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

sian Jew to be the savior of Russia,
He must remain In Russia and there
work out his own destiny, as well as
the future of his fatherland. He must
convert darkest Russia--with Russia
light the blaze Of Justice and equity
and liberty. God has so ordained 1t
upon Israel, the Messiah has he
placed the cross, the yoke Of suffer
ing; not vicarious atonement, but vi
carious suffering in his living preach
ment and he will win the victory; he
will save Russia from complete an
initiation. mot by might nor by pow
er, but by my spirit, saith the Lord"
The spirit Of God as taught by Jew
ish history and exemllihed by the
Jew will redeem Russia and place
her among the great nations of the
earth. Russia has great future, be-
cause Russia has great men and great
Jews. This future, great ard grand
will come, and must come; this
the noble sacrifice that the Jews Of
Russia win make. Much more Jew
ish blood will flow ere twill assume
the semblance Of realty--but what OF
that? Sufferance is the badge Of our
race. AS the spiritual teachers AMI
redeemers of the world we are the
Lamb for the Offering" So long as
a sacrifice will be needed to save the
world from itself. the Jew, typifled by
Father Abraham, stands ready to sac
rifce his own con unto the God of love
and righteousness. Let the world re-
member this and marvel Let humani
ty see in the philosophy of Jewish
history the destiny of the Jew as q
spiritual redeemer of humanity. But
l cannot bring myself to believe that
IT. our day Jewish blood is necessary
to save Russia or any other country
the bones of dead Jews will not fertil-
ize the earth. Russia needs the in
tellectual, the spiritual strength of the
living Jew. We must save the Rus
sian Jew IL we would save Russia.
Who win step into the breach? God
bless our president, he is the man
of all men to say to Russia-We the
American people regard with horror
the atrocities permitted and committed
by the people of Russia upon their
Jewish subjects. Our sense of jus
tice revolts against the shocking mas
sacre Of which they are the innocent
victims; in the name of humanity we
plead, We ask, we demand a square |
deal, no more and no less, for the !
Jewish people of your country we ask
that you accord them the inalienable |!
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man-peace, justice liberty and the pur-
suit Of human happiness. l know, you |
know, that If Theodore Roosevelt, the |
Roblest president that ever presided |
over any republic, felt that he could |
by such a declaration help the condi- |
tion of the Jews of Russia. he would |
do III But l fear that the matter is |
beyond his power. We cannot ask our
government to assume the horror of |
war for cause SO far remote from it's /
traditions. But we do look to the |
president as well as to the people of |
America for that moral support and |
encouragement that shall strengthen |
our people here and in Russia in work
ing out their destiny. With the eyes
OF american people focused upon Rus
sia, and with the assurance that the
Jewish people Of Russia have the NOR
al support of the American nation.
the Russian Jew will successfully |
work out his destiny in the land of the
Slav and elevate himself and his |
country to an enviable place among
the nations OF the earth. The Jew
cannot perish. He is Gods living |
witness, attesting to his unity and uni
In Gods good time and in
his own way will ne write the histo-
ry of Russia, and the last chapter |
thereof win bear testimony to the
genius of the Jew and his Judaism;
further, God will be acknowledged
by men over all the earth. On that
daythe will be one and his name one.
Amen. -/