The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-01
GEL LEBRATION BY JEWS OF
 RACES COMING TO AMERICA

i've. So much is said about the 'aloof- ness of Israeli Well, and is he to be blamed for that? 4 noted evangelist at our theatre last Sunday. addressing diencc that they were Going to Hell in Droves. If that be so don't blame Israel for standing aloof. Every con- sideratioa of prudence and safe ty would seem to demand that they should so demean themselves as not 10 go to hell either in droves or in single file.
 Not adversaries of Christianity are we not enemies of the church. We recognize the incomparable service of Christendom to the human race. the zeal and devotion of millions of its followers Happily in this country the chasm which so long has separated the mother from the daughter church seems to, be narrowing. Signs of grow ing friendship and respect manifest themselves on every side.
 ""Why then am asked, why then not give up your separate identity. and merge into the greater stream of hu- manity?' We'll, 1t is true we pray for the time when the lion and the lamb shall lie down together as the prophet said in his sweet dream of peace. But the prophet did not mean to imply that when that time came the lamb would be inside of the lion. Israel dare not yet abandon her historic post.
 "our deeds still travel with us from afar.
 And what we have been makes us what we are"
 Atrocities in Russia. "A few weeks ago there were ruth lessly murdered on the soil of Russia 15,0O0 human beings, men, women and children. over 100000 were terribly injured. They were butchered with knife and bayonet. they were flung out of windows; they were saturated with kerosene and set on fire; they were shut up in cellars and smothered with smoke. Little children were drenched in boiling water, and babes were torn asunder after the refinements or cruelty such as existed fin the Mid de Ages.
 This happened weeks ago, and yet to the present time no civilized nation has uttered one word of protest. No new St. George has risen to slay tho dragon. No crusade has been institut- ed by Christian nations to wrest the hallowed soil of martyrs from the hands of heathens. As long as Chris tendon Is silent in the face of such barbarity tho Jew dare not abandon his historic past. His mission Is not ended until Christianity learn the re- 1 ligion of Christ. until the Ru z m ' Church shall cease to fight the battle of truth with the weapons of evil and endeavor to support by oppression that religion which teaches Peace on Earth, 1 good will to Man
 Until that day the American Jew will continue tc remain aloof, uot merely as a Jew but as a man. True to the splendid traditions of American history and quickened by a love for them which is today 250 years old. his constant aspiration will be to keep this country in fact what its founders call ed it in name-"an asylum for the op- pressed a safeguard of human rights" And his eternal prayer shall be that America may become the home not of the stricken of Israel alone, but of all the children of men who through much tribulation and heroic manhood have waited for this dawning with a faith whose constant cry through the weary watches of the night has been. Though He slay me yet will trust in Him.
 Roll golden sun, roll swiftly toward the west,
 Dawn happy day when many woes shall cease;