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Joseph J. Cummins, President and Editor
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titude before the war. But those resentful, proud, un-
imaginative militarists cannot reconcile themselves to
the idea of responsibility for the defeat of Germany.
They are plagued eternally by the notion that they
should be the vanquished in the recent war. They were
the elect of the earth. They were God's chosen, the
super-men who possessed all the courage, strength,
subtlety, together with the finest blood in the world.
Surely it could not be that the catastrophe was any
fault of theirs. It must be due to certain sinister, trait-
orous forces, and what forces of malice and destruc-
tion are greater than the Jews? They are responsible
for the debacle. They alone made the Allied victory
possible. And now when the German government wel-
comes Chaim Weizmann, the Zionist, they are honoring
the Allied Powers.
Outbreaks of this kind are symptomatic of very un-
healthy conditions among a not inconsiderable portion
of the German people. They indicate that the theory
of German superiority and infallibility still has its ad-
herents. It shows clearly that the spirit of monarchism
and militarism has the vitality and durability of a fixed
idea. No one believes that it is the dominant idea in
Germany or that tljire is any danger that it will become
sufficiently strong determine Germany's foreign pol-
icy, but it does signify that the die-hard clement is still
far from dead or negligible.
We shall hear more from the Reventlows and to
the same effect until Europe is again healthy, normal
and rehabilitated. The whole affair is stupid in the
extreme, but those mail outbursts enable the social
diagnostician to take the precautions which can pre-
vent the spread of the disease.

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JUDAISM

Contemporary
Comment

M EA N INGL E SS

What does it mean in this day and
age when a body of intelligent men,
such as the delegates to the recent
convention of District Grand Lodge
No. 3 of the Independent Order B'nai
lt'rith held in Atlantic City, get to-
gether and decide that, while they are
sympathetic to Zionism, they oppose
it as a political movement? Does it
mean that the brainy business men
who constituted the delegates to the
11'nal Irrith convention are satisfied
that their Jewish brethren spend their
might and main on the restoration of
Palestine, but they object to the fact
that their life and property are pro-
tected be Great Britain under its
mandate from the League of Nations?
Would the far-sighted gentlemen of
the B'nai Writh rather see their
brethren in Palestine not enjoy any
political rights, but subjected to the
control of semi-barbarous Arabs?
What then does it mean when good
and loyal Jews employ an outworn
phrase, which was once stylish, and
say that they are not in accord with
Zionism politically? It is indeed
amusing to see grown up people get
together and pass a resolution which,
as far as we are able to see, means--
just nothing.—Chicago Sentinel.

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By DR. MORDECAI M. KAPLA N

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A CIVILIZATION — NOT A ( ULT

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tower tible evi knee of the vital icy
Judaism is the spirit of a nation,
the J eitw
iceit
isihn
hi si irit.51-intern il-1 '.
and not the cult of a denomination.
has su
where Jewish laa tt.
When we accept Judaism as a cult
ritual
have
fa led. It has demote!.
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tellect vial and spiritual needs of
irate ourselves to the furtherance of
to the Jewlets people, Fut dleclaans responslity for se indor.entelst of the
ire 11101 and wont,
most
Israel's career, beholding in that ca-
views expressed by the writer..
the p resent d y.
'Ter our own personal future; we ac-
0
In
h
e
a.
t
(Is of Zangwill, "I •
t•ept, as far as in us lies, the reason-
gnaw is the chief index of life.
sibility for the material and spiritual
no
is
an
is
de.
d so long as the taii I•
welfare of all of the world Jewry. To
put t o his lip reveals a breath, ,
be a Jew in that sense is to be imbued
t
race is extinr so long as there e.r..•
with a Jewish consciousness that
from, its lips he breath of speech. .1
reaches down into the secret places of
peopl e that s Jenks is not dead; a pt.,
the subconscious.
1/r. Chaim \Veizmann delivered his first public
pie t hat is re t dead speaks."
At no time in the past was Judaism
address during his latest tour of this country at Car-
Mu ( siu
s atnsuble, however, as a
ti
in
trotted by Jew or Gentile as anything
prere
reckoning with •uda-
civilization.
The
confus-
negie Hall in New York City on Feb. 16. He made a
else than a
ism a s a eivi ization is to feel conrii-
ion
as
to
the
true
character
of
Juda-
survey of the unbearable lot of Jewry in Europe, which
Jewish
people has a fis-
red
t
hat
the
ism is a by-product of the emancipa-
necessarily led to the question of solutions and of Pal-
tare. To he sure, the type of futur.•
tion. Out of fear lest we be charged
we
can
pin our faith is
upon
which
with hyphenated loyalty to the coun-
estine.
hti l at for which our fathers
oche s than
try of which we are citizens, our tint-
If we had any doubts as to the validity of our criti-
they
found
themselve,
year nest
id teachers and leaders have tried to
cisms of those propagandists who ever ignore social.
in a state of helplessness. The tutor..
reduce the Jewish civilization to
DIGINFYING TERM "JEW"
hoped
•y
WAS se. areoly on
for which
cult.
political and economic facts, Dr. \Veizmann certainly
It WAS some dream .1
this
We now realize that their fear was
One of the most interesting debates
has dispelled them all. Our position has been one of
hear snip bli s which was little nntrt-
totally unwarranted. The social and
At the St. Louis convention of the
than a psych ic compensation fur lb.:.
consistent realism, for we felt that rash experimenting
spiritual life of the normal human be-
Union of American Hebrew Congre-
deg rivationa and sufferings here t o
many loyalties. We
ing consists
with an unfortunate people would bring too much dis-
gations dealt with the question of
• dreamt of a persona!
cart
homes,
are loyal to Oaf parents, to Oaf
change of name for the organization.
aster in its wake. \Veizmann sees this possibility clear-
Nies slab curl ing on clouds of glory
to our friends, to our business asso-
After it was determined that the
•umpeting of hosts of at.-
anti
1st
the
t
ly, for he says: "Without desiring to exaggerate, I am
dates, AS Will as to our country. It
Word conies from Jassy that 51 students will be
union cease all activities outside of
gels and of srael being brought back
is only in case of conflict that the
sure one could start a movement in Poland at the pres-
the
religious
field,
it
followed
natural-
t home by the nations of
to i is
expelled from the University of Jassy for participating
question arises as to which loyalty
ly that the name should be changed
ent time which, in its enthusiasm, in its intensity, might
the world, v ho would repent of their
shall have precedence. But the Jew-
in anti-Semitic disturbances in the university. The ac-
from "Hebrew" to "Jewish" congre -
inst Israel's God, and of
retie -Ilion
prove a Messianic movement capable of sweeping
ish people to which every Jew must
gations. The argument was advanced
thei r cruelty to His chosen people. In
tion was taken by the university senate. We wonder
give his allegiance is a people that has
through the country, from one end to the other. One
that, under the niesent conditions,
plac e of at 118, at best, is only hilt ,
whether such action was actually taken and, if taken,
no raison (retire unlitss it finds a
"Jewish" should be substituted for
has to be cautious in handling this fire—extremely
as d, at worst, nothing mitt t.
dress mm
peaceful ways of composing all its tiff-
if it is not with the tongue in the cheek.
"Hebrew." The Union Of American
nibbling, we should zeal-
than
ferences with the rest of the world.
cautious. It is our duty now to see that this movement
JewiLl Congregations, it was contend-
to make Palestine the
tr
ive
f
matter has agitated Roumania for sonie
ous
l
s
This Jassy
•
Why, then, deny the true character of
does not degenerate into a disappointment equal to the
ed, would better designate the tw-
Jewish civilization. The
hom
our spiritual heritage for the sake of
time and, under all the circumstances as we know them,
it., and objects of the union. More-
re-establish the Jewish
rising
yea
Sabbathai Zevi disappointment. We must be fully con-
Judaism
impossible contingencies?
the students are much less responsible for the disgrace-
over, the term "Jew" would thus be
peal de' must come as the logical coil-
must remain what it was, the drift*:
scious of our responisbility, We stand in front of an
dignified. The change was not made
fl'allk 70111 honest fnrinc
fence
of
ae
ful riots which took place than are some of the profess-
st.tis
Don of the Jewish people, or admit
enormous force which can either be the making, of Pal-
because the convention was not pre-
of t he fact t hat Judaism can no longer
ors. We have had a suspicion which cannot be allayed
that its day is over.
pared
for
it
and,
principally,
because
at
it is certain to peri-1)
ction,
it
fun
estine or its undoing." This has a ring so different from
There are, however, a number of
that the authorities of the Roumanian government had
it would have necessitated changing
Dos n inani ion, unless it be C.d. ti
conditions which must be fulfilled be-
the propagandist who is unconcerned about the catas-
the
name
of
the
Hebrew
Union
Col-
in
the soil whence It `f
one e again
their fingers in the pie, at least the thumb. And now,
fore we can think of Judaism its terms
lege; and this was a matter that could
trophies of the future if only for the present his hearers
spr
after many months, 51 students are to be permanently
of A civilization. First, wet must par-
not be settled on a convention floor.
, 1 !'<
f ot.
Ir sit lest in Judaism goes fo,
I ang
are transported to the land-of-never-was where spirit-
ticipate in the renascence of the Ile-
expelled and compelled to go elsewhere to finish their
Yet the failure to carry the resolu-
the r wtohrtit:: o wish that there shy-old
brew language and literature; second-
ual and physical miracles are the order of the day.
tion
tee
change
the
name
is
to
be
re-
number of individuals it,
alts. ays be
education. They may have learned a very necessary
ly, we must give unstinting support
gretted. The term "Hebrew" is a
What troubles \Veizmann most. and properly so, is
his will be known as
the
to all terms of Jewish scholarship;
and salutary lesson from this experience, for it is a mat-
racial qualification and in no way rep-
we Islay tit lend on it that our e
the "unnatural immigration" to Palestine, for he pro-
and, thirdly, we must accept the re-
resents the religious intent anti pur-
ter of serious concern to a young man when he is ex-
wil I be fulfi led. But if what we want
huilding of Palestine as the foremost
pose of these congregations. The Ju-
ceeds in this wise: "I (I() not think at present that Pal-
this !
t those . ho will be known as .1.,-
pelled from college. We do not favor expulsions from
religious duty Of the hour.
daism of the twentieth century is not
estine is normally capable of absorbing unlimited quan-
sho uld err ch the world with their
No one who has the right instinct
colleges or school, for a man cannot be made better by
the religion of the ancient Hebrew.
isle'
as,
their ideals, and their example,
about
the
needs
of
Judaism
at
the
tities of such immigration. Absorption may be forced,
Standing squarely upon the proposi-
such action; but what we have in mind is rather con-
ant I do fist: ot only as individuals but
can fail to note that the
present
but even the present rate is something of a miracle.
tion that the word "Jew," wherever
by reason of their. Jovish
•
oll
knowledge
of
Hebrew
has
become
in-
cerned with the attitude of the Roumanian officials and
and whenever applied, designates ad-
life, then it is futile to expect that kind
I am perfectly sure that at year ago an inquiry as to
dispensable to being is Jew. The rab-
the university authorities.
herence to Judaism and nothing else,
ever
to thrive in the dins-
of
binic precept that parent must teach
whether Palestine could absorb 2,00(1 monthly would
would dignify the term and would go
• here or elsewhere. That
puss,
It is hardly possible that the anti-Semitic outbreaks
his child to speak Hebrew from early
have received a negative answer from the experts, but
(limn
is
possible only W horo
a long way to wipe not the shameful
kind
of
,Is'
infancy must henceforth be the under-
which occured in the Roumanian universities were not
connotations that a bitter and ignor-
Jaws caul maintain their group life
somehow the 2,000 are being absorbed." Yes, some-
lying principle of Jewish education.
aided and provoked by those higher up. The most
ant age attached to it.—American
autonomy,
anti where, by
and
social
The Jew 10 Whom Hebrew is "Greek"
how, but not at all satisfactorily, as recent reports indi-
1114/1. 01V.
reason of I heir heing in the majortty,
bellicose and turbulent student body would hardly
is the father of an indifferent Jew,
cate. But to continue with Dr. \Veizmann: "We have
A DEAN'S REASONS
joy
cultural
predominant,.
ei
they
ell
and the grandfather of an apostate
stage these affairs unless they felt certain they would
That kind f Judaism is leasable only
one barometer which indicates the situation —there is
Jew.
The Dean of Carlisle advanced
be tacitly, if not openly, approved. In Roumania some
.
I
e
in ( P
Our problem is, to a large extent.
no unemployment. On the face of it our position is
some curious but interesting reasons
t, indeed, be willfully blind
On e
of the professors were avowed and truculent anti-Sem-
how to get the "feel" of the Jewish
for trying to convert Jews. In the
more sound than that of London. In England there are
nut to see the hand of Providence in
people, how to visualize its reality.
ites who did not hesitate to spread poisonous propa-
first place, it was the duty of Chris-
nity that has been given us
thenonpypeo
1,250,000 unemployed. Though we have no such cris-
Ordinarily, it is a land that impresses
tians to induce Jews to reject their
gamin in the class room. Such men could have been
daism at the very moment
us with the reality of a people. In the
is In Palestine we need not lie unduly optimistic. We
faith because Jesus was a Jew and
ocess if attrition is begin-
that
the
In
compelled to desist from such unprofessional conduct
past we succeeded in keeping alive this
to admit that
because the world owes it to Jews
e
t t i m
n race its existence. Itut to
have a temporary respite. lam eady
sense of our people's reality, even in
without resorting to drastic action had the authorities
that Christianity is in existence. We
Providence
is to) become its
bel
ieve
the diaspora, by living segregated front
all economic laws which are valid in other countries
should have thought that respect for
had a mind to do this. But the whole educational
willing in t•ument. And to become
therest of the world. Men and wom-
are not valid in all aspects for Jews. There are special
the memory of Jesus ought ft) induce
otst,
of
Providence,
we must
,
i
tssz
t
the
en of the older generation still remem-
and governmental scheme in Roumania was honey-
Christians to pay such regard to those
iusly to make Palestine the
economic laws which operate for Jews. There are cer-
strive
ber the Jewish Ghettos in which they
combed with anti-Semites. All their protestations
professing the faith to which he was
cultural,
spiritual
an I
hotne of a
were raised. That contact with Jews
tain factors in Jewish adaptability which are hopeful.
born and in which he died, as well as
that
t will evolve the
about their inability to prevent anti-Jewish demonstra-
gressire I
in the mass will keep them Jewish
The Jew from Lodz or Warsaw lives under certain eco-
the race from which he sprang, as
ilization
which
will
be rec-
•
knd of
more than all abstract teaching and
tions were given sound attention, when it was known
to deem the faith no bar to their be-
ognized t fii; all as the kingdom of God
nomic conditions •and carries a certain amount of the
preaching. But what can we do to
that they were able to suppress with unusual cruelty
ing good citizens and sharing with
upon eart h.
give our children whom we bring up
economic abnormalities of these conditions with him.
the elect of all creeds the portion re•
Twenty five hundred years hay»
and effectiveness any activity against them. This ges-
in neighborhoods where one sees little
But we must not rely On a miracle. These abnormal
served to such in the world to come.
elapsed si Ice Ezekiel pleaded with the
of Jewish life a sense of intimacy with
ture of helplessness came with especially bad grace
The next reason was that Jews have
.lewish
pt ople, "Wherefore shall yic
laws may operate for a certain time, but not for all
the Jewish people? The very term
been the victims of persecution at
from Roumanian officialdom and the university au-
die, " use of Israel?" Apparently
Jewish people is to them an abstrac-
times."
the hand , of Christian , in the past.
as not in vain. Among the
h
il
tion. The only instrument at our dis•
thorities.
We have no idea why the dean spoke
One may rely upon miracles for special occasions,
exiles tha had wept by the rivers of
posal to compensate for the loss of
We are pleased to note that some action has been
14 the past. What
in
this
respect
only
here were some, at least,
but the recreation of a people on a foreign soil requires
.lewish contacts is the Hebrew lan-
we should like to know is why. if
taken which is indicative of a return to sanity and a
who did r at say, "Our lames are dried
guage. When we teach the child a
recognition of the hard, cold, brutal economic realities
Jews were harassed and Christians
V.,
r hope is lost." The faith-
tap said
discontinuance of the barbarous outbreaks which have
language, he instinctively senses the
wish now to behave to them decently,
II
which must necessarily be met. If we insist at all times
d i n; nts that did not know what
fu Cuenn
reality of the people to which the lan-
disgraced Roumania. This is preferred very much to
they should not carry out their inten-
it is to tit spair or surrender still sur•
upon stressing the difficulties of the problem it is not
guage belongs, and at the moment that
tion by leaving them alone anti' not
the closing of the university, which was threatened
hey
did
not
sit
with
folded
rived.
T
he pronounces a word or sentence in
from want of enthusiasm that the Jews escape from the
worrying them to leave the faith in
T I cy did all they could to save
that language he feels himself at one
sonic time ago. Think of it, a group of student hooli- which they are quite happy and at
hell of Europe, but that they do not fall into a worse
ant the civilization they had
an d
with that people.
gans compel a university and the Roumanian govern-
peace with God and Man.—London
n b rought
n
u h 8 g l •ith them. They took every
The Hebrew language can supply b
hell if they find themselves marooned in the soil of Pal-
measure
to prepare Israel
ment to close the university! Such an admission of Jewish World.
OSSible
p
the element of unity that is fast dis-
estine without adequate economic provision for their
Seri nti chance to make history in
f or
appearing from Jewish life. Until the
weakness and ineffectiveness has not been made by
PORCINE
of
the
spirit.
When flat!
t
survival.
Emancipation, all Jews practically
any state or university since schools were founded. But
---
h . a ndc't'i mB
cr. me, it found the Jewish pri-
c h(
thought alike and acted alike. Such
\Veizmann recognizes this most vividly in the fol-
Every refined, intelligent Jew saes
sed
of
a
new
soul
that wilt ,
posse
p
uniformity cannot tie re-established,
lowing parallel: "In other words, Tel Aviv plays the apparently the university and government refused to
deep gratitude to Dr. Charles W.
i
r d of its pagan proclivities.
f tl,rtter
and, perhaps, would no longer be de-
Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard
same role in Jewish Palestine as New York played in abdicate and the way out is the expulsion of 51 sin-
perien•es
we
are
passing
The e
sirable, if it could. Yet, without some-
University, for his recent protest
t hrough tear a strong resemblance to
thing to hold together the different ale-
the Jewish immigration to America. America can di- dents.
against young Jews and Jewesses
itd iences of our ancestors who
t he expel
ments in Jewry, the Jewish people
who flagrantly disregard the sanctity
gest a tremendous organism like New York because
in hearing of Ezekiel's VOW,
were
would soon pass out of exist(tnce. For
of Jewish life and tradition. There
h a: e many among us, too, who
there is a tremendous hinterland. Palestine cannot."
Th;n•r,e the
a time, the pogroms may act as a uni-
are many Jews, young and old, who
old, "We are clean cut off
s
fying force. Or it may be that Jews
This hinterland is an important asset. It means natural
need to hoed Dr. Elioes word of
House of Israel." But there '
from
will federate locally to maintain their
Servient peoples are treated much the same way
warning. Irreverence and inconsider-
resources. agriculture, skilled labor: and they are not
sore
who affirm, "I shall not
poor. But is Jewish unity forever to
ation are un-Amet . ican as well as un-
the world over. Dominant group leaders express the
( fie, but ire and declare the works of
be buttressed by suffering and power-
created out of nothing. This hinterland is the backbone
Jewish. If we have good reason to
"
They
who have faith in Is-
t he Lord
ty? Given, however, the Hebrew lan-
same unconcern for the lesser breeds whether it lie in
of national health and prosperity.
change our conviction and custom we
I ael's fu ure will give themselves no
gunge, and all Jews will know them-
America, Europe of South Africa. The latest bit of in-
should 110 SO rather lion become su-
This careful and honest analysis means that Zion-
I
the
cause
of Judaism will
rest unt
selves as one people, no matter how
perstitioos and mechanical in our re-
he 'Komi up with the cause of human
formation which for stark brutality is on a par with the
ists and those who feel sympathetic toward their as-
they differ in mental background or
ligious life. This does not, however,
and
idealism,
and Israel will
progress
religious belief.
most atrocious practices of our benighted southland
pirations have more work before them. It means that
warrant affront on our part to the
be ready to take its place for the third
The renascence of the Hebrew lan-
conviction
and
customs
of
others.
Rem]
Ilayesod
and
Reran
comes
from
South
Africa.
A
white
farmer
employed
their contributions to the
time eannts mg the peoples of the world
guage is typical of the power of self-
Such affront is contemptible. The
nasal bearer of a new spirit-
AS the
a Kaffir girl as a domestic. She left his employ because
adjustment which the Jewish people
Kayemeth must be increased if the greater task is to
Jew guilty of it is even more offen-
urn civil
till
aissesses
• It is the most incon-
1
S
of ill treatment. Ile followed her. brought her back
siv• to refined Jews than he is to a
be achieved.
non-Je• like Dr. Eliot.
and put her in it barn. having first fastened her neck
What Dr. Eliot specially resented
to the rafters. The place was infested with rats. She
was a group of young Jews and Jew-
dead. her finger tips had been eaten by the
esses who with a show of bravado
wus
found
Recently President Ebert and other government
loudly ordered pork in a dining hall.
rats. For this unspeakable offense the farmer was sen-
officials of Germany honored Chaim \Veizmann. On
Pork is proper to that kind of a Jew.
tenced to prison for six months. The minister of justice,
He is something of a hog.—Rabbi
the face of it the episode is rather innocent. It may
Dilmly, approved the sentence. He told those who pro-
Alexander Lyons, in the Supplement.

General Offices and Publication Building
850 High Street West

Adar 3, 5685

February 27, 1925

Weizmann Analyzes Jewish World
Problem.

T

We Wonder.

Are We Human?

War Wounds Are Deep.

cause the Ilitlerites and the Fa cisti leaders a few un-
comfortable moments. for every courtesy shown a Jew
is easily translated into a plot on the part of the elders
of Zion to control Germany. But the incident did not
pass off so lightly. for Count Reventlow. the noted an-
ti-Semite member of the Nationalist party. charged that
the welcome to \Veizmann was an honor bestowed upon
the Allied Powers. To Fay the least. Count Reventlow
has a most unusual imagination if he is able to discover
even the most casual connection between a welcome to
\Veizmann and an honor bestowed upon the Allied

Powers.
\Veizmann is an English citizen. the leader of the
Zionist movement, but he does not represent England
or the Allied Powers in the remotest way. His mission
to Germany was entirely in behalf of Zionism and he
had no official or unofficial position as an English or
allied representative.
But in the mind of a national anti-Semite the most
innocent, unimportant happening is made into a matter
of grave international significance.
It is scarcely conceivable that the most hard-bitten
anti-Semite in Germany would have taken such an at-

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tested that a Kaffir is no' as good as a white man and
six months in prison for a white man for such a crime
was sufficient, while it would not be sufficient in the
case of a Kaffir. Such callous disregard for elementary
human rights has its refreshing place. for it indicates
most convincingly that the superior breeds feel that
they are of a different species.
A more cheerful picture is contained in the latest
figures for lynching in the year 1921. The total was
23, all negroes.
Th, se brutal debauches all came from the Saint'
spirit of superiority. which has menaced human society

for ages.

The poen/a is in Poland. Roumania. the Ukraine and
Hungary have the same background. The theory of
racial superiority underlies the whole matter. This
theory of superiority has not the sanction of ethnolo-
gists, and the more thorough the studies the more un-
tenable is the ground for the assumption of racial su-
periority. The Junkers, chauvinists and the whole crew
who live on strife are responsible for these unhappy
conditions.

-st.,

HILLEL AND HIS GUEST

RELIGIOUS UNITY

Our neighbor the World is all
wrought up because Bishop Manning
has rejected John D. Rockefeller's
suggestion that representatives of
other faiths he given representation
on the board of trustees of the Epis-
copalian Cathedral of St. John the
Divine. although the bishop has asked
for and accepted contributions to the
cathedral's building fund from New
Yorkers of all creeds. Apparently
our contemporary has taken too liter-
ally the campaign slogan "A House of
Prayer for All People." Men of all
and no faiths might well help build
an edifice that would be one of th•
ornaments of the community; yet as
long as religion expresses itself in
creeds and denominations based on
different dogmas or practices, it hard-
ly seems logical to give men of one
denomination control over churches
established by another denomination.
Otherwise, why Episcopalians, Pres-
byterians? Bishop Manning's hu-
manity may be at fault. but not his
logic or theology.—The Day.

-re..145, ..ier JACK

Hillel, the gentle, the beloved age,
Expounded day by day the sat red page
To his disciples in the house of learning;
And day by (lay, when home a eve returning,
For longer converse, forth he went with speed.
Saying each day. : "1 go—the hour is late—
To tend the guest who (loth n y coming wait."
Until at last they said: "The r abbi jests
When telling us thus daily of his guests
That wait for him." The rabl i paused awhile.
And then made answer; "This k you I beguile
You with an idle tale? Not so, forsooth!
I have a guest. whom I must t nd in truth.
Is not the soul of man indeed guest,
Who in this body deigns a wt ile to rest,
And dwells with me all peace fully today:
Tomorrow—may it not have ed away?"

ALICE LUCAS

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