Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-05

what is of spcCiabtutcrest tO us OF an
otiur race, is that this Israclito used his
wealth not only for the poor Of his own
people but for tllc poor of all nations.
whether those in need belonged
to Israel, but that they needed
was the ground OF their claim upon him.
So it comes to pass that Christians vs.
well as Jews unite in these memorial
services. When General Grant died the
Isracitcs joined with the Chris
tians in their public expression
Of sorrow. Now it is but
fitting, when, after an unusually long life
Of usefulness to humanity, the Jcwish
patriarch has been gathered TO his faith
crS, that the Christian should join the
jew in commemOrating the life and 5erv-
ices OF the distinguished ph!authropist.
OF rich men we have more than enough,
great generals and great statesmen arc
not rare, bub lovers of their kind, who de-
vote themselves TO amclioratiug the sad
condition of our poor brothers aud sisters,
arc rare, and when one of these servants
of God dies, the world may well mourn.
Let us give heed to the lesson which from
his grave Sir Moses Monteliore would
teach us, and that is to use our
timo and our means to help
humanity, Whether one individual
life continues into another world
OE not, llNtS anu ut OF SUC
who has done the most for the race live
in that race, aud has earned an immor-
tslity which will grow brighter us the
world grows older. Whether our in.
dyidual existence is TO be prolonged is
OF slight consequence compared with
whether the world has been benefited
by our soiourn upon the earth. The
salvation of our souls We can safely
leave with God, but humanity is to be
he II
mine, and whoever dCvotCS his time and
means to this present salvation deserves
honor from all men. a future heaven
would prove doubtless desirable boone
to gain; y present heaven could be
tho inheritance of all, if all, like the
jewish patriarch in whose honor we have
met, would do what they could to bring
heaven upon earth. Sir Moses Montcliore,
in living according TO the highest ideal
OF Judaism, came nearer to the highest
Christian ideal, which with Christian and
jew transcend sect and becomes univcr-
sal, than those who, in their exclusive
Christian pride, eXcCratc the very name
of jew. The master of ChristGndom in
common with tho other religious teachers
OF Israel, established II sect which should
settle the fitness of man to enter tho
kingdom of God, and in the complctcst
manner did Sir Moses Montciiorc endure
that test for he fed the hungry, clothed tho
naked, and, undoterred by personal dan
ger, visited the sick and in prison, and
worked so vigorously that mighty rulers
opened the prison doors and lot the OPP
pressed go free. Of him and of such us
him, whether Hebrews, Mosloms, Par
sees, Buddhists, or Christians, it shall be
said. by the eternal and Holy One, the
God whom we all worship, calling him
by various names and using various lit
urgies, the beauty, the justice, the truth,
the love, cnthroncd over ALL God, our
Father; come, ye blessed, inherit the
kingdom prepared for you from the
foundation of the earth. On this in
heritance has the,nable lover of human
ity entered. May we all so live that we,
too, may share in this eternal kingdom of
love and righteousness.
AT the conclusion of the address q
selection was rendered by the choir, after
which Senator Charles f. Manderson
was introduced and spoke us follows:
SENATOR MANDERsoN'S S TRIBUTE.
1t is not for the jewish people alone to
commemorate, by appropriate cere-
monial, the life that commenced one hun
drcd and one years ago this October month
beneath enervating Italian skies, and
ended at midsummer of this year of grace,
mt East Cliff Lodge, in bustling England.
This leader of the Hebrews, vino has done
SO much for his race, has done far more
deeds and the acclaim to his name
should come with moro force from the
Christian people, whom he taught to do
justice, than from those whose wrongs
he righted Surely it can be said OF
justice and right, us well as of mercy, sit
is twice blessed, it blcsseth him that
gives and him that takes" The most
IL 1, ,I,I
is their treatment of the Jewish people.
Its history is one of unblushing theft,
iniquitous oppression and gricyous
wrong. Preaching the gospel of
love, the disciples of Christ have prac-
ticcd toward his race the gospel OF hate.
Larceny and arson, murder and rapine,
were virtues when committed on II jew,
and need not use the past tense when |
speak of some countries alleged to be
civilized.
1t took many centuries for England to
learn the lesson of religious tolerance,
and her struggle with the grave questions
of Catholic emancipation and the
removal of civil and religious
disabilities from Jewish Subjects, forms
the most interesting and exciting pages
of her history.
The lesson was taught her at last how
ever, and there was no teacher more
pfOHlInenU Gllan Jnc nODIe son OF Israel
who returned above" in July last.
True il is that much progress had been
made, in the onward march of the right,
when Monteiiore came actively upon the
scene, early in the present eventful
century. Many great abuses had ceased
to exist; the jew was no longer an out
cast who, however Innocent, must be
treated worse than . convicted criminal;
but this now Moses of his race could OK
claim in England, as truthfuliy us ages
before Shylock had cried out in Venice,
for suilerance is tho badge of all our
tribe" He looked back over the sad his
tory of his race in England.
After tho first thousand years of the
preaching of the gospel of peace he found
that as II part of the festivities ut the cor
onation OF King Richard IA few thousands
of Jews were massacred in the streets of
his maiesty's London town, "butchered
TO make i'm English holiday" A cen
tury later 800 are compelled by the Eng
lish mob to cut their own, or
each others throats in York castle
Yet another century and King John, of
Magma Charta fame, he who signed the
Bill of Rights, obtains little relief from
that hateful, not self imposed. task and
amuses his Christian subjects by plucking
out the teeth and eyes OF few Jews and
muIdprin1 many He found that 1urinp