The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-25
AN ELOQUENT SERMON
Delivered by Rabbi Eisenberg at
Carpenters Hall.
THE WORLD STILL MOVES
GLORY to God in the Highest and on
Earth Peace"-Christ Preached Pure
Judaism-Nineteen Centuries
of Jewish Martyrdom.

large ana mucn interested duulence
from the text, GLORY to God in the
highest and on earth peace" He said:
From the time when Gallileo, after
his recantation on his Bonded knees,
exclaimed, f pur 81 mauve'-and still it
(the earth) moves-down to the present
day of liberty and enlightenment, pine
nomenal and most marvellous changes
have registered themselves upon the
thermometer of civilization. In the arena
of thought are seen traces so indelible
and deep as TO at once engage our
attention and respect. We, living at
| the dawn of the twentieth century, we
whose horizon is flooded with the mel
| low light of scientific investigation and
| philosophical research, can hardly APP
preciate the heroic determination, the
| intrepid and hazardous stand of those
| brave and courageous thinkers, who,
| amid hostility and cruel opposition
ofttimes costing them. liberty, land and
! life-wafted their sublime discoveries
| upon an atmosphere insalubrious and
| inhospitable, for the enrichment of pos
| terity. Such was Socrates, Isaiah, Hy-
| patia. Burns, Savonarola. Servetus, etc,
etc.
THE world" said Rabbi Eisenberg
| did not rise to its present attitude alone
| and unaided; it was carried upwards
by those noble sons and daughters who.
| in all ages are sent by n higher power
| TO accelerate the Slep VI DIOSItSS. III
| the vast economy of nature, everything
| is tremendously arranged-to the UNI
| trained eye, there may be seen conflict
| and antagonsm. but the scientist dis
| covers order and harmony amid all.
After dlating upon the improved con-
dtion of things, the speaker said;
! Wonderfully vast and immeasurably
! great as have been the strides made III
the various stages of the industrial, me
chanical and scientific departments they
| will hardly compare with the advanced
| step of religion. There was a time-and
| that not so remote-When it was
! dangerous heresy To mention the names
! of the founders of other religions from
the pulpit. To cite passages from other
| Bibles or to respectfully mention the
| names of those men who toiled and la
bored for their fellow kind. but are
classed among the heather unbelieVers,
was to place low value on ones lie.
Not so very long ago and the religious
world believed-and ii was an article OF
supreme faith-that all knowledge, all
science and philosophy: in fact. all that
was necessary for mans guidance and
happiness was stored between the pages
of the Jewish and Christian Bible. That
other peoples possess literature con-
tanning a sort of divine revelation, was
regarded as the blacklist blaSphemy
and he who was rash enough to voice
his thoughts, was not only regarded as
a criminal suicide, but d legitimate heir
upon whom the wrath of Color the
church-emptied its most destructive
phials. To-day. the frequenter of the
more liberal churches has become some
what familiar with the names, deeds
and writings of Buddha, Zoroaster, Con-
fucius Homer, Plato, Zeno, Seneca,
Epictetus and Scion.
"A time then was when TO quote a
verse in the Jewish pulpit. from the
New Testament and to mention the
founder of Christianity by name, was
the rashest act. only becoming mad
man, but in the words of Italy $ great
son, The world does move Our ply
lacterieS are widening, our horizon Is
broadening, and gladly do we give tes-
timony to the beauteous truths found
outside of Jewish literature, and Will
ingly aud cheerfuly we place the laurel
wreath upon the brow of those prophets
whose souls were attuned to the sacred
melody of human love. In this respect
we are only obeying the injunction o;
! the Talmud which insists that. truth is
! not bounded by any sectarian or geo.
| graphical lines. and it cautions us to re-
4 ceive it regardless of its source.
4 There was a time when the advent
of Christmas was a day of gloom and
/ sorrow among Israel While his neigh
/ borS We're making merry and the chimes
| pealed forth the joyous announcement
! that the anniversary of Him was al
hand who was to bring peace on eartE
and good will toward men,, the Jew, the
brother and kinsman of Jesus, trembleo
for his safety and for the life of those
near and dear to him.
] Speaking of the character of Jesus
4 the rabbi said that While he (Jesus
4 lived as a Jew, preached pure Juda
ism and died as a Jew, and while th'
gospel stories are Identical With M
4 methods of Mdrashim. and while this
\ noble Nazarene rabbi endeaVored L
! uplift His own brethren, still His yer!
X ta- IN
Jews And while a niche of admira
ton is accorded to the teachers of othe
y creeds, the mention of this grand jew
d often gives rise to the bitterest opposi
ton. In determining the reason. W.
q have not long to search. This antipath.
was conceived in malice, begotten il
q hatred. and is stained with Jewish mar
q tyrdom. The name Jesus. that Shouts
q have been to them tower of prophetl
strength, became a vocabulary or ola
a bolical torture, hate malice and death
Il In the name of the so-called Prince O
u Peace, the Jew for eighteen centurie
became the target for Christian venom
q ostracism, pillage, rapine, SUFFERING
a obloquy insult and eXecration. Is
4 any wonder that even to-day the nam
s. of that sweet personality, whose hear
81 was as large as humanity, shout
q sound harsh upon Jewish ears, whe
4 those who profess to be His disciple
Il and faithful followers. still accentuat
II their adherence 10 him, DN SldHueiiii
s and maligning His brethren? No de
4 nomination, no literature, so falsel
a misrepresented the Jew as has tn
Il church. l well remember the taunt
n and ieers and kicks and cuffs, i wa
a subjected to by my Christian fellow
"a students, when little lad. and all be
II cause | was a jew. My experience
4 but the experience of most Jews. Onl
" a short year ago. my little daughte
II came home from school, sobbing and a
81 most heartbrnken. and would not tast
81 any food that day. all because l kille
81 Christ, Her school mates-Christia
9 Sunday school pupls-taunted her wit
s. the charge that her papa was a Chris
81 killer,
q These preachers, followers of III
u meek and lowIy Jesus. at whose JEWS
q birth in far Judea the angelic chorJ
II chanted Glory 10 God in the highes
u on earth peace and good viii towaI
81 men, instead Of dispeiIing prejudice ar
u race hatred. ushering in the millennium
n Of peace and good Will, foster by the