The Washington herald., 1913-03-01
NEWS AND COMMENT.

Before the United Hebrew Congregation
of st. Louis, Oscar Leonard, superin-
tendent of the United Jewish Educational
and Charitable Associations of that city.
spoke of the need of new vision among
his people. His diagnosis of prevalent
situation was, bold, incisive. yet pervaded
by intense loyalty to the fellowship. By
MS courtesy We reproduce some OF the
most striking sentences and paragraphs
of this notable address,:
Our lack of vision disquiets us. Our
growing generation has lost the vision
which brought peace and contentment to
the fathers. They have nothing In its
stead. They are perishing for want of an
ideal As a result. pleasure has become
their goal. In this the Jewish youth is
like the American youth. These pleasures
lead to Indulgence of the kind never
known among Jews before. We have
reached a condition which probably can
not be paralleled in Jewish history.
The Jewish family. which has been
known through the certuries for its in
tegrity. is disinteErating. The time has
come for to take heed. The danger
Is here-it is knocking at our door. The
warning has been sounded from one end
of the country to the other.
This does not mean. however, that we
must give up the fight. or our place as
standards. Even though our heads are
bowed in shame. We must raise our eyes
again and look for a new yision-take
heart anew and plan for the future
The women of the churches rose in
body and showed what could be done
In the way of agitation for a great
cause in the recent foreign missionary
jubilee campaign. 1t was a movement
Tor awakening, inspiring, and uniting
christians all over our land. Now
church women are busy in a less public
hut equally important work for world
missions term which includes both
home and foreign. After the Indifferent
are aroused they must be educated and
SO the fnterdenominational missionary
textbooks are being pushed with new
enthusiasm. Both study books are ex-
ceptionally interesting and vital this
year and their circulation has grown by
leaps and bounds The Council of
Women for Home Missions reports a
sale of between 5000 and 5000 copies
of their textbooks on Mormonism The
volume dealing with foreign work
"China's New Day" has reached a cir
culation of 10000. This is larger by
10000 than Western Women in Eastern
Lands
Calcutta Cathedral was the scene of a
month when Rev. Vedanayakam Samuel
SZartah was cCnSecrated as Bishop of
rornakal The ceremony was performed
by the Metropolitan of India and ten
other Bishops of Indian Sees-all. of
course, white men. The congregation in
cluded Indians from almost every part
Of India. Burmese. natives of Ceylon, and
many white persons. The costumes
ranged through the yellow of the San
yasi to the frock coats of the Europeans
from the bright silk saris of the South
India ladies to the clear white of the
BenGalis. The new Bishops wife and
children were present and followed the
Indian custom Of going barefooted. The
conservation means much to Indian
Christians and to educated Indians out
side the church. some of whom found
II hard to believe that within the Chris
tian church Indian would be given
equal authority with an English Bishop.
The new prelate is determined to main
tain simplicity in his household and fam
lily life and to dwell among his own
people, clothed with their proper dignity
and abiding by their ancestral manners"
Mrs. Azariah is already a leader among
Indian women and has published books
Of value to Indian mothers.