CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION
Jucy 3, 1992, 9:15 a.M.
WORSHIP SERVICE
GOD'S ONLY REQUIREMENT
JOHN M. BUCHANAN, SENIOR MINISTER
FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, CHICAGO
SCRIPTURE
MrcaH 6:6-8

.- WHAT DOES THE LORD REQUIRE OF YOU

BUT TO DO JUSTICE, AND TO LOVE KRESS

AND TO WALK HUMBLY WITH YOUR Gop?" \
--Mrcan 6:8 (NRSV) ou i on as
IT WAS A POIGNANTOCCA wee

STICE THURGOOD MARSHALL, (THE aEIRST
Af enenscan TO SERVE ON THE SUPREME

~~ Court OF THE UNITED STATES, | ANNOUNCED

HISCRETIREMENT auememe. HE WAS A
=~ VIS\ BLE

REMINDER, A SYMBOL OF A DIFFICULT BUT

IMPORTANT TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE
Se. Peer |

A

UNITED STATES, WHEN THE NATION STRUGGLED

WITH THE NOTION AND THEN ULTIMATELY
eS es
DECIDED THAT ITS NATIONAL
ae aoe
CHARACTER HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE
ccna | Tel

PROPHET MICAH THAT ALL WOULD HAVE
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ACCESS TO EQUAL JUSTICE, EQUAL OPPORTU-
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NITY, EQUAL RIGHTS.

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THURGOOD MARSHALL WAS THE ATTORNEY
cal

WHO SUCCESSFULLY ARGUED BROWN VS. THE
mE as

BOARD OF EDUCATION, THE LAW SUIT WHICH
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ENDED LEGAL SEGREGATION IN PUBLIC EDUCA~

TION. |} THE GREAT-GRANDSON OF A SLAVE,

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MARSHALL_BECAME, AS A JUSTICE IN THE
HIGHEST COURT OF THE LAND, THE [|'VOICE OF
Cdr. —
THE VOICELESS, "} THE TRIBUNE SAID LAST
weg: |"THE ONE WHO SPOKE FOR THE OVER-
LOOKED, THE FORGOTTEN, THE LITTLE PER-
SON." | [CHRGAGO—FRIBUNE;~6/28/9TT™
TRIBUNE COLUMNIST, CLARENCE PAGE, WROTE:
[tr THE WEB OF JUSTICE IS A GREAT NA-
ees

TIONAL SAFETY NET, MARSHALL WAS ITS LAST

a

REMAINING ANCHQR_AT THE END THAT SYMPA-
eer
THIZED_MOST WITH PEOPLE_TOO POWERLESS
SS ey
AND CAUSES TOO UNPOPULAR FOR POLITICIANS
To ToucH."{|[6/30/91]
MARSHALL,.WAS A REMINDER, AND NOT
ALWAYS A WELCOME ONE, THAT THE *\
es
VISION BEHIND THE UNITERSTATES OF
AMERICA IS A SOCIETY UNLIKE THE WORLD
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HAD SEEN BEFORE.| A NATION COMMITTED TO

Se
BOTH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE: \A SOCIETY IN
WHICH FREEDOM IS HONORED BUT WHICH
ASSUMES THE RESPONSIBILITY TO EXTEND THE
BENEFITS OF FREEDOM TO ALL - EVEN ITS

eee ol
WEAKEST, LEAST INFLUENTIAL CITIZENS.

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Bie Tt is gad \ op Manguace-was-r-ReMENDERT=Nor

4. dD é comes inde d ALWAYS WELCOME,” OF "THE HIGH=AND=HOLY

v dys £4 een

coos mf

Dil ne oo ROOTED IN HEBREW = CELEBRAT~

\ED IN THE LIFE OF “arSUS af BASARGTH:

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oN oe re te Com whe Dee. gad |

S EXPRESSED IN THE naTION ' SO ae

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THIS WEEK; ASPIRAT Wels \
es

WHICH ARE

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«hos - Ke ruin, aa cal

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vinwatl_emt .

THE FOUNDERS UNDERSTOOD THAT THEY WERE
fo eee

CREATING SOMETHING NEW. (a N RDER

FOR THE AGES." it's ON THE DOLLAR BILL,

ge
BY THE WAY, JUST BENEATH THE PYRAMID AND

THE EYE OF GOD, AN OBSCURE LATIN PHRASE,
wee a

"Novus ORDER SECLORUM, " A NEW ORDER FOR

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THE AGES. —— abyrt

THEY DEFINED IT ELOQUENTLY IN THE & cece de

Jater
PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION: tobe
[ime THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED gatk.. |
STATES, IN ORDER TO FORM A MORE PERFECT ca’

UNION, ESTABLISH JUSTICE, INSURE DOMES-
TIC TRANQUILITY, \PROVIDE FOR THE COMMON
DEFENSE, PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE AND
SECURE THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY FOR
OURSELVES AND OUR POSTERITY, DO ORDAIN
AND ESTABLISH THIS CONSTITUTION." ‘
A NEW ORDER FOR THE AGES:

UNITY

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JUSTICE

a

TRANQUILITY
Tt

DEFENSE
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COMMON WELFARE
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LIBERTY
IT IS A VISION OF A SOCIETY RE-

MARKABLY SIMILAR TO SOMETHING A PROPHET

OF ISRAEL SAID 2, 700° YEARS AGO - "WHAT
DOES THE LORD REQUIRE BUT TO DO JUSTICE,

TO LOVE KINDNESS AND TO WALK_HUMBLY WITH

your Gop. "|
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THERE IS IN THE BIBLE A NOTION OF
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HOW HUMAN LIFE IS TO “CO IN N_COMMU-
a
TION. THAT NEW

COMPASSIONATE AND
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It IS TO BE_PARTICU-

LARLY SENSITIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE
—— eae

NITIES, SOCIETIES, NATI

ORDER IS TO BE KIND,

SCRUPULOUSLY FAIR.

DrsapvaNTAaGeD. | IT SHOWS PARTIALITY TO
a

THE POOR AND OPPRESSED SIMPLY BECAUSE

Sa Sa
THEY ARE POOR AND orpressen.\ Irs DEFI-
NITION OF JUSTICE ACTUALLY EVOLVES FROM

PAYING PEOPLE BACK FOR THEIR MI§DEEDS,

(ro gavin ATTENTION TO THE NEEDS OF THE
GBS

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lensss., Bia "eee Shan

—_, sat hes ty rrtew
LEAST AND THE/WEAK, = WITHOU ierual Ribmied
vorce.| L gue [rte tour
THAT ANY SOCIETY LD BE JUDGED ON fubvre ‘
THE BASIS OF HOW IT CARES FOR AND PRO- oes

VIDES FOR ITS LEAST. CAPABLE CITIZENS.
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THE BIBLIGAL VISION IS A SOCIETY IN
i Wie ey
WHICH JUSTICE REQUIRES THAT THE LEAST
aaa a eS Se

ee
ARE CARED FOR BY ALL.

Sey

IT REALLY IS QUITE REMARKABLE AND

ONE OF THE CONSISTENT DYNAMICS IN THE

BIBLE IS THE WAY PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS
naa,

METRE ane SSS

FORGETTING ABOUT THE CREATOR'S INTENT.

EVEN WHEN THEY ARE WORSHIPPING GOD,
el

aa St ey,
SINGING HYMNS, SAYING PRAYERS AND PRAC-
eed —- eee

TICING THEIR RELIGION, THEY ARE INCLINED
ae

TO FORGET WHAT THE REAL PRIORITIES ARE.

AND SO, IN ORDER TO KEEP THEM ON TRACK,

TO REMIND THEM OF WHAT_GOD REALLY WANTS,

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THERE ARE PROPHETS IN rsnaet. |) PROPHETS
as

ARE TRUTH-TELLERS.\ PROPHETS DO NOT

=, _——
PREDICT THE FUTURE.\ PROPHETS DON'T
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REVEAL NEW TRUTH. \ THEY SIMPLY REMIND
a

PEOPLE OF TRUTH THEY ALREADY KNOW BUT
Banas a

TRY TO FORGET. \ THEY HOLD PEOPLE AC-
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COUNTABLE TO THEIR OWN TRADITION.
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Does Gop WANT

ND ELABORATE PIETY?
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FANCY RITUALS

SHALL I COME WITH BURNT OFFERINGS - YEAR

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OLD CALVES, OR THOUSANDS OF SHEEP, OR
a. a

TEN THOUSAND RIVERS OF or? \\ THe PEOPLE
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ert)

KNOW THE ANSWER TO tat. \ MICAH KNOWS

THEY KNow. \ Gop HAS TOLD YOU WHAT IS
— A
GOOD, WHAT IS REQUIRED - JUSTICE, KIND-
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NESS, HUMILITY.

AND IF_THE FIRST THING THE BIBLE
SAYS ABOUT THE PROPHETS IS THAT PEOPLE

—— =,
DON’T LIKE TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO
Se

SAY, THE SECOND TH: IS THAT THE POLI-
eae

TICIANS AND THE PRIESTS GET ANGRY AND

SOMETIMES VIOLENT TOWARD PROPHETS.
a Ey

ONE TIME, AFTER THE PROPHET AMOS

GOT OFF SOME GREAT SHOTS ABOUT GOD

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PREFERRING JUSTICE IN THE MARKETPLACE TO
meg =e

BURNT OFFERINGS IN church, | THE KING'S

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OWN CHAPLAIN PAYS HIM A VISIT AND IN-
— Sy Ly

FORMS HIM THAT HE IS “PERSONA NON
Emme
\ *Go_away, AMAZIAH TELLS Amos.

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SS

GRATA."
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(0 NOT PROPHECY HERE AGAIN, AT THE

KING’S OWN TEMPLE. w|
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SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS

Sa ee

LATER JESUS OF NAZARETH WAS BEGINNING

HIS PUBLIC MINISTRY IN HIS HOME me
SEES eee

pie WAS AT THE SYNAGOGUE ON THE SABBATH.
end

HIS OLD FRIEND{ AND NEIGHBORS WERE THERE.
ee oy,

("Isn't THAT MARY AND JOSEPH'S SON?'/ THEY

aseeo. | WAS A NICE OCCASION AND SO

THEY INVITED HIM TO READ FROM THE BOOK
SES

OF THE PROPHET ISAIAH. \ Ano THERE IT WAS

Cen
AGAIN, THE VISION OF A NEW ORDER: | e200
— eS ESD, Ct

NEWS TO THE poor. \ THE SPIRIT OF THE

LORD IS UPON me\ I HAVE BEEN ANOINTED
SS (aay
TO PROCLAIM GOOD NEWS TO THE POOR,
a =,

RELEASE TO THE CAPTIVES, RECOVERY OF

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SIGHT TO THE BLIND, FREEDOM FOR THE
OPPRESSED.
THE NEIGHBORS LOVED IT. Rem: IT
ee , ad
NICE," THEY MUST HAVE sarp.\. BuT THEN HE
(EE am
PUT THE SCROLL DOWN AND SAID ("TODAY THIS
ee ee
SCRIPTURE IS FULFILLED.") THAT IS, IT'S
al

oma

TIME TO GET ON WITH GOD'S AGENDA AND FOR

Ge
THE POOR ACTUALLY TO HEAR SOME GOOD
|

wews,\ ano THE CONGREGATION TURNED INTO A
[a

MOB AND TRIED TO THROW HIM OVER A CLIFF.
Sas Se

My PROPOSAL IS THAT THERE IS A
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CONNECTION BETWEEN THAT RICH PROPHETIC

TRADITION IN THE BIBLE ABOUT A SOCTAL

aa

ORDER WHICH IS FAI T_AND COMPAS-
SS
SIONATE AND SENSITIVE TO ITS MOST NEEDY
exrizens] anp THE FOUNDING VISION OF THIS
SS a a

NATION.}, IT'S NOT THAT WE ARE A STRUC-
mee eS

TURALLY "CHRISTIAN NATION." | Saar’,

Gat Wau, TeaeWeNe ENE Sbox, UNDER Gop,

&
RELIGION AND AMERICAN POLITICS, OBSERVES

THAT PEOPLE WHO TALK ABOUT THIS BEING A
QS

Tt Arve - Hh perp

whe inet Lb wean « Kiar wat

at Babak Ww sep AL ope SMEm ches rights .,

CHRISTIAN NATION ARE USUALLY ABOUT TO DO

Sey = BESS
SOMETHING anrz-Seur10e. | THOMAS JEFFER-
SON AND JAMES MADISON HAD A RADICAL

NOTION OF A SOCIETY FREE FROM STRUCTURAL

RELIGIOUS ENTANGLEMENT AND AN EVEN MORE
Le)

CREATIVE NOTION OF RELIGION FREE FROM
GOVERNMENTAL sponsorsHiP. | Chieruaeae’ TL beraty eu kun

waar (No QTHER GOVERNMENT IN HISTORY
HAD LAUNCHED ITSELF WITHOUT THE HELP OF

OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED GODS AND THEIR . as
nee ee
STATE-CONNECTED wanzsTazes.” ) [p. 383] aa. a
RELIGION, IN THE NEW UNITED STATES WA
OF AMERICA, WOULD BE FREE NOT ONLY FROM iL \ehrt =

OFFICIAL OBSTRUCTION BUT FROM COMPROMIS- =
Li)

ING FAVORS. || A BURDEN WAS LIFTED FROM
En

RELIGION WHEN IT CEASED TO DEPEND ON THE
aoe -

BREATH OF PRINCES.

WILLS CONCLUDES THAT HISTORY HAS
CONFIRMED JAMES MADISON'S RADICAL NOTION
Se are
THAT THE UNIQUE VIGOR OF RELIGION IN
aa

THIS LAND IS DUE TO ITS INDEPENDENCE
—————

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QUA

FROM STATE spousonsur.|\ Jerrenson, EARLY
SS Je,

ON, WAS ANTAGONISTIC TOWARD TRADITIONAL
os

CHRISTIANITY. \ He PREFERRED THE MORALITY

OF CICERO AND Epxcretus. | BuT LATER HE
Comoe Celie
BEGAN TO APPRECIATE THE BIBLICAL TRADI-
ey | ee |
TION MORE,{ PRECISELY BECAUSE THE MORAL
LOS fe COA
TEACHING OF JESUS INCLUDED DUTY TO

OTHER, (' CHARITY TOWARD NEIGHBORS, COUN-
mo

ela ee

TRYMEN AND THE WHOLE FAMILY OF nawezo.”)
[p. 357]
AND SO WHEN THEY FOUNDED A COUNTRY

igs

THEY WERE CAPTIVATED BY A VISION OF

FREEDOM AND sustzce,| oF LIBERTY AND
Sa

—_

KINDNESS. | AND THEY WROTE IT INTO THE
——S ea been

FOUNDING DOCUMENTS. \ They HAD A NOTION
ey

THAT A GOVERNMENT COULD EXIST FOR SOME
a SS
PURPQSE OTHER THAN THE PROTECTION OF THE
Se aa

PRIVILEGED AND THE KEEPING OF ORDER.

[Seay

wore
THEY DARED TO DREAM OF A NEW ORDER.

EMERSON_ SAID THE GOVERNMENT, THE

STATE - IN THIS NATION - IS SIMPLY OUR NELOH Bos «

eee a Saas
ee

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4

wie

NEIGHBORS. THE NEW ENGLAND TOWN, ONE OF
gee ee ee

OUR FIRST POLITICAL INVENTIONS / ALWAYS
a

INCLUDED A "GREEN," GRASSY SQUARE IN THE
OD
CENTER, WHICH FUNCTIONED AS COMMON
en = Se

PROPERTY \ BUT ALSO SYMBOLIZED A DEEPER
So a ey

SENSE OF COMMON RESPONSIBILITY ,\ UNITY,

COMMON WELFARE AND COMMITMENT TO ONE

ANOTHER.

THE RISKS, OF COURSE, IN A FREE
i ee ee Pr

SOCIETY ARE THAT IN THE NAME OF INDIVID-

UAL FREEDOM MEN AND WOMEN WILL NEGLECT
Eh

THE COMMON WELFARE. | IT'S EXACTLY WHAT

ISRAEL WAS ALWAYS pornc: \ ForgeTrzNe

ABOUT THE Poor, \THE SICK, THE BLIND, THE
OUTSIDER.\ JESUS SPENT MOST OF HIS TIME
Pe _—_— SS =m

MINISTERING TO PRECISELY THOSE PEOPLE

WHO WERE SHUT OUT FROM THE MAINSTREAM OF
oe aaa

SOCIETY: | THE COMMON PEOPLE,\ THOSE TOO

BUSY TRYING TO FIND_FQOQD_ TO PRACTICE

—a

RELIGION, |THE UNTOUCHABLE Leneg, | THE

TRAITOROUS TAX COLLECTOR,\ THE ADULTEROUS
ney

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WOMAN, THE SICK, THE LAME, THE_POOR.
oan ae ——

THE VISION OF A NEW ORDER CHARAC-

TERIZED BY FREEDOM AND JUSTICE FOR ALL

IS OUR GLORY AND OUR VULNERA y.| IN
oe ra aaa

1835 ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE WORRIED ABOUT

INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY DETERIORATING INTO

SELFISHNESS. | be TOCQUEVILLE WONDERED IF
PEOPLE COULD REMAIN COMPASSIONATE IF
—S SSS a)

THEY WERE ence. | |"No ONE CAN roreTett,” |

HE wrote, ("INTO WHAT DISGRACE AND
WRETCHEDNESS THEY WOULD PLUNGE THEM-
SELVES LEST THEY SHOULD HAVE TO SACRI-
FICE SOMETHING OF THEIR OWN WELL-BEING
TO THE PROSPERITY OF THEIR FELLOW CITI-
ZENS." | [SEE SYDNEY MEAD, THE LIVELY

EXPERIMENT, P. 85]

THOSE ARE STRONG WORDS FOR A

FRENCHMAN TO BE WRITING ABOUT US 150
YEARS AGO. \'Drive INTO NEw YORK FROM

LAGUARDIA,")LESLIE GELB WROTE IN THE NEW

YorK TIMES, ‘io GAZE AT THE FILTH WE

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HAVE LEARNED TO LIVE wera." IT WAS
DURING QMS MASSACRE OF THE Kurps AND
GELB ASKED SIMPLY WHY ALL THE CRYING

| —

ABOUT THE HELPLESS KURDS BUT NO TEARS OR
ea

DOLLARS FOR CRACK BABIES, THE HOPELESS,

SSE

HOMELESS POOR - AMERICA'S Kunos. | €don't
TELL ME THERE IS NO MONEY," /HE WROTE.
MARTIN MARTY REQQEMELY CITED AN
ESSAY IN THE NATION, ewrrrtep: We’ Re
NumMBER_ONE." WE ARE FIRST AMONG INDUS-
TRIALIZED NATIONS IN: |
-THE PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN

_——,

LIVING IN POVERTY
anid

-TEEN PREGNANCY

-MURDERS OF MALES BETWEEN 15

AND 24

-~MURDERS BY HANDGUNS, ALL AGES

-PERCENT OF OUR POPULATION
INCARCERATED.
_—

"IT_WOULD BE NICE," MARTY QUIPPED, "TO

Tr
BE NUMBER TWO IN SOME OF THESE.

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[a hin ccgoti

AnD JAMES RESTON, NOW EIGHTY,

RETIRED EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK
qj——_.

TIMES, REPEECTS“TN“HES=MEMOER]—WHIGH
Wiet—BE-PUBET SHED-EN-QOTSBER]—“EHAT

RENEWING OUR COVENANT TO PUBLIC EDUCA-
oth pase ee

TION IS’ AT LEAST, IF NOT MORE VITAL TO
wor ht \ hain eee ED
a\“s OUR NATIONAL INTEREST, OUR NATIONAL

SURVIVAL, THAN DRIVING IRAQ OUT OF
——

graye? KUWAIT.
Seo

TO SAY_NOTHING OF THE VISION - THE

DREAM OF A SOCIETY WHICH IS FREE AND

aust, | anp WHICH MAKES A COVENANT TO PAY
[aa =o

EQUAL ATTENTION TO COMMON DEFENSE AND
SOMETHING CALLED THE GENERAL WELFARE.

WE HAVE CONVINCED QURSELVES THAT

GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS DO NOT work, | THAT
. me ——. —————

WHATEVER THE GENERAL WELFARE MEANS, IT
ee
DOES NOT MEAN SOMETHING WITH AN OFFICE
ee, bocce
IN WASHINGTON ORy SPRINGFIELD. \ “PRIVATI-

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ZATION" [OF v7 ARE AND PHILANTHROPY HAVE
[as

i

f

f
Fi

Moan

Lar nobvy

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BECOME IMPORTANT vorzons.( BuT THERE IS

MOUNTING EVIDENCE THAT IT DOESN'T WORK
BSS ees

EITHER.
ROBERT REICH, PROFESSOR OF POLITI-
CAL ECONOMY AT HARVARD, HAS WRITTEN A
eee EE

MUCH_DISCUSSED BOOK THAT DOCUMENTS THE
—— as
WIDENING ECONOMIC GAP IN OUR NATION

BETWEEN THE TOP 20% AND THE REST OF THE
eee

POPULATION, AND WHAT HE CALLS

tne (‘secepzne QF THE FORTUNATE FIFTH

FROM THE NATION." JIN TERMS REMINISCENT

OF DE TOCQUEVILLE, REICH OBSERVES THAT

THE FORTUNATE FIFTH WITHDRAWS SUPPORT OF
eee Ne

PUBLIC SPACES AND FUNCTIONS AND REDI-

RECTS THE SAVINGS TO PRIVATE SERVICES.

As PUBLIC PARKS DETERIORATE, PRIVATE
ee an =_——-

CLUBS pRourrenare.\\ As MUNICIPALITIES
: a eee)

CUT BACK ON MAINTENANCE AND SECURITY
—Saa — =a

SERVICES BECAUSE THEIR IS NO MONEY,
— saat

PRIVATE SECURLTY AND MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS
BLOSSOM.
=

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AND THE UNKINDEST..OBSERVATION OF

ALL - BECAUSE IT ADDRESSES SOME OF MY
OWN ONAL PREFERENCES - BUT PERHAPS
THE MOST propHerzc: | PROFESSOR REICH
POINTS OUT THAT WHEN TH ENT URGES

A 1,000 P OF LIGHT IN THE PRIVATE

Sema

PHILANTHROPIC SPHERE, THE MOST..CAPABLE
4

OF US RESPOND BY INCREASING OUR GIVING
Gres eae, Bign

TO AR MUSEUMS, SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS, \

BALLET COMPANIES AND ELITE PR\WAY 5

universes... ([I7 DOESN'T TRICKLE
= ae)

DOWN. \ ft TRICKLES UP.
— SSeS

WHAT DOES THE LORD REQUIRE? | WHAT
DOES GOD WANT OF THIS RICHLY BLESSED
——

NATION - THIS..GO0D—LAND - THIS HOLY
ae

Smt

ean
EXPERIMENT?\\\ WE KNOW THE ANSWER. \ It's
enznent?\|

THOUSANDS OF YEARS OLD.| Gop.’S ONLY
REQUIREMENT IS:
TO DO JUSTICE

‘ey

TO LOVE KINDNESS

ey

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AND TO WALK _HUMBLY WITH GOD.
THURGOOD MARSHALL PUT IT THIS WAY
(men cet
SPEECH YEARS AGO:
"THE WHOLE THRUST OF THE UNITED STATES

CONSTITUTION IS PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE -

STRIKE THEM AND THEY WILL CRY; CUT THEM
AND THEY WILL BLEED; STARVE THEM AND
THEY WILL WITHER AWAY AND DIE. BUT
TREAT THEM WITH RESPECT AND DECENCY,
GIVE THEM EQUAL ACCESS TO THE LEVERS OF
POWER, ATTEND TO THEIR ASPIRATIONS AND

GRIEVANCES, AND THEY WILL FLOURISH AND

crow..."| [CH1caGo TRIBUNE, 6/28/91]

ee ONE _WE KNOW AS LORD AND SAVIOR

ALMOST GOT HIMSELF LYNCHED_REFORE HE
REALLY STARTED HIS MINISTRY OF TEACHING
lem ep as

AND HEALING BY REMINDING HIS OWN PEOPLE

OF THEIR BEST AND HOLIEST TRADITIONS.

———

IN THAT, HE WAS A PROP et. \ Hrs FOLLOW-
=, Poe

ERS, IT HAS ALWAYS SEEMED TO ME, ARE

CALLED TO LISTEN CAREFULLY, EVEN WHEN

SS

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THE WORDS ARE PAINFUL, TO PROPHETIC

ooo |
vorces HIS FOLLOWERS ARE PERHOES THE

BEST ONES, PERHAPS THE ONLY ONES IN A
Gece ie Bo

SOCIETY WITH THE SPIRITUAL COURAGE TO
a

REMIND THE SOCIETY OF ITS COVENANT, ITS
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BEST AND NOBLEST VISION OF ITSELF.
ea —— =

Jesus Cu T, WE BELIEVE AND

TRUST, WAS NOT ONLY A PROPHET, BUT ALSO

A savror.\_ OR PERHAPS, MORE ACCURATELY,
a SS

eee

HE IS SAVIOR BECAUSE HE IS FIRST A
[=e prints MT

PROPHET.\ THAT IS HIS LOVE AND CARE
nd — ose

ENCOMPASS THE TOTALITY OF OUR HUMANITY,

OUR PERSONAL SPIRITUAL PILGRIMAGE AND

ALSO OUR COMPLEX LIFE IN THE WORLD,\ OUR

PRIVATE PRAYERS AND OUR PERSONAL RELA-

TIONSHIPS \ OUR SALVATION AND ALSO OUR
CITIZENSHIP... \ WHICH IS SIMPLY THE WAY

ee ee
WE LIVE OUT OUR COMMITMENT TO HIM IN THE
mmmee ee a
WORLD.

IT IS HE, AFTERALL, WHO SHOWED US
ee eee
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE WHOLE AND HUMAN,

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Sold us Aet Ve expects & ay

ne Ye a“
vy serviey

AW weedy \r
be wie Well ‘
Jette Cal -
sad A pawl

~ '
“uh ve
so. WA

WHAT IT MEANS TO BE FREE It rs HE WHO

SHOWED US THAT WHEN WE( "GATHER AT THE

RIVER, ")WE WILL BE BLACK AND WHITE AND
==

BROWN, AND RICH AND POOR, OLD AND YOUNG,

MALE AND FEMALE. \ 1 IS HE_WHO BEGAN
—— ST or a

WITH WORDS WHICH BURN THEIR WAY INTO OUR

a
=,

HEARTS.
"THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME,
BECAUSE HE HAS ANOINTED ME TO BRING GOOD
NEWS TO THE poor. | HE HAS SENT ME TO
PROCLAIM RELEASE TO THE CAPTIVES AND
RECOVERY OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND, TO LET
THE OPPRESSED GO FREE, TO PROCLAIM THE
YEAR OF THE LORD'S Favor." |
[Luxe 4:18, 19]

AND SO FORTHOSE OF US WHO WOULD
BE HIS MEN AND WOMEN: | tHe COMMON

LIFE, THE COMMUNITY, THE BODY POLITIC

IS, IN FACT, THE ARENA IN WHICH WE ARE
SS oN ESD

CALLED TO BE FAITHFUL \\ WITH. FIREWORKS

Usa VAO IY Pn
AND PARADES, WE Hive REMEMBERS HOW IT .

go Soe

ase a

ety

Wwe we en

MAY WE NOT FORGET THE viszon. | MAY
WE, _IN FACT, QUIETLY, BUT WITH HIGH
DETERMINATION, | RENEW THE COVENANT, THE
TERMS OF WHICH WERE GIVEN LONG

AGO. "WHAT DOES THE LORD REQUIRE?" -

——,_ ee

JUSTICE - KINDNESS - HUMILITY. | AMEN.
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