The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-01-17

do 1t all in calm and sober fashion like
statesmen and patriots
Paying homage to the old ideal, Mr..
Wilson says: I do not speak Of these
things in apprehension, because all is
open and above board. This is not a
day in which great forces rally in Sc
cret. The whole stupendous programme
must be publicly planned and can
| vassed.'
Truth and Publicity.
"My friends, we can note with pride
| the part the Independent Order of B'nai
Birth has played in directing the light
os truth and publicity. Witness the
encouragement and unsolicited aid
| given the United States department of
| justice in the effort to stamp out the
! So called white slave traffic. The eff
I fcient cooperation Of the B'nai Birth,
and particularly the seventh district
lodges, was an incentive in the estab-
| lishment of a special department for
| the suppression Of this nefarious tra.f-
! flc This order took the initiative,
! and thus shed lustre on the world old
| ideal
The home condition Of the children
J in this countryside citizens of the fu-
ture-and the general environment in
which they are brought UP, have elicit
ed the concern Of the republic Almost
! Spartan realization of the public re-
sponsibility for the growing youths Of
/ the nation Is prevalent Congress saw
| the light, and a child's bureau was
provided. If properly conducted, the
new bureau will prove a valuable in
strument in the hands Of a truth-lov
ing people. We shall know the real
atmosphere in which our youths are
! being reared, and can model domestic
and industrial conditions so that stall
wart, able-bodied and Intelligent men
and women may bear the burdens of
threatening future.
"Our more progressive schools and
colleges are keeping step with the gov
eminent in the great crusade for truth.
The doors of university training are
being thrown wide to the masses of
American people. Wisdom truly crieth
aloud in the street. Democracy in
/ education is following fast. In the
! new work some of our higher institu-
| tons of learning-Rew York Univer-
J sity, the University of Virginia, and
the University Of Alabama, for exam
ple-by means of extension courses,
/ will soon send the rays Of knowledge
| into every cotteTs home. What was
! formerly food only for the idle rich Is
bread for the humber mind. Educa-
ton Is telling the truth Of things. To
| educate all the people Is to tell all Of
| them the truth.
Religion of Truth.
! Judaism, even on the surface, is
! primarily a religion Of truth. 1t has
/ no conceaIments, or mysteries undf-
vulged. It is a simple faith, for around
| the one doctrine of brotherly love and
| fear of God are the tenets Of Judaism
crystalized. The rabbi and his flock
worship the same ideals. There are
no hidden ways in our faith. and thank
/ God the various customs Of our creed
stand revealed in native simplicity.
Out in Gods bright sun, among the
teeming millions, we ply our religion.
! Woe be the time when we have eyes
! and cannot see; ears and cannot hear
Our religion has never needed re-
form in this respect. In the hailowed
days OF the patriarchs. the fundamen-
tai doctrine Of the fatherhood and the
brotherhood stood out boldly. No in
terpreter taught Abraham how to merit
| Sarah's love, or give ear to the well
fare of a Lot. Rebekah saw duty, but
only through her own eyes. It was
the simplicity of the Jewish faith that
appealed to the mild Jacob, and with a
fathers blessing. he reared prime
minister for Egypt. The great Jews
who lived In those days saw easily tho
creed of Gods chosen children, and
followed 1t. Simple love of God and
man Is Judaism. 1t is truth itself.
Y Here, in the southland, prided for
it's unselfish men and women, is
stretch Of opportunities. The far
sighted business seers prophesy an
era OK commercial prosperity. The
opening of the Panama canal has al
ready started activity in the marts of
trade. And the thriving cities Of the
gulf states, NOTABLY Pensacola, are
making unmiskakable preparations for
the dawn Of the new day Of economic
wealth. Is the clfnk of dollars and
cents to drown thS prayer for truth
and religion? Is yoGng Judea, wear
ing the robe of the paSriarchs, to lack
the moral equipment? kask my fellow
IsFaelites not to shut out She light for
by its rays the path to everlasting
glory is seen, and by It alone. Heed
the words Of Isaiah:
None calleth for justice, nor any
pleadeth for truth: they trust In vanity
and speak lies; they conceive mischief,
and bring forth iniquity.
Therefore is Judgment far from us,Y
neither does justice overtake US: we
wait for light, but behold obscurity;
for brightness, but we walk in dark
ness"
Harry Thomas, the English light |
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