The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-15
EVERYBODY MUST HELP.
Veal OF This work-a-Day Republic Doc,
Not Lie with the RicL. say. DIR. GotthoiI.

Veal OF This work-a-Day Republic Does
Not Lie with the RieL. Say. DIR. Gotthen.
signs OF tho Times" was the subject OF a
lecture delivered yesterday morning by tho
Rev. Dr. Gustav Gottheii In tho Temple EmAnu.
FL. Forty-thlrd street and Fifth avenue. He
said:
Happily, our outlook Is brighter than that
of tho ancient prophet who cried. Waterman.
what of the night2' may say. 'wstchman.
what of tho day3' for there is nothing dark
before Us nor around US. That our age is in
many respects an enlightened one Ia no empty
boast This sun of freedom has never set hero;
lot the malcontonts say what they will.
I'm the foreground of the problems that press
for Q solution Is social reorganization . task
which many people dread simply because Of =
bad name that has been fastened upon It and,
perhaps. also because n vast deal of blun and
buster 10 thrown around It. We should not be-
como frightened by that, for the kernel OF tho
thing 10 sound. and II It Is handled wisely and
cautiously II will doubtless bring on a better
time than we have ever had before. That kernel
IL the idea that the final aim OF tho whole struc-
turo OF social order and OF its conf onsnt parts
must be the welfare of the people In its totality
and not that of = mere portion OF II. And fur
Their. that the means OF obtaining the end are
chiefly two: first. the participation OF the indi-
vidual In the legislation aud government or tho
various communities, and, second, tho greater
spiritual and moral development OF the indi-
'In no respect deserves our country tho name
of New World better than In regard to the do
to keep out and Danish forever tho Old Worlds
distinctions OF classes and ranke and principali-
ties and dominions. For the, iirst time in his
tory the plebeian was ennOblcd and the patri-
clan brought low; | mean him who has ntly
been compared with the potato, because his best
part Ii underground. For the first time In the
grand scale nlu man. as man, claim and secure
tho sovereignty OF self-rulo rs legislator and
Or. Gottheil then pointed out that the ancient
Jewish Commonwealth was the earliest fore
runner and type OF such y social system, for In
Palestine hereditary aristocracy WAS unknown,
nor did Palestine know the sorvile wars that
other peoples, knew. for all lsraelites were
nobility among the nations OF tho earth. IL was
doubtless this spirit of equality which prrvades
the Ola Testament that endearet y to the Pll-
grim fathers and later TO The fathers OF the
Commonwealth.
Our Constitutiou. DR.. GottheIl said. like tho
Law OF Moses, is social to It's very core, and We
shall arrive at n solution ofevery social problem
by a natural process Of devel2pom~nt; Here
without. by the Importation OF terms and con-
~ceptions which have no real basis either In the
DR. GottSeeil sad that We are a peculiar pco-
plo, n nation In shirtsleeves. the despisers Of
idlers. whether IN tho world Of wealth. fashion,
or religion. So deeply penetrated 10 this people
with tito idea that work makes the man. that
even those who do not believe In tho maxim
assume a sembiance Of belief In il, and even
womsnkind 10 gradually being drawn into the
whirl of ceAseloss employment.
Dr. GOttheil added that W hereas 100 years ago
the call was for q bill OF rights OF man. now the
cry was for a bill of duties of man. This need
mAkrb itself felt In many ways. he said, and the
means are multiplying to RcquGint tho people
with tho duties OF citizenship. While these
efforts are but rudimentary yet the time would
some when In every serious emergency and
great endeayOr the irst Thought would be what
the duty OF tho people was IN tho premises and
mt What must be done out of n s6nhe of charity.
When the people shall be accustomed TO practise
self HELM In the widest possible and best organ