New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 25, 1929, Page 5

RABBI SPEAKS FOR COWMUNITY CHEST Dr. Hadas Says Campign I for Justice, Not Charity “The Community Chest is the one gesture of charity and kindness in which we all can and must partici- pate,” was the statement made to between 150 and 200 men at the session of Evefyman's Bible class yesterday, when that organization observed “Civic Sunday” by Rabbi Gershon Hadas of the Congregation Sons of Isracl. Members were present from civic | clubs, the Chamber of Commerce and two Jewish congregations. Rab- bi Hadas took as his subject, “Liv- ing with my Brothe His sermon was as follows “l am grateful to your commit- tee for the invitation to address you. particularly on this Sunday morning. The class today, I understand, is made up largely of members of the several civic clubs, and my talk ought naturally to deal with a phase of our civic and communal life. And indeed T would be remise in my duty and carcless of this un- usual opportunity it 1 do not speak to you on a matter that I as a citi- zen, as a minister, and as Jew con- sider as most significant and vital in our communal and rcligious life. I mean, of course, our Community Chest campaign. ¥For to my mind, the Community Chest is the one sture of charity and Kindness in which we all can and must partici- pate. 1t is the one important re- ligious and civic act which indicates our willingness to carry into action that most sublime of all religious concepts, the Brotherhood of Man. “It was a very ancient Jewish prophet who formulated the doc- trine of the Fatherhood of God and 118 corollary, the Brotherhood of Man. For if God is the father over all and we the children of this father then arc we not brothers all? Such hias Leen the theory of re- ligion; such has been the formal teaching of the church and of churches throughout the western world. The practice of these same churchi and of their adherents, however, but very rarely harmonized with this fundamental religious be- lief. 1f the concept of the Father- hood of God was zealously held and guarded the fact of human brother- hood was wholly forgotten or neg- “How clse can we explain page upon page of the Listory of western Europe? How otherwise can we un- derstand the killings and persecu- tions, the fetters and fagots, the racks and dungeons, the autos-da-fe and cxpulsions that were so freely and frequently employed in the name of religion? It was the empha- sis placed on God the Jather while ignoring completely man the brother that distorted religion into an awful power for separation and division, disunion and disruption. T4s per- version of religion turned beliefs and believers into blind, bigoted, brutal forces for the suppression of mino- rities, the persecution of the less powerful and less numerous broth- nother result of the abandon- ment of faith in man as a brother was—and still is—the otherworld- iiness of religion and its cmphasis on the individual. Religion has been teaching that the chief concern of man is to scek salvation for his in dividual soul. And this salvation was 10 be attained not here on this earth, not in this home of God and His children, but in some unknown, thadowy region in the hereafter. “Becausc of these teachings, that the chief concern of man is not ad- Justment with his fellows but adjust- ment with his God, and that rewards and punishment are to be meted out at some future time in a remote re- gion above—or below—the earth, be- cause of these notions human hearts were turned into cold and calculat- g instruments for the attainment ot personal salvation and human eves w turned away from this world. This God-given carth of ours became for man merely a place of “temporary sojourn” where we pre- pare for the next world. And into what a hell was this earth turned. This home of ours became for man & “vale of tears”, and Oh, how many were tears we caused to be shed. *If the modern world, the new world of science and of thought bas brought us nothing clse it has re- turned our brothers to us. Our new linowledge has forced man to re- trace his steps and take hold anew of the greatest contribution of re- higion to man, the fact of our brotherhood. Despite the mental discomforts that much of our mod- ern science has brought us it is this science that has Lecome man's 1edceming angel, the Messiah that 3s rapidly freeing man from the fet- Child{:;enCry Seclchers. ICASTORIA FOR COLIC, CONSTIPATION, DIARRMEA L Stove Repairs Complete line of stove repair parts carried in stock. NEW HRITAIN STOVE REPAIR CO. 66 Lafayette St. Tel, 772 ters world about us and its untold possi- bilities as & human dwelling place. In a word our new knowledge has not only rediscovered and reaffirmed or us that prophetic doctrine of human brotherhood, it has also pointed out to us the logical impli- cation of that fact—namely the homehood of the world. If God is the Father, and if we are brothers, then this is our home. If there is the Fatherhood of God and Brotherhood of Man then must be the Homehood of the world. Simple and obvious as this may ap- pear to you it is nevertheless the | greatest contribution as well as the | Lighest aim of present day religious thought. church and synagogue. in pulpit and press, and you will find that the em- | phasis today is rightly placed on hu- man needs and human hopes for to- |day. for realization here on this {earth. More and more does the church teach this homehood of the | world, And, if I understand aright, [the gospel that is being preached | week after week to this class it is| the urgent need to make of this| home the best possible dwelling| place for our father and our broth- ers. It we find our home tainted by | sin, marred by hatreds, flooded by tears, awry because of social mal- adjustments then it is our sacred duty to seek to readjust our social| life, to do away with sin, to uproot | hatreds, and to wipe away the tears| of our brothers. And on the walls of | this old-new home of ours, this home that can be made so pure and sweet and cheerful we shall hahg that motto penned by Moses him- self, ‘And thy brother shall live| with thee.’ “It is just this message that 1| want to bring to you this morning. | T want to live with my brother.’ 1 am so very anxious to obtain for your brother and mine not tolera- tion alone—that we grant willingly or otherwise to our worst ills—but human understanding and sympathy and above all what you would call Christian fellowship. And do not be deluded for a moment that my mes- sage to you and to the community | at large is merely ‘carrying coal to| Newcastle.” There are yet far too| many objectors—active as well as| passive—to this ideal. We have yet many enemies to overcome before we can begin even dimly to realize the glorious ideal of true brother-| hood. | “For me, .r the sponsors of this| vear's Community Chest Campaign the issue is clear cut. We stand to- day on the event of a great cam- paign and the question to be asked d | ti city—you are clearly yourself with our enemies. “We are proud of our city. Not because of the goods we produce. Not because of the wealth we pos- sess or create. Rather are we proud of obr city because of the men and the women we help to build, the homes that are ours, and the broth- erhood we enjoy. Are you with us or with our enemies in the fur- therance of this one source of our greatest pride? I know that one and all we shall answer, ‘We want to live with our brothers." SRS This is a campaign to destroy discasc, to abolish misery, to aid the helpless, and to build heal- thy and stalwart men and women. «e . « It is 20 do more. It is to “Look about you everywhere, in|Prove to ourselves that our religion, |have. It is inherent in man that he our patriotism, and our humanity about which we so often are ready to boast are in truth realties. This campaign indeed is a test of our loy- altdes,. . .. “The chairman of this campaign has well pointed out that the appeal is not for charity but for justice, 1| believe that I have once befors pointed out that the Biblical in- junction to help the poor and t needy is based not on what we now conccive as charity and rightcousness. And rightly so. Surely you cannot consider aid given your brother as ‘sweet charity.’ Just- ly and properly you must aid him: it is an obligation which no one can avoid. . . . . In a properly organized society there should be no poor and helpless. And if there be any such amongst us then ours is the blame, and ours the duly to care for them. “. ... But let us assume that we all are ready to give, that we arc| prepared to aid the causes that make for civic betterment. . . . . Here do the Community Chest aid us in a most diffucit social problem. It Is |2lmost impossible to determine for |ourselves just to whom to give, what causes to support. . . . . 1 look upon | the Chest as the heart of the com- munity as the extension of our i dividual human hearts that we car- ry about in our anatomical bodis. This again is one of the discoveri of modern science. pointed out—has learned how to ex- tend his organs and expand their function. Witness, for example, the extension of the human legs into the acroplane, tlie eye into the tel. escope and the microscope, and the mouth into the radio. Similarly w learned how to extend and expand oyr indivudal hearts into a commu- nity Chest which has carefully work- | ed out just what is expected of us, just what institutions we are to sup- port and in what way, “And what is it that we are asked?” | of every member of the community | might well be that anclent demand | of Joshua, ‘Are you with us or with | our enemnies?” Remember well that| we are responsible to our Father for | the care of His children. Bear in| mind that we are responsible to our| brothers for the proper upbuilding of our home. It you, therefore, do not afd in this work, if you, there- A day's wages. Little enough ‘o share with your brother, you will agree. . . . er permit that old fashioned ‘organ.’ your conscience to be your guide, It is not a day's pav—whether it be wages, salary or dividends that ‘s wanted, but rather your just sharc. ! Ask yourself if what you are piving is your just share In this great civic fore, refuse your just contribution for this cause—the cause of our en-| lubrication operates easily You simply p! New double drop frame Oas-piece Saloa feaders IMPORTANT ¢4 effort. Answer these questions hon- estly and then—increase your con- has been perfected which . . . immediately . . . and with flawless certainty. Nash now offers it on every Advanced and Special model of the new “400” series Nash-Bijur . . . the finest device ever pro- duced to supply chassis bearing points with necessary lubrication. ress the convenient pedal NEW BRITAI but on justice | Man—it has been ! . But here I would rath- | DAILY HERALD, + + In no other ion plications tribution, can you carry out the of human brotherhood. “There are many of us who give. and perhaps their just share, but do not know when to give. Here tod does the Community Chest aid us. The time to give is when help is| needed, and that time for our | community is now. So many of us withhold kindnesses until they can no longer be appreciated. It is often more important when you give than how much you give. Charities ought |to be made out when we are most |ready to give but when they are | most needed. “Our institutions are human pro- |ducts; they are not always the per- lfect organization we would like to can never attain his ideal. The ideal | community has not yet been created. | Very often it is in no way our fault | that here are dark spots in our com- | | munities. But these spots are in any | ievent here. And it is the purpose | of the Chest to do something toward the clearing away of these spots. . . . | You have often seen cartoons show- | {ing a silver dollar with wings. . . . . 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