Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-09
PUBLIC OPINION.
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Why Don't They Let Is Alone!

flied to read in your valuable paper q protest from the pen of the oldest resident Christian minister against the unnecessary offense of Jewish feelings by the importation into our peaceful little city of a man who claims to hold the unique distinction of being a Christian and Jew at the same time. 1 felt glad when 1 saw that there was at least one preacher here who refused to act as host to such guest and who really prac- ticed as we'll as preached the kindli- ness taught by Christianity. I know that there is one other church here that would not permit the curious vo- cal anomaly to be heard from it's pull pit. As for the churches that did en- certain the hyphenated gentleman. say with the clever writer. "As for those that like that kind of thing, why that's the kind of thing they like!" This is. free country and they have the liberty to invite whom soever they please to their homes and churches, but do they ever stop to consider that liberty means not only the freedom to, enjoy life and happi- ness but also to let others enjoy the same rights undisturbed?
 I shall not attempt to answer MT. Half-and-Half (without creamD. For one thing, l wouldn't be believed. since I am by hypothesis, as the geo. metricians would say, blind together with the rest of my poor sightless people. Then, too, Professors Toy, of Harvard; Kent, of Yale; Price, of Chicago; IIaupt, of Johns Hopkins; Driver, of Oxford, England; Budde. of Strassburg, Germany; Marti, of Bern, Switzerland, and hundreds of other eminent scholars, all sincere and con- forming Christians, have long ago eS- plotted the traditional idea which forms the very backbone of that the Old Testament in any of it's passages makes reference to events of later times, insisting that the New Testa- ment must stand on it's own merits. Since these great scholars have proved this matter so much moro ably than can do, why should l bother to prove it to 9 man who is so much ahead of the times in English that he pronounccs according" in the brand new way of "accordening," as those who heard him yesterday at the churches will bear out, in case my testimony should be barred out on the ground that I am deaf as well as blind? Finally the gentleman who breaches this combination salad" sort of religion is his own refutation, as those who heard him know best. There may have been sincere converts from Judaism to Christianity but those did not 50 about making themselves q nuisance to the Jewish people.
 Why are they so anxious to 4'save" us? What do they mean by saving US? Are not our personal, domestic, commercial, civic and other kinds of morals as good as those of oar fel- low citizens? Let the chancery courts. the banks, the eleemosynary institu- tions, yes, even the penitentiaries, tes- tify. They want us to believe" Sup posing we do, will that change us one whit? Will we not rather sub- ject ourselves to the danger of infec- tion from such company as the Rev. MT. Hyphen? One minister told me yesterday that they love the Jews so much that they want to save us and therefore they brought down this man to teach Us the light. I told him wish he and his church people did not love us quite so hard. You see, MT. Editor, there is such thing as being smotherel by affection, and l and all of my people would rather die a natural death, unclasped and unloyed. Then, too, the semi-wel- come visitor pleaded for the people to pray for us, benighted Jews. Excuse me, but I really don't relish the idea of having certain ones of your dock act as intercessors to the Divine in my behalf They will find they have their hands full praying for them selves. The sensible and tolerant Christians. who thank God. are still
 in the majority, recognize that we Jewish folks don't need any auxiliary praying any more than they.
 Now few words in very serious vein. I invite the public to look at the other side of this business of win ming away souls from one religion to
 another. Do they understand that
 every time a woman is won away
 from her husbands religion it means