The Jewish Times takes a firm stand for the strict observance of the Sabbath, and endeavors to stop the tendency to looseness in religious matters among the Jews. Of the success which will attend its efforts we may judge from the following statement of the present condition of things, made in its issue of May 4:— It is a clear fact to any unprejudiced mind that the observance of the Sabbath cuts but a small figure in the present generation; and its laxity is becoming so universal as to call for serious consideration. The orthodox of ancient proclivities, when approached on the subject, is silent if not evasive, and when inclined to be communicative, shields himself from a neglect of its observance by such answers as would mantle the cheek of any intelligent person, with a blush of shame. Simmered down to a simple proposition, he yields all his religious principles and belief to gratify his avarice for the accumulation of money. The reformed Israelite of another school, takes a different stand-point, and views religious observances as a relic of the dark ages. With him it is business before religion, and no holiday is considered worthy of observance that interferes with business arrangements. He is, in fact, a batch of inconsistencies. With all his lax ideas of religion he may be found contributing his mite to the support of synagogues, charities, and everything that tends as a prop to Judaism, but his moral support is withheld. On the Yom Kippur he may be seen outside the synagogue, ridiculing all the rites which he is helping to maintain; and were it not for the fact of his being well known, also that the indelible mark with which nature has stamped him cannot be concealed, he would be too happy to pass for a Christian.