanta.
Not Christianity. but J,dniam in Elm oiounnt
attire OF Holionio beauty. tho Bible tranglatod
into Crook, awakened tho intorent aud won
tho admiration of tin hnathona Whnn Goi
spoke Unto Israel, II mn tho Etornal,
seventy Languages Of the sovonty nations Of tho
globo, GAYS tho Midrash. Thia wag Tho thunder
hnnr,l md tho fiaahna of Iiuhtninn wnro tho
gnarka thnt sat thu tomn,oa ~ }ha nathan oo5s
On flro. The f3rNek mn nnmnn ~ mn wor1i ioSeod
for n Goi In vl,om to ty1,at Tnr n div AZ roa2 In
tho turmoil OF ito, and tic jewish dod md the
himsoIf md r;vc,n mt on1v ~ 1arsc, Int tn man.
aot;af1n,i tlnjr anmis, a. osr3H~ H ~ ~0Ns0' e0" '
Thua tho ,yay was pavol for tho work OF jewish
mission Uhriat}an1ty yas to porforfn: hit, alag
3r7fo Hf13y n1
ssvnrd md comnrnn,}a,nr NV, Viii, hcnthanism m
terms tic JowisIa Mother sneligion would novar
asgont fo. Tho Inwjall nnon]n nrotastoif against
tic degradation Of God aud OF His image in
man, md suffered untold crucinxtons on that
account. But to protest md to suf.er was not
Its only though tho most conspicuous, pnrt Of ts
mission since. Not to forttIize the earth with It's
precious blood, but to scatter tho BeedH Of ita
pure rolgion over all lands, was the divine calling
1t quietly and submissivoly fulfilled.
n
ish idoaH kindled IN the soul of tho visionary
Arab and those Of hta followers tho fire Of on
thueinem that made the earth trembl before tho
sword Of Allah. Arabian culture bocau, o tho
only oasis Iii tho Wilderness of medineyal bar
barlsm. While Christianity was for centurios
wrapped In Egyptian dnrkness, science and are
noing neglected to such degree that reading
and writing became . rare PRACTICE, tho Jews
aristotle and Plato, Iippocratos and Gallon,
PtO1omy md Homer In Syrian tranBlntionB, and
transferring them into tho Arabic tongue. Phi
iosophy, medical and astronomical science. being
the Mohammedans bringing thom to 9 high per-
foction, bocarae ,groat Ienefactora OF nankind,
and many prominent Jews then enrolled their
names on tho list of great mon. Judaism, than,
folicitous union Of religion md aoonco fostering
FREQ inquiry and free thought, aud expressing,
through Malmondos, tho celebrated jewish phi.
losopher, tue study, OF whose ,workh helped,
sentence: "Judaiam will conquer tho world;
christianity and lnlamism nro tta divine mis-
Bionarios."
And what did tho Jows accomplish for our
bonrerp OF science during tho night Of tho nidllo
ages BY TRANSMITTING Arabic and Hobrow books
| into Latin for Emperors and prolatos. thoy un-
locked Invaluable treasures for an ungratefui
Ohriatendom. At tho foot Of jewish scholars,
instruction from tlloir wise lips. Whom Ntcheleu
aud Luther fought their victorious battio againat
! prieetly arrogance and montal slavery, Hebrew
scholarship VAS the handmaiden Tint pbarponed
their sword Of truth and put Tho heavy ar11or Of
learning on thom Tho great Reformation is
| muoh jni1ebted to Jowieh labor.
| In lator tmos tic original thinker who gave
philosophy now turn, TINT proud eagle Who
took lis fight up to the ]o{tiost hoiehts Of
thought. Bonedict spinoza, was also Jow. q
! 1isc,n1n ~ thn Ja,yish nhs,osonbara II hnni;n
Approaoliue our era. We neet Enhrai,n T,ensine
atanding, Oh its throsholl toaohinc aloud thaett
tho whold world might hoar it. in lis u Nathan.
tho Wiso" the best. That Ghr;stianity' Judaism
an5 Tanm5sm onn mako ~ man IL tia NM
! And beside this noble champion Of roligious toi:
eranco and liberty wo find Moses Mondelssohn,
lls true friend and, companion, whose heart
to liza wido world. Mondelsaohn inaururated
now oro for tl,o Jews BY combining ardent love
for his faith with tie broadcast 1iberalltv or
thought, and, by bis great efrorts to eniighton
them: ike his great namesako. Yet Le was no
roformer: oIIpgiur to obsolete forms without
penetrating into tic spirit OF tho law, be failed
to reconcile roiigion and science. Ho ioft great
chnam gaping between law aud practice, between
old faitL aud modern Iie, and many who triod
to follow lin fell down tho abyss Of despair, pair
He rousod Lis people from tie long medieval
sumber by his Instructive writinge, BY his sweet
sympathy, and moro 90 BY the honor Lis name
reflected On them. But whom the emanclpated
| sons OF Israel entered q world atfanre
and ostrangod from them, coming from
tho dark Ghettoa, they were dazzlod by tho IN
itaolf Christian Judaism, in it's Old worn.out f
garments, eentrasted greatly with modora lie.
outao world. II last it's hold nnon tbc % vnunr r.ae
and it's decline and decay wore feared by some
taininr thoir riehtg ne citizonB tooE nrom{nent
part ii lteraturo and politics, 10 science md art
winning iaurels after laurols. But absorbed ii
ton. they negiecteds their religion. Hence, be-
ing politically free aud socnlly honored, as ro-
iigious BODY thoy nro still treated with pity or
contempt; aye put on tlo list Of tho dead.