St. Paul daily globe., 1893-10-22

Intermarriage. And though today men
are free to act according to their taste,
there exists on the part of the Jew as
much repugnance to intermarriage as
Oh the part of the Christian. Such ties
are, as rule, not encouraged by the
families of either side, and for very
good cause.
So little is Judaism understood by
even educated men outside of our ranks
that it is commonly believed that all
Jews have the same form of faith and
practice. Here the same error Of rea-
soning is used, 10 which reference has
already been made, in speaking of the
character of the Jew as an individual
and as a class. Because some Jews
still believe in :he coming of personal
Messiah. or in bodily resurrection, or i'll
the establishment of Palestinian king
dom. the Inference is at once drawn by
many that all Jews hold the same be-
lief. Very little is known by the popu-
lace of the several SchiSmS i'll modern
Judaism, denOminated as orthodox, con-
Servative, reform and radical. 1t is hot
my province to speak eXhauStively OF
these sectS, and it must suffice to merely
remark here that orthodox Judaism
believes in carrying out the letter OF
! the ancient Mosaic code as eXpounded
by the Talmudic rabbis; that reform
Judaism seeks to retain the spirit only
of the ancient law, discarding the abso-
lutte authority of both Bible and Tai
mud. making reason and modern de-
mands paramount; that conservatism is
! merely moderate reform, while radical
ism declares itself independent of estab-
lished forms, clIngipg mainly to the
ethical basis of Judaism. 70 prevent
the Inference that Judaism is no posi-
tive quantity, land that there are lrrecon-
cilable differences dividing the various
SectS, will say that all Jews agree on es-
sentialS and declare their belief III the
unity and spirituality of God, in the
efficacy of religion for spiritual regen-
Grafton and for ethical Improvement. in
the universal law of compensation ac-
cording TO which there are reward and
punishment. either here or hereafter. IN
the final triumph of truth, and frater-
Eity of all men. 1t may he briefly
stated that the decalogue forms the
constitution of Judaism. According TO
Moses, the prophets, and the historical
Interpretation OF Judaism, whoever be-
lieves and practices the Ten Com
mandments" is Jew. The meager re-
suits achieved by missionaries and
tracts have proved how futile are all
efforts to convert the Jews.
The Jew is tolerant by nature, toler
ant by virtue ofsniS religious teaching.
He believes i'll allowing every man
what he claims for himself, the right to
work out his own salvation and make
his own peace with God, He has only
one important request to make of Chris
tian teachers and preachers, namely.
that they deSiSt from teaching their
school children and congregations the
prevailing error that the Jews have
crucilied Jesus of Nazareth. Because
of this great error the believing
world looks upon the Jew through
an imperfect medium, one that
enlarges faults and minimiZes virtues.
1t is this error which has caused so
much prejudice, bitter hatred and un-
just persecution. If we were once cor
rected, the way would be opened for
the correction of many other errors.
Now is the great opportunity of the
age for rectifying il. Let the truth be
told to the world by the assembled par
Lament of religions. that not the Jews,
but the 'ROmans crucited the great
NaZarene teacher"