The Denver Jewish news., 1919-12-17
Saved by the Chanukah
Candle
BY HERMAN B. TANNER

weak in faith is the young generatloh
of today To be sure all students, law
yers, doctors, etc, are cultured foik'
but was Rambam blessed be the name
Of the righteous all ignoramus!
Yet he proudly declared: Il am thorO-
ly convinced of the coming of the
Messiah and, undismayed by his long
non-appearance, daily await his ar
rival" And the young of today? L
can take an oath that many students
have more faith in electricity than in
the coming Of the Messiah.
This sccpticism breeds many a mis-
fortune. You don't believe it. Here
is an example. There once lived here
a young man who was troubled with
an ulcer on his back. The doctor dia-
gnosed the case as one OF cancer.
when the young man returned 1 no
ticed how pale he appeared-very pale
indeed. encouraged him. Don't
give up" l urged; ''the physician Is
not ominscient. Cod added, lis the
best healer"
This young man slowly but surely
pined away-he wandered about like
ghost, always thinking Of his mn
lady. / felt very sorry for him, in
deed; he was such a young fellow. 1
read few verses of the Psalms daily,
praying for his recovery. My exer-
tions, however, were useless. One day,
in fit of melancholy, he committed
suicide. He left note behind, evil
IDENTIFY meant for his mother. which
read: Il could not endure being a
burden to people,"
Did not our forefathers know about
diseases? Yes, but they had faith in
cite good many more instances, but
they all point to the same conclusion:
The young are incapable of belief!
Let me relate an experience Of my
own-you shall then judge of the eff
ficacy of faith in the Lord.
You must know that have a highly
intelligent son-in-law, an engineer. He
lives in X hear from my daughter
about twice yearly, but never word
from him i had often wanted to go
to X; 1 desired to see how they man-
aged there. My son-in-law, however,
would not hear of it; could not re-
main at X, he said, because did
not possess the Right of Domicile.
Accordingly l did not go there, but
often this s'thOught occupied my mind:
viii X. be lost if 1 stay week or
two there Just to see my daughter and
grandchild? VIII the police of that
town instantly know that the old Jew
Chain has arrived? 1 communicated
these Thoughts to- my daughter and
son-in.law, but they were persistent
Just now," wrote she, 'the rcgula-
tions are very strict, much stricter
than ever. They actually drag the
Jews off the streets and transport
them to their homes" When one con-
siders, not such terrible misfOr-
tune! Well, then, they will hustle me
away. =. To be sure they won't
devour me! And / longed so much to
see my daughter and my grandchild.
l am, thank the Lord, no longer n
young man; few. more years and
.finis.'' To die without once more
seeing the child of your own flesh!
My son-in-law and daughter, how
ever, feared my coming as they would
conflagration. Accordingly de-
layed my departure, putting it off
from day to day. One day 1 ran across
n friend who had just come from X.
! immediately made earnest inquiries
about my daughter and my grandchild.
His answers showed that he was try
ing to evade my questions. The feel
ings of u father are prophetic; l de-
Gided to journey to X. ut once.
went on the way thought: No mat
ter what has happened L must witness
it with my own eyes. The nearer we
came to X. the more constrained 1
was at heart. had u premonition OF
something evil. And. will you believe
it? l found my daughter very III.
was not permitted TO see her. When
my son-in-law spied me lie was almost
Ieside himself with anger. What have
you done!" he cried. wringing his
Lands. Return Immediately you will
he discovered and then-I am lost!
Don't be so upset.' returned 1 Il
am neither thief nor murderer
But don't you know that Jew with
out the Right of Domicile is consid-
cred worse than a thief?' Il don't
want to hear of it; am come to see
my daughter and no power under the
sun can move me until God sends her
relief" But your presence, when she
hears of it, will lessen her chances of
recovery" finally added my son-in-