, 1875-05-03

as thick nllcll tnslt over Julhlan 10 protect Ii
aga!nst tho tossing aud Worrying anoda ot
hatred and @ f.natlo'sm r., Of he1rt!c's and
for ngen together with II and will no tnure part.
Yet III tho peaceful harbor Of FREQ humanity, in
tho sunshine nf r aHon. tho l'fe within prenras
agultst It's dark Inclcnnro aut ia nnaos 10 With
Aiand tho i,osl, air. Thu. Je.s!, orshodory ia
sl,wly melting awav In America like the saor
bofora the approac!ing summer, having soarcel.
loft any prominent man to rol1eet tho ninl,lH Of
ycherabloueha upon It, ~ th9 m snow docs which
1sofoim tina bocomo thu .redee.nlnR wstohword
Of Atnerican judaism. lioform ioileotud new
credit upon tho Josish rsup!o. It rallied tho
deHpAiri,g and lost Ho,,a Of Israel around
guago by living ono, and Oriental castons
by nlu,lern onen, It tuned the lloArtB to now
atratns Of devotion. aud hllcd the hossea Of
Worship with tho in'1A,e Of now Aspta at,onD.
w'io 1. tlncIared all ceremonial Isws to bo nero
forms. changing With tho epirlt Of ages, to snrve
az uttrrAnc0B or tho saul'a yosrntnR hftar tho
Etornal. 1t tigbtoncd tho burdon o. tho Mosaic
Inv and reco,Iclei modern Ifs with religion 1t
turned TUG minda aNay from tho rntns Of the
hopes 10 tho anticipation Of bright future,
whom, III fn3tllmautof tho MeRstanic prcdicliuHs,
tho heavenly kingdom Of truth aud Iowa will be
established on ea1th. and God alono be on-
tlrotleh in tho lleArtb OF t,cn.
Judaism waa thus ki,'tlle1 With now fro. Its
wondrous wayA were br gntchcl up. with = now
lEht from above. Reform intrtlntod 1t auow
WITH tts mission Ut leading the natiops to unrer
and man to aoek, without any authorship, fol
q communion with Ills Father in Heaven, 1lo-
form opened tho wido vista ot tl,0 future bo'ore
It to look upon Christianity aud 1nlam'sm as Its
misaonartas and tributatios, wtAu consciously Or
uncopsclonBly, oil tenl to unite with 1t In
building tho majestic tcmpte Ut humanity,
IN Which tho it3nnl Of oil that 10 true and good,
and beautiful. will bo Ado1od - Johuvati. the
1T h{1 fF&f lin and ali
Rcform mado progress Its baltic cry, reason its
nrrnor, md ths sconccs ils allies. It nne.l not
ba afraid though sctcntitlc Eeaoarch nndernlne
all tho f0Ftresaes Of authoritative belief, and
compel tho u bcal miracles and atores. yea tho
entire sacred booss, to surrender. 1ta God.
whose organ the Dih1e Ia, will never surrender,
mud the stratns Of inHttra.iou, strung by ita holy
bards mud seetat will rcso,lnd with music "a
long aB thero Ia a human soul on earth lifting
its wings heayo,lWatsl+
or COURSE. this hight Of thought Ia too kaen
This aim Of the future too high, and tue clRngo
Of front 1natte too suddenly. no: to confound aud
great many standing within and outside Of tho
palo OF Juda!em, lsoform Heotns to court Unlta.
riht,sm OH tue ono hand Rnl free retigion1am
Oil tia other FOR alanccs.. Nor arc the tawisli
ministers Sapt!n @ ,da To for opalsss = ,1Hs
and playing with principles as WITH balls. Re-
formed Judaism i,eartlly wcleomos un1taranism
as a noh!o allr in tho holy warfare Of
truth Against creedS, WHICH neEihdo 6oln tno
aublnlo itle4l Of Goa and tho dignity Of nan, but
It reira1ua from trespassing tho boundnry-linn Of
ita heiRhoor, WHO htlll protcrs Christ TO uod -
hia easlor. heciarlhe LIN - po t.e hoh q ina
inntead OF man. On tho other hde, JcmiRh Re-
!osn min rrSu ,. -. t.1 neoa
but It oclineR to leave ltA init eched position on
firm historical ground in order 10 huiid on drite-
fng sand. Ffoo religion In q stcpplng.stono to
,ie. ta"s'gu' ~ w. aolh.n ~. As ~. ~. w
ilaIasy' - 's"u,sa NY Pae'' 9AnSa
~ tne alr -. enanhu @ ~ st a.I "1'4i :. w.
mospheso gay al onc9 tumolo u ooHn.
its laes OF uoa " an lmi'atGauo noslnn, leoHlnR
lo a',o l9aty saoaen III, 5aa'1 ~ ~ oassnos ~
aoi @ ..I'nIt ~
yc. heous l'oI aAsps aau IT,. eonc,s . aa
prosGesans. IL toi!o%o lss way' ~ tossssao~ea
oy sa asseS tstu1'nE ~ 6gn ~ ai, tGe
potlaso o. lo'''s. ~" s' su''. % aoea ~ ,soy
its loahuasaun. s ,a's!: .a:,, s1l agss
,inha @no m as' ". m u tno Hr[,t oas IT. asta,t
lls con'pes',o"'
In tue old country there IL hetorm still fotter.
ed. a vontrsblo ossh9doxy. hthotto p1Gteetod
by the Government aug nplald by Tue ola gen
Grafton and hnc1ont inshtutonb, weighs TOO
heavily up,n It with the Mansnorlty M OF ags. 1t
daroa not ra!De it, lead. Tho pulpit does not
ontoy Freedom enough to engage tue interest
nnu to VIII inc symnathiea OF tno a'ge majority
piona aud vigorous leaders Of lloform arg dying
Away. QUO BY one, to be succeeded By slckly
generation q atossoa reiofn a. educated ~ In
Which, for fear Of Offending auy - over ready
for compromises
American Judaism, howovcr, Is rorvadcd by a
gonuinn spi,it Of reform. Its institutions arc
it bscpups attractive aud proRfoss,ye, This nav
load to abuBos yet 1t fostars natural Auu
hcaithv growth Of religion. Look how each now
minister comiug from tho old country 10 breathe
tho air Of liberty soon commences relaxing his
army. Yos, American JudalAm Ia desrinod to bs
tho commanding lesler OF Jewish reform. Tn.
hamperod by any prejudlce and any interfering
power, 1t will grow 10 grand and Al pouo,sul al
my religious sect in tlls country. It wfil not
count AZ nlsuy millions ~ its adherepts III
numbora will mosely ,noreaso III proportion to the
natural growth Of ita raco a. It Bhrnka both from
intermaFtyng aud making cotverta III ordor to
nrieatjv misHnr Rnt II utIt bennn,a thn niontes