Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-10
RELIGION WILL INSIST
ON JUSTICE AND EQUITY
Rabbi f. n. Calisch breaches Sermon
Pleading for Peace in
WOrld-Cataclysm.
WHAT WILL OUTCOME BE?
Says Voice OF Religion Must Be
Heard Above Cry Of Partisanship.
breaches Strong Sermon at Rosh
HaShanah Service.

THE morning comcth, but the aues-
ton now is, shall that morning usher
In short, wintry day of GOODNESS, Of
suspicion. and of fierce resentment, all
TOO brief. before it Is followed by an
other night that may mean the ARK
terror OF another conflict. or. perhaps,
the even darker horror OF q period OF
reconstruction and reha Utilization, whose
only light is the ftful CLEANS OF n
SmoulderinS hatred and n scarcely hid
den rage of revenge? Or shall 1t be
the harbinger of wonderful day Of
real peace, OF genuine amity. and a
sincere sense of brotherhood among
the families and races of men?"
lhcsc are the questions Rev Edward
y. Calisch. Ph. D.. asked yesterday
morning In his Rosh Hashanah sermon
at Beth Ahabah Synagogue. The
world Chtaciysm; Plea for Peace"
being his subject. II was the Jewish
New Year. and Dr. Calisch told his con-
greGntion that IL was a time TO pause
and turn Its attention to an earnest
consideration Of the times and their
conditions.
WHAT WILL. TERMS
OF PEACE EXACT
The var now raging in Europe"
said Dr. Calisch, is a world horror
never known nor history ever recorded
What Will be tho outcome? VIII tho
cessation OF hostilities mean enduring
peace. or Will IL mean tho luN before
greater storm? 1t IS to the correct
answer OF this question that the world
must address itself"
OBVIOUSLY" he continued. "the en-
suing conditions will depend almost
completely upon tho nature Of the
terms OF peace exacted. ImmaterIal as
TO which side wins tho main question
at issue will be. what will be tho SEN
iYtnk-f t,,,,t I,,Fr Il
the terms OF peace? VIII II DO Of
Generous-Inlnded victor, who recoE
nizes tho courage ana the patriotism
ct the vanQuishcd. who Is not moved
by lust for vengeance or n fear Of
future rcprisuls but who wishes n
peace that is alike satisfying TO tho
conquerors and honorable TO the CON
quered; n peace that has in It the
elements of pcrmancncy and stability
because II is founded on honor and
equity and just appreciation OF our
human rights and relationships?
RELIGION WILL INSIST
on JUSTICE AND EQUITY
or will it be peace dictated by
n lust for conquest, by the desire TO
cripple and humiliate the conquered
Il peace that Will be harsh. vengcful
punitive and dishonornble to tho vic
tor rs IL Is presumed TO he Of the van
pushed? Will II he brief morning
Of amity, followed quickly by night
OF hatred?
In the solutions OF the problems Of
peace. the voice OF religion must be
heard above the cry OF partisa ship.
not the voice OF a scctarianism that
seeks a sclfsh salvation or urges a
world domino ton, but the voice OF n
world embracing, universal. religious
id alism that insists upon justice and
equity; upon the recognition OF uni
versal human right: upon the sacred
ness of freedom OF thought and speech:
upon the liberty Of conscience that
clarion forth the truths OF the common
brotherhood Of man and the common
fathcrhood OF God"