The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-23
MODERN JUDAISM.
What II NrprcsrnS IN the world OF
Thought and Investigations.


Thought and Investigation.
baltimore American OF thr ?lst: Rev,
Tobias SchunCArbrr, OC Iiur Sinai Tenn
pie. preached yesterday IN THE Death
W Judaism" IN the course of his SER
mon he said. "Fhurc are those who
feag that Judalsih's end Will come "
thu wantOn manner III which some
deal With the traditions OF the past be
continued, and thea there are ihus"
who hope for Il. judaism mist die. be-
cause, rs they think, they have some
thing superior to give to the world,
Then, as 10 the class who fear thar
some dark and terrible fat" awaits us
In the near futuUr. They are such aS
look with more than apprehension up
Oh the leavcnlns process that ~ ut
work In III" camp Of Judaism. men
with morbid Srntimrntalism. welded
Ia rOmautcism and wanting In all ma
tiunllism. men who believe that In
leaving the old moorings that bound
us to the pnst. We have taken away
the very nHdCrplnninE that supported
Judaism, anu, In consequence, claim
that there IL danger that the whole
huilding will tOttcr and Crumblc into
u,trr ruins.
judaism H. IN accord with the latest
thought III The hour. Judaism, first Of
@''I S'liiS lur reason ~ IiIlS Inspect II
Is N advance OF all o'hcr cl""HS'
Ir'lUI''S 'h'ht'S th"lr thouEh'. 'uth
ISM STANDS Tor thc SS'chunc nc'h"i OF
ih0rs aEaliun' II docS nor Fnhrh IN"
H'SC!ushrSs that science VIVA ntr uusE
IhN'hhI'e' " c"iS'hh'IE uhl"III"N "'-
fUrr the wonder gaze nf man. Judaism
pOStula,rs MS the fundamental prinCi-
pl,. OF It's thought md belIn, IN one
'iud. ihuiNisihie anu eternal composed
~ heiiheF 'loIhen'S' parts OF persons
'he prcserNGF ana governor n' thr UNI
SeV'r' LuIalSIh DERIVES III ,hr ultimate
PtIt'C.HpiiF Hl''h' N nus EL"uuhi
EtH"h I'M" n''tc' ana IiN'heE ItihES.
'"u''N'h S,aNuE '"' tcNcl"'loh, pH' "p'
LOT revelation 'ha' WAS '9HllheH 70 on"
FATtI'U'nT pace o. one ihIH'"i"V pep-
PIE; not hNuh 'hAl - cFSum-
SSF!n'u ny EroE'Iit'y or 'opoE'SphF'
pH' revelation ,'lLN CONTINUOUS
ihHt ~ the eternal unfolding ana -
pTeSSluh oi enc avn" me: FtNtihSmh
manifested IN n!i IN" rclS'ohS ut'Ti-
lure 81 tNe world anu henS" manifest,
Gu To-day IN Inc hiEa"r disclosures OF
NH" fFr@"hi AuuI.
Judaism believes In mess!amic
rerInd' not person; tim" when men
VIII came 10 see .ihat the interest OF
every inGiY!dunl IS wrapped w IN the
i"e"Eess OF the ether Il TINE "h"a all
men "lli StAnu tot IN" highest ana no.
bleSt virtues, ana discard tIe hnse"
ana iEhontcr PASSIONS TINE "heh
SrliSahcSS VIII DC no more. ana neaG"
VIII dominate inc people OF me world.
jndaisTn believes IN man responsible
n.y. that ne Is accountable for his ac-
lions 10 MS conscience. and through
his conaeicGc" 10 his God. Non" other
can bear our SINS; none o'her can die
Tor US. We must h"a" the burden D!
GU" owa sins; we ar" accountable for
our own tClnsEressiOH. These, III brief.
are the principles as advocated by Ju-
daiSm. Have these principles been re-
placed by newer, higher thouGht2
tn" thinking world IS moving to-
ward our conception OF things. They
are baSing Their thought upon reason.
and they nr" coming TO the conclusions
FOR which oH- cause has stood Tor more
than twenty Centuries. Tney :nay no;
assume our name. some ~ them DaS
not have Kind word Cor us nor srm-
pathetic ceiling, and vet Il ~ non" IL"
less true that the information tina; has
been SEM forth by Oh" prophets and
sters Is pe-m"at:nE their thought. even
though 10 them this rspiTltiC5al In
ilucncc be an Unconscious one. We
arr prepared TO hear chat the spiritual
interpretations Of Christianity form an
advance beyond III" peur.i!ci :tcn" nt
the Jewish law, We nr" prepared TO
hear that Il Is our StubEornneSs aud
siin-1"ckeiHesS that cause us to re-
Tug" 10 listen To and accept the newer,
and, a. they call 1t. the iruer rcvcla-
ZION. We ar" prepared 10 hear that
vvsEst 81 Id .,