, 1875-05-24

not Wnsto tAorn,-a llltlo pleasure now may
bring III. an otosn!ty Of wosp!ug. GOD calls
| listen. bel1oye accopt tho ontr OF Ills grace
".o.lay II 20 will hoar lila voice."
l1ate hastc, D man, 10 llsc,
TDr thou TOO Hoon nlHst 1tos
Tim1c h"rrLsa past Us Ike Tue hrteze-
How swift lis moments iyt
LAW Of RESPONSIBILITY.
n. Arr1tcArioN TO AAEnICAH JUDAISM.
Tho nov. Dr.. Kol,lor, Rabbi OF tho Sinai con-
gsegatiou. preached tho following sermon yes
to-day nofnings'
| It Is strange passage l,avo choaon for my
! lesson this morning. trslag, as 1t woro, to bling
furth living wato,s from dry rock. Tho passage
is found IN Dou.efonomy, XII, and o, and
! reads thus.
II thcro be skin ssson yiu7 In tho nsll and Il Ia
mt known WHO hat shin him, thsn att tho eter. of
ths city who aIe .arc4t unto thc sa!n person, shall
ash Sr e. y. h,nq qrx s a. e ssk os wsh +
pardon unto Tho people which Thou hast Redeemed
Lord, and lay not inuuscnt blood upon Tny people
| 1sras1l
Strange as .ha Law noems, It il psrvadod by n
apIrit oi living truth. III spite Of It's obsolo.e
form, It nubs:antiatcs grand and 4ublin1o tdoa.
1t holds human society to account fos tho c1imes
committed by its individuals. It declares ctieB
! anl communities to DO guilty Of, aud RESPONSE
bio for, tue uins committed in their midst. Yca.
applied in its 1argor hensc, II charges tho CON-
| munIty not only with tho responsibility for the
wrongs done by its single molnbors, but at tho
rame ti,ne with tho duty OF providing them with
all material aud moral help to lift them aboyc
temptations, and to proynnt them from falling
into vice aud sin.
| Atap, AZ Aristotle dofinos him, is social be-
Ing. What he ia aud what ho has, to OWE t.,
society. Az tho mir surrounding tho nutnai and
vegetable world Ia improSoated with oxygot,
prepared by preceding ages OF oreenfc boings
the only elomcnt by which life IL sustained, thus
| the mon!al anl moral atmosphere Of tho human
world Ii nlRdo up OF ce.nontA which the pro-
grossIve wor!t Of gonora'ions haro nlxed and
] interviewer for each Hngle pcrson. No man
thinks, except through Tho oolnenta uf lbouglt
offered to him by tho lnngnaKo Of hts nlo'l,or
| country. Nor Is ho n1lc 10 discern tho
| r.yht from tho wrong, or. the boau.i-
fiji frotn tho ugly e8ccp: by tho seutltnunts
aoc!oty tlaa impsehaed upon Ills soul. Eoyer
| wuu!d d 6pinuxa hayo scared up With eaglc'a
| wings Into the dazzling realms OF thought, htd
not language AMI philosophy purified tho world
INTO tlno otior Of IDEAS hoforo his MUD, inylt-
lug It to spread lta wings aud ly upwards. Nor
would d lsaphaol hava 1anctnatoa ages BY Ais
opened bis eyea to deteot tho laws and hccEots OF
beauty. It is nssertod BY astronomers TINT tho
luminous orb Of tho snn koops tss inmnuse
furnace In an oror.glowing blazo by the unceas-
|
sra'p from tho surrounding atmosphere. 30 that
tho very night, contraasn. with tAo brilliant
a.n-s III tho sky. may DO called their tfa-giy,ng
npthcr. Liacw!so, any aoul moving OIL eart!i,
| though s.,rpassing othors In beauty or btislt-
mass Of Tho soul or mud. drawe iis strength
| from tllo world surrounding 1t. Man. like tho
troo, foels on tito soil! In which ho grows, paying
With tho b!osaons aud fruits OF his mind only
n,s lanl. II III therefore quito natural and 1oAt
for naions and cities IL take prido III tl.oIr Ers
nanu. A. tho flower ahi.nng forth In blooming
radiance rolocts tts light received from tho sur
| rounding air, tho gsnlEH OF n Shakespeare aud .
Mozart seccts credit upon tho >and aud tho pou-
| ple that ra,sud thonl. Wel!, therefore. Inay any
city, country or ago share tho glory Of iss praiyo-
worthy lnon. Bus thcro Is reverse TO slila d.
glory oo his pconle. does not tho wicGod bccfoud
tne!r nntno with Ills wrechedaess? a,lco we feol
elevated by tho yfstues Of onr good cftizens.
must wo not blush at tho vicoa OF tho dcpravc1
| around uB?
This, then, Ia according to Nnbhncal inter-
prctato1,, tho principle underlying tho ordinance
ooturo Ill., 1t calls til. rulors Of communities TO
answer for tho wlckedneus prevailing under tlesr
common wo!tare With tho dutY Of shielding tho
poor and h9tpleas aKainst humlating lnlAsry aud
despair, aud Of titus ohaoking tho sources
Of crinis. Il bids tho elders Of tho city wash
| their bands IN innocouoo iii tue face Of tue
slain, iu ordor to AWAKEN their eonseonco for the
crying wants Of tho needy. intr>Isted to their
caro- hnl protection. 1t soiicits their material
aud mural support for hnv deAtituta SOIL 10 saye
| II from perllt,on. For who eau lOll but this
murdered man bas fallen a victim to eoms caro-
lessuoss Of taoifs. wh.o they exc aim before tho
| llkoua OF DivihB justice, sour hands hAyo not
ahe4 this blood. aud our eyes hare not ssen Il |"
Yst not only tho ru!eEs but all tic mombosa
Of any human society, are, by the aamo Divine
law, bound to watch over the material and moral
welfare OF Ill its indiyiduAls. Human society,
making the thrilling Joys Of tho ona aud tic
agonizfng pains OF the other felt by all. weayes
its tlruAds vt mutual sympHthy and builds lts
lfo GU mutua! caro- aud trothction. Aa 4 mem-
Lor Of eocotv, you are held tonccuuut nor only for
tho Atono carrying from your hand destruction
TO Others but also Tor the obstruction loft In thu
way OF tho blind TO endangor hla hfo. And tho
eEoctcd on rocty seashotes to guido those steeE-
Ing i'll tue dark against sh!pwrock. onjoins, ALSO
Boclcty to build bohuol-houhen aud institutions to
| instruct aud poTAto Hon. to save lives from
moral ruin nnl shipwr1ck. The satue Divine
| authority that arms tle 00yerument with tho
power aud duty Of protecting tho citizeue against
mllrder aud theft IeVuttes also safeguards
aEainht tho ShsnaEing nllure.nents Of Vice aud
wirkelnens.
rnln is the tzue application Of our law, refer.
Ginx to I Commonwealth, lu Which Church aud
Stato wore, ~ vel, un!soi in QUO ruling power.
snce. howeyos, religion. grayltatng WITH lts Au-
man aspirations to larger oenrea, nutEsow tls
control Of tho Sfetf, religious oomuuultos cama
along side bI Bds With the political ones, offer
lnR moral aud spiritual hop to suffering aud
struggling mankind Tho synAgogue, NTH IT.
tMo d4ughtets, sho Church and the Mosque
shono forlh. Ike beacon, into the dark night
sAfsty Tor the staggering and tie erriug.
| am xcll ANAfa that hv a pf,fl1 m . ,1w ,,nno3.