Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-03-05

OF tIc RnelIOG DeCuuSt thc bShthS W
sneers and SCOTS refuses to associate
with the Jew; therefore the Jew finds
most of his associations with the Jew.
Why the public ridicule against class
of men who are the greatest financiers
and masters Of barter and gain OF the
world? Because for centuries the Jew
had no way Of making living except
through barter and gain and as
money lender. He could not hold land,
for the princes and the people would
rob him Of his land. He could not go
into statecraft or into the army, be-
cause there he was not allowed to 60
Though social recognition in certain
regions is now accorded to the Hebrew
race. as the British house of lords has
been opened TO them, yet even today
strong barrier to social preferment Is
the fact of man belonging to that
race. a representative Of which Shake
speare immortalized in Shylock, the
cruel and remorseless creditor
ObIiterate Social Prejudice.
contend that racial prejudice is OPP
posed to the spirit of Christ and Chrls-
tianity, and l base my belief, first, on
this tourney that our Lord took through
Samaria secondly, on account OF the
lesson which Christ taught in the para
BILE of the good Samaritan" which he
snake unto the shrewd lawyer who was
trying to entrap him by a series OF
catch questions; thirdly, l plead Tor
this obliteration of social prejudice be-
cause the Jew is not only as honest as
the gentle, but mentally, morally and
physically Is in every way his equal, II
not his superior. Equal in honesty;
BENJAMIN L. Butler few years before
his death gave this testimony: For
forty years, save one, 1 have been con-
yersant with the criminal courts OF
Massachusetts, and l have never yet
had a Hebrew client. Thinking this
matter over as 1 was coming home, l
met the learned judge of one of the
highest courts, and he bore witness
with me to the same effect. lie, neil
ther at the bar nor on the bench, nad
ever seen Hebrew arraigned for
crime Governor Vance of North Car
olina when in Office pardoned a Jew
because he was the first Hebrew who
had ever been arraigned and convicted
| for crime in all the history OF the
state. Where there was one North Car
olina Hebrew thief there had been ten
thousand gentle criminals. Am l not
right in saying that the Hebrew Is as
honest as the gentle?
Jew and Gentle Equal.
EQUAL is the Jew to the gentle In
the sweetness and purity OF his 40
mestic life. Not only are they faithful
as a race as husbands and wives, but
they are also irreproachable in their
relations as parents and children. You
! .rt.,-v,r-lsee-- c-sIIobrosHr- girl insulting
her mother You never see Hebrew
son sitting In the presence OF an old
father when that father has to stand.
Filial duty is always practiced in the
Hebrew home. The Hebrew fireside
Is as pure and noble as any gentle
f1reside.
EQUAL is the Jew to the gentle In
reference to brains and philanthropy,
as well as purity and honesty. Who
were Meyerbeer and Mendelssohn,
among the greatest of composers? Jews.
Who were Benedict Spinoza and Baron
Rothschild? Jews. Who was the might
lest opponent of William E. Gladstone
and the fayorite prime minister OF all
the Victorian era? Benjamin Disraeli,
Jew. Who was Judah 2. Benjamin
whom the great senator Of Missouri
George Vest declared was the best
mentally equipped man he ever knew
in public life and who after the Civil
war became the leader Of the London
bar? A Jew. He was, like Sir George
Jessel and Moses MontefOre and Baron
Hirsch. Jew. Oh, my friends, or
account Of the gospel teachings, on ac
count Of the honesty and purity of the
Jew. let us try to break down the clan
nishness of the ghetto. Let us try tC
do this not by social prejudice, but by
learning to welcome the Jew into oul
homes as we would be willing to wei
come an Italian, a Frenchman, al
Englishman, a Scotchman, a Russian
or a Swede. Let us break down thu
clannishness Of the ghetto by goint
forth with brotherly love to greet th'
Jew as Christ the Hebrew went Il
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Why Jesus Revealed Himself.
A second reason, think, why Chris
must needs go through Samaria wa
that he wished to reprove socla
prejudice. He held converse on tha
tourney with q notorious female out
cast. She was not respectable" SIN
ner. By that I mean she was not on
of those able to travel forbidden path
and yet cover up her sinful tracks S
that the worlds prying eyes did no
see them. She was not a hypocritt
living two separate lives - one III
which made her outward reputation
good and another life which showed he
inner character to be bad. She did no
> sin in secret She sinned openly. Sh
: was like the far famed Catherine
Russia, she was like ex-Queen Isabel
Of Spain, she was as vicious as Cleo
patra of Alexandria, whose poisonou
: blood ought to have choked to deaf
, the fatal asp which she once hugge
against her white skin. She was on
who not only openly sinned, but boas
fully and defantly seemed to glory /
her sin. To show her that he kneN
! how stained was her life Christ sal
unto her: Thou hast well said, l hay
no husband. For thou hast had fy
, husbands, and he whom thou now has
is not thy husband" She was a won
an at that time living in open adulter!
!, Yet it was to such a social outcast a
+. this that Christ offered the water
!, life." 1t was to such a human bein
as This that Jesus revealed himself an