Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-11-30

mourning and the assurance OF ever
lasting and eternal peace. You would
strike off from the tombstones the &C.
cents Blessed are the dead who die
in the Lord. ~ Take away from the
dying the sublime trust that is voiced
in the Scriptures. " Yes, though walk
in the valley of the shadow of death.
Behold Thou art with me. Thy rod and
thy staff they comfort me And what
would all your literature be to you
when you heard the rustic Of the
angels wIugs coming TO bear a loved
one over the dark to where only the
Jews have pointed you as an eternal
and everlasting home. Strike from
poetry Halvey's Elegy of Zion, the
lyrics of Heine, Blot out from paint
ing the dreams of Solomon. of Millais,
the Levys, Meyer and Poxotto, take
from sculpture the works of Antokol-
ski, Soldi an Ezlekel, let architecture
forget and destroy the creation of Ad-
oIphe, Stiasuey, Hirsch, Bassevi and
Adler. silence forever from music the
sweet ythm and melodies of Mendels.
sohn, Helevy, Myerbeer, Offenbach
and Strauss and see how poor in pure
and pleasurable delight and beauty
You have lefG the human race. But
this Is not all nor a tithe Of all our
Indebtedness. The greatest blessing the
Jew has conferred upon mankind has
been the Bible. Both the Old and New
Testaments were written by the Jews.
The twelve Apostles were Jews.
And what would the world have been
without them?
Jews were among the first to move
for the separation from England. They
distinguished themselves on the battle
fields of the Revolution. Captain Lush
ington commanded company chiefly
of Jews who fought with heartiest
bravery. Haym Solomon of Phila-
delphia gave his whole fortune Of
5000, 900 to the cause and not penny
has ever been repaid. Benjamin Levy.
of Philadel phia, and Benjamin Jacobs
of New York, Samuel Lyon Of New
York sacrificed their whole fortunes,
Manuel NJ. Noah, OF SJuth Carolina
not only served in the army OF Wash
ington's staff but gave SI0.000 to aid
! the cause.
Wherever the Jew has found home
there has dweIt with him the spirit Of
philanthropy. In New York alone for
their twelve leading CHART institu-
tons the Jews contribute s570. 900 an.
nually.
Hospitals endowed and supported by
Jews throw open their doors to suffer
ers irrespective OF creed, color or ma
tionalitv.
| 1t is proven conclusively that neith-
er the almshouse or the prison is need
ed for the Jew in this country. In 1899
there were just SO, 600 Jews in the
United States. The charities that /
have spoken of were maintained by
I just that number of Jews. What q
commentary upon the philanthropy of
other Cre3ds.
Engrafted on the Jew are the vir-
tues of If respect and self esteem.
| Among tIem is his love OF home. His
inherent desire to preserve the purity
of his IA nily and the remarkable Gag
ernass which he shows for education
and self Improvement. He is indust-
rious aud persistent and the fires OF
persecution have failed 10 dampen his
ardor and courage in tile cause OF duty
and right
The exile of the Jews from Spain In
! 1892 dark as it seemed then is now
seen to have been the dawn of morn
ing. Not Palestine is the Jewish
Mecca. America, peerless unrivalled.
unappro.cbed and unspproachsble has
become the Jewish Canaan. Here may
you take down your harps from the
willows and sing the songs Of Zion for
here not only have you found liberties,
! but liberty, security aud peace. Here
may you expand and grow in all good
works and build again new Jerusalem
which your children and ohildren's
children shall call home
Mr.. Scarlet was followed by Rev.
E. B. Dunn, who gave a very appro-
pirate talk.
In closing the benediction was pro-
pas tor of the Baptist church.