The Denver Jewish news., 1923-06-06
Can Jew and Christian Worship Together
BY DIR. STEPHEN WISE

low and Christians-by rhe gesture Of
common worship. The problem IL com
rlcx and grave and terrible, and the
profrered solution Is. too simple and
facile and cheap. The need for the
Christian Is not Of union with the Jew
for an hour Of worship, bur Of unity
cf spirit with the Jew at all times Thi,
is not even halfway measure. 1t Is
,ess tha ntl.nt. for 1t involves little or
nothing OH the part of the Christian.
but grent surlender on the part Of
the jew.
What is the fault of the Jew? IL II
Ills separntcncss. his distinctiveness
appear? The proposal is foo simple III
conveys a wrong Impression; unintep-
tionally II inI~icads. Tie Jew may
or vii bc led to suspect TINT what
stands Ia the. way of perfect frnterni-
zatlon OF Jew wifh Christian IN the
individual or scrarate Worship Of the
few, and this is far from the truth.
even as Christians may he led to bt+
.levc that what stands b.,twten them
md the Jew is tlsph separate worship
and naught else. Once hgain l re.
mind you that aa looked upon the
3lnrnmmergau drama Inst summer II
ecincl 10 me thnt it would have been
II infinite importance for someone to
AVE arisen md tn have cried Ont t.
hc multitude uf chrisiinrs lsscmhlet.
hat to weep over the cruciiied lamb l.
not to ipA Chri@tIen IF yau woul,
.e Christians. you must be as he wns
you must love. yOu must serve. y0l
.mist forgive. Would you bc Christ
ians? Then put away the evil cf youi
.'hristlessness from before his eyes
t'ease to do evil TO his fellow Jews
Learn to deal justly with the Jew
No one can ls more bent than an
upon achieving perfect understanding
and fellowship between Jew and Christ
:an. hut II In order to hnve the I'M
derstn mling of ChrisariNlOm ! must
cease to hc Jew, or ! must do that
which will make fer the minimizing
II my .Icwishne~s. then must do with.
plt such Observation-Disclosures my father
have Ind to do without 1t for hundreds
OF years. yen for more than n millcn-
MUM. l crave the understanding md
the reverence Of the Christian world
hut for myself as ~ Jew and not fo'
me as n chameleon. covet under
standing III the Jew. not seeking to ut
Ter In accents which are not his ow.
he pater Nnstcr. hut affirming simply
md earnestly and everlastIngly ns di'
he holy mnthers and gloriO,is father,
In Ixraei-SIesr..0h oh lsraNe tn Eteriaa.
N ,Ahr tsol, the sfx1Anl IN one. NJ
;,nfalterlng soul shall mt dcmean II
elf by purporting To be other than j.
i In order that II mny achieve scsm
ira asf-nntlcrstan niling Of what II is not.
Mr.. Holmes. Of all meiI In the Christ
inn ministry. by virtue of his untlnuntet
.o,irnge md his unst"oping firmness, l.
ippuinted to make clenr TINT what iii
truth stands md will forever stand
between Jew and Christian until 1t bs-
ended Is the Christlessness Of those
who call themselves Christian. Again
repeat. the Christ ianizatiOn Of Christ
pntl0m IL the supreme need OF the
Western world and not an hour Of COM
mon worship, however beauteOus and
appealing II may Ike made. More I'M
p0rtant than that some Jews and some
Christians worship together 1t In that
my fellow Jews shall make for a max
iInum of moral and spiritual worth or
wOrthship In their own lives. and what
Christians need is to return to those
tleathless nffirmntions through life Of
love and sacrifice that vast numbers
Of sO-called Christians in the world to
lay seem to haye expuUgctl from the
creed and life of Christend0m.
We as Jews still have n place and
n duty. "a service, and an obligation III
the world. We whom our enemies could
not alright must not succumb to thc
plea of those who are our genuine
friends to put away the integrity of
our own common religious life. Yes. we
would worship with Christians the God
Of men. but we ask. we demand, we
press for something infinitely more im
portant-that we work and dream,
aspire and achieve, toll and serve to-
Eether. not for an hour. hut every day
until that day shall have come when
one prayer will he in the heart OF
Jew and Christian alike: Our Father,
which art in heaven, Thy will have been
done. Thou art holy: we would he
holy. Thou art our Father We. Thy
children. would become brothers In cne
divine human family" This has been
the dream of the Jew: let this become
the resolution of ChristendOm as it
Inns magyar faacab N ha fbn acpirn ttOu