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INTERSTATE LI FE & ACCIDENT I'll. HOME OFFICE Cll VI I ANOOOA.TFNY ★ Lift*, Health and Accident Insurance on I lie INDUSTRIAL and ORDINARY PLAN JOS. W. JOHNSON. M. I). President SOUTHLAND MILLS, INC. • SLACKS • SOCKS • HOSIERY Ft. Payne, Ala. New Responsibilities I (.ontinued from ftage 5> private lift*. He serves the needs of all the men of his entire command not only of the men of his faith. His first responsibility is to help the men in their great transition from civilian life to Army life. It is then his duty to inspire the men with faith. Iiojh* and courage hy bringing guidance to the perplexed and comfort to the de pressed. He is both the teacher and the servant of his men. He is at their call. He is th eir constant guide. \\ Idle thll s ser\ ing. he is li\ ing to gether and working together with the men as well as with the chaplains of other faiths. He is learning that tin- need for guidance and comfort is not limited in the call for his services to the men of his own faith. One of our chaplains, on arriv ing at a distant out post. was told by the commanding of ficer that a man wanted to sec him. I he man appeared. The Kahhi said. “Son. what can I do for you?** and added as an afterthought, “What is your religion?" The man replied, "W hat s the difference? I need a chaplain. I've got troubles.” The rabbi who senes as a chaplain constantly sees universal truths ex emplified when human relationships are conducted in a brotherb spirit. Ibis is best illustrated by a story al- read\ well-known of a Catholic and Jewish chaplain saving their morning prayers side hv side in tin- ojk-ii field while on maneuvers. When they were finished, the one asked the other what psalms he had recited. They learned to their amazement and delight that there in the oj>en field, under the blue skv. one in Latin and one in Hebrew both had recited the same psalms. These exjM-riences will have their effect on the men as well as on the chaplains. There should result a more disciplined understanding of religious values. There should be an ever deep ening sentiment of toleration and re- sjH-ct for religious differences. The chaplains when they return to their civilian lives should have a rich expe- rience in the exercise of the res|H»nsi- hilities of leadership to draw upon in the labors that will confront them. They "ill bring back from the war a strength to add to the foundation of normal life which will have been pre served for them by those who stayed at home to labor in the communities while the war was being fought. We who observe the New ^ ear on the home front today have great re- sponsibilities. We must maintain the entire fabric of our way of life, both Jewish and American. We must pre serve the foundation of our normal life to which we hope to return when peace is once again restored. W e must preserve all of the values for which our young men have gone forth to 1 Please turn to i>age 22 • HUBBARD PANTS COMPANY “HUBBARD PANTS SELL EASILY AT A PROFIT” MANUFACTURED IN BREMEN, GEORGIA BED ROOM FURNITURE of QUALITY made by CALDWELL FURNITURE COMPANY Office and Factory in LENOIR, NORTH CAROLINA On Display in NEW YORK CHICAGO New York Furniture American Furniture Exchange Mart Building HIGH POINT Southern Furniture Exposition Building The Southern Israelite [13]