St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-09
RABBI SAMUEL MARKS.
He Pours Hot Shot Into the Ranks
of Ministerial kIckera.

He Pours Hot Shot Into the Ranks
of Ministerial kickers.
At the Shaarei Toy Jewish temple,
corner of Fifth avenue south and Tenth
street, Friday evening, Rabbi Sam uei
Marks delivered an eloquent lecture,
particularly interesting because of the
topics that it dealt with. I'VE live in a
beautiful city," said he, possessed of
elegant parks, extensive boulevardS and
an excellent sanitary system. We have
a falr-minded mayor, and our city
fathers are careful and palms.
is lar above the average, as
cities 60. Our police records show that
crime is not IN the ascendancy, and that
our city Is a model one in law and
order. Our Christian friends are bread
minded and free-hanled, and they give
literally. They build the most magnifi-
cent churches, and place:in them. organs
costing thousands Of dollars, whose
sweet tones mount almost to the feet of
God. They import ministerial talent to
give mamma to the mind at an immense
outlay. They form missionary societies,
to which they give freely of their wealth
for the conversion of the Pagan and the
Alohanmedan,anda all such as they term
0toOAAS'SLos' Az'SA 1hihs3 etAtAo 10 ctohO0
for is freely given, and yet the clergy is
not satisfied.
'What can be the lnatter2 What Is
the thorn that rankles in their side? /
will tell you. 1t is because the theater,
the saloon and the Sunday newspaper
is within our midSt.n
Here he read extracts from the report
of the deliberations of the ministers in
council assembled, who had raVed fran
tically at the Dissertation of the public
morals as illustrated by this horrible
state of things.
Surely" he said, ''there must be
something radically wrong in religion
which seeks to terrorize it's vOtaries by
frenzied illustration of the devil with
arms outStretched awaiting the time to
come when he shall plunge the people
of Minneapolis into that awful aud ter
rible fire of actual punishment. A re-
ligion that seeks to teach by terror.
what remains for these people to do
who run the saloons? They must carry
their barrels of liquor out into the street,
draw the bungS from the holes, and
after destroying their business, 20 and
become reviyalStS. What will become
of the actors and actresses after the
managers close their theaters and fit
them up as gospel tents? They must,
to please these reconstructorS. either
leave the country or join the Salvation
army. And the editors of these wicked
Sunday newspapers, they will be COM
PEELED to become ministers and preach
that same gospel to SHINING and sinful
Minneapolis.
''How different are the teachings of
the Jewish faith in their grand sim
pllcity. Here lies no terrors for those
who seek grace. 1t says. BE We holy
Not to be driven by terror, not to do
good for the end to result, but to be
good for its own sake. In these
days of political terror when men
Stay men. and the roar of
the exploded bomb is heard all over the
universe, there comes the ray of sunlight
from Sinai and in trumpet tones Is
heard the words. Thou shalt not KILL
In these days Of political jobbery and
corporation robbery, when every one
suspects all public bodies. comes the
command from Sinaiy'Thou shalt not
steal When men get together and
seek to terroriZe community with vile
condemnation, saying L am holier than
thou then shines the brilliant light
from Sinai's height, and IN letters of
living hre comes the handwriting on
the wall, Thou shalt not bear false wit
ness against thy neighbour"