South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-09-30
SUGGESTS A SIN
PREVENTION DAY
Rabbi CronbaCh in AtOnement
Day Sermon Urges Need of
Inquiring Into intellectual and
Physical Causes of Sin.

AfOncmenL day was observed " Gu
nesday among the Jewish people Of
south Bend with special services. At
Temple BETHEL services were held IN
the morning. when Rabbi Cronbach
preaf he'd an able sermon on the sig |
nidcance of the day.
"Atonement day" he said in part,
speaks 10 Us OF purity and sinless-
ness. II speaks to US OF the love
divine that will not let US 60 Ii
speaks 10 Us Of Immortality. % grave
where Is thy victory, q death where /
is thy stingr AtOnement day says
that although IL uses q dill erent lan-
guage.
"Atonement day suggests not merely |
the curing OF sin, but also the pro- |
venting OF sin. Here as everywhere
else, the ounce of prevention is worth
more than the pound of cure ON Fri |
day we shall have a Disease Proven |
tion day. Would that we could have
"A sin prevention day. Would that we
might have a day. not so much for
the remission or forgiveness OF sin as
day for the prevention of sin, day
OF which attention could be given
To the social and industrial and in
telIectual and physical causes of sin. /
yes. physical causei Examination
has shown that a large percentage of
persons convicted in the law courts
have something wrong with their
bodies. AdenOids and broken foot
arches are the causes Of more rascal /
itv than you or / have any idea.
Get Duty Habit.
"Righteousnese may not have the
power to postE - death. In fact, 7
Righteousness eumes hastens
death. as in thu cases where peo- /
pie give mp their lives for others or
sacrifice themselves for a cause. But
Righteousness may do something bet /
Ter than defer death. Righteousness
VIII remove the terror Of death. Get
the duty habit and you Will lose the
trembling habit Live for duty. |
Keep your mind on duty and YOU Will
be too busy To have any fears and |
too preOccupied 10 have any terrors.
ut is upon US to confess not only !
our own sins. The sins of others also |
belong TO u.s. Individual guilt is not |
the only kind Of guilt. There is also |
such a thing as social guilt The So
cial distortions that supply the jailS /
and brothels. those OF MS who are
not in the jails and brOthels have part
ia those distortions. on AtOnement
day I repent not merely fer my own
sins but for the sins OF every convict
and every murderer and every fallen
woman.
First Service Tuesday
The first Atonement dizzy services |
were held last night at Temple Beth |
FL. Rabbi Cronbach speaking on the
EuDIttAs higher T 81 ana higher Il
lie explained the significance of Atone |
nent day and held that sin need not
b made a drag stone. In part he
caid:
''It is not only sorrow that can be |
. stepping stone 90 higher things. |
Sin also can be a stepping stone to !
higher things. That is what Atone |
ment day is for. We children of our |
Heavenly Father need not suffer our
sin To be a drag stone into the depths |
We can make OF our sin a stepping
stone into the heights
How do this? / must bring i'm
now an old fashioned word But
there is none other. Repentance Is
that word. a sin repented is a step
ping stone. 4 sin unrepented is a
drag stone. The sinner who is racked |
with remOrse over his sin. is nearer to |
goodness than the person who sees in
himself nothing about which TO feel
any remOrse. There is more Joy in
heaven over one sinner which repent
eth than over ninety and nine Just
men which need no repentance This
is the way the Talmud puts the iden- /
teal thought: In the place where the
repentant sinner stand the perfectly |
righteous are unable 10 stand
All Are Sinners.
"AU OF us are sinners. There is |
more badness i'm every one of us than /
the tongue can tell. We claim to be- /
heve in freedom of speech. What /
Hypocrisy There are not 10 people /
in a hundred who truly believe in /
freedom of speech unless we are 4
the speakers or as long as those that /
do the speaking agree with us
or fatter us But let a person say
something that displeases us and woe 1
unto him.
Then we complain that people are ,
not candid and truthful and sincere. /
How can we expect people to be .
truthful when we make il positively \
dangerous for them to be truthful? /
who Will join me in making this .
vow? God helping me I shall hence I
forth in no way whatsoever revile de- /
nounce. scold or condemn the person 4
who, i'm public or private. by pen or \
by speech voices his opinion. When .
the statement made is exaggerated. .
4 shall prove il exaggerated. What - T
false ] shall prove false. What is i'm /
correct 1 shall prove incorrect. But
I shall forbear TO veN. annoy, harrow .
or traduCe the person who makes the .
statements. Rather j shall seek TO .
reward and encourage truthfulueSs I
and candor of al kinds even that of I
persons who criticize. condemn and /
humiliate me"
There will be another service this /
morning at 10 o'clock and again this I
afternoon at $50 o'clock \ special /
service for children viii he held at /
1880 this afternoon lasting half an I
hour Rabbi CronbaCh will speak /
this afternoon on the subject Atone ]
ment in Jewish Tradition.