The morning call., 1893-12-30
GENERAL: DISSATISFACTION.
!: Rabbi sonnenschein's Remedy
n III. 81. .-.. Ill.,. :: Judaism. T."
IFS" RELATION TO THE FAMILY,
Rabbi. Voorsanger. on the unem-
:. s: .....: !. p9Ioyled Rabbi Leyy's Appeal "
:. =. s. TO Our Rich Citizens.

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5:45a< Rabbi SIT Sonnenschein, the distin-
Gpished Jewish seholar and divine from
- 81. Lo,fiS:: :pTeacned last night to an audi
#ence that flied all the sitting room in the
:, SYNAGOGUE 06abat Shalome. The rabbits
:. 2. a. Il: Fla commanding looking man, and
= spoke with great earnestness and fineney.
: His sub feet " as The Perennial Problem
: andzUs Solution."- =: =.
=: !'I,:am=> ashamed to begin with the trite
+. remark Of the prevailing general dissatis--
= faGffQn,'''vhe said. There is hardly soul
= hi the Old: or the New World that is not
dissatisfied. That the poor and ignorant
+ are: d1ssa tisfed is no wonder; that those
!. who: in former centuries held sway over
the minds and bodies of men are dissatis-
+ fed is mo. wonder, but the upper crust
: Graves for some thing. is disappointed and
dissatisfied: that indeed is astonishing.
The world seems to be out OF JOINT. II
: seems that these closing years of the nine
. tenth: century are the foTerunners of
SOME great catastrophe II only seems So
The old state of atfairs is going cut as If
manklnd had deposited in the bank of his
tory SO many: hundreds of millions o f dol
:lars, the bamkbo were lost and we had.
: 20 Look for new resources for great liabii-
:. >tasLook at the church. and by that L
mean not cathedral or synagogue, but the
-ins titntion that stands for ideal faith. The
best are: dtss tisfled. Among 100 Jews vnu
= WIFI md f>l05 "gTumhlers. Among 1000
:: Catholics: hardly 800 communicates.
= AQl0 d g#I000 Pr0teStants not 600 orthod OK ):
lf5xouaSk their conscientious reason they
5 WIFI say. We are dissatisfied In the
Church *there, Is general dissatisfaction in
= matters of belief -: ~ 49,
:; =. he state stands for law and order.
:.Does It so stand?: Yesternight the we
= boys shouted along the streets that one of.
!: the most: dangerous and reck less of law
break ers. had. escaped from Jail. Where Is
<: law and order when we are threatened
:. constantly by organized disorder, when
certain classes override all law and oTdor
Fl be public schools of this metropolis,
re ad this: morning, are. infested Witt>tAe
- same RECKLESS seIhshness in matters of eau
+: .catiQn- rs. anywhere else. Where. are reason
:. an d enlightenment? Which is. the basis
:%Of education when. we are hatupereri by
/" textbooks: full OF mistakes, when half the
: :tene1lers follow p worn rut, and often fall
= 70 explain the half understood work: TO.
THAR pupiisss =. r II. - =:
!: s; s. q: q he prohlen is not new. putonly few
= have the:rg ht solution. :.:@:
:. t.I'he chureh is sick, the state is sick
4 ana the: school IS SICK, aud we want a
:. doctor. -: :: ~. = ~: :: =: !:
;.'fl.lie church. of olden time gave ol1ly
= nedicIn e:f0r the, body. not tie soul. the
STATE was governed by force and taxes,
:. tiecscholl was. mere authority ri q doei6r
+ Is tQ cure mankind ought To- be with
out: Or de- faul tor authority; he U6ght:: Ia,
GONE: Ia t0vnE, irresistible. sYIlpai fletlci
form lo make The whole world hasten.1e.
=: him. r. = s. " -. o. ~
''Ihe1ei only one solution for all the Ills
): and pro blems.:: We, have: an Institution
!; that combines in Itself ali the beauty lIar
:. InOnY and peace of the church, all tfe Ia VI
: and order of the state, all. tbs enligbten-
I ment and education of the schools g TITS
s. the family. where father mother and Ctll
i: d rem d we'll in, one household: In tile
family is the harmony of the cburch+Athe
;, mother :ieaching the = {iitie ones their
:. pray eEs@;; where the father exercises order
"a a authority by l0ve--the lawcand order
j. Of the state. and where t1e younger chill
>;dTen are aided by tho eidsr-the scto0lin
the family. - :: + :'*:
.:- IS And one race above all has discovered
the true remedy for all Ills. that *tfle
Z: family Is really The cornerstone of that:
- WhiCh:ls to make: humanity. noble, pow err
: full happy and divine. More than 2500
: years ago: one; OF the poets of the race in
!: the. Book of: Pr0yerbs-ths. EN- bod fFnent
= of jews b wisdom; n which the word. Jf w
r. never appears--in t Ire thirteth chapter,
fourth, verse .wr0te: Who was it that
aScended TO heaven and came down again {?
;. ho:WaS It tha t gathered the storm In the
:: holFow of his hand? Who was 1T
. that has hidden the food hold IT'S:
i: pface by: a. simple niece of cloth ?:
:: Who: was it. that has firmly established.
life limits and Limitations of the earth?
+. W fl0 is It'll very rock on which everything
J. 5stands5zz-W hat is his name and the name
>. of his child ?: HIS name is Judaism. and
(. the: narneof his child is humanity. Juda-
= sin:* spraDg from. the rock and laid the
= foundations OF all that m a. es religion and
r faith. .beautifuf and peaceful, the state
= without disorder, the school source OF
Il en4ightenmentz and reason and knowledge
+ in Wi sdonl. and truth. That was all the
proDerty Of the: ancient:J6 VS., who at the
:: present are look ed d WIN ON. by many who;
"a hfnk they have gone ahead Of Judaism
:: Fiat old. book. called the Bible is not o YER
ridden :: by the New Testament or,
:. by: oples who = call it: a series of
:: nursery tales--that- book written bv.
j. Jews for: Jews and through Jews
contains the only solution of all. the
s: oubles, andllls and pro blems that beset
8; the ignorant and The. learned. the poor and
- the rlch.* the happy and the miserable.
-: j Judaism .ascefded% into heaven and came
= .dewii::a gain i Il did % OF stay before the
-: throne jof;gra ce.wlth angels. cherubim and
: :eeTaphim IT cam e.down to earth and nade
!: ire gen praetlGabl e. If the world tod ay.
would but rea4ize " hat it me ans to obey
the advice: and .dnctrine of Israel the
5.ch urch <WoHld.:=be the asylum. and arsenal
= % ( all that which makes human kind pea CO.
:: full and happy Like a teacher who at
: .tines :ret1res. To- his stndy to prepare his
+ =lessops::; and himself for.days when the
: children: wlA*be .Qlder. and ask IN ore su bite
:: Questions, Judaism. from time to time re-
i: tires and: prepares new. lessons for the
= -adYance Of humanity for after all human
:: ityzis the only legal and rightfut child of
+ Judaism j: If 1t does mot end in: humanity
:: t-.rs not. divine. But Judas IN ascended to
heaven; has .been1hrQugh. the prophets. so
3. :to:speaK, face to:face @itht great living
source :ofall :po yer and. truth.
: just read carefully the; Mosaic Code.
>, and you: WILT: lind : tramps and strikes of