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8 Compliments Citizens Trust Co. 212 Auburn Ave., N. E. 965 Hunter St., N. W. JA. 4-0614 ATLANTA, GA. NELSON, FARBER & FRANSON, Inc. GENERAL CONTRACTORS COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION — OFFICES STORE FRONTS AND INTERIORS NFF INCORPORATED DIVISION OF NELSON, FARBER & FRANSON, INC. STORE AND BANK FIXTURE MANUFACTURERS 1269 Tech wood Dr., N.W. Atlanta, Ga. TRinity 5-8641-2-3 Holiday Greeting’s W. L. MONROE, JR. Monroe'8 Landscape & Nursery Co. 2067 Manchester Rd., N.E. TR. 6-1061 Atlanta 9, Ga. SOUTHERN BELTING & TRANSMISSION CO. JAckson 2-7221 236-38 Forsyth St., S.W. Atlanta, Ga. Transmission & Conveyor Belting Paper, Cast Iron, & Steel Pulleys V-Belts & Sheaves; Chain & Sprockets Warner Electric Brakes & Clutches Variable Speed Transmissions Controversy Among Rabbis Over Slavery by HARRY SIMONHOFF During the administration of James Buchanan, Judaism received official recognition. The Orthodox Rabbi of B’nai Jeshurun in New York was invited to open a morn ing session of the House of Rep resentatives. Rabbi Morris Jacob Raphall, wrapped in a talis and wearing a skull cap, prayed before the national lawmakers in Wash ington. Today the morning prayer in Congress is routine. The papers scarcely name the Protestant, Ca tholic, or Jewish minister who hap pens to officiate. A century ago the situation was quite different. The Catholic minority regarded the Know Nothing Party a threat to its civil rights or religious freedom. Jews were distressed at the con stant efforts to insert the word Christian into the Federal Consti tution. Rabbi Raphall’s invocation took on meaning during the War of Secession when the controversy about appointing Jewish chaplains for the armed forces became a dis turbing issue. Lincoln had been elected but not yet inaugurated. President Bu chanan proclaimed a National Fast Day as a final, desperate act to avert the impending crack-up of the Union. People of all denomina tions gathered in their houses of worship for prayer. Rabbi Raphall, seizing this occasion to preach a sermon on “The Bible View of Slavery,’’ declared: “The New Testament nowhere, directly or indirectly, condemns slaveholding, which is proved by the universal practice of all Christ ian nations during many centuries. Receiving slavery as one of the conditions of society, the New Testament nowhere interferes with or contradicts the slave code of Moses; it even preserves a letter written by one of the most eminent Christian teachers to a slave-owner Saul of Tarsus sent back the runa way slave, Onesimus, into his owner Philemon . . . “On the most solemn occasion recorded when God gave the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai . . . slaveholding is not only recog nized and sanctified as an integral part of the social structure, when it is commanded that the Sabbath of the Lord is to bring rest to ‘thy male slave and they female slave’ Get on your way ... SAVE 90 DAYS' PAY ON OUR NEW EASY-PAYMENT SAVING PLAN DOWNTOWN BUCKHEAD • EAST POINT HIGHLAND • VIRGINIA Current Rate 4% Per Annum All accounts insured to $10,000 by F.S.L.I.C. Atlanta, Ga. Cordial Greetings with Compliments ALLAN-GRAY SOIV REALTY CO. 40 Pryor St., S. W. ATLANTA, GEORGIA JA. 1-1694 The Southern Israelii•'