The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-05-02

the state IS the alternative to anarchy.
He who rebels against his sovereign"
the Talmud declares. deserves to
die
Nor il good citizenship a merely sen
timentai sympathy with law and order
Active INSTRUMENTATION with civic
life. active labor for the general wei
fare IS OF essence
IL there are laws which We honestly
believe TO ne unduly severe or UPRIGHT
eous. va are justified in making every
legitimate effort TO secure their re-
peal by calling public attention to their
iniquitous character
And here word may be interposed
respecting the right Of attitude Of tn,
Israelite towards other religions
While clinging FAST 10 Judaism. and
to the conviction that IL teaches the
highest conception of God and duty.
he viii recognize the contents OF
large measure or religious and moral
truths in other religions Nor is this
novel attitude Some OF the most
eminent teachers IN IsreaI long ago
recognized in the great world-relig-
ions such as Christianity and Islam.
Gods agent for the higher education
Of the human race. Those protesting
such reIig ions were expressly excluded
from the category or idolators Nor
has this respect for other relations
been merely theoretical In the Bill
Heal age. in the Talmudic period. in
medieval times alike. the Israeltte
has been insistentlv admonished nv
MS spiritual authorities. 10 cultivate
friendly relations with his GENTLE
brethren. II hostility has too often
marked their mutual attitude. the fact
cannot be Justly laid al his door. He
- not answersble for the atrocities
perpetrated upon him IN the Crusaders.
nor was II his hand that lighted the
fire OF the Inquisition.
Wherever in imperial Rome. in Mo-
hammedan Spain. in medieval Italy.
he was treated as brother. he vel
coined the overtures with Joy. readily
grasping the hand that was held out
20 him, and even loading It with bles-
sings. For the Israelite is enjoined
10 do deeds or mercy 10 those who are
not OF his brotherhood. lie IS to tend
their sick. to comfort their mourners.
and to support their poor families
equally with his own.
We who respect our neighbor's re-
ision, and earnestly seek after broth
erly intercourse with him, are merely
discharsing a duty consecrated by the
teaching and the usage OF centuries
Never will he suffer differences Of
religious creed to influence his atti-
tude or his conduct towards his fell
low men. As regards religion. ne will
agree to differ with them. while hon
orins them for the loyalty with which
they cling 70 their own convictions
In other respects he viii be as one
with them He Viii be an ideal neigh
Dor. seeking after those ways Of peace.
which the TaImud so emphatically
commends. II Will hold out to all the
right hand OF fellowship. forgetting
and minimizing the theological differ
ences that sunder him from them. even
as those differences are ignored. as he
firmly believes by the Almighty God
In his relations with his fellowrnen
he viii have but one standard OF rec
titude. one standard Of love-the high
est he knows and perceives. and to that
standard he VIII uniformly and undev-
iatinEly >adhere
Now one basic principle should be-
come seIf-evident. that while Judaism
in its entirety l. for the Israelite. Its
creed and its ethics are for mankind
The Godidea itself is the first or them.
Men have to strengthen their enfeebled
grasps upon the primal verities OF re-
ligion. and 10 confess with all their
hearts that there is indeed a God iudg-
ing in the earth To help them to this
conviction il peculiarly the rightful
task OF Israel. seeing that he has con
slstenFIy witnessed to the religious