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Excerpt from The Sabbath Question: Sermon Delivered by Rabbi William Rosenau, May 22, 1897, Before Congregation "Oheb Shalom," Baltimore, MD It matters little whether our Philadelphia corelig ionist wrote in an earnest or satirical vein - and I am inclined to believe that it was the latter - yet so much, at least, is certain, that he was driven to his suggestion by his observation of the present hopeless plight of the historical Sabbath. We can not, must not and will not close our eyes to facts. Facts Speak for themselves. The Sabbath as our fathers observed it is among many a thing of the past. -it does not differ from the other days of the week. Neither its coming nor its going is hallowed by religious act. Its hours are not devoted as of old to uplifting wor ship, but to degrading drudgery. On it it is not the house of God that is sought, but the oflice, the counting-house, the store, the factory. The Jew, in fact, has no Sabbath. This statement holds good not only of the reformer, but of the most orthodox as well. Non-observant as the Jew may be, he, how ever, seems by no means ready to cut loose from religion altogether. The Jew is human, and, there fore, can not get away from his feeling of dependence upon and his desire of communion with the Being Supreme. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.