The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-01-19

ed upon the ideals of right and JUS
tice. II the Pilgrims, the Puritans
and the Hugenots brought with them
as they certainly did, the remem-
brance of suffering for ideals and the
spirit of. sacrifice, how much longer
was that remembrance and with how
much greater intensity did that spirit
glow in the souls Of the Jews, whose
whole history is record Of martyr
dom, Of suffering, and of sacrifice for
the ideals of civil and religious lib
erty, of whom it is said: OF all the
races and nations Of mankind which
quarter the arms of liberty on the
shields Of their honor, none has a
better title to that decoration than
the Jews.
"Tne spirit Of Judaism became the
mother spirit Of Puritanism in old
England, and the history of Israel
and it's democratic model under the
Judges inspired and guided the Pill
grims and Puritans in their wander
ings hither and in laying the founda-
ttons OF their commonwealth in New
England. The piety and learning of
the Jews bridged the chasm Of the
middle ages, and the torch they bore
amidst trials and sufferings lit the
pathway from the ancient to the mod
ern world.
1.-The historical power of the pro-
phets of Israeli says James Darn
esteter, is exhausted neither by Jud-
aism nor by Christianity, and they
hold a reserve force for the benefit
of the coming century. The twen-
tieth century is better prepared than
the nineteenth preceding it to UNDER
stand them. Whilc.. Ziopism is a
child of despair v .Yntries where
the victims of oppszat,a are still
counted by millions. the .,nblican-
ism Of the United States lsq near
est approach to the ideals of(> 50. 'o-
phets of Israel that has ever beeNAet,.
corporated in the form of a stat1
The founders of our government con-
verted the dreams of philosophers in
to a political system, a government by
the people for the people. where
under the rights of man became the
rights Of men secured and guaranteed
under a written constitution. Amer
lea is peculiarly a promised land
wherein the spirit of the teachings of
the ancient prophets inspired the
work Of the fathers of our country.
American liberty demands Of no
man the abandonment of his con-
scientious convictions; on the con-
trary. 1t had its birth not in the mar
rowness of uniformity. but in the
breadth of diversity which patriotism
fuses together into a conscious har-
mony for the highest welfare Of all.
The Protestant, the Catholic, and the
Jew each and all need the support
and the sustaining power of their re-
ligion to develop their moral natures
and to keep alive the spirit Of self
sacrifice which American patriotism
demands of every man whatever may
be his creed or race, who is worthy
to enjoy the blessings Of American
citizenship.
II do not wish to be misunderstood
as claiming any special merit for the
Jews as American citizens, which is
not equally possessed by the 'Ameri-
cans Of other creeds. They have the
good as we'll as the bad among them;
the noble and the ignoble, the worthy
and the unworthy. They have the
qualities as we'll as the defects of
their fellow-citizens. In a word, they
are not any less patriotic Americans
because they are Jews. nor any less
loyal Jews because they are Amer
icans."