The Jewish Monitor (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, September 16, 1921 Page: 6 of 16
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Page Six
THE JEWISH MONITOR
Friday September 16 1921.
Jewish Problems Viewed Through
Gentile Glasses
BY WALTER HURT
'0 wad some Power thelgifiie tie us
To see oursel's as others see us!"
Burns.
NOTE Be It understood that thle aer.
lee of articles prssanta Jewish questions
purely from the non-Jewish viewpoint
and neither the editor of this Journal nor
any Jew should be regarded aa responsi-
ble for or necessarily agreeing with
any opinion herein expressed excepting
quetatlona of Jewish origin. W. H.)
ARTICLE XIX.
Religion of the Jews
Religious concepts express the
ideals of a people. Ot rather religion
in its form of worship is an emotion-
al expression of the life of its adher-
ents; for the ideals of any people are
better than their daily living being
something above and beyond the qual-
ity of accustomed human accomplish-
ment. In the faith of Judaism there-
fore is crystalized the aspirations of
the Jewish race.
Man also is reflected in his relig-
ion and in his god he sees his sublim-
ated self. Thus Jehovah although ap-
propriated by alien godless peoples in
need of an object of adoration is dis-
tinctively a Jewish deity with char-
acteristic racial qualities. Of him we
are told "God created man (the Jew)
in his own image." Moreover he was
endowed with the semblance of mortal
character; human atributes were as
cribed to him intensified to a degree
befitting Deity all however bearing
the unmistakable tribal trademark as
an impress of proprietorship and a
proof of origin. Through all the ages
since his first ascendancy extending
his empire and swaying the spiritual
life of all civilization an retiring his
most powerful rivals Jehovah has
stood the world's crowning work of
ecclesiastic craftsmanship; adored by
the elect and adopted by aliens en-
forcing from the dawn of his domin-
ion that jealous mandate thundered
from the summit of Sinai "Thou shalt
have no other gods before me." The
Chosen People have their chosen god
and others chose him also. Always in
this connection am I reminded of In-
gersoll's famous paraphrase "An
honest god is the noblest work of
man."
To the Gentile mind Jehovah not
always may appear as an admirable
god but always he is an efficient god
potent compelling and stamped
with the majesty of a mighty people.
Originally there were distinguish-
ing national gods among all peoples
just as there always have been distin-
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guishing national customs' and traits.
Jehovah is the Jewish god just as
surely as Hebrew is the Jewish lan-
guage. Instead of Jehovah choosing
the Jews as his people the Jews chose
Jehovah as their god. The fact of
such initiative in selection reverses
the traditional order of creation.
Although all civilized peoples of an-
tiquity nationalized their gods none
others nationalized their religious
practices to the extent that did the
Jews. Their government was wholly
theocratic. Moses was wonderfully
wise and he well understood the prin-
ciples of control necessary to the dis-
cipline of a primitive people. Where-
fore were not only moral laws but the
civil code and hygienic ordinances as
well embodied in Jewish theology;
Moses realized that the only way to
insure universal obedience in such
things was to make them matters of
religious observance. There were few
policemen' or sanitary inspectors in
those days.
Characteristically racila all the
symbolism of the Jewish religion ia .
expressed in terms of material val-
ues. Gold pearls and precious stones
commonly are used for comparisons
of moral worth. But this has not
smothered the deeper and higher and
broader significations of Judaism. Je-
hovah of the Jews has been and re-
mains the god of civilization; the God
of Christendom with its countless
sects and the Allah of Islam.
Formal Judaism with its ordinan-
ces and dogmas is only the grosser
medium of the movement and alone
is provincial; the soul of Israel which
essentially is catholic is its ideal.
There is that which is fundamental
and universal in the Faith of the
Fathers and the Mother of Faiths.
How to Increase
Your Salary
Don't ask your boss for a raise. These times are weighing
very heavy on his financial shoulders. Just talk yourself out
of 10 per cent of that $150.00 salary and put $15.00 each
month in a savings account with the
Citizens Saving &
Loan Association
Where every dollar you deposit works for you at ten per cent
rate day and night and in eight years your savings and
earnings will have accumulated in excess of $2000.00. Then
you can raise your own salary. Invest this sum in a little
farm in a little business or a little home part cash. Your
income has increased. Where there is a will there is a way.
Remember $5.00 per month in about 120 months will ac-
cumulate $1000.00. Have you the will? We have the way.
This way is approved and safeguarded by the following:
DIRECTORS
C A. WHEELER President
J. W. SANGER Vice-President
RAYMOND C. GEE Treasurer
It. B. Stone. Gen'L Atty.
II. S. McKEEVER Secy-Mgr.
JOHN QUARLES
C L MOBLEY
JOHN N. SPARKS
ARTHUR D. HODGSON
Citizens Saving &
Loan Association
609 Texas State Bank Fort Worth
Lamar 947
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Fox, George. The Jewish Monitor (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, September 16, 1921, newspaper, September 16, 1921; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth296828/m1/6/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .