Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-14
Gathered On The Battlefield Of Thought.

sclf-DoNcruing when n March.
/ toinny 81 Jews four years ago. The
10 New Jersey. governor OF Row
Jersey signed The
I charter creating the borough OF Wood
! hine, 70 ~ doubtful M he realized that
/ The thing he did was historic. even
/ making That Woudbinc was
] Interesting De must have known, Tor
l farming settlements of Russian Jews
/ DO not plentifuny dot the landscape
| anywhere. but Woodhine is more than
I merely uncommon. The governor who
signed that charter was giving Jews
/ their FIRST chance az civic self-govorn-
ncut since Titus, more than eighteen
I centuries ago left rot one stone upon
another in the Holy City and the long
tragedy Of jewish exile began. Wood
hlne was founded in 1891 by the truss
tees OF the Baron de- Hlrsch FUND in
Connoetlon with q committee OF immI-
grants. Several little jewish COM
munitics were already prospecting iu
southern New Jersey or they were ot
least holding their own. so these sew
enty-hve Russian immigrants were
minded 70 follow suit. They had &c.
800 acres OF land covered with scrub
oak and stunted pine, and a great deal
Of patient endurance. They had also
"a good superintendent, Prof. IT, l.. Sab
sovich. whose insight into men and
things and whose unfsiling enthusiasm
were to help thom in many hard
place. Thus equipped, they started IN.
From THE First Self Governing jew
ish Community Since the Fan Of Jciu-
salem" by David Blausteln. IN the
Circle.
When the Stars Scattered throughout |
shall Fall Down d uufothomanle |
From Heaven realms OF infinite |
space, some travelling |
ln a defined orbit round the sun. some |
apparently aimlcss wanderers Of the |
acther. some weighing many tons, l
some not more than an ounce or two /
are countless myriads OF bodies, most |
ly metallic. ever careering through the |
void at "a velocity computed at about /
90 60 80 miles IN every second Of time, /
Nho sueed OF the swiftest projectilo /
fired from modern cannon IS con-
sideanbly less than 5000 fcet-ahout
half "a milo-iu a sccond) And ever |
EDWARDS and EDWARDS through the 4
wilderness OF the ilhmraule these eT-
rant wanderers pursue their lightning 4
career, until. comm. within the at
tracuye power OF some sun or planet /
they plunge headlong into its midst;
iu the former case in a moment trans
muted into incandescent gas and add
ing tu its fuel. In the latter, IT small
burned up by friction with the atmos-
phcre and changed into meteoric dust;
~ large probably exploding by the sud-
den and intense heat caused by that
friction. or with a roar as Of thunder
hence the name -burying |
itself deep IN the ground. In Novem-
ler 1866 our earth passed through
vast aggregation OF these meteoric
stones the result being a pageant OF !
weird and unsurpassed splendour and
sublimity. As night approached. from
time TO time a family apparent. curved |
streak of Light. almost as bright as the
gradually appearing stars. cOQrscd !
across the skies. soon, az the daylight |
vaned more and more, Increasing both
ln brilhancy and en- number; UNTIL |
twilight having disappeared, the heaV-
ms were on fire, the considerations |
iblaze, and myriads Of fiery stars. no
ouger placldly scintillating I'm the mid
night sky. but wildly hurting down /
wards towards the earth. leaving iu /
heir train n long trail OF throbbng |
ight as though the tocsln OF the day |
IF doom had been struck and some !
mighty force were overwhelming the
Universe itself lr ruin and disruption.
And go it continued, hour after hour
.vor more and more aWc-inspiring, !
vcr more and more startling and be-
a very tornado. hurricane OF
icry stars. And then towards morn
ny the torrent ceased. and the scin-
tlant consultations once more Elit-
cred placidly An the skies. But a day
VIII come when. I'm the metaphorical
language or Scripture. the stars shall
an from heaven and the powers OF
he heavens shall be shaken. And then