A Book of Jewish Thoughts. Various

      MALACHI 2. 10.

THE VISION OF A UNITED HUMANITY

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      AND it shall come to pass in the end of days,

      That the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established as the top of the mountains,

      And shall be exalted above the hills;

      And all nations shall flow unto it,

      And many peoples shall go and say:

      ‘Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,

      To the house of the God of Jacob;

      And He will teach us of His ways;

      And we will walk in His paths.’

      For out of Zion shall go forth the law,

      And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

      And He shall judge between the nations,

      And shall decide for many peoples;

      And they shall beat their swords into ploughshares,

      And their spears into pruning-hooks;

      Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,

      Neither shall they learn war any more.

      ISAIAH 2. 2–4.

      THE Jew who is true to himself will labour with especial energy in the cause of peace. His religion, his history, his mission, all pledge him to a policy of peace, as a citizen as well as an individual. The war-loving Jew is a contradiction in terms. The ‘Man of Sorrows’ must beware of helping, however remotely, to heap sorrow upon others.

      MORRIS JOSEPH, 1903.

TRUST YE IN THE LORD FOR EVER

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      THOU wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Thee; because he trusted in Thee.

      Trust ye in the Lord for ever, for the Lord is God, an everlasting Rock.

      The way of the just is straight: Thou, Most Upright, makest plain the path of the just.

      Yea, in the way of Thy judgements, O Lord, have we waited for Thee; to Thy name and to Thy memorial is the desire of our soul.

      With my soul have I desired Thee in the night;

      Yea, with my spirit within me will I seek Thee early: for when Thy judgements are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

      Let favour be showed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal wrongfully and will not behold the majesty of the Lord.

      Lord, Thy hand is lifted up, yet they see not: but they shall see Thy zeal for the people, and be ashamed; yea, the fire of Thine adversaries shall devour them.

      Lord, Thou wilt ordain peace for us: for Thou hast also wrought all our works for us.

      ISAIAH 26. 3, 4, 7–12.