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Newspaper
The Jewish Herald
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1908
Page
4
A quotation from Rabbi Abraham Price of Baltimore cites the mediaeval view that life gains nobility through a worthy aim. It asserts that without a cause a man is ordinary and heroic only when a high enthusiasm elevates him above common desires to be consecrated to burning ideas.
Rabbi Abraham P. D. Price of Baltimore writes that eternal life advances in knowledge and power as a person matures from child to adult and finally reaches a state free from earthly limits in the Eternal City of God.
The passage laments sin marring both body and soul, noting even great poets artists and heroes can be tarnished by sin. It expresses reluctance to face these truths while acknowledging their genius and beauty were overshadowed by moral failing.
Rabbi Abraham D. Price from Baltimore Massachusetts condemns sin as a contaminant that affects anyone it touches. The remark frames a harsh moral stance on disease and purity in a historical Baltimore context.
Rabbi Abraham D. Price of Baltimore condemns genealogists and the mania to prove noble lineage. He warns wealth and fame tempt elites to trace ancestry, urging recognition of a common origin with aborigines and a decline into snobbery as posterity grows scarce. He laments modern pursuit of status over genuine roots.
A reflective piece argues that shallow training and loud denunciation reflect troubled minds. It contends doubt yields distrust and that for these individuals life seems hopeless. Religion is described as not the poetic solace it should be.
Rabbi Abram D. Price contemplates humanity facing brutality and doubt. He contrasts barbaric cries with the inner spark of divinity and argues that true purpose emerges as life’s struggles reveal moral duty and unverifiable paths of fate.
Rabbi Leon Harrison urged husbands at Temple Israel to consult wives on business, praising a wife’s resourcefulness and practical judgment. He said a wife should manage her own money wisely and invest sensibly, and urged husbands to acknowledge a wife's sound business sense.
The St. Louis Star quotes a view praising a wife who values practicality and affection. It suggests a wife dresses well for both her husband and sweetheart, and asks if her husband should not take pride in his wife as in his sweetheart. The piece emphasizes two traits: practicability and affection.
The Jewish Literary Society holds debates on Bible themes with past topics about Moses Jacob Solomon Abraham and others. Next Wednesday night the question is Joshua a greater warrior than David and the roster lists affirmatives I Tiras Cohen Westheimer Weingarten Nussbaum and negatives Archie Cohen Deutechner Levy Finger Maas.
The Herald reports a temporary delay in publication this week while relocating to new quarters. It promises on time issues in the future.
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