New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-14
.SFLVERNlfN PROTESTS.
Demands Closing Of Missionary
Ucadguartcrs 4mOBg Je5cS.

r-tr Jews and the Missionaries was the slolNc'
a. rho Rev Ur Joseph Slvrrmau's sermon yester-
day .n tle Temple Emanu-El In part DE said
srs Save ga tho waoe been rather iader ,t
-rrl.rv ,erf II-u tben Jews. while willing TO re-
eit - s.-l-eIg -rI,oeei 10 endeavors TO
win t0u.gr-s rg persuasion. bride OF force, -.,
s--e i dare the phrase n this connection,
t started taIoGEh The sucoessiui pr"Sels l-re
efforts ar .He carly apostles. and has ever 81 III
only rhrfve8 fn proportion 10 she missionary zed'
thar developed En- its ranks.
Speaking OF the work Of missionaries IN America
the preacher said.
The desire on The part 4 Christians 20 say e
mems souls has been The cause Of much terrible
.nqlsitga and bloody pe5eclion. th5 email
iuE mania has created religious prelIu!Ct' -agr
rfsr7 and rr.rtyr70m. u may have 70 n great
extent 1"cn the means 81 spFeaaHinE M eIieion
We have seemingly arrived at the millennium /
axe abroad who. 20 extent yttiates the biess-
ire q d land 81 religious liberty. The missionary
and thurnlss-rew with which TO ply his neiar1ous
trade n conversion. he is armed with the tract
and upaaeuco -iat comparatively a. terrlfy
in. e, the modern peaceful citizen as "ere lne m
irqlhefrou. TN, missionary and evangelist are
here to catoie ara persuade or coeIce VIII .
every hand ore is confronted with the missionary
sent forth 20 convert the Jews. go
Tho Trw may have the American rag that VII
protect him against the terrible onslaught 81 me
The ffa,s Ihc CA ioery and implied afront Of IN"
American missionary. The Russian immlgrani mas
eyHtgellst lIe fed from the prosecutions OF BAN ,
harsm. only to fac" the rchned-but TO him sun
alEar-atternpts al conversion
We protest against thos" attempts 10 convert me
us are un-AIuerican. These efforts - convert rs
s+.--s rTr -5t-il and relfEioue liberty Ne enjoy
liberty su -his country, as Washington said. not
.'by taIsraue. but by right Those who are Ameri-
cans ly birth or hv adoption are equal before the
Constitution. Here every man has the Ilsht 10
worship God according 20 the dictates OF MS own
What bat opposition can these ATTEMPTS to create
detection IN our ranks mean" And what rretno'"
and uhe-, th.y suppose the most pliahle material
can ba found From The hcadqulr-ar- they issue
tracts alleged go show fha weakness ~ Judaism
and tho merits ~ Christianity. into these camps
may D. poor and hungry and tninlE clad. They
hars Then they sing O. him the blessings 81 tho
.do-wer nroEr1t 10 earth. And then they lnance
Tho mission school 90 get some candy and TOYS and
clothing and ca uew Testament .
FGe uuon such sO-called religious practice7-
would rs soon have you prosecute with Ere and
sword as 90 resort 20 such unworthy methods OF
stealing a mans faith from him and alternating
and hypocrisy of The modern missionary who. IN
der thc I--teuc" ~ giving charity. hches from =
that cries 90 Heaven for redress II is un-Ameri-
We demand THAT these missionary headquarters
bc closed. We demand Il On tho name 81 truth. OF
rei-E.on and God-af American citizenship Let the
own salvation. They have their synagogues
hy the hundreds There are a number Of Jewish
rraueoue efforts VIII not advance. but only retard
their progress. u IS vel known that when The
miss orsries slcoeea IN alternating Jew from his
atheist. who soon falls into The ways % the an
The only true method OF conversion is education
Let each religion c0ufne itself 20 its pulPits, its
books. % magazines and journals The missionary
is out OF piece in our modern civilization l,et us
common euemy-sceDtlsism and materialism.