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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-12-15
THE CHURCH OF GOD

1106 Olivia Street
Rev. G. P. Pepkein, Pastor
Sunday
Sunday School 10 am, L. E.
Thompson, superintendent; Mrs.
L. E. Thompson, secretary and
treasurer.
Morning worship, HOO o'clock.
Evangelistic Service, 7:30 pm.
Weekdays
Prayer Meeting, Tuesday, 7:3O
pm.
Y. P. E. Service Thursday 7:3O
pm, Mrs. Oracle Elwood, presi-
dent.
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TOday's Scripture Quotatio~.
Whatsoever things were written
aforetime were written for our
learning, that we through pa
thence ard comfort of the scrip
lures might have hone. Romans
l5:4.
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Naval Air Station-SundaY

Naval Air Station-SundaY
Mess, 0915 and 1015, Chapel
Confessions before Mass.
Daily
Mass, 1705, Chapel.
JEWISH SERVICES
Temple B'Nai Zion, Simonton
and Southland streets. Rabbi L.
Lehrer. Every Friday evening
at 1000.
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FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
Told Sto1el

Corner Eaton and Simonton
Streets
Rev. c. T. Howes, Pastor
Sunday
Sunday School, 9:45 am. Ger
aid Saunders, General SUperin-
tendent.
Morning worship, 1880 o'clock.
Subject: Our Weapons.
Youth Fellowship, $50 pm.
in Youth Fellowship Rooms.
The Adult Prayer Group GAS
pm. in Church Annex.
Evening Worship, 7:30 o'clock.
Subject: His Love Made Per-
feet In U.s."
The Hour of Fellowship, 8:45
pm. in Church Annex.
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

(Coloredl
Olivia Street, between Thomas
and Whitehead Streets
Rev. J. c. Wallace, Pastor
Sunday
Preaching service In morning,
IL o'clock.
Evening service, $50 o'clock
Weekdays
Prayer service, Tuesday; $50
pm
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BETHEL A.M.E. CHURCH

A(O1OxGdf
". N. c. Johnson, Pastor
Corner James and
Division Streets
Parsonage, 907 Thomas Street
Sunday
Sunday School $50 am.
Morning worship, II o'clock.
ACE League, 900 pm.
Evening worship, 800 o'clock.
Weekdays
Monday 8 p. m. Missionary
Meeting.
Tuesday 8 p. m class meeting.
Wednesday 8 p. N. No. 2 choir
practice.
Thursday 8 p. m teachers
meeting and prayers.
Friday 8 .. N. No. ] choir
practice.
Fourth Monday, 8 p. m. board
meeting.
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Subscribe 10 Ine Citizen.

However, there are a number of
details related by Saint Matthew
that are rot given By Saint Luke.
Each book of the Bible has its
own peculiar purpose - God
planned il that way.
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TRINITY PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH (Colored)

TIT Simonton Street
Sigismund A. LANG, Minister
A. Milton Evans, Clerk of Session
Sunday
Morning Worship, IL o'clock.
Church School, $50 pm.
Adult Bible Class 5:45 pm.
Youth Meeting 800 pm.
Evening Worship, z O'Clock.
Weekdays
Tuesday, 800 pm, Young Peo-
pies meeting and Adults Prayer
service.
Friday, 800 pm, Boy Scouts
meeting.
Friday, 800 pm, choir re-
hearsaL
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SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
CHURCH

(Colored)
1905 Thomas Street
Elder Cox, District Elder
Local Elder, r. S. Little
Saturday
Sabbath School, $50 am.
Church service, IL am.
Young Peoples meeting, 900
Pm.
Evening service, 800 o'clock.
Weekdays
Wednesday, prayer. meeting,
800 pm.
Friday, teachers meeting, 800
pm.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-12-15

ROMAN CATHOLIC SERVICES
MASS will be said promptly
at 0700 every Sunday morning at
Chapel of Building 129. Comics
sions heard directly after mass
Mass, Ills, Movie Hall. Con-
fessions heard directly after
mass.
Daily Mass 1705, Chapel Bldg.
129.
Naval Hospital-SundaY
Mass, O7OO and 1890, Rec. Bldg.
Confessions before Mass.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
SERVICES
First Church of Christ, Scientist,
327 Elizabeth Street
Every Sunday, 100.
Every Wednesday, 1000.
Mrs. Genevieve ShultZ, C.S.,
Wartime Minister, AIT Simonton
street.
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GREATEST LOSS

To lose your wealth Is much.
To lose your health is more.
To lose your soul is such a loss
As no man can restore.
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EHovAHS WITNESSES

624 Carson Lane
Sunday
Sunday, 800 pm, Watch
tower" study.
Weekdays
Wednesday, 500 pm, Bible
Study in the book, THE Truth
Shall Make You Free"
Friday, 7:45 pm, Service
Meeting.
Friday, 900 pm, Course in
Theocratic Ministry.
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FLEMING STREET METHODIST
tUptown) CHURCH

Corner Fleming and William SITS.
A. G. Cox, Pastor
Sunday
Church School, 9:45 am. Rev.
Merrill FELTON,, general superin-
tendent.
Morning worship, 1850 o'clock.
Sermon by Rev. Merrill FELTON,.
Methodist Youth Fellowship,
6:30 pm.
Song Service, ITO pm.
Evening Worship, 7:30 o'clock.
Sermon by Rev. Merrill FELTON,.
Young Adults Fellowship Hour
in the annex $50 pm.
Wednesday
Prayer Service, 7:30 pm. -
Conducted by WSCS.
Choir practice 8:45 pm.
Thursday
Christmas entertainment and
tree for Beginners Department
of Church School, $50 PM =
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B'NAI ZION CONGREGATION

Rabbi L. Lehrer
Joe Pearlman, President
Sunday and Weekdays
Hebrew Sunday School, IL am
and every day in week, except
Friday at 400 pm.
Weekdays
Regular services every Friday
evening at 800 o'clock and Sat-
urday forming 700 o'clock
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POINCIANA COMMUNITY
CHURCH
(Non-Sectarian) - -

Rev. John E. Pickens, Pastor
Community Hall, Duck at 18th
Street, Poinciana Place
Sunday
Sunday School Gas am.
Worship, IL am. Subject:
Permanent SatisfactionS."
Evening Service, 7::30 pm.
Jack Buckingham, song leader;
Marian Pickens, theme leader
1.-The Christmas Spirit; Lieut..
Gg Murray Mcneil, Naval
Chaplain, speaker. Fellowship
period, refreshments.
Monday
Finance Committee meeting,
8 pm, home of Albert Zepp,
94-1.
Wednesday
Sunday School Council, S pm.
at home of Mrs. Charles Nc
Craw, 1862.
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porNcIANA BAPTIST CHURCH

Avenue E
Rev. W. r, Smith
Sunday
Sunday School at Gas am.
with classes for all ages.
Morning worship, HOO o'clock.
Evening worship, 7:30 o'clock.
Poinciana Baptist Church has
a new pastor, Rev. W. r. Smith,
from OjuS Baptist Church He
is living with his family at 226-
c, Poinciana Extension.
Weekdays
Tuesdays: Junior G. AS 400
pm, Mrs. J. W. Harlow, Coun-
Selor.
Officers and teachers of the
Sunday School win meet after
prayer service.
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SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST

(White)
1915 Petronia St.
Saturday Services
VeSper Services one hour be-
fore sunset.
Wednesday
Prayer Service, 7:30 pm.
Prayer Service, 7:3O pm. held
at 10l7 Fleming street.
Visitors Welcome
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M. B. FAUST,
Senior Chaplain
Eel SALVADOR"
METHODIST CHURCH
Latin Mission

Grinnell and Virginia Streets
Guillermo Perez, Pastor
Sunday
Church School, 9:45 am. Miss
Aottie Green, superintendent.
Worship Service, 500 P. NJ.
Weekdays
Prayer Service. Wednesday
800 PM.
Women's Society Of Christian
Service at Wesley Community
House, second and fourth Mon
day, 800 pm.
Women's Club, Thursday, 800
pm.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY

327 Elizabeth Street
Sunday
Sunday School, $50 am.
Sunday morning service, HOO
o'clock.
Weekdays
Wednesday evening meeting,
800 o'clock.
The reading room in the
church edifice is open on Wed
nesdays at Q p. m.
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GOSPEL HALL

730 Southland Street
Sunday
Morning worship, 10:45 O'Clock
Sunday School, 3:45 pm.
Gospel meeting, 7:30 pm.
Weekdays
Bible Study, Wednesday, SOC
pm.
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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH

White and Washington Streets
Rev. Melrose s. Avery, Pastor
Sunday
Sunday School at $50 am.
Worship Service, HOO am.
Subject: The Necessity of
Work"
Fellowship Hour, 7:S0 pm.
by MIR. Whitley.
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EACH SUNDAY

PROTESTANT SERVICES
Holy Communion, OBS, Chapel
Building 129.
Morning service, 1000. Movie
Hall. Special music by the Sta
ton Choir.
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ST. PETERS CHURCH

(Colored)
Z Center Street
Rev. Bruce P. Williamson, Vicar
Sunday Services
Low Mass ----- 7:30 am.
Sung Mass and Sermon IL am.
Church School - $3.50 pm.
Solemn Evening Song and
+ Sermon ------ pm.
Daily Services
F Low Mass 8 am. other than
Thursday when the Mass is at
9:45 am.
"wednesday Litany and address
7:30 pm.
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ORTHODOX CATHOLIC
CHURCH

tColored)
Rev. G. E. Finley in Charge
Sunday
Vespers and Sermon, 8 pm.
Mass, 10 am.
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REPORT

Key West, Florida, Dec. Is, 1915
Observation taken at 7:3O am.
Eastern Standard Time
(City Office
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-12-15
ISLAND CITY BAPTIST
MISSION

2nd st. just off Flagler
Cigar Factory
Sunday
Sunday School, $3.50 p. m
Preaching Service, 4:30 pm.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-12-15

Naval Air Station-SundaY
Divine Service, HOO, Chapel.
Holy Communion, first Sunday
of each month.
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PRIMITIVE BAPTIST
CHURCH
(Colored)
Thomas, near Olivia Street
Rev. Lemuel J. Milerson, Pastor
Sister Annie Bennett Mckinney
Secretary and Reporter
Sunday
Morning service, IL o'clock.
Evening service, $50 o'clock.
Weekdays
Tuesday, $50 pm, prayer
meeting.
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CHURCH or CHRIST

Second Floor Of County
Courthouse
Sunday
Services in Court Room, sec
ord floor, $50 pm. each Lords
Day.
Services conducted each Sun
day evening at the hour indicat-
ed as convenience for the many
service men and defense work
FRS stationed here.
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NAVAL CHAPEL SERVICES

u. S. Naval Station
Key West, Florida
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U. s. Naval Hospital-SundaY
Divine Service, 0915, Rec. Bldg.
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GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH

728 Fleming Street
OK. of P. HalD
Divine service at 500 pm. with
the sermon by the pastor.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-12-15
LEY MEMORIAL. METHODIST
CHURCH
Corner Division and
Georgia Streets

Rev. E. S. Doherty, Pastor
Sunday
Sunday School Gas, Miss Mir
lam Carey, Superintendent.
Morning Worship, 1880 o'clock.
Youth Fellowship, Gas pm.
Evening Service, 7:30 o'clock.
Young Peoples Night Tuesday,
1880 pm.
Wednesday, Midweek Service,
7:30 pm.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-12-15

S. M. C. L., 1880, Chapel, Bldg
129.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-01
.SP0RTSNEN. lNC.s HAS
 EECHoH LA5T NIGHT

Five directors and secretary were elected last night at a meet ing of the Territorial sportsmen, Inc. President Milo Clouse re- ports
 Named as directors Of the or ganizadon. which is organized for the purpose of promoting the bettement of fish and wildlife re- sources in Alaska, are P. D. Stewart. Jack O'Connor, Jay P. Williams, Fred Henning and Mar shan Erwin. Secretary is Glen w Trueblood. and Rex Sunderland is treasurer
 An open meeting and showing of wildlife movies is planned for next month
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-01
FAKEn HESS
 WILLING TO
 COON TRIAL
(Continued from Page One

leader of a secret aad-Hitior mih- tary clique until his execution after the unsuccessful 1944 bomb plot against the fuehrer
 Lahousen. Austrian-born aide to Canaris. said that he had heard indirectly that von Papen like Canaris, had secretly opposed Hit ler's war policies.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-01
NO PROBLEM NOW

Albuquerque, N. Mt was night when Ernest Benjamin's car stalled in a ditch and some spilled gasoline went un-noticed in the dark.
 A friend, studying means to extri- cate the vehicle, struck at match.
 Assistant Fire Chief Milton Grande said there wasn't enough car left fol Benjamin to worry about.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-01
Races Drug
pAA BRINGS IN ONE SHIP FROM
 SOUTH FRIDAY

Eight passengers landed here from Seattle on the lone Pan American World Airways plane arriving here yesterday from the south. A single fare was carried from here to Fair banks.
 Travellers were.
 Juneau to Fairbanks-Bruce Park CT.
 Seattle to Juneau-Elinor O'Brien, James Q. Cooper, Elizabeth Loko- wich. Fred Buff, Kenneth Alexander, William Davidson, Richard Peter, Wingo Elliott.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-01
THREE SWEEPS BY
 MERCHANT KEGLER5 JUGGLE POSITIONS
LEAGUE STANDINGS

Butler-M -Mauro, California Grocery and Jennings all climbed a few rungs toward the top of the Mer- chants League ladder by scoring three game sweeps over their op- pcnents in last nights rolling at the Elks alleys. The leading Juneau Drug club held it's own by taking the odd game from the trailing Juneau Flcrists trio
 The Butler-Mauro threesome gathered most of the laurels for the evening, Frank Metcalf pacing his outfit with a coo series and games counts of 223, l66 and 223, each of which marked one-pin edge over the 222, 2lO and 165 for a 597 set rolled by Californias Mar tin Lavenik. The Grocers' 570 was the high team game but Butler Mauro had three game scores over thc 5O0 mark for the top team set total of 1856.
 Florence Holmquist kept in step with her teammate Metcalf by lead ing the ladies section with ATT cet, though Elsie Simmons of Cali fornia had the high single line for the women at 190.
 Following Elks Lodge Memorial Services tomorrow afternoon, rollers will gather at the alleys to launch tfs Sunday afternoon Elks mems league, Rolling time is set for 3 o'clock
 Results last night were:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-01
F E E ]!

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-01
ELKS' MEMORIAL
 SERVICE SUNDAY

Tie annual memorial service oI the Elks will ha held Sunday after neon at 2 o'clock in the lodge room and the public is invited.
 Norman R Baniield will deliver the eulogy. Ernest Ehler will sing, also the High School SeXtette. Will iam II. Seaman will be pianist ac- companist.
 The Elks Memorial ritual will be said by the ledge officers.
 Ellis Reynolds is chairman of the affair
 =.
 Soft drink makers arc planning to spend S5O,OO00OO on postwar new plant construction.
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Kid Caricul fur coat
 size 19. Phone 396, between 9 6, 5, Sunday. Q0,131-tD
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LOST AND FOUND
STERN JUSTICE

WATERTOWN, N. Y.-- City Judge Michael Renzi was one of more than IOo motorists to receive parking tickets when their automobiles were stalled in 36-inch snowfall.
 Renzi fined himself S1 but eX- cused the others because of "an act of God"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-01
WANT ADS
WANTED

WANTED-To care for children by day or steady, in good home Reasonable. Write Box 1718.
 (10,131-t2)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-09-27
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-09-27
SECOND GAME OF
SERVICE CHAMP
SERIES TONIGHT

tme und. and shat may BE-
terding game. of the Services
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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-01-13

stosm the heights, climb the ram
parts and capture the economic
citadel For these look at
the Jews" leaders. ii is question
of-seek we first the kingdom Of
money, and all things will be
added unto you,
Almost - without exception
whenever this crowd makes any
alluSion 10 the Jews, il is in re-
gard to their money With
them Jews and money are synon-
ymous terms They seem to
think that all Jews arc rich .. :.
There tare a great many rich Jews
but the great majority of them,
like the majority OF all other peo-
pie. are poor - In fact. there
are Jews who are poor with a
poverty quite unknown 10 Ne
groes,
There exists in the minds OF the
look at-the-Jews school OF thought.
belief that our case is identical
with that Of the Jews That
just as the Jews have reached eco
nomlc prominence. we can do
Likewise &c. As far as am con-
cerned. the similarity begins and
ends with the fact we both have
suffered al the hands OF the over
lords OF civilization.
Look at the Jews" a.. Al
ri ht. look a. the Jews but for
once divert your minds from their
bank account and try 10 look al
the Par, that they have played in
the intellectual development OF
the world Not only can Ne
groes profit by looking at this side
Of Jewish life, but the whole world
can learn a lesson
The Jew has been a civiIizing
influence on every continent in
the world They were great
when there were no Kingdoms in
Europe They boosted Of their
intellectusls when the people OF
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-01-13
THE NEW CONGRESS

White liberals who worked so diligently for the
election of liberal Congress and Negroes who are
proud of the fact that two members of their race
the opening of the 10th Congress with feeling of
great qualification last week. While the white and
Negro liberals were congratuating themselves on
the promising character of the new Congress, the
voice of Tupeo, Miss, rang out on the House floor
and, before the liberals got chance to catch the
play John Elliott Rankin grabbed the old Congress
sional football and ran lickety-spt for a touch
down.
Representative Rankin of Mississippi is a
shrewd and seasoned Congressman who knows how
to divide and conquer his liberal opposition. While
hardly anyone believed that the old Dies committee
could be revived in this new liberal Congress, Ran
kin caught his opponents off guard and pushed
through a measure to make the old Dies committee
a permanent committee Of the House Of Represen-
tatives.
No Congressional committee in modern times
has been repudated by more people of all classes
than the Dies committee. The staid old New York
Times in an editorial last week made this observa
ton: Some indication Of what the public thought
of the methods of the old Dies committee may be
had from the election returns. Mr.. Dies and three
others out of eight failed to return to Congress-
If Mr. Dies didn't even venture to run it was plainly
because he knew he could not be reelected"
The old Dies committee had been discredited
by conservatives and liberals alike who regarded
it as political instrument of the reactionaries
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-01-13
STRAIGHT TALK
By WILLIAM L. SHERRlLL

England hardly spoke an intelli-
gible dialect d. They laid the
foundation Of this present day CIV
ilization And would | be
wrong if | were TO say that they
we're the prime cause of the Ref
ormation that was led by Luther?
is generally conceded that the
Jews are the most religious peo-
pie in the world They have
given two great systems of reliG-
ion From the tents Of Kedar
they evolved to be the greatest re-
ligious teachers the world has
seen We Negroes of the
western world accept as our own
one Of the Jewish systems OF re-
ligion We have applied our
selves TO nothing like we have 10
the study of this religion E.
Our highest intellects are TO be
found in the ranks OF our Chris
tian leaders-yet among the hum
dreds Of commentaries that have
been written on this religion. not
one has been written by d Negro.
-. Why? In this field we
are not hampered Have VIC
no theological scholars in the
ranks OF our ministers-or are
they merely preachers?
Why should we. in the field OF
religion. have TO look to others for
n ~
The Jews have produced a galaxy
OF theological scholars--so has the
white race We have not pro-
duced one We go TO colored
churches. listen 10 colored preach
ers. but il there arises a question
of deep theological significance.
we have 10 consult some book
written by white man -. Why
IN the matter of Biblical scholar
ship. should we be so far behind?
Arc we afraid TO doubt;
afraid 10 examine? Are we
Intellectually lazy; intellectually
incapable or intellectual towards?
II We do lag behind the world
in other respects-there is no rea-
son why we should lag in things
religious We can here look
at the Jew" 10 our advantage -.
Their greatness does not lie mere
~ in the fact that they have been
the worlds greatest traders for
several thousands of years; that
members OF their race have great
Wpalth-but rather in tho intellect
ual and religious contribution they
have made Nobody knows
nor does anybody care. who was
the richest Jew in Judea-but the
effort of those ancient Jews TO ex-
plain why are we here. and
whittier are we going" will always
remain a heritage 10 humanity.
The Jews have made a great con-
tribution 10 the religious develop
ment Of the world .. II is up TO
US TO make ours.