The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-12

russian bureaucracy has brought matters
20 crisis, 50 pressure ig now being
ntvusht 70 bear upon the president " ihis
Ifce country 10 Uphold the rights Of free
american citizens, no matter what creed
ibey may profess
bearing ouch barbnrlsms IN mind how
grateful ought We to be- dear congregantq.
mat We In this blessed land of liberty en-
)2y az me Fights and privileges which u
LtntIet hnn enlightened constitution mas
HpMbsu - our Fellow citizens. But DO We
really fully appreciate vur position DO
We reallae the priceless boon which liberty
nae conferred upon US? Are we worthy OF
tDg confidence Which has been rcposcd In
usf Opinions vary. On the one hand we
nave been aesailcd as a parasitic growth
np9n the body polite, as thorn 80 The
f.0e Of the nations which extend to us
their hospitality; whilst on the other hand.
the most fulsome praise has been lavished
upon us as the mental and moral leaven 50
the material world.
But 10 all our critics we would addrcss
the words which Balak spoke 10 Balaam---
at all"
Let rs alone: praise. II YOU will, our
phiihntErorists and punish cur nnlefactors,
ignore our creed. regard only our deed
thus would we address our noB.Jewlsh
cfiucs, but u Is not onlS permissible, bat
aiso advantageous II we turn tue fierce
ieht Of criticism upon ourselves.
we nave only 10 read such a book as
Mof ~ he Jew as a Patriot, to rea ne
now FUZZY the Jews have on he whole ac-
quilted themselves as patriotic citizens.
But to come nearer home / have my
doubts whether we Jews OF Houston give
our eitY adequate service as citizens.
believe most OF Us would like 10 see
more Of our co-relisionists identified with
our our artistic. philanthropic aud patriotic
Every citizen should work for the com.
monweal Why should Il be left 70 Chris
IAN ladies' % decorate the graves Of the
jewish Confederate heroes? l know there
are a few Jewish ladies VINO are interested
IN the Faith Home. but why are they so
Iewf The eltizeus have recently been
founded to the feasibility and ACCESSIBILITY
or adorning our city WITH monuments, pro-
Nlding music for the toilng MASSES is our
pubic pork, regulating the liquor traffic
l'.t your voices be heard pro or con.
o,s 80 matter 4 few narrow minds ostrh-
Let as return good for evil, let us repay
intolerance With good VIII let US harboc
~ ,n1a nee, let US bear no, erudSe aud We
suall then pay some portion or the debt
Hhich we owe this gseat country Tor grant
ing Us the priceless Boon OK religious lib
In the state then. and In the city we
must thrust our Americsnism to the fore,
Dut ~ our homes and ia our temple our
Judalsm must remain precmpent.
We must not. however. permit our lib
crAllSm 10 run away with us.
Ihe man who gives his money to Chris
Tan Institution and ignores the claims Of
the hebrew Union college casts a slur
upon his Judaism; the man who gives to
charity only In the homes OF acquiring ma
tellei returns casts slur upon his man
How often do we hear people maintain
that one religion is as good AS another2
How often do we see people snap their
racial and religious ties without the least
sion7
The Jew who allows the liberty accorded.
to him to degenerate into license shows
thnt he is not vet educated up to receiving
liberty.
We must not imagine that our Christian
fellow citizens desire us TO renounce BY
one jot or by one little the priceless her
itage handed down to us through the long
march OF centuries.
BY Decorating and ignoring Sabbaths
and festivals. BY banishiug with a wave OF
the hand our Jewish home life, by starv-
Ing the spiritual side Of our nature and
pampering our material needs the jew Is
digging his own grave and Nemesis viii
most assuredly oyertake him unless he
cries Il halt.
Prof. Adler throws out as a bait his
catch phrase. Not the creed, but the
deed" and thousands Of innocent fish are
enticed from their natural element. swal-
low the bait and are sorituaSS slaln.
I saw both the creed and the deed. and
the deed naturally follows the practice OF
tho creed.
And Yom Kippur is the most emphatic
annual reminder OF our creed. day which
hnds no analogy in the holy days Of any
It's root lies in the essentially Jewish
characteristic OF self-sacriAce and its main
tenapce Is upheld bv self-sacrldce.
And consider how it teaches us the lesson
Of tolerance. Repentance. prayer and
charity will avert the evil decree"
These words need not be taken literally,
but look at the moral which they point
There Is nothing tribal about these spe-
cihcs against the evil decree.
BY acknowledging and repenting for our
fralltes, by sinking the material aud ad-
vancnG the spiritual side OF our natures
and by free and opcn-hcarted phian-
thropy. Irrespective OF creed. we may rem
der ourselves worthy OF our Judaism.
II we do what IA us Hes to sanctify our
10 Che sacred ordinances Of our ancestral
faith, II we shed uster upon our race and
upon our creed by tho spotlessness OF our
morality, by the regard for our fellowman
ana nv the exercise of philanthropy we
may then rely upon the speedy ftihllmcnt
of the divine promise. TOR the Lord viii
not forsake His peopie. for His great