The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-28
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HEIR ELCH OTHER
Calisch, III Sermon of Special
Interest Discusses Broader
brotherhood.
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'6AlS cREEDs NATTER NOT
Religious Prejudice Gradually
Disappearing All Over the
Werld.
LAYS dREEDS MATTER NOT

Taking as his subject the stimuli
& fAneuNS appearance ia q New York
neMspaper OF triaay OF two stories.
pne III waicn Jews are aiding Catho-
Lies 10 reou3id u cnurch which burned
II Hiaa thr utftrr tEtttng ut the PresUy-
tefAAn Syfsou protesting against the
IsagfSfKs uf the Jews In Russia, Roy.
I Dr. r. n. Caiiscn. Of the betn AhaDa
Hempie, Friuay night delivered a
sBfrOi1S aud interesting sermon on now
4 JS&s and Gentiies neip each Other.
I Ne showed that the gulf which for
ages has separated men OF dinerent
3 tA4tlls Is gradually reeeding aud all
n1AnAlnd. no matter CT what belief, Is
4 becouiug more closely affiliated in
sHsking Tor the higher ideals OF life,
Aea broader Than Greeds.
After expressing his approval and
appreciation Of the action OF the Pres
AytsxIan Synod, l}r. calisch said, in
Paft.
ut il an extremely interesting coin
Eid1ace that these two articles appear
Id the same paper on the same day.
I IA ny HssHa*i there Is no question bat
I kia&t the spirit of enlightenment and Of
4 tattpfsaatstss Is growing stronger and
WIDER These incidents are more than
superficial courtesies. they are acts
81 brotherhood. Significant OF the fact
That men are broader than their
creeds and that they are beginning TO
recognize that men may honestly diff
fer In thought on fundamental propo-
Williams oil HE, and Yet not only respect
ax&ch others convictions, but find OPP
Ap0rtuniiy 10 find each other. Our con-
kTegation, here In Richmond. has had
The happiness TO be of service 10 con-
zETdgations Of the Christian faith, and
m the other hand. some Of our Chris
I k5An friends have helped us TO build
{ this bsautsfui temple of our prayer;
and more would have done so had we
I III answise sought or encouraged
them"
We have nor arrived at the miilen-
nsai epoch when all hatred and preju-
SsstnA have vanished. We are all OF us
hNnausy weak and imperfect But
|Sar Are with each age growing nearer
~ the splendid development Of which
our humanity In capable. There are
Sill naen and women OF all classes
Snud OF all creeds who are 50 limited
San their mental vision that they can
sssc no good in any other form of be-
ticf or thought except their own. They
believe that the one facet OF the dia-
lntoad OF truth that they see is the
whole gem. and that all else is false
md futile. Time was when these were
m the majority and in power. They
sought 10 impose by violence and by
force their own belief uopn those who
dfsfered with them. They used the
argument of the anathema, the sword.
Khe rack and The stake even as to-day
Ikr.e..e.a. the infamous, seeks indirectly
the same. object by Furnishing those
n rho are not OF her official orthodox
latin. for the same reason that they
IRIS not OF the faith, even though other
Reasons may be given as excuses of
4 hHr tyranny. But, excepting in Rus
III aud some of the kindred Slavic
municipalities in Southeastern Europe.
the Hight OF reason has suppianted the
dafkness Of bigotry. Official and le-
Ealixed tyranny no longer obtains I'M
matters OF belief. There Is the con-
elAraiiy growing sense OF Brotherhood
III i common humanity that Ii deeper
I than dogma and truer than all theo
iogteai systems.
The Jews and the Christians of the
! world. embracing the great majority
n III tue enasntenea people of the
earth. have both felt the impulse of
this developing fraternai consciousness
md are responding to 1t. They have
GONE to know that they can live side
4 w side, in peace and anity, be good
q nefghbors and good friends to each
ssDthSr, engage together In the same
Ills EtTartx Tor the hetterrnent- hu4
4 manly. for the realization Of the high
i ~ ideals or government, culture, PHI
stanthr0phy and conduct. even though
n they may kneei ut different shrines,
4 ana voice their prayers with different
I eCrents. More. they have come to
recoEnix2 that every channel through
i &htch mans energy may be led TO
humane. useful and happy deeds Is
legitimate way OF God, and accept
s able In His sight Therefore they can
help 10 maintain the communal or
I, Kanixations OF each other. when need
sssr emergency arise, feeling that the
4 cpnsumuiation sought for is greater
4 than the means by which 1t liz achiev-
I'D. The beauty Of 81 song lies not In
the language in which IL is sung, but
I#4u the melody of its music So the
value of prayer lies not in the ritual
Y "a Wi1ie hit Is framed, bat In the heart
8 that gives II birth.
The loyal, earnest Jew. who sees
An his religion something more than
ritual and ceremony. respects and es-
\ teenns the Christian, who is earnest In
hax own faith. yet reasonable enough
i 10 realize that Gods grace ts not con
1lned 10 any one sci 6f people. SINH
1ariy the churchman. who is loyal to
hia own creed and yet can realize that
there are more Ways than one UP
IN the Mountain-summh OF faith and
character, can and does reciprocate
! the respect and esteem OF his Jewish
4 &x5end.