Show A UTV LltlDlS Er Isidore Singer a noted Jewish cholar and author recently mado n most remntkablo statement regarding the Mosaic rellrrlon In Its present status The great question tC the day lie says Willie Can and ought Judo 10m to continua Ito existence In modern times upon those homes which have nerved as Its I foundation In the past If not vi hat new form shall Judaism Le mod to assume In older 10 nd vnnfo both the mural progress of hu manlty and the welfare of our children and grand children The doctor notes tint thft children of his people tire disinclined to rapouse and suffer for those principles whlcl were dear to their ancestors and the consequence will be that those principles prin-ciples In the near future will cease to be toutre than historical memories lie calls attention to the fact that the lie breus In the past were grouped about the Torah and the Talmud literary works regarded as of ilhlnj origin at prevent the contact or the Jens wltl Christian society and with the life of the nineteenth century has dealt he Says u mortal blow to Judaism the observance of the Sabbath and the numerous rites have become a burden while a critical study or the Old Testa merit and the comparative history of religions have shaken the faith of the people regarding the origin of tho f sacred books until parents find them itIves unable In stammer the 1l1el1ono of their children leaving the letter to extricate themselves all bent they can from the mazo of skepticism In which thty have been caught lie concludes 08 totlow It Is I for Mi who Mill belong to A generation which has both seen and l lived the ancient religious life of the I parents to determine whether we shall In our turn transmit to our orrpl1ng lhat Hz Clloylm that Tree ofLife which served as the mainstay nt our ncetor In the darlest periods of heir existence or whether we shall rise the religious education ot our rIcndants upon the famous help thy ielf principle If the latter Ile our choice 11 us at Iost hove the courage to carry out that principle to Ira I logl al epoclulon let us then OIlY to our children I In all frankness Our rollllon the religion of your elders < doeo not nccnixl with jour Ideas We have neither the power nor the desire to Impose Im-pose It upon you Make your peace with your 001 and your conscience as best you crin1 arid that said lotus lot-us cease to ret nw oynogaJ let no cloie our mlnorlo nf theology mad leI I u i disintegrate little by little our ancient communal orgonlztlon The whole trend ot the argument rca18 the fact that In the opinion ot tile foremost Jewish thinkers the notion Is I approaching one ot the moot momentous crim ot Its history And what renders the situation still more serious Is I the other fact that modern Christianity offers nil solution of the questions that confront a perplexed adherent ad-herent of Judaism The Chrlstlani are In a similar situation to that or their Mosaic brethren Uncertainty regardIng regard-Ing vital truths marks the creeds skepticism alternates with blind superstition unbelief In scientific scien-tific disguises Invades the In stltutes of learning and the pulpits pul-pits The result Is I that although the prevalent Christianity offers to make the burdens or Judaism easier Inmost In-most respects It has no real resting 1 > lace for the weary wanderer < The greatest mistake or the Hebrews would he to discard the religion for which heir fathers suffered for the various creeds that really received their seal ota ot-a time when pagan philosophy was substituted < for primitive Christianity It would amount 10 a calamity 10 them If not 10 the whole human rot Judaism still has within easy reach he principles otslrtith which ultimately are to supply power for the regeneration regenera-tion of the world < l It Is I Impossible to study the Torah or low without beIng be-Ing Impressed with this fact When all the viCrIous traditions ot men ore 01 aside and we penetrate through the complex ceremonial rites and behold In their full significance the moral precepts the statutes relating to property proper-ty to debt to warfare to courts of justice and various social relations between be-tween mon and man we con understand stand the saying ot one ot the Now Testament writers himself a Jew For It the casting away or them the lie jrens be the reconciling of the world hat shall the receiving or them be but life from the dead And this seems to be the future mission ot the chosen descendants of Abraham In the world It Is I to bring about a resurrection resur-rection as It were a complete change as from death to life This clearly cannot be done however by giving up one error and embracing another It can only be done by returning to Israel Is-rael a God In all sincerity and listening to the Prophets lie has raised up In this age as the fathers heard Moses and the onclenl Inspired men und then dedicating the splendid mental Intellectual ellectual and material achievements on the altar ot Jehovah for the good or the race It may confidently be expected < that even the present crisis ot Judaism will lead to the oeompllhmot ot ome ouch results It will undoubtedly scrv e to lift out the genuine Israelites from those vho merely hear the nom And when In the Tailless ot time the signal Is I sounded throughout the world as formerly the blasts of the silver trumpets trum-pets from the mountain lop ot Jude 10 usher In the glorious year or Jubilee the former will rally and wend their way In exultant Joy to the home or their fathers All the troubles Of the Jews are due to the fact that they have broken tile covenants the Lord made with their fathers when lie led 1 < them out of Egypt Deut 29 23 A glorious future la I theirs from the day they again ore willing to return find obey Ills voice Deut 20 110 |