Show NATION MUST BE BEI I IL I L AND JUST 1 I Rabbi Praises President Roosevelt for Thanks Jiving Proclamation WORLD SHOULD PAY HEED 1 Se Security Only Assured When All Alf People Strive for Their Inherent Rights Right's At t tho the temple I Israel rac last nl night ht Rabbi flabbi hi in his r regular sermon took look oca tn to draw attention of II Ins i people to the tho Thanksgiving J ing gl proclamation procla procla- mation of President Roosevelt Th There re tn was u-as present a largo large o congregation In Jn course of th the proclamation the th Pre 1 ul nt sn says R We iVe Vc should pra that this spirit of righteousness anti may grow r w print even greater in tI the f S hearts or Ct all of or u us IS ann and mat t our oui I mn may bo ho inclined ever r more both hoth towI toward tow i he the virtues that tell for Cor gentleness and tenderness for for without thc these I ties I s ne neither r nation notion nor individual cnn can I 1 rise to th the level t of or greatness To fo put ourselves in touch with out oui I and th the occasion lon of i a veritable lc prophetic pronouncement It let hot u us its view cw I the setting potting In a proclamation fraught with tolling heart lesson lessons the Pros Pros- d dont nt of th the States States for for h he lie is I rh sp l speaker t aker bids the tilt people pause pa said irl In Iii their pause j time they are arc aIto to reflect seriously on the I problems which confront them a an as a nation and amid as OR Individuals Ills Ilis words v. sound a n fearful warning nn note The Cimo I I preaching style stylo I is not assumed L but hut time the I American t people are arc bidden to take takeS taketo S to heart the time need neNI of oC I I 14 Is Is it the time need of or de lc I our om wonderful s t superabundant natural re resources ro- ro sources Xo No o. o I Is it tho the need of hoardIng hoarding hoard hoard- fn Ing up lip great material possessions possession Xo No Does Docs ho bid the time American Ih people to I endeavor 01 to tn OU outstrip tho the rent rOst of or the tiie world worM and to stand forth n as a n martial martial mar mar- nation Xo No Then rhon what I Is It Ithe Ithe Ithe he would Imo have us ims bend beni our to attain The nn answer wr is given hen In tho time plea for lor righteousness and justice justice justice- Dualities without which neither r no mii- tion lion nor Individual can eRn perpetuate t themselves ime I You ma may not a agree reo with the time policies poll poli cbs cies of the man mail who the occupies tho the Presidential Pros Pres chair That is If your privilege 11 by SOIl reason of or tho the s system of ne government govern govern- ment under which WI we live 11 HUt Is not mint our President right In ills his forceful In Insistence In- In III tenN that wo we can only assure the tho permanence of or our om government Jo b by byall byall all obligating themselves to recognize c ct t time the lc ell need of ot It righteousness and tlC thee j This is not politics hUt but that undeniable unde answer which history has writ writ- too teu to time the query r ns as to how men non anti and nations might endure Differ from Cromi the I President nt l I If you Oll will III on J governmental U iq ues but hut y you Oll cannot but hUt applaud nl lie the sentiment of ot his Thanks Thanksgiving Ing proclamation p which opens thin the eyes ayes of or ortho tho time American people and of or the thc world n to o the most ur urgent ett need of or rl righteous ness jess and antI Justice ll of nf f Israel During rin the thc last f few fes' w weeks wo Wu have o been ecu considering here herc the Jows Jews con- con to civilization ei n in his uro turo turo anti and in his life UCo It Is often stated tho that hat t tho the main distinguishing feature anti and orl originality o of Judaism as ai a tribal l 01 ot universal l r religion was was' the acc n n. tl of or th time the h all of holiness O that title thin to n a great Are extent extant be bo true no less true i is It that In n the and sub subsequent Jewish lit lit- literature antI and life there Is th the plea pica for insIstence upon rl righteousness LinNS justice jus- jus thee Ice i Was das Israel unique among th the nat na- na t lons thons ons of antiquity because ause it had a II le a sacrificial ser service priestly holy ody and other attendant functions Xo No o. o Other OUter nations could boast such posses posses- Ions I Israel's Israels raf l' uniqueness extends be- be ond tho the timings things 1 which constituted what vas VI felt to be be- essential to proper wor- wor ship hip This was found in that array of oC Isra Israel Israels great t prophets Time The bur bur- den leu of or their messa message c was th the CIn C over ever In insistent demand not for elegant nt- nt I tal ual anti and ornate worship hut but a II simple ln living of or lives 11 as s nations and 1 indi I uRIs In tho tim path of or rl righteousness anti and andus justice us tire The rime message O of the thc prophets In n Israel is a U recurrent demand th the doing doing of of or what is iol right till the pm practice of ot what mt l Is just The The prophet 1 do not stand alone alono In our OUI Bible In ft tho the teach teaching in of th tho need tic It f justice and ri righteousness s The rho collection eel col 01 lection le om of Psalms is replete with th time the c echoing petition for tho time practice of I th these Ee virtue Sacrifices anti prayer rvay tm-ny 11 set servo worthy purposes but In the of human ocl iy there tI Iga is Ig isa isa a greater tel need for Cor righteousness and Justice among men h n a Timely ly One fin Would th world worM know mo wh why the Jew In lof In the time world wM today We e would answer answer- l To ro teach h tho the need 1111 of or Justice Jus jUIt- 1 tice and righteousness For What I throughout hout all nil the time of ot his existence exist clIt I once ence ha has tho the Jew plodded foi fOl Xau Naught ht but hut right justice as Was It love lovo he rf ceh received 1 at at- atthe the hands hanl of ot tho the world worM Xo No Did PhI ho he B seek e toleration ratIon Xo No I no lie I has Imas sought nel but rf right ht mind justice jus jus- lice tice which arc aro tIme the Inherent TI rights ht of or orI I all human beings I Is Is tIle iho m. m message sat n a timely one Yes Yos tH a today anti nil all times iti The nations nation of nC the tiiu-m s in do rho Well to take tako It to hf heart Security c Is If only assured when and amid individuals vie le with one ono another to win tho the lasting Ictor victory for what is Ii right t i and just S TUe The need for tor this thin camor clamors more than the oft ort mani mani- lon of lov lovo which are arc more often otten it I i mOc mockery cn than a a. reality mayve pay may ve we l learn front from our prophets prophet ot of old od and Ull of or their exponents today to strive for Cor r righteousness anti and Justice and nigh shall be- be betho tho the when the tue words of or m Justice shall roll ron orth as aR water wa wa- wa ter anti and righteousness S as a n mighty stream 1 |