CARDINAL MANNING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXIV, Issue 9292, 22 December 1890, Page 6

CARDINAL MANNING.

ADDRESS FROM. THE JEWS. On Got. 80, the twenty-fifth anniversary, of the episcopal consecration of Cardinal Hanning, the Jewish community of the United iHogdom showed their renpect for the venerable prelate hy a demonstration at itriking interest and- significence. a deputation of representative waited OT. ffis ‘Eminence an# presented him with tbe’fbT'Owiiig address; • • . , /‘‘May it please, your Eminence,—-We, the' deputed reprcßautativea of the Jews of the Ufilfed Kingdom,, have been appointed to approach your .Eminence in order to offer, in their name, as vyell as in our own, cordial congratulations Oh the occasion of the 'twenty-fifth /anniversary of, .your. episcopal consecration. ihe members of yo«r own flock, and many other public dhd'prtvate friends, have already tendered to you the homage of their respect and admiration, and have .given utterance. to* 1 -their - heartfelt wishes for your welifafe;-- In this' tribute* and these felicitations' your fellow-country men of the Jewish faith are anxious to participate. We are indeed deeply impressed by the ' wide sympathy and the steadfast devotion to the interests of all sections of society which ■ have distinguished your long and,active life. Your zealous efforts in* the promotion of education, your powerful championship of the cause of temperance, jour ’labours for the improvement of. the housing of the poor, and for the •Melioration, of the condition of the work-

inf dlMsea generally, have aroused in the of all 1 Englishmen, without distinction d( creed, a profound sense of natiinde and regard But there are qleciai and signal services which have endeared the name of your Eminence to our opnuhunity. When a persecution, great and “terrible, came upon our unhappy brethren in Russia, you were pre-eminent atnong those who lifted up their voices against outrage and oppression, and you Java utterance to your sympathy in words aglow with brotherly love and pity. As a somber 'of the Committee which, was doniditutißd at that memorable meeting of ear'iellow-citizena at the Mansion House jy>. l,;188a, you aided and frequently guided' |U/deliberations with keen intelhgyude and ripe wisdom. By your enthu■tnetib plead ihgfor justice and humanity, ul&nnee.by your .generous succour of seae:whoprbfes9ed a faith different from 3f«pi’ T have proved 'yourself a aUajitier'-of ,‘Beiigion in tbip highest and holiest eense ’of the term. Verily,' the jliOwmii j i>T your words and actions in that ahfeison ‘of 'affliction will not depart from ua •hdWr:'cHildreh.' It prompts us now to oiler up our prayers to the Lord God of the St o( : aU flash, that he may recompense good work, and vouchsafe to you prosd life, with health and happiness. Hay the blessing be accorded to you of witnessing the fruition of labours so inosesant and so self-denying labours inspired- by such fervent love of God and e( man.” . Ibe address bora twenty-six signatures, Handed'by that of the Rev Dr Adler, acting Chief Rabbi, and including those of Lord Xothaehild, Sir Henry Isaacs (Lord Mayor ef Lon dan), Baron *da Worms, Baron Ferdinand da Rothschild. Sir Julian Coldaaud; -Sir Albert Sassoon, Mr J. S. IConteflora, and Mr Isidore Spielman (Secretary to the Testimonial Committee). .At the ceremony of presentation Dr Adler read the address, and, in words of peat : eloquence, added his personal gbube of admiration and respect. The id Major, .Mr J. S. Monteflore, Sic Julian Goldamidand Sir John Simon spoke in effecting terms of the reverence and admiration of .the Jews for his Eminence. The Cardinal, after warmly expressing

hi* thanks, said,-“ For nearly forty years .IfffudA" hM been my home; and in that time all forms of suffering and poverty, as ■wellee.of vice, .have come before me. I caa therefore bear witness to the charity

ud; generosity of my Jewish fellow* ' tooafarymen. ■I. have found them forward in all. our good works. In the care of your children, of . your sick and of your poor, joa give na a noble example of generosity . sad efficiency. You are inflexible, as we ; also, io maintaining-that education ia - o—onHallj a religious work. Tour schools, ■p; ours, are firmly and fearlessly religions. I have been witness of ypur • care of ■ the sick in the * festivals of the Metropolitan Free Hospital. Of the watchful care of your poor I have had full evidence. When, driven out by tyranny in Russia, they came over in multitude* to our shores, I was witness of yonr wise and efficient administration.’* pif Eminence also said, "There are, I believe, only three indestrnctible elements in the hiatory of man: the People and Faith of Israel; the Catholic Church, sprung from it; and the World, which has : persecuted both. Sometimes, perhaps, we have persecuted one another; for all are BOt Christiana who are called Christian; add all are not of Israel who aro called Israelites.. Many deeds, dark and terrible, have.no doubt, been done, of „ which Israel are guiltless; as, also, in many misdeeds, the Catholic Church ia with* . out a stain. The World ia perpetually ' recruited from both sides by those who are unworthy of the name they bear. • Happily, in ,the British Empire, where. by equal laws and brotherly charity, sdLjust and honourable careers of life are ' open, our Jewish fellow countrymen aro ; peaceful and generous in the service ' of. the commonwealth. They share our strength; and they add to it. Unhappily, it is not so. in other lands. But both the cause and the remedy are in the hands of those.! who, declaim against you. Men 'become what their rulers make them. Penal codes make loyal men disloyal, and ' social vexations generate animosities which V eradi the weak and sting men to madness. IVTW greater the power, the greater should be.the humanity and the toleration of these*whom ages have brought low. You f have, referred to ; my' share in the outburst of r indignation in. 18S2 against the persecntiop of your co-relSgibnists in Russia. Take it'from me as a personal pledge that what done.in 1882 shall, if God so will,, be dohe'agiih.” r