The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-07-12

: Last Sunday evening Plymout
l ! Church was filed, and the piatfor
was unusually beautiful with flower
: There were many Jewish residents {
, New York and Brooklyn in the col
gregation. The clergyman, Beechel
burst into his sermon with an enthu
sissm that was surprising, and the su
dience was aroused by his elcauence
Mr.. Beccher never seemed more thor
ouShly In earnest, and he was sewers
times interrupted by real old .fashione,
applause, such as is seldom heard evel
in Plymouth Church. He took for hi
text Acts K, "a:
but when they knew he was a jew
all with oae voice about the space o
two hours, cried out, "Great is Dian.
OF the Epheaansr
hr. Beecher began with a referenc,
made to the row raised by the merchant
OF Ephesus Tor two hours, and likened
1t unto the recent condemnation of the
action OF the merchant of New York.
wherein the sympathy of the whole
people is with the lew. The clergy.
man desired il to he understood that
he did not intend to enlarge upon per
sonal differences in his sermon.
lie isaId there are about {. 200, 900
1ews on the earth; they live in every
lsnd, and excel all other races In tue
art of being despised. None other
people has been a greater benefactor.
and none other more despised. The
Jews have been in the history of every
nation, oriental or occidental, and
have never lost their race distinction.
h mmhfe lfe 8yI25id yIs2 has obtained from them
have derived the seed J5ttfHpqlsss. We
notable race. Every civilized nation
to-day is blessed in the descendants Of
Abraham. They stand pre-eminent as
the unrecognized benefactors of the
human race, and il ever people has
had the full measure of wrong dealt
out to them it has been the Hebrews.
Our institutions sprang from the
mind of Moses. He reared up these
foundations upon which We are build
ing pillars and superstructures. The
family merged in its substantial form
from the Hebrews, and in no other ma
ton were children reared with more
care. The care of children is a distinc-
tive characteristic of the Jewish hou e.
hold to-day, aud the households of the
best Jews are indispensable by the
people of other races. During all the
time when monarchy and aristocrscy
frowned. upon work, while h re in this
land, when slavery existed, labor was
spoken of ss dishonorable, work was
always honorable among the Jewish
people. They lived up to an old pro-
verb: 'He who brings his child up
without trade, brings him up thief. ,
The clergyman referred to the posi-
ton which the Jewish women have al
ways maintained, their opportunities
to obtain good education, and the re-
spect paid to them bv their fathers,
husbands and sons. The popularity
of the Jewish religion, he continued,
was that 1t had Il practical meaning.
1t sought to develop manhood. The
seeking after righteousness was dis
tincttve character Of the Hebrew re
ligion, and it reared breed of men
| with whom none could compare.
While the Greeks were so corrupt in
morals, while they were painting mag
nificent pictures, and carving figures in
gold and ivory, the Hebrews were
making men. The Jewish people set
an example that to gain manhood is
The chief aim of existence.
Beecher extolled the achievements
of the Jews in the arts and sciences
and in craftsmanship, and continued
that the Hebrew should be held sacred
for that gift without price - Jesus
Christ, the ideal man of the age, the
grandest interpreter of the Old Testa-
ment, and He who delivered the SER
mon on the Moont. No people ever
ItsI psf6rsF Fftaf ftafiessn 20 nRpcP snagEapce as the
MED the commonest rights of human.
ity. They have been shut up, fleeced,
cheated, and prosecuted by people who
wished to wrest from them their sup.
1 posed riches. The clergyman men,
toned the prosecutions in Spain, Hun
gary, Germany, and elsewhere, and
added with an emphasis which drew
forth applause. They could not be
destroyed. Hope sprang immortal il
their souls. They have marched
through many generations of persecu
tion. The legend Of the Wandering
/ Jew is true. Everywhere the Jewish
people have refused to he crushed.
Disbranched, defoliated, robbed OF
every precious fruit, they grew again.
They have set an example to all hu
manity. II ever q people was heroic,
this people has been. They hav,
never fiinched. When TO save them
selves they have been obliged to con
form to the outside show of Christians
they have ever been faithful to the re
ligion Of their fathers. The Jewisl
statesmen, authors, and scientists ar,
second to none in the genius of thu
world"
"Of what must they be ashamed 2
continued Mr.. Beecher. ''Are the,
keen in bargaining2 Have they eve
stolen $40, 900, 900 from a city? AR
our courts bailIng out Jews or compro
missing cases with them2 Are Jews il
our jsils begging for mercyl Do the.
not pay their debtsi Do they live ol
what you throw away Is it true tina
they can make money when you in tn
same business and at the same tim
might become bankrupt Then sham
on you. For high, honorable dealing
the Jews give a larger number o
trustworthy people than our own race
They are the last people who shoul
be insulted, whether by retail O
wholesale. ApPlause. II you haC
sought for race in all the nation
which should not be frowned upon,
is the Jewish race. OF all places, in
hotel anghteTl. where people try s
hard not TO soil their garments rt
, newed laughterl, of all places, in
hotel with one thousand rooms, ]
Saratoga should such scene as tht
of recent date not have occurred. Ss
, atoga, where persons are Instructed
anIneflmes BIZ ministers aud sometime
by Morriseeys. Laughter.
i There is hotel designed to bol
> 1000 persons, but aristocracy has 1
j deveIoped itself that no one can G
there to meet Others than those VIII
made their money yesterday by sellin
Goldfish. Laughter. 1till becomes
} man who never made q dollar TO r
: proach those who have made FORUM
D by their own industry and thrift"
After this was uttered with a tn
s Deecherian shout, the applause was te
!. rife, many persons rising, and near
sll the hearers clapping their hand
: When he could again make himse
s heard he again spoke Of the virtues
= the Jewish race, and continued that
i hoped the Hebrews would not be Al
II noyed by the conduct Of Judge Hilto
c A hero mIght be annoyed by mt
n,, 80 NJ Reechar dia-ouu. enanct