Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-22

lights of which We had spoken. Rome
had become Christianized ere II FELL
NEW FAITH DID NOT FALL
"But when Il fell. its new faith fell
not with II. The victors took It with them
as so much booty and appropriated II
to themselves. Then rose and grew ana
spread the daughter faith. till 1t met q
foe In Islam's rise. When the pangs OF
Islam's birth were done, and the followers
of the Koran had sheathed the sword or
conversion, Christianity continued on It's
triumphant way, all a-down the corridoIs
of the centuries, till now to-day the civil
lied world, nomnally. worships at the
shrine Of the Galliean teacher.
Thus has the potentially ~ one OF
those events become actualized. The
destiny Is being fulfilled. The one light
has grown strong. 1t has fared unto It's
full radiance. 1t has been light to men
for 1900 years. But the other; what OF
it? What message does the Shofar sound
to us Of that little school at Jabne, within
whose narrow walls was confined tho
light of an older faith, Had II then run
its course? Was 1t destroyed with tho
levelling Of the walls OF the Holy City?
Did the coffin which shrouded the pre-
tended dead body OF the rabbi encloSe the
real corpse OF Judaism? Sound the
Shofar! Let II answer.
10, its notes roll back the years. Step
by step, pace by pace, with its victorious
daughter has the mother faith advanced.
But not as yictor-as victim. rather
When the clarion OF mems high deeds
rang out from battlements and towers
the notes OF the Shofar walled IN the
dungeon. Around the earth from land
to land re-echoed the shrill notes OF the
trumpet. From Arctic SHOWS to torrid
zone, In jungle and desert IL has rtyen
the air with Its cry for freedom. for
truth, for purer God-cognition. And as
a hurt child runs to its parent so with
this annual supplicaton have wander
ing people ever come home 10 their
Father, 10 be In His house and in His
presence 10 abide. The Shofar has called
out in joyous jubilee; It has moaned tho
peoples martyrdom. II has tolled the
passage of each age. and with each age
the sufferings OF unknown heroism.
PLAN THAT LIES UNDERNEATH.
But mark the plan that lay underneath
II oil, that was interviewer with each
cycle Of the years as n thread OF scarlet
Is woven into a pattern OF blue; II was
the conservation OF humble faith, Of pure
life, OF high ideal, OF lofty purpose. In
the crucible OF grief the dross was purged
away, and the gold OF an earnest faith
sevenfold purified. Though the weary
years has the Jew been learning the les
son of life. His centuries If suffering
gave him power to endure. His humil!a-
ton taught him to be humble. Acquainted
with want, he is quick to relieve IT,
Knowing pain, he hastens with sympa-
thetic aid. Being the child Of ages. he
has learned the value OF eternal verities,
and In the possession OF the Law Of God
he has found an understandable treasure.
He has seen, too how that law has been
treasured by others. He has seen Its
choicest thoughts flched to make a new
dispensat.on, It's most beautiful passages
torn from their setting TO be worn as
Jewels by others, its most sublime con-
cepts contorted TO make anothers glory.
And through these has he. even he, taught
the world, and the children of men have
been drinking from the fountain OF his
living waters, though with another's cup
"Yet, In it all has been the high purpose
OF Heaven, and the unfolding OF Divine
design. OF those two Lights. one was
born Of the other. and became It's aid,
its ally and helper Christianity owes TO
Judaism It's birth, but Judaism owes 10
Christianity the conquest OF the world
made for H. The light OF Judaism was
too strong and pure for the eyes OF the
ancient world. Heathenism WAS not ready
TO take the long step from It's own bor-
ders unto the lofty heights Of Jewish
thought. So there came between them
the battle-ground OF the daughter faith.
With its mlnglins of pagan practices and
Jewish thought, It's wrapping OF jewish
truths In pagan symbols, 1t became the
shade around the light OF Judaism, soften
ing and mellowins It's brilliancs that
pagan eyes could see. and thereby find
the way OF life
JEW IN THE BACKGROUND.
During all the years OF conquest the
Jew was in the background, learning by
suffering and agony TO make the pure
still purer and the virgin gold still more
refined. Now the hour Is striking. With
each new year the possibilities OF the
Jew grow toward realization. With each
Shofar call the human race has marched
onward toward the fulfilment OF its mani
fest destiny, and now the living present
calls upon us 10 do our part. Jerusalem
the city is dead. but jerusalem the incac-
nation OF holy life. is yet alive. and Is
so be reused 10 It's duty. Awake, put on
thy strength, Oh. Zion; put on thy beau
tiful garments, Oh Jerusalem! Tine call
of the prophet Is to us. Oh, friends. to
us-to us of the now and to-day! Our
duty tits to take our place at the head
OF the great procession Of human LIE and
lead the world in righteousness. The
hour is ripe, the day is come. the Shofar
sounds TO arms Awake, grid yourself
wifi Justice, put on the garments or
righteous life, and let the light Of faith
shine through our deeds.
"ChristIanity has weaned the world
from paganism; led 1t through Its child
hood, and now yields TO the deeper know
ledge OF the Spirit. Their work has been
all for US. Their missionaries teach the
abe Of faith, upon which We build the
superstructure of more glorious concep-
tons. But 10 do 1t we must work. We
must make our faith manifest We must
ourselves be missionaries. But not for
dogma, or mere doctrine. Let theologians
wrangle for this. What we E.ust give
must be the life, the holy life, he just
life, the pure. the righteous iife. 1t is
not our part 10 make all men Jews, but
to make all men righteous
THE yeast that is put into the dough
does not make the dough all yeast, but 1t
lifts the sodden mass Of inutile matter,
and gives to II life-giving power. Judaism
Is the leaven In the human race, not 10
make all men follow its doctrines as mere
doctrines, but to give life and holiness
unto the race. Our possibilities are those
OF leading the world in righteousness, to
bring all men 20 the throne of God. not
by doctrine, but by life of purity and
holiness acceptable In His s'gnt."
General Maury and HistOry-Writ-
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