Genius of Toleration by Wm. Penniman

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 3, 1875

“Genius of Toleration.”

By Wm. Penniman

The following, which is copied from the Church Union, shows that the Jews are attempting to conquer the “spirit of intolerance;” but they will learn that even a $30,000 dollar statue will not impede the progress of the intolerant spirit, or overthrow the prophecy of Rev. 13 : 11-17.

Wm. Penniman.

“The Hebrew citizens of the United States are preparing a statue to be placed in Fairmount Park, during the Centennial exhibition. The central figure is named the Genius of Toleration. It is an erect female figure, eight feet high. In her left hand she holds the Constitution. The right is outspread, protecting a youthful figure underneath, which stands with clasped hands and upturned eyes and represents Religion. The main figure is clothed in armor, but the mantle of peace descends from the left shoulder to the right foot, and at her foot is an American eagle grasping in his talons the conquered spirit of Intolerance. The pedestal and statue will stand twenty feet in height, and will cost thirty thousand dollars. The sculptor, Mr. Ezekiel, a Jew is a native of Richmond, Va., but his studio is in Rome.”