South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-15
LONELY SOULS
RABBITS THEME
Liebert Declares 1t is Not
Good for Man to
be Alone.

1T is not good for man 10 be
alone said Rabbi Julius a. Lieber,
in his sermon. Lonely Souls.
which he delivered before large
CONGREGATION at the Bethel temple
sunday morning IL doubt whether
7 am uttering blasphemy when
say that God created man because
he felt lonely in His heaven.
We all or US ought 90 hate lone
illness; we ought % shun loneliness,
and set in spite OF this. loneliness
stalks iu our midst II iuvades the
palace on the hut. the heart Of the
rich ana the heart of the poor.
Many fathers and sons live i'm I'M
plete loneliness. isolation of one
another. many mothers and daueh-
tiers live iu complete loneliness and
exclusion 81 one another many
husbands and wives live I'm sbso-
Lutte solitude of one another's
thoughts and feelings. But all Of
these people ind their isolation and
loneliness -irksome and unbearable
and oftimes in their mad hight from
their loneliness have acted grot-
esqueIy and patheticaIIy. too.
Three Types susceptible.
There are three types of human
beings particularly susceptible 10
the ravages Of loneliness. All of as
are born with microscopic souls but
some Of as retain them throughout
life They never attain complete
consciousness of self. lmpOverish-
ed souls. empty minds cold hearts
are their portion. Consequently,
they are unable 20 generate the
warm light the masnetism that
links human beings into fellow be-
ings and they are inevitably lonely.
They flee "a the crowd. The crowd
gives them the physical warmth, the
crowd makes them forget their pet
riied selves. the crowd absolves
them of responsibility and direction.
In return. they cultivate the vices
of the crowds. the virtues Of the
crowd. and the dulling pleasures of
the crowd.
The other types that suffer from
loneliness are the selfish ones. This
crowd thinks they are the only ones
in the universe. They think in terms
of self Their loneliness assumes
the form of undesira bile boredom.
They never stop 10 think Of the suf-
fering or sorrow of others, SO alb
.o~bed are they at all times in them
selves
The third type is the class that
dwells i'm the clouds. Like the
clouds. they are saturated with
blessings for the thirsty and the
parched and the hungry. but too
often il Is these that turn from the
helper and spurn the offered bless
ings.
Too OFTEN Stunned
These jewellers OF the clouds
are too often Stunned Theirs is
the loneliness Of Euddah. the lone
illness OF Moses. the loneliness OF
Elijah. Each one of these three
types il doomed TO suffer. Rut there
is "a relief for loneliness. God over
came it. He became a Creator He
created not q puppet not a Crlng-
perfect freedom To choose and with
dominion over the world.
And SO il rests with us 10 over
come loneliness by becoming CO.
workers. being aware of self
creators. and creators of thought
and not OF imitation. creators of
achievement ANU in feeling. We
should encourage others 10 become
conscious selves We should not
expect them 10 fawn al us, but rath-
er we should regard them as be
ings with equality as a basis. DO
miHon shall they have. even as We
nave. our CO. workers, not our
creatures our fellow workers and
not our followers For where crea-
tiveness and not idleness prevails;
where equality is. creativeness oh
tains true comradeship. genuine
companionship. and there is no room
for loneliness"