New-York tribune., 1922-02-13
Ministers Find
Text for All in
Lincoln's Life
H;s Unfailing Love for Man.
kind. Understanding and
Spiritual Genius Held Up
as Need of Nation To-day
svnagoguesDo HimHonor
Another Great Leader Will
Be Born if the Emergency
Calls. DR.. Wise Prophesies


Ministers Of all faiths yesterday
..nl Abraham Lincoln for their text
~ rsv Of celebrating his birthday to
s.,rc out the need today for some
.s;nr s,T akin 10 his spiritual genius and
Ssnator Borah. Of Idaho. was to have
,ssn the principal speaker at memorial
ssrvices held by the congregation of
.ha Chelsea Methodist Ep' scopal
church in the Coliseum Theater,
p-osdway and ls1st Street. He was un-
sbls 70 be present, however owing to
ssa illness Of his wife. More than
qooo oersons attended this meeting
Dr. Christian F. Roisner, pastor of
.,e church. presided. The speakers
~sre former Judge Alton B. Parker.
o,cs Democratic candidate for Prcsi-
Sent: Oscar s. Straus, DR.. William B.
Cuthrje. Of the College Of the City of
New York. and former Governor Frank
s Black. Alma Clayburg. formerly of
inc Chicago Opera. and Carl Jorn, OF
the Metropolitan, Opera, sang.
DR.. Wise Looks Into Future
A. the Free Synagogue in Carnegie
HALL in the morning Rabbi Stephen S.
Wise spoke on abraham Lincoln, Man
OF God and said:
"Thank God that the race is not dead
mat has produced Abraham Lincoln
and George Washington. Who knows
whether another Lincoln shall not
srise in this 100000 people?
at is inevitable that whenever
America needs another Abe Lincoln
cne shall arise. He may not be Of the
simple. rugged type. but may be one
With all his wisdom aud Of the cult
vsted. trained type. He viii possess
the spiritual geuius Of coln-Lin-
coin. Americas priceless possession.
brOther-loved and honored by all hu-
nan kind.
At Temple Bethel at Fifth Avenue
and Seventy-SiXth Street. Rabbi Samuel
Schulman also spoke Of Lincoln.
There is no man in the worlds his
tory who in his life has given such a
convincing commentary upon the rea-
sOnableness OF democracy" he said "No
one has so well illustrated the divine
powers which may lie latent in the
heart and mind of the humblest son of
The people. He is the revcaler of the
elemental greatness for which humanity
should be on the lookout in every spirit
that IS created IN the image Of God.
For what is democracy but a vote
of confidence in the possibilities of hu-
man nature 1t asserts the people have
de right and capacity to rule. Ii as
s1mes men 5 instincts are normal and
sound and in the long run all men seek
snd desire to establish the right
Naool Schulman declared the right to
rue snould not be based on inherited
privilege bu' on the inborn mastery of
the FdMlual, upon the natural superi-
o.! Of R'e lect and character. He said
ne olY lnd of royalty in the world
vas thai o. moral greatness.
aonors for Living Sought
ne md pendent Order Free Sons Of
AseL meeting in Horton Hall. no
ias' 10Th Street, also honored the
,~aheipation. One of the speakers was
afael Deputy Attorney General Maur-
@ B. blumenthal. who spoke of the an
aNnt INABILITY Of a nation to recognize
inan 5 greatness while that man was
sisc He said:
lincoln had TO die before the gem
''s.y accepted estimate OF his great
aalevemcnts for civilization could be
nsae and acknowledged. Washington
and achinley, and even Roosevelt. are
eAer great american figures who were
not fully appreciated until the partisan
sad thoughtiess abuse of ungrate.ul
out, bolsterouS minoritics was stilled
only by the oVerpoWoring command of
Death. Il is a cardinal doctrine of
Judaism, according to tho Rabbinical
legends that single flower of ten
oIe'ness and generosity presented to the
iNing, conveys more sweetness and 10Y
'nan temples full of flowers at the bier.
AS we read history's accusation
against generations that have passed
,,or their ingratitudo toward these
heroes OF humanity and progress while F
still alive, let us. in defense of our
own advanced civilization and in recop-
nluon Of ou duty as men and women
'oward bencfactors of our generation
ana Of postority. whiic they arc still .
WIN Us. recognize and acknowledge the .
llgn ideals and fruitful seeds of ad-
'ancement and human justice, so gen
.'lsly ara efficiently presented to
We w American commonwealth by that
.Me, great hero of civilization, Wood
nE Wilson"