Evening star., 1925-11-26
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LENR00T'S THEME
Wisconsin Senator Addresses
Combined Jewish Congrega-
tions in Sixth Street Temple.

Religious freedom was held up as
one of the corner stones that sustain
the United States in its place among
the nations of the world by Senator
Irvine l.. Lenroot of Wisconsin in a
Thanksgiving day address before the
combined congregations of the three
large Jewish synagogues of the city
today at the Sixth Street Temple.
The gathering marked the first time
in two decades that all the Jewish
congregations in the city met together
in joint Thanksgiving services at one
synagogue. Many non-Jews also at
tended the services conducted by
Rabbi Harry kronman. Rabbi j. T.
Loeb and, Cantor Louis Novick. AS
sisting in the services were DR.. Abram
Simon and Rabbi Schwefel. The serv-
ices will be repeated annually in alter
mating temples.
Senator Lenroot and Edgar c.
Snyder. United States Marshal for the
District of Columbia, We're the prin-
cipal speakers.
Urges Love for Law.
Mr. Snyder referred to the pressing
need for a crusade for law observance
in the United States in contra-distinc-
ton to law enforcement. Love for
law must come from within the in
dividual and should not have to be en-
forced on the great mass of our popu-
lation," he said. ITO be enforced, the
laws must be observed" Mr.. Snyder
called attention to the English people
and their love of law as good eX-
ample of observance of the law of the
land.
"One of the foundation stones OF
our Government is religious freedom,
the right of every man to worship God
according to the dictates of his own
conscience and the absolute separa-
tion of church and state" Senator
Ienroot said. This is a principle
that must be most carefully guarded,
and II is one of our duties as citizens
to see to it that it shall be faithfully
observed. Some there are who are IN
tolerant of those Of different race or
religious faith, but no race and no re-
ligion has a monopoly of good citizen
ship. In civic affairs there should be
hut one test of good citizenship, and
that is support of the principles upon
which this Nation is founded and a
determination to uphold them at what
ever cost, even life if need, should
come
Lack Spiritual Vision.
On Thanksgiving day, Senator Len
root added, however, we should turn
our thoughts to the evils existing in
this country. lone of them,' he said.
lis the too general disregard for law
and too great concern for the material
things of life. We are, as a people,
lacking in that spiritual vision that
we all should have. We should rec
ogniZe more than we do that over and
above us all. of every race and creed.
there is a God who created all, and
that it is our duty to serve Him ac-
cordinG as we understand Him.
''In the performance of our civic
duties religious differences should
our religious duties we should regard
ourselves as one great family recog-
tliZing a common Father and anxious
to do His will.
IF we in America shall more fully
realize our civic obligations of citi-
zenship, and our rights to differing
religious beliefs. then, indeed, shall
we be more than ever before one
people, united in all those things
which make "a nation truly great"
Senator LenroOt declared the man
who landed at Ellis Island today, who
In his native land learned of our
America institutions, became familiar
with our form of Government and
was filled with Il desire to become
one of us. is an American as truly
as any who can trace their descent
back to the Pilgrim fathers. He
added that there is no room in Amer
ica for the native of other lands who
would tear down all that has been
builded here, and destroy, if he could,
our form of Government Such
should be deported, he said.