The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-04
ANACONDA NE VS..
MIRACLE OF HISTORY"
Jewish Doctrine Expounded by
Rabbi Maurice Eisenberg.
THE GIFTSOFTHE HEBREWS
What Those Men Have Done to Advance
Civilization-An Able and Instruc-
tive Discourse Well Received
by q Large Congregation.

Rabbi Maurice Eisenberg of Butte
preached to a large congregation last
evening at the Methodist church. His
address was well received, the subject
being THE Miracle of History" He
preached from the text, mo weapon
that is forged against thee shall pros
per, and every tongue that shall raise
against thee in judgment, thou shalt
condemn" Isaiah 50-17. After expa-
tiating on the vast improvements
which our age has inaugurated in all
branches of human industry, and
speaking of the worlds great wonders
which have found expression on cam
vas and in marble, in history and
poetry, Rabbi Eisenberg said: Not
the seven world-famed wonders; Meth
er Greece nor Babylon, neither Egypt
nor Persia, ever possessed the marvel
of history. The Jew is the standing
marvel, the universal wonder nay, the
historic miracle Egypt dashed him
into building the pyramids, which of
all the ancient wonders alone remain
to memorabilia the despotic power of
Mizraim, but he saw the Pharaohs and
their greatness vanish
Rabbi Eisenberg pointed to Spain as
the hulk of her former self Spain
sounded the tocsin of treachery against
law-abiding and peace-loving Israel,
and to-day her doom is sealed-the
handwriting on the wall forecasts the
shadow of her grave. Every nation is
called by all-ruling Providence to do a
certain appointed mission. Rome and
Greece gave the world art and valor;
Judea, by Gods will, gave the world
its most precious ideals-religion and
responsibility. Neither of the former
nations suffered for their ideals, but
Israel sacrificed all dear to the heart of
man for. the propagation of her high
ideal. Every nation but our blessed
nation deformed its escutcheon by per-
scouting the Jew. The speaker said
the Jew is as indestructible as God
himself "All weapons forged against
thee shall not prosper was said by
one of his prophets in the name of Je-
hovah. Humanity still needs his inter-
cession. Violence is still in the land.
Suffering and crime and immortality
still disfigure the shrine of man.
Rabbi Eisenberg paid a glowing trib-
ute to the broad spirit of fair minded
ness of the American people, where it
is possible for Jew and Christian to
meet on the wide platform of men and
worship God according to the dictates
of ones conscience. He also paid a
just tribute to the character of the
founder of Christianity, disclaiming
that the Jews as a nation had any
hand in spilling the precious blood of
one of their own prophets, who
preached their religion and aimed to
ameliorate their condition. The Jews
were his first followers, they believed
in Him-of course not as God, which
he never claimed to be-but as one in
spired of God. Jewish women were
with him to the very last. Speaking
of the crime charged against the Jew,
he said that the Jew pleads guilty of
having given the world the one-God
idea. weaving men from sensuous idol
airy, and made it possible for the saw
age and barbarian to become fit COM
panion with the angels. The Jew also
pleads guilty to the charge of having
given to the world its greatest blessing
the Bible-not to forget the Savior.
He concluded with a poetic peroration
forcasting the roseate dawn of the |
morning, golden with the bow of di-
vine promise, when eternal justice and |
absolute freedom and human love will |
unite all men under Gods canopy;
when there will be one God and one |
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