The Denver Jewish news., 1919-12-17

but what are the concrete things
that We are doing?' you ask.
First Of all, j want to congratulate
your Lodge upon the splendid Big
BROTHER work you are doing. Your
work among the boys--the Big Brother
hood movements splendid. And i
listened with interest to the report
tDat WIS read this evening. realize
that on account of lack of time we
could not have the full report, but
want to hear that full report of Broth
er Cowen. 1 believe that you, Brother
Cowen, and you, Brothers. are doing
the finest work that man has ever
done.
There is one other work / recon-
mend that you take up, and that Is
the work of Amcricanization. recon-
mend to you the organization Of
course that will teach the newcomers
in our country the history Of our coun-
try and its ideals, so that they VIII
become imbued with the spirit of Amer
lea.
The prison work is work which Is.
in my estimation, extremely interest
ing and inspiring in the superlative
cegree. 1t is my aim and desire to
tabulate in this District list of every
prisoner who is confined in a penal
Institution, to find out all about his
antecedents and his life, and to Sc
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terms expire. am very thankful
to say that In the West there are very
few Jews in penal institutions. That
also prevails in the East, but not in
the same proportion as 1t prevails ~
the West. l hope to go tomorrow TO
give the fourteen boys in the Industrial
school what can of inspiration, be-
cause those boys went along in life
have had. They got off on the wrong
road. They chose to take that road,
that is all. But they found that that
road is hard to travel. They find ii
takes lot Of time to get off of 1t,
hut they are getting off. and when
we can regenerate them, we have done
one of Gods mitZvas.
We have not yet come to the time
when one Jew falls from the wayside
that he does not call condemnation
upon other Jews.
When Gyp the Blood was about to.
be electrOcuted he decided he would
Of
so he sent this message, and five
minutes before he died he said: stay
close to your parents; go to synagog,
and keep away from evil companions
The B'nai Birth brings together fine
men who hear the ancient words: Jus
ticc. Justice, shalt thou pursue And
thru coming into contact with you and
with me the boy who ordinarily would
go astray stands up ui,d says NO,
will not go astray!" And that is why
we are so powerful-because we do
not recognize the different branches
in Judaism. We say '"The Lord our
God. The Lord is One" Whether we
go to the orthodox synagog. or to the
reformed temple, it is the same God
that we worship"
The speaker then gave number of
interesting Incidents of work done
among those who had fallen from the
path of righteousness. Among the
stories he told was one of young
man who was accused of forgery and
was convicted and served his term,
and after he got out he found a good
position, and after he had been out
Cor a while he filed his application
for membership in one of the lodges.
Did they take him in. OF course
they did. And then he said Il want to
do something for Others" So they
gave him certain place to go to In
carrying on their goOc work, and
while going there he was struck by a
car and was killed-klled while 60
ing up the hill in Gods sacrifice.
You know, we go on the theory OF
Bret Harte:
in men whom men condemn as i'll
find so much of goodness still;
In men whom men pronounce divine
!: find so much of sin and blot,
! hesitate to draw line
Between the two, where God has not"
In which class are you? Are YOU a
litter of a load? Or are You a lean
cr: In this Order of B'nai Birth we
want no learners. We can't use them.
We want nothing but lifters. We do not
lay claim to the fact for applause that
we founded this wonaerful National
Hospital for Consumptrves, that we
founded the Cleveland Orphan Asy-
lum, that we founded the Leo n. Levi
Memorial Hospital at Hot Springs,