Article April 11, 1901 Issue

Brotherhood, with the Golden Rule as Guide

Men of all Creeds Gather to Indorse its Efficacy.

WU TING FANG

CHRISTIAN, Jew, and the believer in the teachings of Confucius met on equal terms last night [Tuesday, March 26], at Calvary Baptist Church, West Fifty-seventh Street, between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, to discuss the Golden Rule. The gather g was held under the auspices of the Baron and Barones de Hirsch Monument Association. Nearly all races and creeds were represented in the audience, which, despite the inclement weather, filled the church and did not even leave standing room. Gen. Thomas L. James presided at the meeting. His first announcement was that Dr. MacArthur, the pastor of the church, desired him to say that as the meeting was not strictly religious in character, and as it was not held on Sunday, the audience was at liberty to applaud the speakers.

The exercises began with the singing of the one hundredth Psalm. Dr. MacArthur then led responsive reading by the audience in selections from the ninety-eighth and one hundredth Psalms. The Rev. Dr. Joseph Silverman of Temple Emanu-El led in prayer. Letters of regret from President McKinley and Vice President Roosevelt were then read by Secretary Seward, after which General James began his introductory address. In part he said:—

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