The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-07

tons, from these very ruins have arisen
Phoenix like. the conviction that religion
must beget love. Before its honey pointed
dart, its every enemy must per force yield
an unconditional surrender, suspicion"
through its gentle and benign influence,
must take unto itself wings and fly away
at once and forever, mutual understand
ing must yield to the sower as well as TO
the reaper, the harvest of unlimited right
and freedom of thought and speech and
act, impressing upon all the universal doc
trine of the Prophet, "HaVe we not all one
Father, and has not one God created US
ALP" Thus it's love would be by itself of
sufficient value to prove its use and 10
allow it to appeal to your better feelings
But religion strengthens society also and
thus it's second use, confidence and securi-
ty, is of paramount Importance. The
sanctity of home must needs be honored
and protected, it cannot be done without
religion, law and order must reign supreme
and make the entire world recognize the
power of authority; it cannot wear the
crown of office unless religion forms ITS
scepter of guidance; criminals must be
punished and held up as examples that
others may take a heed and profit there
by; there can be no judges to pronounce
the deserved sentence if religion does not
first consecrate them with the admonitlon,
Justice, justice We shall pursue; property
and life must needs be amply and fully
protected, the rich and the poor must both
receive their Just due, these rights they
can never secure if religion does not,
through it's legislative and Mosaic code,
proclaim right over might.
do YOU still ask "Of what use is re-
ligion?" If so, its grandest, noblest, hol-
lest mission is yet to be told, for 1t
teaches us TO bear the ills we nave, ana
fpao hn1l-
duet the threefod gifts or God, resigna-
ton, humility and comfort. DO the laws
of nature call for a sacrifice of some loved
one, who has been entwined so closely
around the tendrills of our hearts, what is
it but religion, that makes us look at the
vacant chair and in the sottest OF WINS
pers murmur, Thy will, O God, not mlne'
be done" does fortune load you down with
wealth and honor and distinction, what
is it but religion that continually reminds
YOU in all your duties of life, TO 90 just
ly. love mercy and walk humDly, win your
Ciod?" Are the days very dark aroullu
YOU is life very lonely, are the diHlcultles
very, very hard to surmount Again l ask
Won. what is 1t but religion that assures
you i'm the loving tender words OF the
prophet, comfort We, comfort We, my
people saith your God?" And so through
out the whole category of the Worid 40
ings and requirements and expectations
there is absolutely nothing that can pros
per or succeed, without having religion as
its hope, its guide and its stay. IL IS OF
such vast dimensions that 1t extends over
ali people and all nations and its very
universally, should itself be the best an
swer to our question, "of what use IS re-
ligion." And though you may not nave
recognized it, / have only been sKetchIns
in skeleton form some few OF the beaulles'
and the broad principles, OF simon pure
hag haa1
the admiration of all who have studied
and dived into it's many attractions. 1t IS
perhaps the only known religion in the
world that breaches and practices as its
main principle, that "the righteous of all
religions are entitled to a portion in the
world to come" for there is nothing self
sh in religion; the more you give away,
the more you have. If you can keep all
your religion to yourself, you may be sure
YOU have a religion that is not worth any
thing"
surely to you, then, as modern and pro-
gressfve Jews, it's greatest use Is TO as
seminate it by example as we'll as by pre-
cept, by practice, as well as by preaching.
| The careless and wilftl neglect of it, Will
not raise you in the eyes of the outside
world. neither will the oft repeated assur-
ance that religion is cd fashioned and out
of date. strengthen either your community,
YOUR government, or yourselves. France
and Robespierre found out this truth TO
their bitter cost, during the ever memora-
bile days of the Reign of Terror; your
fathers in the Wilderness acknowledged it
in their sin laden lives; indeed, there is
hardly an epoch IN history which, if stud
led carefully and impartially, that will not
| tell you and tell you perfectly, OF what
| use is religion" We are too enlightened
and intelligent to ignore the many calls
| Of the present century; Zionism, whether
| il be of a Hertzl, a Max Nordau, or the
! most orthodox Jew, can never be estab-
| lished or even encouraged, unless there be
| a marked and warm sympathy between
| man and religion; parliaments Of religion
| can never yield the good they have in
| view, if through those various religions
| they seek to define and explain their fol-
| lowers, do not honestly and conscientious
| ly carry out the one grand universal mis-
! sion Of union reverence and common broth
| erhood Let us realize this great truth
upon this, the day of our fasting penitence
| and prayer, when Oft and again, we will
all unanimously exclaim: 1.-THE Lord He
| is God. the Lord He is God" Though we
| appreciate it not every moment of our
| lives, convinces us by forcible demonstra-
ton, that religion is of the greatest use
| to every individual and to every commune
| ty The II don't believes" should be get
| ting fewer and fewer every day, especially
when they think how little they
are and how great God is. At any
rate. let US carefully study out this prob
lem, "Of what use is religion" and
prophecy that we will not very long "halt