The Denver Jewish news., 1922-09-27


cpnscious OF Its potentihlities grew to
maturity all at once under the stressina
biows delivered and aimed at the less
fortunate brothers abroad. and becom-
Ing a conscious and living organism
under the stress Of tragic events.
1t has now been te@ted in the fires
Of adversity and fo,ind of pure. nm
adulferatetl consistency.
There can be no doubt. pausing now
at the New Years Milestone just long
enough to take stock Of onr national as
well as cultural wealth we will dis
.c0ver ourselves to be considerably aug
mented in spiritual increment and
value.
/ Our status in the world has risen
considerably, as consequence Of this
as, Of many another, outstanding fact.
We can no longer he loked upon as
Pariahs even by our enemies, even by
those who would chccrfully fasten up
on our necks the total responsibility for
the worlds Ills, but rather as a people
very much nike others, to. he loved,
hated or feared, to he lived with In con-
cord or in state Of war. Indeed. the
very fact Of this exaggerated talk of
the Jew, this very assiRnation Of the
role Of Atlas to him. speaks elOquently
Of the giant stature that he has recent
ly attained though much Of that
growth may have taken place In the
advcrsary's fevcred brain. And let us
hut remember the trnism that no one
has yet come forward with such scare
head talk Of dying race, much less Of
a despisctl Pariah.
Side by side. and In nm even greater
and clearer prospective. with the gains
implied in a solidifed and rejuvenated
Jewry, the Minority Rights granted to
the Jewish people in most of the newly
established lands, as well as their en-
franchisement In those others that have
hitherto oppressed them. there is the
one outsta anding fact of the granting.
duly authenticated now, of Jewish
Homeland in the Jews ancient honse,
the bomee Of his prophets. kings and
seers, howsoever Interpreted or tempo
rarily circumscribed.
with all these transformations in our
physical and spiritual life and being
taking place and with almost lightning
rapidity before our very eyes, with the
wheel OF history revolving so fast and
revealing SO many Kaleidoscope
changes in the panorama of our life.
unfolding themselves from moment to
moment, we are prone to become
daxxled as well as daxed, and. hence.
fail to properly guage the evolutionary
-or. revolutionary-import Of that
which takes place from day to day in
our lives Man, however. boasts, ac-
corAing to Emerson, an Inner Eye with
which he creates an inner and inpalp-
ahle world and which Is, In essence,
quite diderent from the world beheld
By legIons Of other eyes ~ we'll as pene-
trating much deeper beueath the sur
face Of things, its vairvoyance often re-
vealing to him sealed beauties as well
as unlocking the gates of future pro-
phecy.
BY the aid Of these invisible eyes.
invisible yet penetrating inner eye, we
are enabled to, visualize the future, to
guage Alright what is coming in the
light which is and is revealed to us In
the pregnant present. The inner eye
beholds, as in the days Of Ezekiel. the
mass Of bleaching bozes mouldering
In the valleys he'd knitting together
with I unified and linked frame with
tissue and flesh and skin forming upon
them, while the breath Of life is once
again animating their galvanized nos
trils!
Before our very eyes q magic carpet
Is being woven, the magic carpet Of the
caliphs rich not only In its harmonies
and tones but possessing also the vir-
tues Of holiness and unities. New cul-
tural agencies are coming to life. new
institutions are. being formed, all Of
them new links in the great and eter-
nal chain.
II this miracle be indeed too great
for us to fully comprehend it. II the
Transformation he too rapid as well as
thorough and. hence, dazzling to our
eyes to see and for our inner apprehen-
sions to properly guase them, it is
nevertheless there, in all its grandeur
and magnificence. and there is no doubt
that later generation, being a little
further removed physically as well as
spiritually from the object OF study and
not finding itself in the swirling vortex
of the rushing waters will discover
within itself the needed perspective and
distance with which to judge the inn
port Of these pregnant days. Sufficient