River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-09-25

torily, that this Sabbath matter is not so
important as some of the faith would
make it. Our religion can live whether
we hold our Sabbath on Saturday or Sun
day. Take a parallel case: Eighteen
hundred years ago the Jews fought with
might and main against the destruction
of the temple, for they thought when the
temple went Judaism would go. The
temple was destroyed, but Judaism still
lives and is more triumphant now than
ever before. Well, that was fight for
place; now comes fight for time--the
Sabbath. There is a fight now to keep
| the Jewish Sabbath, and some are raising
| the cry that if we lose it we lose Judaism.
/ think there is not the slightest fear"
"And you think the Jews will in time
lose their SABBATH"
Undoubtedly. would rather keep it.
but we must submit TO il with as good
grace as possible. Eighteen hundred
years ago the Romans overpowered us
| and took our temple: now the state OF
civillzation-the spirit of the AGES
against US, and see our Sabbath slowly
slipping away. We cannot prevent it
any more than we could the loss of our
temple, and neither will interfere with
the progress and growth of Judaism.
"If Judaism throughout the world is
| fiourishing so much, what do you think
OF Christianity"
Il think this DIR. Keelberg made an
swer with much earnestness: ~ think
Christianity is doomed Why, Its own al
legged professors are helping to expose its
fallacies. Then you have rockingham
handling itwith kid gloves and Ingersoll
approaching it with club. The Christian
clergy are bewildered, and no two agree
and while they wrangle and dispute Chris
tianity keeps going down. Still l can
stand it, it's fight where we Jews can
quietly look on and hold our peace. As
the people become more enlightened they
have less faith in Christianity. In
Germany all the men of learning, with
but few exceptions, have lost faith. In
the university at Gottingen, where was,
J none Of the professors, except the theo-
logical, believe in Christianity. They
admire the story of Christ and his doings
as they would beautiful legend-treat-
ed it like one of those ancient stories o.
mythology good enough TO restrain the
rabble, but not anything which they
would expect man of science or research
to believe. That's how look at Christi
anity to-day"
"And now before you go" said the
speaker, "let me go back to the Sabbath
question for moment, and I'll tell you
what think it will come to. 1t lies in
the progressive spirit of the age that the
Sabbath will not be limited TO one-sev-
enth part of the week as it Is now, but in
stead part of each day will be set aside
for the wssship of God. Why should il
not be sol You don't eat enough or sleep
enough in one day to last you through
the week, and why should you partake
of soul-food enough in one day to carry
you through seven. No sir; in the future
the far future-I foresee that man
hours of labor will be reduced, and that
while he will work four or five hours a
day for his body and mankind, he will
also have several hours a day to devote
to his soul. You get the rough ideai
Well, l believe that, and | feel certain
that it will come to pass It's far bet
ter division than the Mosaic division"