Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-25

Al the great mass meeting held in
I Carnegie hall New York city, on De-
ccmbcr III. Protestant Episcopal
Bishop David II. Greer, one Of the
speakers, said
ann here tonight 10 voice my
presence. for whatever my presence
may be worth, and also by a spoken
word my sympathy and 10 persuade
iOthers towarda that sympathy for the
suffering starving Jewish people;
men, women and children on the other
side OF the sens. ! am moved to do
this. not merely by sentimental con-
aiderations. though such considerations
are always legitimate but as an act
of Justice II Is a debt, a debt IN the
first place which the Christian church
owes to the Jewish people, 1t IL rep-
aration debt for the cruelties and the
crimes which II has inflicted upon
them. II Ia a catalogue of crime, ana
MS Christian man, with shame for
the Christian church, confess and
admit that the church whose pro-
fcssed faith Is charity and love for
all, for the brotherhood of man, for
the Fathcrhood OF God, and notwith-
standing that profcssed faith has IN
flicted such cruelty ana injury upon
the Jew. Net because he was a sin-
ner above all other sinners, but be-
cause he was jew And for this
reason they made an ontcast OF him,
unsheltered by the Christian state.
unHhiclded by the Christian church,
and vlctimlzed by both.
II Is a fact imbeddcd In the misery
OF The past aud the right, the proper,
the just, thing for the Christian
church to do. is to try to pay-in fun
measure 1t never can--but to overdue,
and the payment now should try to
pay that reparation debt, and now Is
The time
! In this his bitter hour, in his starry.
( ing and suffering hour, now is the
time to pay It. The debt Is due, II Is
Of art. Of science, Of literature, of let
ters, In all of which the jew has eN-
oclled, ana | appeal not merely to
the sons OF Zion here, my Jewish fell
low citizens, but ! appeal to my jew
ish fellow citizens in this land to pay
and discharge promptly and generous
~ this reparation debt to the Jew.
1t has been minated IN the COM
,munlcation from the vice president. It
Is also civilizations debt to the Jew,
FOR who that is familiar with his his
Die service which he has rendered TO
the progress of mankind. 1t Is a fact
beyond question, beyond dispute, that
There is scarcely any branch rendered.
great service to civilization, and ac-
icomplished notable results.
or course do not mean to say or
imply that this is true of the whole
Jewish race but neither Is II true OF
any race or people I'm It's entirety, but
"a race or Il people should be or ought
to be Judged, not by their worst but
by their hest. and no one who Is not
history blind can fail TO recognize the
notable service which the Jew at his
best will compare with the best OF
any race up to our modern civilization,
from Moses. the great teacher OF
righteousness, down to Moses Men
dOlssohn the great philosopher and
thinker. from isaiah TO Spnn2a the
war god intoxicated, and many more
IN other days OF scarcely less repute.
| sty it is civilizations debt to the
. jew and now | can say again in ms
his sad and bitter hour, now is the
time for civilization TO pay the debt
which It owes 10 the Jew.
hut beyond all that, and higher
, perhaps tnan all that, II is humanitys
Nfbi+ Ntltl1 Nlt iiN NblN AHsAN iNhiN'
relationships, as they become less
close are more difficult to moralize
ana II Is true. but human relationships
today are becoming not less close, but
more close. Human life everywhere. IL
spite OF our present bellgereney and
, strife, Is touching human life, rather II
ia touching Itself, everywhere touch
insclf. 1t is all one.
| recall that Emerson, in his essay
| think. on the American scholar
SAYS something like this. The gods
al the outset divided man into men
/, that they might be helpful TO himself
as the hand is divided into fingers e
+ better serve It's end" Human life to-
, day is but one great hand stretched
ont over the earth, and the different
, races Of men are but the different
finger parts and members of thai
hand. and the hand is indebted 70 III
/ fingers. cannot do It's work or be H.
, self without them, and the differen
races OF men are the finaer parts
i, and II one race or finger ON this hu'
, man hand is wounded and crippled
: and hurt, the whole human race IL
, crippled, wounded. hurt and eanno
4 do its work and cannot be itself.
Therefore / say IL IS humanity'
4 debt 10 the jew ana | appeal 60 tina
! humanity of the American people
|, which is the boast the legitimate
/ boast, the only worth while boas
and glory Of The American people
q which never fails To respond TO am
q human needs. no matter how remote
n as il is responding now so lieerall'
! and So freely | appeal to that hu
mainly. American humanity, to pa'