The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-11-24

vices Of the Canton Hebrew congrega-
tion held at their rooms in the old
Masonic Temple on North Market
street, DR.. Philo, OF Akron, deliver ed
an interesting sermon, the subject of
which was, 1.-THE Destiny Of the Rus
sian jew" The following is the SER
mon.
What is to become Of the Jew In
Russlaf What will be the outcome Of
all that has recently occurred in tho
dark empire of the Romanofs, and
what bearing will IL have upon the,
Jewish question in the far East? In
the face of recent events these quest
tons are pertinent and clamor for so
luton. The Jews of the world are
involved in the issue. Though separ-
ated by oceans and continents, by Gus
toms and traditions, BY education and
ihclinations from the Jew of Russia,
an indissoluble bond unites us; bond
cemented by 5000 years of history am
religion, by thirty centuries of COM
mon suffering I'm common cause, the
pronouncement of the unity of God and
the kinship of the human family. This
inner bond which draws its strength
from the soul of Jewish consciousness,
has been strengthened by the rivets of
persecution, which for the past 1000
years have been tempered in the fiery
furnace of international oppression
and forged upon the anvil Of the,
worlds hate. The bond which unites
Jew and Jew is a religious bond, but
persecution has contributed in no
small measure towards its virility. We
must not loso sight OF this fact when
considering the probable outcome of
the Russian Jewish question. We
must take into account all the ele-
ments which contribute towards it
otherwise we shall fail to arrive at \
practical solution of this momentous
question. ! believe that a solution is
possible, chimerical as 1t may appear,
and, however much recent events may
make this seem well nigh impossible.
IN the shadow of the recent horrors
committed in Russia by the people
Of Russia and visited upon my people,
without cause or proyocation, 1t Is al.
most impossible for me or any normal
man who possesses feelings, to speak
with calmness and reserve on this sub
1ect. Calm myself as I will, l cannot
stop the hot blood from mounting
when think of MY poor brethren
manned and burned and butcheref
and beaten by mob Of workers pas
sessed of the~very devil. How can I
be calm when before my mind there
rises the picture of innocent children
torn from their mothers arms and
Drained before their very eyes, Of
chaste womanhood outraged and raw
aged by british beats, Of mothers
Jewish mothers-the glory Of all wo-
mankind, trampled 10 death by the
iron hoofs of Cossack horses! How
can / be calm when l know that my
people-men, women and children
are used, as logs are used, to feed
the fires OF Russia's weekly inquisi
tions, to light up the dark horizon of
their hopes! The wonder is that
can stand here at all, and recount
these horrors without forgetting that
/ am of flesh and blood, without say
ing and doing something that will
indicate the force Of my pent up feel
iEgs! l am minister consecrated to |
preach and proclaim Israe's message
of peace, but l would not hesitate at
this time to shoulder musket and to
kill the tormentors of my people, |
would not hesitate to apply the torch |
to Peterhoff and say as Ivan Agaref
said, and mayst thou
take with it every one who bears the
hated name of Russian or Sibe-
rian.' 20 Russia, Russia, the blood
of the Jew cries aloud to heaven for
redress! Thy sins are more henious
than the cannibalism of the worst
savage! The pitiful cries of the inno-
cent children thou hast slain by the
thousands ring in the ears of God
and are about to be answered; the
chastity of womanhood thou hast
often defiled pleads before the throne
Of justice and the verdict is against
thee, vice thou hast sown; prostitutionH
shall be thy reward. The heart pierc.
ing appeals for mercy made by Jew,|
isb mothers have echoed and re-echoedH
throughout the world and have arous,
ed the hate OF all manhood against
thee; the dying groans of strong men
and stripplings have shaken the very
EARTH and the foundations thereof ara
giving away under thee. Thou hast
defied God and man, Justice and right
eousness-and thy punishment will
be commensurate with thy wicked
ness. "The mills of God grind slowly,
but they grind exceedingly fine" The
wish is father Of the thought. Prob
ably allowed my passions to master
ter my reason. Bun l am sincere in
my attitude.
believe that Russia Is standing, as
II were, ON a volcano. Already Is 1t
emitting the lava Of revolution, the
flames of rebellion. Autonomy has
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