The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-05-02
1.-THE EAYDERING JEW"
A Sermon BASED on Eugene Sues Celebrated
Novel.

The Rev. Edward NJ. Calish. Of Peoria, ~,
Mo nod boen invited bv the COMM ttee Of the
synagogue Beth Ahaba TO deliver sermon
preached last evening IN the house OF Wor-
ship on Eleventh street before very large
audience.
gathered from quite a number OF the cOnGre-
cation no the close Of the service, Mr.. Callsh
made a very favorable impression.
His sermon was earnest and convincing ana
proved 10 be the result of deep and profound
knowledge. ~
After the usual preliminary services Mr..
Calish started ont 10y saying that coming
from a distant State he had had some trep-
dation and fear to make his address and speak
70 the CONGREGATION at place so sacred by
all me dear assoc atoms that cling TO 1t.
The place was halowed by the one whose
life. dear 10 all, had been given up on that
very spot.
TEMPT 10 speak. but the cOrdlallty which ne
had met with on every side had completely
restored him.
He announced az his topic THE Wander
ing jew and His Life" and referred at some
length TO Eugene Sues work On the subject.
The original of the legend was carpenter
by trade VINO refused rest 10 the teacher Oh
Nnzareth under the cross, and was therefore
cast out.
Wandering Jew Of fact and fiction, Mr. Calish
said that the Wandering Jew Of fiction ana
tradition was loaded down with curse, while
IN. one OF history was upheld by the blessing
consisting in his faith in his God, and no suffer
incs could diminish his love for his Lord;
The speaker then gave superficial glance
q 4 the history q the Jews. beginning with tho
Babylonian exile in tho year $50 before the
present era. ,
He described how In the year 10 Of the
present era Rome took possession OF Palestine
and subdued Jerusalem.
At that time there was no hope left for the
Jews. They turned their faces 10 the world,
but the world scornod them, and they be-
came then truly the wandering Jews OF his
tor.
For nearly eighteen centuries they expert,
enced n eeries OF prosecutions. expressions End
,uaerines. with only a short inter1nissiOn dur
ing the time when the NoOrs had possession
Of Spain but ut their expulsion everybody
once more united in bitter and relentless per-
secution Of the Jews until the expulsion edict
WAS issued under Ferdinand and Isabella ia
1892, when the Jews were told either 10 sub
NIT 10 baptism OF be expelled.
BY strange coincidence in the same year
America was discovered, the land which
was to offer freedom 20 the Jewish nation.
To-day tho condition Of the jew was n
happy and enyaole one compared with that
of the past.
Outside Of Russia. Germany and Austria.
the wandering Jew had come 10 the end OF
his Journey. and especially in tins beautiful
country he wns an honOred citizen, respected
by all and had proven himself worthy OF II:
Approaching the boon Of liberty which had
come upon him he could be found IN all sta
ton. of life. a substantial and hOnOred citizen
in the community.
In turning 10 the hope Of the Jews for the
future. the speaker related an incident which
he witnessed several years ago while occurring
in Gslesburg H. where Methodist minister
expressed his idea Of the life and aspirations
of the Jews to the effect that he thought the
Jews we're all born in Palestine, AMI expected
to return 10 that country IN the near future,
Far from this, however. the Jews OF the
present age did not believe in a restoration OF
their natural kingdom; but they had become
lOval citizens Of the world and they ana
believe and hope for a restoration OF their
religion.
II was true that in the past the Jews had
looked forward 10 their restoration as "A ma
ton and to their return 10 the Holy Land;
but the eighteen hundred years Of waiting
had taught them that their restoration was
not 10 be expected IN a literal. physical way.
The Lord oil Zion was not the Lord Of State
government. but that OF morality. Without
His law Israel IS nothing, but with HIS law
Israel IS everything
Mr. Calish closed his discourse with a beau
tiful illustration, eliminating IN the thought
that this great globe. turning around the axis
of reason and Intelligence. would gradually
abolish the line Of demarkation between the
several religions and finally merge them to-
gether in the Anbounded truth of the Word of
God, and all would at the end return to the
God Of Israel.
Over i5o0 acres Of valuable timber land on
the Blue Mountains. OF Pennsylvania. has been
burned over during the past torty-eiSht hours,
and although large forces of men were fighting
the fire last night, the flames still continue
10 gain heRdway.
Nearly one-half of the Lsburn lots that