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destru destructive corroding poisonous theories that narrow the mind
cramp the soul & thwart true progress towards an
enlightened Religion (of Justice Love & truth). he has
built up a Religion of Liberalism based upon truths
that none will dare dispute. He has thus been
the means of opening the eyes of thousands of men that have
hitherto been blinded & walking in Egyptian darkness.

It is a tremendous stride in the direction of our own
great Faith. In that same country as in France in spite
of stagnating forces among the very leaders of Israel
the tide of Reform could not be stemmed & congregations
have been formed [ ] who will no longer suffer themselves
to be hedged in by & manacled by senseless useless
forms & customs unintelligible to the masses, h but
have determined to revise their service & join in the
great onward movement of American Jewry. And
many a time & oft Europeans who were born & reared
in a narrowing enviromment have come to our great
Temples of worship to scoff but remained to pray,
for they quickly came to the conclusion that Americanism