The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-04-19
THE GOLDEN RULE
The Sermon That is Not Often
Preached But Cannot be Preached
toe Often.

! tbnU OF human ttptESIHop dAu
standard of living. The meeting
was under the auspices of the Baron
land B4rouesS de Hirsch Monument
Association, an association organized
To raise in New York q memorial tC
the generous Jewish philanthrOpists,
whose benefactions were character
| lied by most notable breadth of sym
pathy with all humanity.
Tire gathering was made up of per-
sons of various religious beliefs, one
of the speakers being Jewish rabbi
and another the Chinese minister,
Wa Ting Fang, diciple OF ConfuciuS.
There was special propriety in his
presense. because the Golden Rule, as
Christians know it, was clearly enun-
cisfed by Confucius in almost identi-
cal phrase centuries before the Chris
tian era. As WI Ting Fang rendered
his precept into English, il is:
''DD not do to others what you do
not want done unto yourself"
l
| pears to have been the most notable
| one of the occasion, the reports say
| ing that at its conclusion he had to rise
| several times after be had taken his
| seat 10 bow his acknowledgements 10
the continuing applause. Certainly
| this was a strange Occurance i'll a
Christian temple. 1t can only be
| said that the address merited The teS-
| timOnial. 1t was the most devoted
Golden Rule speech that was made,
characterized, moreover, by the singu-
lar caCdor and graciOusness of style
that have won for the Chinese states
men so great favor.
Some high mutual sentiment must
hsve possessed those preseut-and the
church was crowed to the dOOrs-to
bring them 10 exercises which includ-
eel singing of the One Hundredth
Psalm, prayer by Rabbi Or. Joseph
Silverman, and addresses by Chris
tians. Jews and the eminent Confu-
elan. all keyed to the note Of human
ity, recognizing all nations and races
of men as under common obligation
of justice, sympathy and helpful
ness.
Or. Heber Newton. speaking of the
Golden Rule in business, asserted that
this rule sis certainly not the basic
law of business in Christendom, de-
spite all the beautiful things We say
about Christ" We do not take him !
seriously in this teaching:
"What an irony of history. Eigh-
teen centuries of Christendom, and |
we sight out for fame a man who, |
when his workmen tell him there are |
no rules in the factory, has the Gold.
en- Rule printed and posted there, and
makes his men believe that he really
tries to carry on work according TO
that rule. We liable him Golden Rule
Jones. One Golden Rule Jones,
myriads of Brazen Rule Smiths,
Browns and Robinsons."
He thought that, while men like
Baron Hirsch and Andrew Carnegie
are to be honored for showing how 10
apply the Golden Rule IN the distri-
button of wealth, there will be higher
honor for the men who come after
them who will not. only spend their
money, but will make it, according to
the Golden Rule. Speaking of COM
mon violations of this rule he instance
ed this one:
Stock is watered so that cOmpan-
les can GO on paying dividends which
the public would not justify them in
paying upon the actual capital ill.,
vested, while they keep down the
wages of their workingmen under the
pretense Of the necessity of paying
lust interest in capital"
As We have intimated, the Chinese
minister made the most serious and
profound address. Racial prejudice
and religious tolerance are two mon
sters of barbarism," be said, and be
went on to show from history the
Crusade>, the Thirty Years War, the
of the Hugueuots aud the
expulsion of the NoOrs from Spain
he evils which these false sentiments
had wrought. Although education
md enlightment have probably pre-
rented for the coming years such
wrongs a. these, he re.
minded his audience that There are
N the statute books of mauy couu-
rieS laws directed against some PEG
lie on account OF race or religion.
This cannot Toe considered satisfactory
The sooner these laws are abolished,
ne better il will be for the people ami
ar mankind in general, ~ well A. for
he progress Of the nations
Then followed this remarkable pas
age: