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the weak and making all subservient
to the individualist par excellence, the
autocrat, the superman. In our
own day, the late William James, the
philosopher-psychologist of Harvard,'
postulated as the keynote of all life
the "will to believe" the facts of ex-.
perience to be as real as they appear
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If we were called upon to couch
Member of Federal Reserve Sy•trm
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The present is the momentary meet- then, means "give me the knowledge Judasm's attitude toward life in this
ing place of two eternities—the eter- and power to depart from evil that manner—for remember Judaism is
nity of past and the eternity of the I may live". The implication is pritnarily "a philosophy of life" as
future. The present is the tomb more eloquent and admonishing. Un- Schop•nhauer had it, not only a "will
of tomorrow. We stand today on the less one departs from evil one does to believe" as Jamesput it, surely
summit of the moutain of time sur- not live. According to the Jewish not a survival of the fittest "will to
veying the past with its many myster- view, life and righteous conduct are power" crushing the weak and help-
less as Nietzsche proclaimed, but "a
ies yet to he explained, its many synonymous.
is the institution which has the strength es-
will to live understandingly" as the
lessons yet to be learned, with the
sential to safeguard your funds, the facilities
meaning of history and the purpose "Every day well spent duth count a Psalmist sang, "a will to live righte-
necessary for complete service, the accessibility
ously", in short "a will for righte-
year
of Providence yet to be comprehen-
ded. Ours is the consciousness of Be righteous, then how soon so e'er ousness". It would not by the sur-
of location required to assure convenience to you
vival of the fittest" in terms of brute
thou die
finitude and limitation as we stand
when calling to deposit funds or transact any
force, but the fitting of all to survive,
in humble contemplation of the infi- Thou art of age to claim eternity.
financial matters.
nite, improverished in ideas, lacking But he that outlives Nestor and ap- not a will to believe, but a will to do
—"to do justice, to love mercy and
in depth of spirituality and falling
The strength of the Dime Savings Bank is indi-
passed the date of gray Meth- walk humbly with God"—a will to
p
short in loftiness of vision to feel To have
live one's highest and best for the
uselah's years
and comprehend the meaning of life.
cated by its 37 years of continuous and success-
Another chapter of our life's story If he his life to sloth and sin doth give death of none and the life of all.
ful service anti by its Capital, Surplus and
In this manner and in this spirit
Time rolls on like I say, he only was, he did not live".
•has just closed!
do v•e in harmony with all Jews of
Profits exceeding $4,000,000.
! a perennial stream. No sooner
The Bible contains many passages the world and in keeping with Jew-
does the distant future become the
Its facilities include Savings Department,
ish
tradition
of
the
ages,
on
this
holy
identifying
righteousness
and
life.
momentary present than it elusively
takes its place in the irrevocable and The Psalmist's song: "In the path of day pray that God may grant under-
Checking, Foreign Exchange, Safe Deposit De-
standing
in
order
that
we
and
all
righteousness
there
is
life
and
in
the
irreparable past. Even the frivolous
partment—all facilities that you would expect
and thoughtless—who live only for pathway thereof there is death". The our fellow-men may live.
to find in a completely equipped modern bank.
the passing hour—are sobered by Talmud goes on to explain that "the
this thought. Another year has wicked may be considered dead even
.Three per cent interest is paid on Savings.
vowed allegiance to the unalterable while alive and the righteous alive
Its memories alone remain! even after they are dead, in that they
The bank's main office and its branches—bring
The memories of joys and the memor- continue to live "by majesty of mem-
this bank right to you, in your own neighbor-
ies of sorrows! The joys of home ary and strength of example". The
hood, Select "THE DIME" for convenience,
—those greatest of all joys—the joys Torah which is a guide for righteous When Tishri comes, and amidst the
that come from the proper under- conduct has ben characterized as "a
safety and service in banking.
clouds
standing, appreciation and considera- tree of life to those who cling tin it
Its silver new moon lies,
tion of our loved ones, brighten our and those who hold fast to it will be And the swallow rises from earth and
horizon and give promise of a deeper happy."
sings
To live understandingly— that
and keener blessedness in the year
On the walls of paradise—
MAIN OFFICE
that now opens. The joys of friends means to live rightously is the pray- (For so 'tis writ in an old, old tome,
also helps to make life worth while. er of the new year; it is the problem
That,
daring
the
sun's
mad
rays,
Griswold and Fort Streets.
They are selected few to whom we before you and me. It is the prob. A swallow then flies to the golden
Dime Savings Bank Bldg.,
Main 6406
may think aloud, dream audibly and lem that the New Year calls us to
Detroit Savings Bank Bldg.
wall
speak openly the inmost thoughts of solve. It is the test to which the New
To sing a song of praise!)
our hearts. They do not misunder- Year puts 717
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stand and misinterpret, they do not
Yet the future has meaning for us, What shall I wish for you, then, Dear
look for faults and hidden motives; only in terms of the past. If experi-
Broadway and Witherell
Heart?
Woodward
and
Milwaukee
they overlook short-comings and by ence is the best teacher then history
Oakland and Holbrook
(Ah, would that my with could
Jefferson and Beaufait
overlooking, help us to rid ourselves is the best textbook. History is elo-
Grand River and Ilighfield
wing
Gratiot
and
Russell
of them. fly their faith in as they quent in its praises of purposeful
Harper and Frontenac
Grand River and Lawton
make our past a stepping stone to a living.
Notably true is the case of Like the swallow its way to the gates
Mt. Elliott and Davison
of
joy
Woodward
and
Willis
higher, a nobler present with the pro- the people of Israel.
Throughout
Sherman and Chene
And fall at the feet of the King!)
Michigan and Eighth
mise of a future more bright and in- the ages Israel has prayed for under-
I'd
wish
for
you
such
content
of
soul,
Dix and Artillery
Fourteenth and Ferry
spiring.
standing for the express purpose to
A heart as crowned with peace,
Military and Michigan
The book that is now being sealed live righteously. Whether his was
As
the
swallow
sees
in
the
heavenly
also records the joys of work. With- the life of work and study, which
The Newest Offerings of the
throng
out it all other joys are but branches was the Jew's'ideal, whether his was
That have won their souls release!
of the tree that has no roots. It is the life of a people persecuted for
NEW YEAR
the joy that conies from the consci- proclaiming a just and moral God de-
ousness of having done a man's manding a just and moral mankind, When Tishri comes, and Israel's soul
Hears loud the dead years call,
, work in a manly way; it is the de- whether his was the life of martyr
, light that conies from doing a worn- or herb dying for the spiritual, or the And her olden prayers weave a death-
less bond
! an's work in a womanly way; it is life of persecution and obstracism
That binds her children all,
the joy of service—helping someone because of hatred, bigotry and anti-
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Then
may
there come to the hearts
less
capable
to
help
himself,
helping
Semitism, the Jew has never ceased
ferson and Terminal Avenues. A real opportunity,
of men
him to realize and exercise all his to pray, humbly, sincerely and fer-
in a live community, with real management, in Detroit.
A touch of the glory that lies
capacity and potentiality for useful vently for understading in order to
'Neath the gaze of the swallow that
action.
five.
sings her praise
There, too, in the land of memory
He realized that life without a
are the shadows of sorrow gently guiding principle, a set goal, a defi-
On the walls of Paradise!
fading as they are nursed by the nite aim, a cherished ideal beckoning
—Isabella R. Hess.
healing balm of time. Many a tear it ever onward and upward would
Griswold and Congress Streets
Write for it.
has furrowed the cheeks of these be a vanity of vanities, in the words
dear ones have passed away, whose of the great English dramatist, "a STUDIES CONDITION
life
has
become
the
expression
of
a
walking shadow, a poor player that
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Judaism as is a man without a heart, Wagner, visited the Ukrainian com-
ccin•s to our side the helping hand
of Religion. It brings comfort in a universe without a Creator. mittee and asked for information re-
Life to the Jew is a cup not to be garding the Ukrainian-Jewish immi-
' time of sorrow, help in times of dis-
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Father of all men, whose presence is generous action and narrowness for
felt in the performance of every self-centered activity. Life to the
premeditated righteous act, in every Jew is an art which may be appreci-
We made last year a prosperous one for hundreds of
aspiration that promotes the cause of ated and enjoyed only in terms of the
hours, days and years that have been
justice, brotherhood and peace.
.
Jewish
contractors and hope to include you this year.
We turn about in wondrous rap- used in patient painstaking, tireless
ture, impelled by a sense of sacred effort in perfecting that art; life to
awe, as we stand upon this summit the Jew is a science upholding the
From
of the mountain of time, and visions principle of the "conservation of
of the future pass before our view. energy", proclaiming that one cannot
in building if they only deal with the
get
more
out
of
life
one
puts
into
it
Another year full of uncertainties,
yet buoyed up by immeasurable pos- of joy and hope and aspiration. Life
to
the
Jew
is
not
beauty
but
duty,
a
sibilities may be seen in the kalei-
doscope of the future. For the duty when fulfilled is beauty ac-
youth with his impulsive blindness, complished; life to the Jew is a moral
unbounded hope and enthusiasm, it responsibility not to be abandoned and
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can be but bright and promising; for shirked but to be preserved and ful-
the man or woman, it is full of the filled. Life to the Jew is moral evo-
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lution
as
well
a
phsysical
evolution.
seriousness which calls for action—
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type. For the old, life is full of which men live purposefully and
forgiveness and pardon and the vani- understandingly.
One lives understandingly when
ty of many of our actions is counter-
balanced only by a supreme faits. one joyfully fulfills one's duty as hus-
band,
wife, father, mother, son,
in God, a confidence and an assur-
r.
ance that all His ways are just though daughter, fellow-being and friend,
when
one
"keeps one's body clean from
no man can comprehend them. For
all, life is uncertain; for it is a mys- dirt, one's mind clean from prejudice
and one's spirit clean of superstition,
tery.
Little wonder, then, that our ser- one's tongue free front slandering
vices for the New Year are so filled gossip. One lives understandingly
with fervent prayers for life. "In- when one is master of one's self—
scribe us in the Book of Life, Oh, master over the lower passions, in-
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words in harmony with the pulsating tendency of human nature and when
that hastery and discipline lead to
heart and yearning soul.
There can be but little doubt that the higher and nobler. One lives
the phenomenon we call life has been understandingly when one faces temp-
and is the most perplexing mystery tation in such a conviction-armored
that has beset the mind of man. The way as to put the tempter to shame
how, the why and the wherefore of and cause him to sneak away. One
life, the attempt to analyze its pur- lives understandingly when one seeks'
pose, the yearning to know its secret justice as the true charity, paying'
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istence has filled the soul of the changing bad economic conditions
savage with awe and terror as it has rather than doling out bread. One
lives understandingly when one bears
ours with reverence and hope.
as a body."
Religion attempts to solve the mys- no grudge, seeks no revenge. The
tery of life by giving it a set purpose, more such a life is lived the warmer,
• definite aim, an ideal to cherish. the better and stronger, the more
entrancing and the more enchanting
— Judaism's attitude may be summed
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"Understanding", as the Psalmist live".
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' for, whereby and wherewith to live. life, what he designated as the "will
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