, 1879-08-11
The Sermons Of Represent
atiye Chicago d.
vines.
Bishop FaIIows Speaks Of the
Persecution ,of the
Jews,
And Tho Rev. Mr.. Holmes Shows TINT
- 1nlldc1ity Is The Canse Of 10
Many Suicides.
A Day In tho Wooas---services ut
Lake Bluff.
pErsNCUT1NG THE JEWS.

'pikNpF aAAfEEL fAkfo~s
nrcathed q sermon on "Modorn Persecution Of
the Jo,vs,n last evening. In st. Taafs Reformed
Episcopal Church, corner of Washington and
Carpenter streets, from tic text:
VINO Is n1y neiehbort4 Lulr, a.. 60.
, Tho reverend speaker commenced his dis.
COURSE by asserting that tho history OF tile jew
jsl, race especially since Tire beginning Of the
Christian cru, had teot, history Of utmost un-
interrupted persecution. Ia that terrible Siege
st Jerusalem, unparalleled in all tho history Of
warfare for !ts horrors nutl It's 'heroism. near
H. 4 million anu hulf OF Jews pcriahed.
So many waeo cructAcd that thcro was not
room for the crosses, nor crosses for tho bodies
The hnlphiileastrs wtro drtnohel with tho
blood Of cns1ascd thousands; pcstilencc and
famine swept OF thousands more. In half
century aftcrwnrd, In thelr en1eavor to return
10 thetf beloved city, nearly half million wcFc
put 10 The sword. ..
Every country Of the civilized world had op-
passed them, from Rome to England. snvc onc,--
thr United Btatcs Of America. II had bcun re-
served for two indlYiduals out OF Its 10000 ,O00
Of ncople to come forward unl llft the banner of
prescription upon these enlightened. shores
n France they were tortured, ba,-
esd ,s arsa ssSaet Tho D'cssa G1'sasr, r a.,,e1s 81
them by the scores Of thousands, finding 1t
much safor to XIII unprotected Jews At homo
than tue atfs1ed md fiery Sarnceu. the common
enemy az t1c.y and Christian abroad. In Spain
100 Inshrs on tlio naked bodY wns tho nenalty
for observing the Passover, The New Moon. or
tho Feast of Tabcruaclcs, Or for violating
tho nrrat festivals Of the Church;
and after this camo nanisfncnt, chalne,
and confl6cntion. One hundred lasheB wero
given for reading or atlowlng children to read
book aghlnst Christianity. Eight hundresl
ferdinand md lsabcla, and nearly oil ,per1shcd
IN the wavcs. Almost every city IN Europe was
a witness 10 the indignitiee anu bar
ba1tttcs heaped upon them. They
wore killed like dogs and lncfcilesslY burned at
Das1e. FrlebuF0, Sntrrs, and frahk1ort: Mtntz
and Cologne rsnI With thtlr shrieks and groatf,
which wasc echoed by the other towns OF
Germany
Henry II. of England lad protected tho Jews
FINN nil in1ur}es and insult. anu this the
Inonktth writer's Of the ago considered the
greatest stain upon hts character. No Outrage,
ia thoir Judgment, was too great to be pcrpe-
trutcd upon this tnflde rncc. Tho passions OF
tho populace wctn rotlscd almost TO frenzy by
their religious teachings against, ts1cm; only tho
strung, storn will OF this humane enonasch held
priests and people In check. Thu sturm broke
most respectable citizens OF London, the
MOD nuFnGo. pAtAeeMs Ni,u nlulutteu t'u W
.H1SIss ;.nTh,ar .fr,cr H. thr Caniei Ctv' sndsI
ail arcr Englnnd, The popr ucople vcro be-
siegcd aud Slaughtered nt York by enom'es who
wete maddehcd With Il thirst Tor their blood.
Inc JeMs ohtneu the p"et Auo taa 'nn kune
into tn9 NEhELB Dl tHclE own u0t1tTes