The record-union., 1899-06-11

would have been no civil or religious
liberty; had there been no civil or re-
ligious liberty tyranny and despotism
| would still rule the earth and the hui
man family would still live In menta..
| moral and physical bondage.
Had there been no Jesus and no Paul,
the God of Israel would still be the God
! of a handful, the God of a petty, OBJ
scure and insignificant tribe of Jews.
| Had there been no Jesus and no Paul
| the magnificent moral teachings of
Moses would still be confined to the
| thinly scattered believers in Judaism,
and the great world of men and women
would have been left so much the poor
| err because Of their ignorance of these
benign teachings.
| Let us, then, as Jews, be thankful
that there was a Jesus and Paul. Let
us more keenly appreciate that through
| the wonderful influence of these heroic
| characters, the mission of the Jew is
being better fulfilled and his teachings
are being spread to the remotest hooks
and corners of the world by Christian
! ity, "a religion by which millions have
been. and still are, quickened and in
spired.,' Let us not forget that, through
the influence of Jesus and Paul, the ten
| commandments of Moses, the sublime
utterances of Isaiah. of Micah of Jere-
miah, the proverbs of Solomon and the
psalms of David. have brought and are
bringing, and will continue to bring,
balm and comfort, joy and happiness,
spiritual bliss and moral sunshine into
untold millions of homes.
Thus is the Christian, through Jesus
do 10 r.
and thus is the Jew also through Jesus
and Paul, deeply indebted to the Chris
tan. The Christian and Jew of to-day,
| each in his own way, is manfully striv-
! ing to perform his part in preaching
the belief in God who is ADJUST, all
wise and all-knowing; each is trying to
do his share to fulfill his mission by
! spreading among his fellow men a love
for morality and righteousness.
May Jew and Christian continue to
seek out the many beliefs they have in
common, and to join hands in work.
ing together for common humanity.
May the object lesson become multi
piled a thousand fold the world over,
which for years existed in our midst,
of our own worthy rabbi working in the
most perfect harmony with protest.
ant X-clergyman and devout Catho-
/ lie. for the common purpose OF saving
| the youth in our midst from vice and
| degradation. What glory and JOY
| it would be to the Nazarene were He
| now to return to life and finG His lew
ish brethren and His Christian follow
ers living side by side in peace and
| in harmony and working together for
common good.
Nav the Jew continue to cultivate A
broad and liberal spirit, may he AVOID
the narrowness, the religious exclusive
ness of the Pharisee and saducee OF OLD.
May his sympathies continue to widen,
his religious horizon to broaden and
may his spirit of tolerance become his
| crowning glory.
May the Christian continue to preach
and to practice the ethics of Judaism as
set forth in the Old as we'll as in the
New Testament. May he strive to elm
mate from Christianity the elements OF
paganism grated into it during its
earlier history, and may his doctrines
become still more purified and brought
back to the pure and simple belief
taught by the humble carpenter from
| Gahlee.
| May Jew and Christian thus be
brought into still closer touch and into
still greater harmony and fellowship.
May each of us, in our own way, strive
to fulfill the noble teachings of our be-
lief and to aim to live in accordance
| with the many lofty and beautiful
| truths imbibed at the breast Of Juda-
| ism by the Nazarene and by Paul, which
| they gave back to the world clothed
| in newer and brighter form.
May we, as Jews, in this spirit, learn
to truly love our neighbors as ourselves
and, by example, as we'll as by precept
become a nation Of priests and bless
| ing to the human family.