The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-18
SAVIORS OF MANKIND
The Jews TO Finish the Work
of Civilization.
THEIR TASK HAS ONLY BEGUN.
Dr. Joseph Krauskopf Tells OF the
De~pIsed and the Honored Race
a Mastery Discourse.

"only Jew--in every country despissd
for mis- CUNNING, yet IN every country hon
cred for bis sagacity." The above Was
the central thread aroma which Dr.
Jo@eph Krauskopf al me Seattle theaseF
last evening w0Te a discourse eEtrao-dI-
nary for It's breadth ard deeply iHterest-
ing for It's literary merit For nearly t@o
hours he SPOKE from tne theme: The
Blank Leaf Between the Old and NeH
Testament and held the undivided al
-enfion of a large and representative az
dience The address was a scholarly eA-
roaftson Of tho strange and apparently In
consistent characteristics OF the Jew. ana
" as devoted III large degree 10 tire marvel
oits resources OF the race. which though
down-trodden for centuries, had always
kept Representatives IN the forefront Of
civilization
II have read OF people" Dr. KTauskopf
eafd - who have raised themselves 10 STA
lions OF highest honor. and 50 have read
OF people who in their day OF adversely
have sunk 80 low that none was found 20
do them honor yet there Is only one peo-
pie that at one and the same time have
se.n the dezp.sed and rejected. the honoTei
and wor-shipged o. men. that have been
cast our ard swept toward deEtruc ION v
the o,,a hand. ard h. the othtT hal opened
20 them the portals that led 20 safety.
4 piaFn bat fascinating development of
thls thought. amply illustrated from his
tory led the SPEAKER up % the subiect OF
the evenings address. Immediately pre-
nninary 70 It. he spoke of tho Wander
ing Jew" saying that Gen Lew Wallace
had given the hest delincation Gf thai
character yet presented 20 the world In
ssThe Prince OF India" For that author
said tho speaker whether consciously or
unconscionsly. seems 10 have OWNED that
the Jew has a heart, that he has a soul
and that he aims 81 tho fraternization OF
mankind The Jews work has only begun.
lie laid the foundation ~ civilization, he
built the superstru-ture. and though elgh-
teen centuries have passed the world IS
not one whit better. morally ar spiritually
than when he started ont 20 plant upon
the earth tie universal brotherhood 81
man under the fatherhood OF God There
fore nave the jews been scattered, and
not until The people Of the Messiah he
come the messiah of the people shall the
Jews work have been complete.
Brushing away IN q mastery deiin91-
ton Of the crucifxi0n Of Jesus tho King
or the Jews" the blame for that stipend
ous event. Or Krauskopf spoke OF the
Old and New Testaments. on the blank
leaf between the two Jew and Christian
could write the fundamental principles
OF religion and could meet on the com
mon ground Of love OF God. Of man. Of
truth, OF righteousness. Here you have
the Identical teachings of the Old and
the New Testaments.' said the speaker.
"Both you can write on the same leaf,
and "a will not require a great time un-
Oil the mountain OF prejudice shall be
swept away. The jew Is doing his part
or the work. In my community the
terms rich as a jew and poor as
jew are fssj passing away. The DAYS
OF persecution are over. and the Jews
hands are nov unshackled. Rich "a
Jew will yet lac changed into wise as
jew and this VIII further be changed
TO divine as a Jew When IN reality
10 men. then shall The jews wandering
cease He will die into Christianity
Christianity VIII die into Judaism. There
Will be no jew. no Christian. but until
that end In reached the Jew will not he
ready to die"
The settings OF the stage gave the ap-
pearanco of an elegantly furnished draw
Ing roora. and the speakers manner OF de-
livery was exceedingly appropriate 10 his
surround ars he IL impressive without
being decamatory, and plain, simple and
direct lie was introduced by Gov. Nc-
Craw In a few brief sentences as a worthy
representative of the city of Brotherly
Love The governor referred TO Dr.
IrsusRopf as broad. progressive and even
agg1essi<e I'm the cause OF the oppressed.
winning for himself an enyiahle place
among the aliievators Of human suffering.
Mr.. McGraw vas appropriately presented
20 the audience hv NJ. G. Winstock. the
one acquaintance OF Or HraGskopf before
the latter's visit - this city After The adj
dress an informal reception was rendered
the :aboi at the Butler hotel.