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And the sons of Jacob have respond-
ft tiers in the Spanish-American war— It is passing strange that we should ed to this modern manifestation of
t
f .or. .nr.otigas
were granted to more love the Bible Jew and look askance sincere tegarel.
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than four thousand Jewish soldiers for at the modern Jew. When an evan-
The feeling between the Christian
the purpose Of observing and celehrat- gelist asked Mayor Gaynor of New and the Jew is growing kinder with
(Continued front Page One.)
, ing Jewish feasts. Seven Jews so re York for a license to preach in a Jew- every decade.
who supplied the SeVentccii thousand
pos,iiih, the work w ith Roosevelt allot he dashed up San ish district in the great metropolis,
ducal, which
hlore words of appreciation have
made
that worthy gentleman replied: "Rev-
forsaken
has
the ered and Dear Sir: Do you not been said about Jesus in Jewish
"e'er
of the Royal Commission in prepar- loan. The"
country which has been kind to him.
synagogues, during the past twenty-
ing the first fleet for the voyage of
The Jew has entered es ery ream' o f think that the Jews have a good re- five years, than in the preceding fif-
discovery. It was a company of ex- human achievement and reached the ligion of their own? }lave not the
teen hundred years of conflict and
iled Jews who formed one-fourth of zenith of success. Jewish astronomers Christians appropriated the entire
competition between Judaism and
the crew which was to man the ships have scanned the bean ens looking for Jewish Script ores? \Vas not the
Christianity.
1)r. Isadore Singer re-
which were destined to sail westward. celestial marvels. Jewish mathematic- New Testament written by Jews?
marks: "'When I was a boy—that is
Among those sailor, were an ians have dealt with computations of \Vas not Jesus also of the Jewish
between
thirty-five
and forty years
interpreter, a Jewish surgeon and figures without limit and numbers uni- race? laid not the Christians get
ago, in my little town of Moravia,
a Jewish physician. It was a
e"'"" have w rested most of whist we have from the Jew? if my father or any other member of
Jew, Rodrigo the Triana by name,
limn the limelaying hands of circum- % • ila' should any one work so hard the Jewish synagogue had heard the
whose eyes first scanned the stance the scents of mechanical C011- to convert a Jew? I don't think I
shores of a new world and who. an- frit ance with an ingenuity bordering on zan gist' you a license to preach in name of Jesus uttered from the pul-
lie wont,' have
nounced the discovery of a new conti- he mystic art of wizard and magician the sreeta of a crowded Jewish set- pit of our Synagogue
t
nent to his fdlow sailors. The first Jew ids explorers lose climbed the high- tlement. W'ould you out annoy them, immediately left the building in in-
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dignation
and
the
rabbi
would have
letter written Ily Columbus, setting forth est peaks and wandered over the most and do them more harm than good?
his great disemeo, was addressed to distant geographical reaches of land and How many Jews have you converted been dismissed at once."
The
Anglo-Saxon
is
the
most
com-
certain friends who were Jews. The sea, that they might add o ne fact more so far?"
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men who supplied Columbus with his of substantial information to the suns
\Ve hear much in these days about placent and self-satisfied race on the
The total of the world's knowledge. Jewish "converting the Jew." Why the Jew planet. He looks down in cynical •
nautical instruments %tee Jew's.
cz
maps which Columbus studied were physicians hat e devoted themselves so needs more converting than the compassion on every other It ibe and
maps which had been prepared hy Iris. assidininsl to the needs of the body and America's, the Englishman, the Cana- nation. To him I address this dis-
Madison C. Peters in his little 1,01 ,k, the psachological traits of the human dian, the Russian, or the Ilindoo is a course. How shall we treat the Ne-
from which we hate borrowed the title spirit that kings, emperors and czars mystery to us. Nevertheless, if the gro? Treat him like a man. How
shall we treat the Ilinsloo? Treat zz
for this brief chapter, says:
have commanded their presence in the Jew must be the special object of
"Indeed, it can be truly said that the hour of physical crisis and mental dis- our Consideration from the stand- him like a man. How shall we treat
attempt of Columbus to sail over un- tress. Esen those who sat on the throne point of the needs and requirements the Chinaman? Treat hint like a num.
known seas in finest of new lands, which of papal Rome, while publicly fulminat- of a thorough going change of heart How shall we treat the Indian? Treat
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he considered formed net of India, ing "bulls" against the Jews, have pri- and revolution of sentiments. I think him like a man. How shall we treat
would has e been abortive and ended in vately allowed none but Jewish physi-
can tell you how the trentendous the Jew? Treat hint as a brother
failure had it not been for the assist- cians and Jewish surgeons to attend to feat can lie accomplished. If you should treat brother, Christian should
atiCe Which lie derived financially, phy- the this of their 1.11e, Inrush lawyers would Outs ern the Jew cease joking treat Christian, and man should treat
sically and mentally, directly and indi- have sat on supreme benches and waited about his character and personality. 111111.
rectly, from the JOS:, n o t to speak at 1111011 govertMS aunt preSidepts when the If you would convert the Jess train
"Oh, mighty Anglo Saxon! Yon
all of the money which Statitagel fur- highest skill was demanded in the inter- your children to mention his name assert, with conscious pride, the king-
nished and which made the expedition pretation of intricate points of law, with respect. If you would convert ship of your race! Rise, prove that
at all possible."
the Jew stop believing and repeating kingship to the world by your high
precedent and tradition.
The Jew has proven hintself a true
Jewish statesmen and politicians have all the mean things which prejudiced likeness to the King of Kings."
and genuine patriot. A citizen without
steered the ship of state in the luau people have to say about him. If
a land he has always been loyal to the
of social upheaval and leil the iiroyes- you would convert the Jew invite
land which has crow null hint with the
the basis of a
Sion of humanity in all 'natters of so- him to your liOnle 011
privilege of citizenship. \A hen Renan
sane social equality. If you would
cial improvenient and legislative reform.
said: "A Jew will never be a citizen,
convert
the
J
ew
pay
him
the respect
PARIS—At the Poalei-Zion confer-
Jewish poets from David to Heinrich
he will simply lice iii the cities of
have sung of the beauties of na- due to the race which has produced ence held in Vienna, Bendlurien, one of
others," he was simply flying in the face Heine
standpoint)
the
the Palestinian delegates, in very em-
ture, the sweetness of love,the philoso- (from your oven
of the facts of history. The Jew is
phy of truth and the mystic secrets of greatest book and the greatest char- phatic terms protested against Bolshevik
human—has heart, soul, emotions, affec-
the infinite and eternal. Jewidi drama- acter. If you would convert the Jew interference in the Orient where the
tions, enthusiasm sold sentiment like un-
tists have fusrtrayed all the emotions iscknowledge that, as a nation and a speakers said they were supporting such
to as all, and is susceptible to all those
race, which, even two thousand years reactionary femlals like Feisul and his
of the human heart in prose, song and
influences which engage and captivate. story. Jewish musicians have pressed ago, was scattered over the face of the
compatriots.
The Jew has never loosen fal-e to the
with skillful Much every tuneful ;tying whole earth, they did not and could
nation which honors 'I him with com-
ever stretched by human not have crucified the One to whom
which
was
mercial opportunity and political recog-
you apply the appellation of "Lord
bands Or r err ire the viliratifilis of a
nition. The Jew is human. reat Ind world ud harmony and rhythm. Jewish and King." Were the Jews of Spain.
in a mean manner and you produce a
philosophers have dared to fathom the for instance, responsible for the ac-
mean man. Treat him like a man and
profoundest depths of human cogita- tion of an angry mob, on one dark
pal produce it patriot. "Where% sir the
and scaled the highest heights of night, in Palestine a thousand miles
Jew has found a friend in his country ti on
spiritual aspirations in search of love, away?, If you would convert the Jew
the country has found a friend in the
light and truth. Jewish historiansShave use every political influence to coin-
Jcw." In 1897 there were over forty
:v ritten in a vein most fascinating of pel persecuting nations to be just to
thousand Jewish soldiers in the army of
fact, event, epoch and episode till the the Jew. If you would convert the
Austria. In that same Austrian army wanderings of their own race have been Jew, seek for his society, his counsel
there were over two thousand Jewish
forgotten in the perplexing maze• and and his co-operation. If you would
officers. In both armies which met at
labyrinth of earth, men and things. convert the Jew. acknowledge the
IVaterloo there were Jews. In one of
Jewish novelists have penned their re- good points in his religion before
Napoleon's greatest campaigns a Jew-
vealing paragraphs of human pathos. you ask him to 'acknowledge the
ish general by the name of Nlessena
worldly wisdom and tender sentiment main point in your religion. The Jew
made his name a synonymous word for until the broken-hearted bane forgot- can be converted—by kindness.
victory. Fifteen Jewish officers served tilt their own sorrows in a serene
The way to convert the Jew is to
under \Vellinzton on the famous field of coin emplation of the changing scenes persuade his heart and convince his
W'aterloo; to say nothing of hundreds iv the drama of human experience. mind. This can only be done by the
of Jewish soldiers who served in the Jewish painters have thrown upon the presentation of certain great funda-
rank and file.
canvas every conceivable imagina- mental truths. The Jewish people
In the Boer War over two thousand
are pre-eminently a thinking people.
tion of things present and to come.
Jews fought for the honor and success
Jewish sculptors have torn from Paul reasoned with them, in their
of British arms. There are over one
the stony heart of marble and the un- synagogues, out of their scriptures.
hundred and sixty Jewish officers in the
yielding clutch of bronze every liv- \ Viten a Jew goes into the kingdom
British army and navy at the present
life of Heaven he goes in head first. The
eve
ing, breathing, speaking
time. In the German army today there
thing to present to the Jewish mind
and beauty.
may he found more than six thousand
Mark Twain says: "Concerning the is not a great person, but a great
soldiers of Jewish blood. In the Hun-
f statistics are right. the truth.
garian revolution thirty-five thousand Jett." "I
The great truth of Christianity is
Jews constitute but one per cent of
of the Sons of Israel leaped hi the stan-
expressed in one word: "Sonship."
dard of Kossuth. Foutteen per cent of the Isuman race. It suggests a nelm- The Old Testament reveals the char-
kits dim puff of stardust lust in the
all the Jew s in Italy are in the Italian
blaze of the Milky \Vay. Properly acter of God. The New Testament
army. There were fifteen thousand He-
the Jew ought hardly to be heard of, reveals the character of man. The
brew; fighting in the Russian army in
but he is heard of, has always been connecting link between God and
\lanchuria. Many of them died for a
such terms as "fa-
heard of. He is as prominent on the man is set forth in
flag which brings them little protection.
planet as any other people, and his therhood," "brotherhood" and "son-
Five per cent of all the Jews in Amer-
ship."
The
Nazarene
claimed equal-
commercial importance is extrava-
ica enlisted in the civil war in 1860.
gantly out of proportion to the small- ly, that lie was and that we are the
Abraham Lincoln presented seven Jews
Sons
of
God.
Jesus
never
claimed
ness of his bulk. His contributions
with medals "for surpassing bravery on
to the world's list of great names in anything for Himself which Ile did
the field of battle." It is estimated that
not
claim
for
the
whole
race.
And,
literature, science, art, music, finance,
there were five thousand Jewish sol-
medicine and obstruse learning are al- we claim, that He was, in His own
sublime
personality.
a
prophecy
of
so away out of proportion to the
weakness of his numbers. He has manhood's possibility. Certainly
there
is
nothing
in
a
Jew's
belief
made a marvelous fight in this
world, in all the ages; and has done which would present him from ac-
it with his hands tied behind hint. cepting this great truth, even though
He could be vain of himself and be he were not prepared to accept the
excused for it. The Egyptian, the historical illustration which is so
Babylonian and the Persian arose, dear to those who call themselves
filled the planet with sound and Christians. "Have we not one Fa-
splendor, then faded to dream,tuff ther, and bath not one God created
and passed away; the Greek and the us?"
\Ve must commend the Jew for the
Roman followed and made a vast
noise, and they are gone; oilier peo• glorious fashion in which lie has
stood
by his religious principles dur-
pies have sprung up and held their
torch on high for a time, but it burn- ing centuries of persecuti on. If a
Jew
will
stand up in any Russian
ed out, and they sit in twilight now
or have vanished. The Jew sass church and say: "I am a Christian,"
hr
is
freed
from fear and obtains the
them all, beat them all, and is now
what he always was, exhibiting no rights of citizenship, but practically
decadence, no infirmities of age, no none of them will do this, even to
weakening of his parts, no slowing of avoid torture and exile. The perse-
his energies, no dulling of his alert cutions of the Pharaohs would not
Czars
and aggressive mind. All things are equal the persecutions of the
mortal but the Jew, all other forces of Russia. At this moment the Rus-
sian
bigot
is
seeking
an
opportunity
pass, but he remains. What is the
to hunt and hound the Jew.
-Tenet of his immortality?"
Christianity owes the Jew an
What a strange historical paradox
it would have been if the worst peo- apology for centuries of cruel and un-
M an of act u re re
ple in the world should have pro- reasoning persecution. The word
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acter, t h e best mural code, the best
ideals and the best civilization. a day passes in Russia when a Jew is
'strange inconsistency—to persecute, not insulted, persecuted or driven
in the name of religion, the very peo- into exile. We will never redeem the
t.
that religion. race until prejudice has been buried.
ple who have given us
What intelligent man believes that An unreasoning prejudice has fol-
God ever pronounced a curse on the lowed the Jew through all the Chris-
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T he common girl asks me: 'Papa, what is it that
I never crucified Jesus.
people heard Him gladly, and, if tra- makes these boys call out after its
dition he correct, would have made Why do they throw stones at us?
Hint king. The people who crucified Why do they run after us in the
streets and shout, 'Jew' boy, Jew boy!'
arty p
leade
Jesus were the
rs ti
church and state; and they would Is it a disgrace to he a Jew?'" Men-
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have crucified Jesus earlier than they delssohn adds:
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eyes and say to myself: 'Poor human-
did , but "they feared the people." A
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handful of corrupt politicians and ity, to what sad straits have we
time-serving theologians led an an- come.'" The universal prejudice
gry mob, exclaiming: "His blond be against the Jew is un-British, un-
upon us and our children." The re- Canadian, tin-American, and un-
sponsibility which they assumed for Christian. Neither Gentile nor Chris-
themselves, it narrow type of Chris- tian can he won for any noble cause
tian has charged to millions of Jewish by prejudice. Thank God our preju-
men and women who were nowhere dices are 4)10 Out. Let them 'hr
,
near the city of jarusalooa.whea Abe buried.
It is in Protestant countries where
great tragedy was being enacted .
Moses Montefore, Unified with be- the Jt, i9 hat thtovervalidezVs bigotry
and
lotignise lo•the race Which had cruci- and the retinae. of otriigjestice
fied, Jesus, proved from the records grown more tolerant towards Chris-
tians of all sects and denominations.
his
anv'g
ors,
+nine(
back
2,000
of
years, that his family had lived ,in l'rotestantism, in the 400 years °Pits
Spain Tor a period which extended existence, has developed a growing
backward 200 years before Jesus sae kindness toward the Jew. It is in
the Protestant atmosphere of the new
born.
--The Jew-ices athireed the i•tpoesi.. world where the Jew finds fawrirt¢
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ble in the realm of religious ideals. fate and caressing circumstances

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