The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-09
MIRACLES OF MOSES
Jews Accepting Them Must Also
Accept Those Of Christ.
DR.. HIRsCH's TALK DISCUSSED
Rev. s. N. Deinard Says the Jewish
Reform Belief Closely Resem-
bles the Unitarian.
The Jewish church takes no stock in

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The Jewish church takes no stock in
the most radical reformed rabbi we have,
and is the only man who has successfully
transformed Sunday into the Sabbath,
Services in his synagogue are held on
Sunday instead of Saturday. He is al
ways cratic and thinkers in the church
long ago ceased paying any particular at
tention to his theories. However, I do
not believe DR.. Hirsch made the state
ments attributed to him in the press. He
may, as reported, have compared Christ
to DoWie, but the context Of his address,
which is lacking in the newspapers, might
throw different light upon the state
ments made, and might materially change
their effect
That, in brief, is the opinion of Rev.
Samuel N. Deinard, rabbi Of the Jewish
Reform church, Tenth street and Fifth
avenue S. Rev. Deinard is not an admirer
OF Dr. Hirsch, and says that in his ad-
dress before the students Of Johns Hop
kins university DR.. Hirsch expressed
simply an individual opinion, not the
opinion of the Jewish church. Said Mr..
Deinard:
Reformed Jews regard Moses and Jesus as
great religious teachers Of remarkable per-
sonal magnetism. They believe that neither
Of them ever performed any miracles, but
| they also believe that the accounts Of these
suppositious miracles never made their ap-
pearance until after the death of both men,
and that neither was responsible for their
PRONUNCIATION.
! DR.. Hirsch is reported to have said that
Jesus was hypnotist. That is the craziest
| idea have ever seen in print. Neither Jesus
| nor Moses is to be classed as hypnotist, or
with such man as Dowie The reported
a ro m at FOR
! opinion. Many Jews believe in the miracles
Of the old testament, while they discard
| those Of the new That makes their position
| illogical.
| am safe in saying that not one reformed
| rabbi In the country believes in miracles. To
begin with, performance which might have
seemed miraculous in those days would be
accepted without establishment now, as the
simple working of natural law, and then
| there is another way Of accounting for these
reports. Deeds, when handed down orally
from one generation to another, grow in the
| telling, until something that was originally
| comparatively simple takes on color and
finally comes to be regarded as miraculous
| We have this same thing going on ever
now Dowie's followers believe things about
him that he never did and never could do
DR.. Hirsch would make Jesus charlatan
| He would have him strive to deceive the
people. l don't believe he was that. He
| was a great teacher, endowed with a pro-
found belief in his own teachings, and he was
| sincere .,...-
Continuing, Mr. Deinard said that the
! belief of the Unitarian church was prac-
tically the same as that of the Reformed
| Jewish church.
"The only difference" said he, sis il
the historical background. The historical
background of the Jewish church goes
back to the time when the Jews were 6
nation in themselves, and we still cele.
| brate many Of the old national ceremo
malls. 1t Is so with the Unitarians. Theil
historical background is Christian, ant
although they have discarded the idea o
Christ's divinity, they still celebrate
Christmas because they believe it to COM
memorate the birth of man who had
wonderful effect upon history, and the.
celebrate Easter although they do no
believe that Jesus ever rose from tn
dead except in spiritual sense. Neithe
Jew nor Unitarian believes in miracles
The Jewish church is without unity ant
consequently, whether or not DR.. Hirsch'
address was orthodox, he is answerable t,
no one save himself and his congregation
Although rabbis of the reformed churche
have an annual meeting for discussion
1 the action of that meeting Is not binding
Each church makes it's own church laws
There are no bishops; no governing powe
higher than the individual church itself
The matter of Sabbath observances will
come UP for discussion at the meeting t
be held in New Orleans next month, o.
move to secure the observance of Sunda
as the Sabbath, as Is now done in d.