The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-13
DR., ADLER'S EASTER MESSAGE
OPTIMISM rs THE TRUE MIL
NOTE or LIFE, HE SAf&
MiIitarism Is q Mistake and the Doctrine
OF Force as jerome Set n Form -
Wreug-seiution OF the Race ana
negro Problems Lies In Higher Aims.

OF Force rs Jerome Set II Forth -
MISREPRESENTATION OF the Race ana
negro Problems Lies I'm Higher Aims.
In his address at yesterdays service OF
the Society for Ethical Culture. in Carnegie
Hall, DR.. Felix Adler deplorod the advocacy
of militarism by President Roosevelt ana
the doctrine Of force recently preached by
District Attorney Jerome to the. LABOR
unions. He referred to the labor question
and the race question, he said. merely TO
illustrate his address on a Modern Inter-
probation OF Easter" and added that he
would soon have occasion to talk more at
length about the negroes.
+, Arise, let thy whole nature be exalted,
thy youth renewed. Keep thyself in the
current OF universal life. Rise above thy
private lot, lose and find thyself In universal
fame This, Dr. Adler said, is the message
which Easter sends to-day.
1t was his first address after an absence
of ten weeks, and he took occasion to deny
the report, caused by that absence. that he
was to sever his connection with the society,
and to say that this connection would never
be severed in his lifetime. In his address he
said in part
renews herself and so the buds OF hope open
in the human heart. The great ethical re-
ligions OF the past. the Hebrew and the Chris
tan. have given to 1t a moral Interpretation
The great Hebrew idea for which the Pass
over stands Is that right uiumphs over
The Christian Interpretation Ii different
The underlying idea is that OF Immortality
that bourne from which. the poet tells us. no
traveller returns, but in one instance. 1t seems.
that Is not applicable One man came back
That was taken as proof OF immortality against
which speculation and philosophy have been
The modern hope ia that in every child Of
man there Is the Immortal unauenchaole
potentiality of divinity which no evil can
eradicate This modern hope is the one thing
that is practical and that can give us help
Let me Illustrate by brief reference to the
There are two extreme parties. On the
one hand are the doctrinaires, who declare
must of necessity be the equals Of the white
men and must be endowed with the same
privileges. AZ the other extreme are those hos,
such must be restricted and ruled by force,
true one 's' We must put Ourselves il the place
Of the white people OF the south. We must
not attempt to settle the question In an on
southern prejudice nor curry favor by falling
into views that are popular with them. we
must realize what the difficulties Of the prob
lem are from their point Of view.
Men must not be rated by their face value
but by their potential value. not by what
cording to their unauenchabIe spiritual pos
sibilities they may do: That Is the ethicaI
standard; Il is accepting men at their face
ton OF the white mans burden. That II Is
the white mans title TO rile the black or the
Anglo Saxon's title TO rule the world y an
assumption OF superiority based on lace
We can't afford to accept that valuation;
TIE the sha.
be weighed and found wanting so one
must not forget the man in the negro. the
We must adopt the fostering attitude. and
the spirit Of such institutions as Tuskegee
rule sef wds an ss fST
IL IL a great wrong to submerge the individual
in the mass. to prejudge a man because ne
has disappointed us. Judge every human
being as personality, Sy h MS hs, own merits
movement which is 50 troublesome for us
Nothing is so sad, So 6iscourasins ~ to see
ths Lost Of faith in neral tsndsncies and to
Chief S Magistrate Ia Is an advocate Of mitarism.
And nothing can be more disoouragins
s as moral no niV ieader WHOSE probity n,sty
and enthusiasm for doing good are unaues-
toned e whom We o owe ,s. 80 bonSs sn t Of xs
and political corruption-.nothing, ! say, can
be so discouraEng as to have such man rise
up and sing the praises OF force: TO tell the
iaboring men that while they must keep
within the law. they can accomplish notn,n g
away with one hand what is given with re
wholcsome restraint of the very law which
they are told they must obey,
The labor question Is not going TO be solved
by sentiment, but to brush aside the idea
OF brotherhood Is the greatest injury 70 man
kind Morality il not matter OF eminent
II is not something that is wishy-washy and
weak There Ia great evil In this confusion
of mere feeling with morality. which Is itself
strength and the parent of that force which
comes from efficiency and adherence to right
No man can be efficient who has not morality
The great issue will be settled II the weak
land the workmen are the weak. no matter
what their nu mer ical sire myth isl will guar
antee 20 their employers that they will do nc
good as their bond,
Oh. il Ia miserable to hear this doctrine oil
| force What the laboring men need IL teach
| ing that they will conquer II right In on Their
| side Teach them to appeal to the sense OF
justice OF the employers. who are a. human
as they are. and that this appeal TO justics
IL VI In