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Show I n Needed is tho appeal for righteousness in our generation nnd our laud for busi-pi:n busi-pi:n ness honor, ami plain, straightforward hon esty. In tho business and in tho working HoHGSty world we need a higher and silrer standard iy j n of integrity. There aro evils in the world 166CI Ol where'er wo turn the shims and the pov- Uoiir crty tho vice nnd the immorality of the cities the wrongs nnd abuses of the weak and the helpless, the dependent nnd the By RABBI MOSES J. GR1ES, criminal throughout tho states, and tho in-Cl"el,n,)' in-Cl"el,n,)' justice and the oppression manifest in tho life of tho nntion. What constitutes right living? Xot speaking much and beautifully of the right; not praying nt length or loudly; giving nothing or little to tho cnuso of charity,; not doing nothing or little in tho service of mankind; not unwillingness to give nud do and serve. Bight living means duty to God and duty to neighbor. Highteousness is not an empty word. Bight living means life thnt is right with God. If man's lifo bo right with God man must bo loving and just and merciful. Our lifo is not right unless wcstand for tho good and against tho evil unless tho cause of good and tho right and tho poor becomo vital to us all unless each ono of us becomes a voice nnd n force for righteousness in tlio individual life und in the life of the family, and through the individual individu-al and tho family the rightcousuess uud the justice of tho city and tin stuto and the nation. |