Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-02-10
The Christ Spirit" of Today.

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Writing to a citizen of Nevada il
regard TO his projected visit to Reno
Colonel Roosevelt makes a graceful
preference TO the conspicuous par
taken by State Senator Flanagan, ;
Catholic. in raising funds for y. NJ
c. A. building at Reno
Good for Senator Flanagan" say,
the former president Tell him how
pleased ! am about the part he tool
in erecting the Y. NJ. c. A. building
Interested though ! am in progressive
politics. ! am even more interested
i'm what / may call progressive Chris
tianity-that is. in having Catholic
and Protestant join in standing on q
square ethical basis"
Ii is not alone at Reno that one
finds a lack of religious bigotry
Nearly everywhere i'm the United
Subsequently, among educated peo-
ple-Catholics, Professionals. and Jews
are found working cordially side by
side in all movements for the public
welfare And this close association
has done much to break down and oh
literate the silly prejudices which at
one time influenced the members of
each of these great religious organi-
cations against the others. The lesson
has been well learned in America. that
we are all Americans. with common
interest in the public good. and that
the individual is neither worse nor
better because of his religious beliefs.
Close association has bred a spirit
of broad liberation. in religion as well
as in politics.
The prominent Catholic of Nevada
who has done so much for the Young
Mems Christian association of Reno
is deserving of all praise. bug the
really important fact is that his ac-
tivity in behalf of that organization
is not unique Many other Catholics
in the country have shown equal
broadness of spirit And so Of the
Jews. Our esteemed fellow citizen,
Mr.. Henry c. Yaeger. calls the atten-
ton of The Republican to a splendid
exhibition of the Christ spirit" by
Mr.. Julius Rosenwald of Chicago. who
has lust given the sum if twenty-five
thousand dollars for the construction
of a Y. NJ. c. A building for negroes
in Chicago.
The attitude of enlightened Jews is
well expressed by that prominent jew
ish writer. Professor Clifton Hardy
Levy. in an article in the Chicago In
tcr-Ocean on the question: Did Christ
Liver" in which he marshals indisput-
able proof that Jesus is not myth.
and in which he says:
of course the Jew studies history
with different eyes than the Christian.
and reads a different lesson from
past events. but in the spread Of
Christianity he sees much more than
the conquest of the civilized world
for the person of Jesus. The Jew
who considers the matter fairly sees
that through Christianity much OF the
doctrine that he holds dear has been
made the property of the world.
IF he be fair he knows that with
out Jesus and Christianity the spread
of these doctrines would have been
much slower. and though he still re-
iects the claim of Jesus to be more
than man. he freely accords his ad-
miration TO Him who taught the doc
trines OF the love of mankind and the
pitv for the poor and suffering, doc
trines living at the basis of JUDAISM.
emphasized by all Of the prophets
and believed by the people.
1t would be a calamity for the
world at large were it to be robbed
of the belief that there was such
person as Jesus: that He lived and
worked among the poor and suffering,
and that He has been the inspiration
of millions ever since. Even though
the Jew believes that Jesus was the
great reformer of his day, and that
He himself did not dream of starting
any new religion. but that IL was
chiefly due to his apostles, and most
of all to Paul. that Christianity be-
came a separate religion. he does not
regret the fact that out of his own
people the Christian Savior was born.
and that through Him the world has
moved forward to loftier heights OF
morality and civiliZation-for the
morals of the world are the barom-
eter of its civilization"