ABSTRACT
The history of a community, like the history of an individual, is marked by the recurrence of periods of self-consciousness and self-analysis. At such times its members consider their aggregate achievements and failures, and mark the tendencies of their corporate life. Perhaps even, the sudden recognition of facts which have been unconsciously suppressed may lead to regeneration. The glow which this obedience produces, suffuses his daily life, and encourages him to persevere in his rigid observances, and to face all earthly difficulties with courage and hope. The vast majority of men and women need a more definite cult to draw them to their God. The strict system of religious discipline adopted in the “East End” has much definite and salutary influence. The daughters of the pious do not even attend the synagogue services, which have begun to weary their brothers.
