ABSTRACT
Books on ethics considered from a purely philosophical standpoint will say nothing about them. It may be urged indeed that duty to God belongs to the sphere of religion rather than of Morals. Our duties towards God spring directly out of the religious idea. Religion teaches that there is a Supreme Being, perfect in power, and wisdom, and goodness, the Maker of the Universe, and the Father of mankind. God’s “mercies never fail ; they are new every morning.” And the might that has brought the universe into existence, and framed the laws that sustain it, will always continue. From what has been said it will be clear that the mainspring of the service of God must be love. It may seem a strange thing to speak of love for a Being so infinitely exalted as God. Love to God, then, is the base and crown of duty as Judaism presents it to us.
