most frequently by way of small loans, and in which the strong take
care of the weak. In these works of beneficence all take their share,
the humblest as well as those of more exalted rank. The Jewish M.P.
takes his place at the Board of Guardians. The Jewish Countess will not
only give of her wealth, but will leave her stately home and seek out the
abode of sorrow and distress. Charity is inculcated in the Talmud as the
first of duties; and, if heaven is won by good works, the Jews are safe
and sure.

As a theology, to an outsider, Judaism seems ritualism _in excelsis_.

The Jewish faith is contained in the Creed and the Shemang. Of the two,
the latter is the more important. It is a declaration of the unity of
God, the first utterance of the child, the last of the devout Jew as the
watchers stand by his bedside, at the head of which is the Shechinah, or
Divine presence, and at the foot of which, with outstretched wing,
waiting for the last breath, hovers the angel of death. The Creed, which
every Jew ought to believe and rehearse daily, but which they treat as
Churchmen do their Thirty-nine Articles, is as follows:--

1. I believe, with a perfect faith, that God (blessed be His name!) is
the Creator and Governor of all created beings, and that He alone has
made, does make, and ever will make, every production.

2. I believe, with a perfect faith, that God (blessed be His name!) is
one God, and that there is no unity whatever like unto Him, and that He
alone is our God, who was, is, and will be eternally.

3. I believe, with a perfect faith, that the Creator (blessed be His
name!) is not corporeal, nor is He subject to any of those changes that
are incidental to matter, and that He has no similitude whatever.

4. I believe, with a perfect faith, that the Creator (blessed be His
name!) is both the first and last of all things.

5. I believe, with a perfect faith, that to the Creator (blessed be His
name!) yea, to Him only, it is proper to address our prayers, and that it
is not proper to pray to any other being.

6. I believe, with a perfect faith, that all the words of the prophets
are true.

7. I believe, with a perfect faith, that the prophecy of Moses our
instructor (may his soul rest in peace!) was true, and that he excelled
all the sages that preceded him or they who may succeed him.

8. I believe, with a perfect faith, that the law which we have now in
our possession is the same law which