El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-30
JOIN HANDSF0R
GREATER GOOD
Rabbi Zielonka Pleads for
Closer Unity Of American
Citizenship.

tasks for which our dead gave their
This conservation is needed today.
Never in the history Of mankind nave
men been called to weigh more care
fully their deeds and consider from
every angle the possibilities OF ac-
ton We are in a death grapple with
autOcracy- In the sos Of the last
century we learned that no nation
could exist If divided against itself
that there was no compromise with
slavery. we must be either all slave
or all free, and God so decreed lJ
that in spit of dreary days and anN-
iOus nights, we came IOrLn LoE LAt
right. all free Since that time MS
tory has advanced with great strides
until today we realize that this truth
is correct not only for nations. but
for mankind; we are beginning 70
perceive that the civilized Woiid
cannot be half free and half slave.
cannot be half democratic and hair
autOcratic, and the struggle IS again
being decided upon the bloody bat
tie field. No one who knows history
can doubt the outcome
Inspiration for Future.
and because we are perceiviHg this
as the real basis Of the struggle over
there and because we, rather late,
have realized our duty in Just sucn a
struggle and because we have no
doubt as 10 the outcome, the duty
weighs all the heavier upon Us 20
plan well for the future. And can
there be any time more appropriate
for this planning than this Memorial
day when our thoughts go backward
and from the backward glance gather
Inspiration for the future
When we go forth TO strew flow
ers upon the graves Of the soldier
dead. do We ask or even consider the
land that gave them birthE
I'VE know what land they loved
best and to which land they cOnse-
Grated their lives. and we pay the
humble tribute OF our love by spread
ing flowers on their last resting place.
When we go forth to strew flowers
upon the graves of our illustrious
dead, do we first question their re-
ligI0us affiliation, what chOurch OF
temple they attended what form OF
formula they used in their approach
to Deity2 Surely mott Their death
has eNemplified their religious con-
victions more than any mere lip SER
vice. and even now they are at peace
with their God and have pierced the
veil Of mystery hanging before the
eyes Of the living.
All One Religion.
When the captain in the first
trenches calls his men for a raid into
No Mans Land. does he first ask them
the land Of their birth and their re-
ligious affiliatiOn or does he choose
those whom he believes the most
CAPABLE or select from those who have
eagerly volunteered he knows only
true sons OF America, he knows that
none are with him who would not lay
down their lives that the stars and
stripes may float on unsulIed.
And If these conditions are facts
and not theories on the field Of bait
tie. and when we commemorate the
dead. why should they not be found ia
the land Of the living and in the bait
tlefield of life2 Especially In these
stressing hours do we need TO put
into practice what the founders Of our
republic put into the constitution,
that religious belief should not be q
determining factor in the estimate OF
our fellowman-
This does not mean that we should
have no religious convictions. On
the contrary. the man that has none is
developing lOpsided mad is depriving
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