The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-14
CoMPAREDR
RABBI MoRGENsTERN SPOKE ON
 JUDAISM vs. CHRISTIANITY.
Conxregation of Templer Beth Or Heard EIoquent and ForcibIe Address o3 Jewish Preacher of Lafayette
 Indiana.

comparison of the religions or Judaism and Christianity, was made m the sermon by Rabbi J. Morgenstern, or Lafayette, Indiana, at the Temple last night Rabbi Morgensterni spoke upon the subject "The Responsibility or Man." taking as his text the ioiio"ihe verse from the Psalms:
 Thou hast created him but httie lower than the angels, and hast crown ed him with glory and honor. Inou hast given him dominion over the works of Thy hand. Everything hast Thou placed under his feet"
 In the beginning of his talk, haooi Morrenstern stated his belief that com parisons in religious matters are dis- tasteful and dangerous, and that he us- ually made practice of avoiding them He referred to them, last night, he said' not for the purpose of asserting the superiority of one. but for the pur- poses merely of comparison, to show the different conceptions held by the Jewish and the Christian religion.
 The dogmatic conception of orthodox Christianity, he declared was that man is naturally a sinner, that baptism IS necessary for purification. and that even after baptism, he remains sin ner, and is only permitted salvation through the blood of Christ. Judaism. on the other hand. emphasizes the re-
  he Is not perfect. that at times he sins unintentionally. Unintentional sin, he said, could be forgiven, but deliberate sin is never forgiven. For the latter. man is always answerable-
 Both religions agree that man IS possessed of the knowledge of right and wrong Dogmatic Christianity holds that man is sinner in spite of know ledge and Judaism teaches that in ad- Aition to this knowledge, man possess ses the power of free will to choose whether or not he shall act in accor- dance with this free will.
 Judaism, therefore, he declared. holds that it rests with man alone to become what he can make of himself, through the proper exercise of this free will, and consequently the religion insists that man can not naturally be sim ner but becomes so only through de- Iiberately ignoring this knowledge. It is the possession of this knowledge of right and wrong. and the power of free will which distinguishes man from all other living phenomena of creation.
 'oThe dominion of man over the low CT organisms, rests upon the proper exercise of mans free will. Let him use this will rightly. and the domin- ion must result in good for the world at large. Be the use wrong, and the result must be evil
 Herein he continued, rests mans responsibility. This is the lesson of this festival of Passover, commemora- ting the release from Egyptian slavery. the reception of the Law of Sinai and the entrance into the land of freedom and promise. It is the lesson of relig- ion. not of slaves but of free men, not of ignorance but of knowledge, not of servile cringing but of human freedom, responsibility and manhood"
 Dr. Morgenstern will deliver anoth- CT sermon at the Temple this morning. when he will talk upon the subject, My Religion" He is also expected to speak at the exercises in the Temple tomorrow evening.