, 1876-03-26

| ferant basis scconlpllsles every desire Of th'
most sangulno Christian friend, and II We dem
onstrate ~ clearly ~ We stated the first propo
s;tlon "that two and two make four" we ahal
have accomplished the object of tins article. Ii
tho first place, the Jews in their church relation:
have no organization Of any binding faith or creed
only taking the uuinterpreted word of God a.
their rule and doctrine. Every one has only tx
| suswer to himself and bis God in all matters o
| duties and conscience as it may please him. con
sequently there are no vows or pledges to he
| broken,
| In the second place, outside Of the Churct
| they have no sociatcs for the suppression OF al
the varied vices to which the flesh II hair hence
t such q thing as d temperance society is moi
known. 1t oven the idea OF one were to originate
in the brain Of any one OF their faith. tha orgi-
| nator would be considered fit subject for ID
| natio asylum. All Jews look upon aFlne as d
| Ling to thank God for,
! None feel 40 poor but they consider 1t theil
duty to provide wine in their houses with which
to celebrate the Feast OF the Passover, drink
| upon al joyous and festive occasions. such as
blrtbs. weddings. meeting of friends, etc.
At the commencement of their Sabbath (Fri-
day evening", which il pegun at tue evening
| meal. q glass of wine is poured out and when
the patriarchal head has. in Hebrew. repeated
these words: Blessed be Thou. O Lord, who
has brought forth the fruit Of the vfne he takea
h alp FROM the cup, then passes it to hs wife,
aud from her to each child, and strangers pres
cut. Then ho repeats, ~ Blessed bo Thou, oh
Lord, who brought forth bread from tho earth -
cutting small piece OF bread from tho loaf, and
passing to each one at the table then full cup
| OF wine is set down before each one, Of which
{ they msy drink rs they desire. After I'LL
this, ut the close Of tho meal (as in
tho family to which I am indebted for
the distinguished, honor Of partlcipating
in this evening meal) the youngest child e years
oid) repeated i'll Hebrew, ''praisa and thanks po
to God for food aud wine drank. Amsn!"
Nearly all Jews who can afford It have constant
ly on hand in their houses. all tho various kinds
Of liquor besides wine, which they feel free to
nse as occatlun may seem to require Or demand,
and their OCCASION IL purely one Of taste, AZ no
one ii measured BY any standard OF morals.
etiquette, or public sentiment in this respect.
II he drinks or let's it alone, the question is not
raised AZ to tue right or wrong OF the thing, any
more than it is among Christians Of the right to
nse tobacco. (HIue is never used in the TOM
ple.) Now, Whist is the practical lesson derived
from this lax heterodosical course las VIC Chris
tnns would say)7 Must it necessarily he delo-
tesious: Tho proof is conclnsiyefy to the cor
trary. They claim by this limo of policy, while
their sons Ut in Christian families) would resort
to the saloon to gratify their app1tltes and be
exposed to all ths kindred associations Of
tho saloons, treat and retreat, gambling, etc.
theirs arc kept at home, and as no rules are
prescribed. no prohibitory measures enforced,
I'LL responsibility rests upon each alike, with no
conventional restralut,-rerfect freedom makes
thom free indeed 10 them " the law Of the
wiso is fountain Of life to keep then, from the
snares OF death and in the paths of eobriety
uuu virtue. Of the IL, 600 jews who reside III
this drunken city Of 5000 saloons, made
personal visit to nnetv-tlree families, compris~
ing in tho aggregate 449 children. In exty-one
Of these families they had more or less children
Que of all these families. from the grandparent
down, did l lind single instance where insox~
ication over existed. / have the names and resi-
dsnces Of these families, aud many, very many,
OF these children told me- themselves they
had little or no desire for wine, and
scarcely ever drank it from choice, vsri-
tying tho old Droverb that "Sto!en waters
are sweet" had read with great interest les-
sers Of travellers who Ind visited the vino dis
trlcts OF Europe. among others mono mora SO
than thoss from our Hon. ex-aTayor, Joseph
aIedsll, who showed conclnsirely the s.lutorv
irtluenca Of this non-prphlbitory policy, but not
until visited these families was carried back
my MUD to the days Of my fathers. and CON-
pletcl: and overwhelmingly reminded that we,
as Chr1stians, on this snblecr had lived fully
!s:.tf G century beyoud our time. There could
tot ever have lived q more homogeneous, hos
oisabls people than these Jews, and truly does
the Atra1ialntc covenant abide id these falu1es.
Tho family reatious arc based upon true
.oye, mutual respect and that holiness which
elects the Lome for it's temple" At public
meeting recently called iu New York to establish
Society for tue Prevention OF Cruelty to Chill
dren. iu which all Christian ministers we're ex-
XIX; ths Hcv NJ gntth;o, vas ~
,a.;,iir- ;n,.;,ol tn oddra.s n. e.;d
In reprercuted 750{Io fcl1ow-cit,zaus
rn, ;,daci n rara;vn far ,,,on, tho n,ntect,on
t,s otf,r., ~ ,a1,octoa ~ ~ t-oa to3 oi,13ra,
ynnr ;nterferanre ne,,er 10. how s.7-ad anJ
w, roni;,1ent nerer wii1 be aslaJ y, hoIa1f ~
Jax,sh rh;ld Va viii contr,hnta fnr dnfan.s
pnt ran furusl, M nat,onA' W1,t n conmonta'
~ nss;das VIA n.nr ,,,r, ~ 1o'..t. ,.o
~ '0o3' "D' e''1 lo@'0 ~ 'o"''n pAu-
saia Ja,r;ah ea;tor ..rt !. t~ r, r..,x,
pa,tor If c,yrsfui.,,,, ~ h.. s.o.n,o'Io1, - &C.
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tan % Cusch ~ wbio Claims to LaYe tus
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as 1,, fr.,s Ma2 n,
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t;n ~ aSu ~ ctuens neant peIsesu-
.lon nossI,, naas:s' "oo17ss'o soue!E 'as'o.
~ . suo e.aho. Hasls atNe ~ lnonsA.uo -
uu.t'an pess tona sne su1t..ese paoe 20 saao
t31teIal!s s1s nouaHena'iau' ana ~ ala t uut ~"
oonseu .u so Daeh ~ sne n1.uu'o " a,. .ne .9ua
eoeHsa ucu.uts ~ oe,usHs, " tno uitcsn-a -
sps'n, @ iIasee. NC anu esse"nefe. wnere tnoasanos