The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-21
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THE UNEASY CHAIR
! JEWISH JUBILEE AND A

a JEWISH JUBILEE AND a
GIFT. Two hundred and
fifty years ago. twenty Jewish pill
e grim f fatherg driven by pe frl
new land. They steered northward
and arrived at New Amsterdam
in September, 1864 There they were
permitted to rest for a time at least.
The two hundred and fftieth anniver-
sary OF this occasion is to be comment
Grated by the Jews Of America. Plans
have been laid to celebrate it with
fitting exercises, Committees are in
course OF formation to assure rep
resen Il celebration. Art. literature
sist. Artisans and handicraftsmen, the
true representatives Of the Jewish mass
es, will participate. The bench and the
bar have also determined to signalize
the advent fttingly.
The Jew. lives, and if the belief that
he IS passing away prevails when the
twelve volumes of the Jewish Encyclo-
pedla, now in course of publication in
this country, are completed, then the
fault will no longer lie with the syna-
gogue. What the Septuagint did for
the Greek Jew, what the Vulgate did
for Roman Catholicism, what Luther s
translation of the Bible did for the
Protestant church in Germany, what the
translators of the King James version
did for the Church of England, what
Mendelssohn s translation of the Pen
tateuch did for the Jew of the eigh-
teenth century, this the Jewish Ency-
clopedla will do for Israel today. Is
it to be wondered at, then, that the
the 25Oth anniversary Of their advent
to our shores by the free distribution
of 5000 sets of such a works The pur-
pose of the committee that has the dis
tributlon in charge is to place these
volumes in the hands Of the press, and
in educational and other public insti-
buttons, such as colleges. libraries. insti-
tutes, etc, where the truth about the
disseminated. The committee is to CON
sist of 100 prominent rabbis. and lay
men, clergymen representing the various
Christian denominations and leading
librarians. This committee will be
subdivided into boards whose chief duty
will be to carry out the decisions of the
committee, to supervise the distribu-
tions and to secure such assistance as
may be necessary to spread the move
ment. A special committee has charge
of the financial side Of affairs.
It is a matter for congratulation that
Jewish citizens have been found who
have the welfare of their own people
sufficiently at heart and possess such
a public spirit as will assure the sue.
cess of the commemorative distribution
planned. a.. 'e- :
To disseminate such a work, espe
cially for the purpose in view, every
Jew Of m cans will be glad to contribute
sion far outside the pale of Judaism
| to spread abroad the achievements Of
the Jewish race and so help to enlighter
mankind.
LIGHT ON REvELATIoN.-Th I'm
folding of the Ages in the Revelation o.
John, by Ford C. Gilman, from the Ba
ker & Taylor company, New York is ;
scholarly and also an interesting work
strange series of symbols found in tn
biblical book called "The Revelation
Of John" -tsThe Revelation Of, Jesu
Christ, which God gave tc his servant
in respect to thetbingsl which must ssool
occur The book Of Rfevelation is con
fessedly difficult. fanv have at
tempted to expound I'M Few have me
with much success. If. Ottman's wor]
Is candid, reverent and Christian il
spirit. He brings to his task fine, .scho]
arship and a sane faith in the Bible a
tion of men. He holds what is know
as the premillenarian theory. He os
poets Jesus to return visibly to the eartl
to restore the throne of David in Jeru
salem, and to extend it's rule over tn
entire earth. g..
| Whether his theory prove true, Q
false it is true that we are in the worl
for work, for duty; and the old Purita
was right who, when the court propose
. r *, o1a 90 4ho do,
day, said; eff the end Of the worl
is not at hand, there is no need fo
alarm; if it is, I want to be found de
ing my duty; let us have candles.'
That is the point. HLet us have cal
dles:' Let us go on doing our dut,
whether the end come early or late.
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SWIMMING RACE WITH ALL
literary circles as the author {
|. Partners" (NlcClure. Phillips & Co.
is familiar among sportsmen for h
prowless in swimming. He holds me-
ais for prizes in many contests; ca
: tured the one-mile handicap swimmin
race at the Olympia games at the S
Louis exposition. and is the present ca
tain of the Chicago Athletic club swim
I ming team. His ability to swim fa
Ill. L1CSlCu* " CVi!
$ When little shaver living in Florid
he spent naturally a good deal of h
time in the water. He had wholescn
: fear Of the alligator, and he early d
i veloped an astonishing facility in ge
ting thru the water whenever he ga
: anything approaching that seemed iii
. one. He had several real escapes fro
long Jaws; and at one time had a RAJ
8 will, gator, dragging after him
small companion who was too frightent
to be able to swim. He declares TIL
on that occasion he broke, any swirl
ming record ever made.
"a WoMAN's CONFESSIONAL.
n Something Of the tragedy in all Ii
: and much of the tragedy in, one life
Q reflected from the pages Of this lit
n book, which contains the thoughts of
> woman in various straits on the Of
n old quest for happiness
- Life Publishing Company, New York.
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