Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-02-01
ATTITUDE Of THOSE
WHO CRITICIZE
AMUSING
DR.. Mendel SLIDER Declares
Many Fail to See Difference
Between Natural Morals
and Artificial Morals.

poseful: the chief thing for man to
seek IL not to shun the simple pleas
nres and rational pastiincs Of life, but
to brlne them into harmony with
higher objects ara nOblcr ideals. Thus
spoke Or. Mcndci SLIDER. rabbi Of
temple Albert la a splendid sermon,
Tho follics Of Modern Life" deliver
I'D before the congregation aud q
number OF visitors last evening. Dr.
Silbcr declared that u religion aud
morality are TO have a place ia mod.
crn life they must not be separated
from modern living. tie declared a.
amusing the attitude Of people 10 whom
dissent from dogma spells damnation:
innocent ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and
perditiVn. Dr. Silbcr said that a
makes little difference To- men aud
women whether the flsh that swallow
ed Jonah was whale or shark
that II h not rational Ia suppose that
our divine father frOwns on our
aInusoments
Or SLIDER spoke in part az follows.
Modern man has become accus.
TONED 10 look with haif-contempt.
uOus pity upon the past aecs of
tude aud crude civilization In the
past. sc are IA the habit Of thinking,
people did not know how TO live. They
spent their time Ia fear snd super.
stiti0n They did not grasp the true
meaning and Importance of life. they
hid not know the laws Of nature aud
could not Improve their opportunities
Accordingly, We congratulate and
compliment ourselves upon the fact
that We live la "A modern age aud
under modern conditions a. how
ever one OF those people. whom NE
regard with pity. were To come 10
earth again he would probably be
quite as astonishcd and would un.
doubleday loUk as pityingly at our
own mode % living. He might even
De amused az the follics OF modern
lie one part Ut m. world n squan.
dering life foOltsbly. white another
part Is foolishly trying to criticize
The majority OF modern people are
acting a. though there we're no real
problems 10 solve Thousands arc
starving and suffering Tor lack OF
bread. Thousands more are prriHhiug
from lack OF knuwiodge Hundreds
~ thousands are smarting under the
yoke OF tyranny aud persecution MIL.
lions are moaning and grooming In
the agony ~ death. Vet needless and
untoncerned. We 60 on living selfish
~ and selt-complaCrutly. as though
these things did not exist On the
one side there are those who waste
their time In living their little lives
and thinking their limited thoughts
knowing nothing uobler iu lie than
To eat aud drink and Ice merry, On
fh. other side there ar' those who go
on ughtiug aud fr,ttiug about petty
| dOsuas and sim, .upcrstiiious
with thousand and one clcvst.
ing anu cnuobl.ns Influences aud IN.
4 situations at our very door. with
Hch"ols and colleges. with books and
/ magazines. with lectures aud iitcra-
turc of every description at our dis.
pusa. the lives ~ many nevertheless
! de- not rise above the s.nsuous salts.
| faction of mrr" animal sppgtitcs No
higher thought passes tia. threshold
~ their consciousness. NO timer feel.
ny ever lodges IN their heart no
l noble emotion ever enters thcir soul;
un spiritual state ls ever eNlugcd Ia
their conduct Nut for them lid cut
t,nb'rg invent The printing press. Not
Tor them did the thinkers think aud
IN" writer's write. Not Tor them did
tile prophets pr,wvh ana the psalm.
lists sing and ih" -agcs teach. life
| Tor them b. still on ~ very loN plane
that % folly aud frit"llty.
4 "UH the other hand Their, are many
fwould-bc moralists who 80 not besiu
10 understand the meaning of wise
aud Veli-ovdcrod uic For them IN,
az, OF llsht and enlightenment has
not set come For them the dawn oi
modernism has not vet pierced the
darkness ot modiCvalSm They az,
sim hcld IN IN. clutches Of super
| sdiou. They sin place creed aoOy,
! conduct miracles above morals, and
| the reason OF authority above the au-
/ thOrity OF reason. They stun regard
1 man - ~ m'r" creature ut caprice
the work of whimsical deity, the
! vile and wicked subject ot q divine
despot who must be cosxed aud ca.
iulcd and hattered and brlbod into
Kindness. To them, dissent from
dogma aill spells damnation. limo.
| cent amusemcnt--purgs aud per
dltlon,
The attitude Of these people u
| really amusing what difference Dc
/ YOU suppose II makes 20 the lite OF
men aud women whether the hsh
that swallowed Jonah WAS whale o.
q shark what difference do sou
| suppose Il makes to God that yOune
men and women spend two hours u
eeek in dancing and three bours a
month la THE thoaterg "A human
father I derive positive pleasure from
/ watching the simple pastimes OF my
/ Guild u matters little 20 me whether
my child hnds amusement IN recitinp
nursery rhymes or in looking. az pie
: lures. or In singing aud dancing
, would be a foolish father, Indeed, 60
/ frown on such simple aud raiiQAal
amusemeno Ny main cOngarn is
that my child grow az aud develop
physically. mentally and morally I,
~ rational 10 suppose that our divine
/ father fr0wus on our amusements
u II reasonable ia presume that he
] expects Us 10 spend all our tim,
/ knseling In prayer?
J the trouble s Nith thess ptDIAl
that they fail 10 see the d.nerehls be.