, 1874-04-12
A Jewish View OF tho Temperance
Question.

Question.
To the Editor Of The Chicago Tribune:
Sin: You would obIge many readers Of The
TRIBUNE By republishing the following from the
.1e,cish Times (New York; Of April 8.
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION.
circles in Kaneas City By lecture that r. Hess de-
livered to his congregation the subject bea1g lem
rca5 o9 Vii be esra6ie enough not to
doubt the sincerity Of tie instigaora o. or the re-
spectabty Of the In, this petty scheme oi
better opinion Of the fair sc1 Of onr city than to
for IN instant that single member thereof
would st. in suin So ao e to Tep
page q tho Talmud: ..p,. o,u..v.,
and accosted him thus: "Rabb your God is sntd to
be jealous God-one who does nor tolerate other
%hy does no or
tors, at destroy the idos?" Ganahe1 ansTered
friend suppose there is father who Las degenerate,
subcticnt son. md that boy keeps little dog {now.
. 70 II. e essEa hs 9a T.
nano. The father naturally gets angry at this pro-
s;sdng sans who now ny 1na saa
bis Hn4iy son i" We @ @ answered, kabbi very good
indeed but you must admit that, should your Ged
aesaos a. Of ,aHs end
answered Gsrna1 that could be done II those fool
th people worslped only things tha we're OF no earth
ryers. the air. the moon, and tie stars Should now,
because Of their Stiffness imhecility aud folly the
man steals garden-sccds and pants the1n in the
ground, should they not sprout because they were
t because now ] and then Te n person foolish md
cowarIy enough to drown himself or cut his throat
Nature follows It's own COURSE, and those that abuse i
punish themselves" So answered damauel' ITO
you, my 1adyhearers, one more word: am lar from
believing that there Is among you here assembled
that would degrade herself as to participate IN the
ri rrfa
aud p1eposteroua than 1t is novel Common
logic teaches that II raids on any one branch e. OF
;,anRered. Bear mind that tntcmpcrance, beside
Being applied to drinking liquors, Is applicable to
card.payne, for instance, is sad 70 be very agree
ablo rx,stfme Though cannot speak from experience,
no to d1nb g SSp sb ada{
.o thoosh Sss1s tsSy s9 Hs
1ady-frtends7 Wearing jewelry decidedly ooks well
Extravagauco is almost synonymous with tntsmPer-
anS ens thera n %
payed in so-called religious mattezs7 Does prayer
alone constitute rcligion7
places set apart for that purpose. To make an ont,
ward show Of your prayers denotes hasphsmy' 1na
n5ess ths ee s yases or Rt9npsfhhe vita p o
ancient 2R 9aern Ill tesa hat Sss
mortal man is heir to. Hence, here Is tho place
where reformation should begin. n.,,,
t.Now suppoe1ng for moment that raiding shou3d
ba Instituted and your husbands for instance, should
follow your e1ample, and, saying In the words Of
Shakespeare The vilainy you te.eh os We 9a s9aa &c
dry-eoods and millinery store, every har-dreseera
shop sud ealoon,-5ou would not ike fsmuch
4 fsnt you mav be incredu1ous enough to Say, Oh
that cau be done; and 1t could, 1t would not cure
tho evil Well, that is exactly what We Say, and, LIST
If all consider Should those who endeaVor to mako
an honest living be made to suffer because there ara
so many who cannot Ray Enough7 No, my friends,
no matter who advises yoa otherwise, bear N mnu
The words Of Ezetiel 'Only he that anneth, he alone
shall suffer-"