The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-20
GIVES DECALOCUE
FOR TRUE CITIZENS
DR.. Silverman Says It Is Urea
son to BE an American Of
Divided Allegiance.
WANTS ALL HERE LOYAL

THO Rev. DIR. Joseph Silverlnan In his
sermon yesterday on THE New Amert-
canis,n' AZ Temple Emanuel, Forty
third street and Fifth avenue, gave what
he termed Ten Commandments OF a
True Amerlcansm." He aid he wished
all Americans with divided allegiance
would study these ten commandments, as
he had especially prepared them for
those Of mixed loyalty. Tho command
ments are:
First. !. the Joited states Of America.
am thy nation which by the hsir OF 200
brought thee out of the LAM OF bondage
out Of the house OF bondage.
Second. Thou shalt have no other ma
tons before ne. Thou shalt not bow thy
se!: down to them nor serve them; for J.
love and gratitude. ! shall punish thu
lniauity OF those tina, hate me aud shsi
show hindNcss to those VINO lore me and
keep my laws.
Third. Thou shalt no, make iisht OF The
name OF the United states. thy country.
for t. will not hold him ~gui!,!c.s whc
maketh l,sht Of lite name.
Fourth. During the six days Of every
week In which thou laborest thou shat
honor thy country In al thy works. thI
son. thy %daushter. thy man servant an.
who has entered the gates 81 thy eountrs
And on the seventh day. on which tho,
takest thy res, and which thou keepes'
holy. thou shalt also pray for tho welfare
OF thy country.
Fifth. Thou shat, honor the Ccnetitu'
ton and the na4 Of thy country, in ordel
that thou ma ysst i've Ions and IN peace IL
this land which the Lord, thy God. give,t
thee.
sixth. Thou shall. no, Kill the people 81
permit the peopl. OF th.ne own country -
be killed by the tricks OF wal.
Seventh. Thou shs not enter into on
tangline alliances with any milton. bu
eek the peace Of wll nations.
Eighth. Thou sinai. rot st-al the terri
tory. the commerce or the glory OF anothe'
nation.
Ninth. Thou hal, not be false to tn,
treaties with other nations.
Tenth. Thou shalt not covei anoihe
nations territory, nor iNs army. nor IL
navy, nor it's ideals. nor its commerce. no
anything tina, belongs 70 another nation
pr. Siiverman read his ten command
ment> at the close of his sermon. whirl
dealt severely with Americans who wer
lukewarp IN their patriotism He said
THE preparedness programme is
deliberate demand on the part II intel
lixent peopl. who realize that u suprem
effort must be made TO put America II
the front rank" said Or. SilverTnar
$50 long a. there is a possibility of war
we must b" prepared Preparedness
does not mean m.litarism n our couI
try. such preparedness stimulate
patriotism in our country. There ha
been too much of the lukewarm Kin,
of citizenship, Too mary foreigners loo
upon the forswearing Il sl'os! auce {
another country AZ "A matter of form. .
naturalization paper does not make N
citizen.
There ars hundreds OF thousands /
] o,lr rolufry yrnD pre u..rslinDiDR two M
tional Gods. No ina9 raH serve w
masters. II "a Impossible. \ man
either AN American ur not an America,
A true American IL 100 per cent. Amer
can, not e9 per cent, II Is treason 10 h
"a hyphena;ed American. The Coustitu
I on : not provide for an adjective q
a modification"