The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-03-28
"A REPUBLIC OF GOD"
Essay Advocates federation as Prac-
ticed in Community Sunday School
Fewer Creeds and More Deeds
Miss Gottlieb Sings.

A spirit Of open-minded attention and
sincere religious fervor characterized
the meeting of the Woman s Alliance
held at the Dewey Studio ON Tuesday
afternoon, when Mrs. S. Gottlieb read
a scholarly and inspiring essay on
"Th6 Community Sunday School. =
The paper plead eloquently for ere
public of God'' and described various
ways and means whereby this golden
goal might be reached speedily and
without too great a change in existing
beliefs and practices
Preceding the reading of Mrs. Gott-
lieb's thesis her daughter, Miss Lillian
Gottlieb gave charming and artistic
renditions of "Entreat Me Not to
Leave Thee'' from Gounod's "Ruth Z"
and "Spring's Coming" by MacFay-
den. The songs were interpreted with
unusual mastery and magic and con-
sequently furnished a fitting prelude
for the paper of the afternoon.
Mrs. Gottlieb 3 essay was brilliant
argument for federation. Showing the
necessity for belief in God at this
critical hour it urged democracy in
religion as well as politics and adj
vocated a system Of ethics emphasizing
deeds rather than creeds and recognize
ing the saving grace of conviction and
conscience whether they be found
- Jho he
symbols of the Nazarene. 1t decried
antagonism between sects and present
ed the Community Sunday School as
potent means Of healing all differ
noes and schis1ns now separating the
various churches.
''To this cause" declared the es-
sayist, each of us is requested to
bring his or her free-will offering Of a
word or thought and out of this col
lection will be compiled textbooks
from which all of Gods children -
Jewish, Catholic, and Protestant alike
may learn the right way-the way
that will unite all mankind beneath
the banner of God and Freedom.
every religion" she continued,
contains in essence the same truth.
The various religions Of the world are
like orchids springing from human
skull. The founders of religions have
given their lives for the betterment of
conditions and environments, so that
this world might be made better do
main for the brotherhood of Man and
the fatherhood of God. These are the
basic tenets of all religions and the
fundamental principles upon which all
practical systems of ethics must be
based"
Thereafter Mrs. Gottheb illustrated
ehese theories with apt quotations
from Paul s sermon on Mars Hill. Toll
stoi's comment on Andersen s fairy
tale "The Kings Clothes" and Carl
Schurz's confessions regarding spirit
pal crises in the life of his own soul
The arguments were we'll presented in
cach Nuisance and admirably supported
the position assumed by the essayist
A bit of local color was given to
the paper by description Of moving
picture seen in Kenosha in which the
money changers in the Temple were
dressed like Russian Cossacks while
Christ was made to resemble the Boil
shevik agitators of war-torn Petro-
grad.
Let us profit by past mistakes, :"
Mrs. Gottlieb urged in moving per
grafton. "Let us teach our children
in our Community Sunday School that
our country is the universe and our
eauntrvmen all mankind. Let us teach
that Truth is the only bond by which
men may be united and let us hope
that the zeal Of the separate religious
organizations for their particular ten
cts will no longer prevent union in
the interests of justice and morality
for all of Gods children. Let us es-
tHblish not kingdom but a republic
Of God amono men who know. love,
am practice the Higher Truth =
The meeting concluded with an in
teresting discussion to which material
contributions were made bv the presi-
dent, Mrs. J. IT. Holm, Miss French,
Mrs. Bradford, and Mrs c. A. Pope,
Ell Of whom presented valuable sup
Elementary data on the Community
Sunday School.