Show THE HEBREWS tim hebrews of the south aud and west ivest had a convention recently ree rec eully in cincinnati for the purpose of adopting measures to establish a theological seminary for the education of the hebrew priesthood and the preservation of the purity of tl the le I 1 alth faith tile the ten commandments were held up as the tilo highest law of human life and all idea of vicarious atonement was repudiated upon the return to jerusalem the coming of the messiah or jewish nationalization iza tion nothing was indulged in measures were advocated for the til dif dlf diffusion nulon rulon of more adre intelligence among americans concerning the american jews their character and principles the vindication of the taco sace and the fostering odthe of the esteem of tho the hebrews and for their falth faith but not nat with any view vlon to proselytism it appears that the I 1 hebrews hareno leave no or central government but distinct eon eod congregational lt it 17 gregat ional lonal govern government mont although the drift is unconsciously toward associative action there I 1 is manifest among the hebrews the common conflict between the con and the progressives progress ives lyes the jews have in new now york thirty synagogues agogun ag es and ili in philadelphia sev benj en with denominational journals benevolent institutions seminaries cand et etland emigration of the race from other countries to america goes on steadily irk in the whole world they number about five millions some gome people entertain tile the idea that the race me will wit I 1 gradually become americanized and lose their character as a nation simply maintaining religious distinction such appears a 1 ears to be the present prospect tik though 0 ugh if it continued it would take a longtime for the full and final development of such a tendency |