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that barriers will constantly be removed.
50 that in time fashion will surmount
all scruple TO intermarriage.
Evolution at the present day is work.
ing wonders. 1t is fast setting aside q
foolish public opinion. 30 that what was
once deemed utopian. customs edicts
so adamantine. have become as evanescent
as the early dew or the play Of q sun
beam. IL is to be trusted that common
sense will be allowed its legitimate province
and that natural laws will outride those
that are fictitious. A remarkable ieni-
ency has Of late been manifested toward
the 1sraelite. and evolution seems TO be
accomplishing what no other agency
would ever effect. Evolution has been
doing its slow but sure work. and inter
marriage will exist when the inexorable
law Of false social discrimination Ia nels-
gated to the tomb OF the Capuiets
The substance Of religion Is fast taking
the place OF its shadows. As the ohrys-
ais. the temporary house Of the grub.
becomes useless when the insect flies
forth exposing its beautiful hues to the
eye, so will the mere form and depositum
of religion appear as a thing Of naught
in the presence OF the rioh unfoIdings OF
the divine principle. that which is com
bined in the two great commandments,
love to God and love TO our neighbor.
In matrimony people will not then be
chasing will o. the wisp. a chimers, a
mirage. but will make choice Of COM
panionship for life as wisdom alone
suggests.
The celebrated Garrick when acting
was very much annoyed by the CRY Of q
ohild. Stepping forward he derisively
exclaimed: II the play does not stop the
child cannot 60 on. Setting aside all
frills and shibboleths Of dead letter ordi-
nances as to intermarriage the reverse
was q significanoe: II the child does not
stop the play, cannot 60 on In Christ
Jesus neither circumcision ayaileth any
thing. nor unoiroumcision availeth any
/ thing but a new creature
PRoBLEM OF THE MAN AND THE MAID OF
! DIFFERENT PATHS.
Rkebi Isaac s. Moses. beloved Of the
large cong -eGation Of Aha~ath Chesed
Shaar Hashomayim whose synagogue
is in Lexington avenue. spoke interest
ingly OF the near association Of the jew
and the gentle. DR.. Moses when in deep
discussion does not surround himself
with clerical atmosphere, yet he has
made Jewish theology his life study and
breaches with equal effect in both English
and German. member OF the Central
Conference OF American Rabbis, he does
not presume, he insists to p oint out
deficiencies and shortcomings Of the
Jewish religion. but a. one OF a body Of
rabbis convened for the purpose Of dis
oussing theories. ventilating problems.
providing liturgical and educational
literature in keeping with the taste and
temple. he has given much time and
effort to the cause. He is a great fighter
for the right in any question or issue,
and as some one has already said OF him
He is a modern rabbi plus the zeal and
knowledge Of the ancient rabbis.'
You wish to have an oppression from
me upon the present existing attitude oi
the Jew and gentle? You wish my views
on Jewry with relation to Christianity
he asked.
We'll. welll' he said, upon receiving
an Affirmative answer. Those are qJes.
tions. are they notS Perhaps I stand
alone in some OF my arguments but yoU
appreciate that history. law. tradition
all these fundamentally stand back ol
the jew: he has reasons for being Jew
When hs j. asked to give up these thing
| he is asked to give up his inherited creed
the only religion he has ever knwon.
Some of us. however. are not so ortho
dox as the strict followers OF ancient anc
biblical Jewry. We are in step with
progress and many times we must advo
cate a theory within keeping with thu
age. And now he added with twinkle
of merriment in his eye. "a body Of ortho
dox rabbis may threaten to excommuni
: cate the wicked rabbis OF the centra
conference.
DO think there is still racial prejudice
I would not call il racial. That mean
less to-day than it did in historical times.
Then, after moments thought. DR.
Moses spoke as follows:
SIS the millennium near at hand? Fo
, some sangIine natures the pace OF prog
, ress is too slow. Why are nations hos
, tile? Why do classes war and individual
! wrangIeG Why do reli gions differ ant
, churches quarrel?
Have we not all one Father Has no
one God created us all? Away then wit
, distinctions. divisions and differences
! Let there be one religion. one race on
pationalityl Flee vicel Vanish crime
BeRone selfishncss! Brutal passion cease
, Come, o Love. unite all human being
into a harmless and helpful band o
brothers and sisters!
aPity that harsh reality mars thi
beautiful picture. So long as hura
beings are composed OF flesh and bloc
. and some other ingredients they will low
and hate. attract and repel. yield and re
sist, in response to deeper motives tha
those born out OF rosy visions OF en-
thusiasts.
Rivers and mountains are not artifois
. lines OF division. The lines Of race. natio
! and religion are equally natural demarca
, tious. Exceptional characters overiea
these natural limitations, forecasting tn
|, ultimate result OF human civilization.
sIn the meantime men must strive 3
; tone down the sharp lines OF separation
by apprecating the good in every othe
4 race and religion"
! And your views on intermarrisge. d.
3 Moses?"
-Do / approve OF mixed maria gea
T. ,,rincirIa decidedly not. But mean