The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-24 00:00:00

THE STOTTEBRIDGE OBSERVER.

case of domestic servants, what is the case of labourers,
under-gardeners, and grooms? How it will be ten
years hence we cannot say, but at present it would
be difficult to persuade any labourer that it will
seriously affect his children's prospects whether he
keeps them well to school for the next five years. •

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afflicted found such ready and efficacious relief. He
was sure that if it had been possible to have assembled
there that day the thousands who ,were lying in the
different hospitals of his ',great , city afflicted with
every degree of phy,ical and mental s-
wam not one present who
forward to do the little in his or, her power
fsr the mitigation of such evil distress. It
wAs .not, however, a vary difficult feat for their
imagination to . conceive those many thousands of
sufferers. He thought it was a beautiful idea that at
all events for one day the harsh and dissonant smnds
of angry contioversey should be hushed, so that the
men of all religicns and all faiths might join at least on
that day' in tne common exercise of a beautiful work of
charity. Anc opportunity was now given to them of
showing mercy, and of mitigating and alleviating in
some respects a vast amount of human suffering and
thus proving themselves to be the true disciples of
their great master Christ and the faithful followers of
Him who was and is the friend of the sufferers, and
the father of the poor. At the conclusion of the sermon
a collection was made, which realised about £25.

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'The Rev. the. Chief Rabbi preached at the Great
qyziagogue,, Puke's-place, on Saturdv, in aid of the,
Ytmd. The subject of his discourse was the brother-
hood of the human race, which he based upon a text
taken from the Lesson of the day (Numbers xv., 16),
"One law and one judgment shall be for you and for the
stranger that sojourneth with you." The preacher
quoted a saying from the Talmud to the. effect that,
however he might differ in colour and creed, in race,
and nationality we were all one in bodily organization
and mental affection. The preacher asked his hearers
to contribute liberally to the collection being made,
inasmuch as they derived such signal benefits from the
medical charities of this city, and .those who did not
need to have recourse to them should rejoice in every
good work performed within that metropolis, for its
laws protected them, their children werdtrained in its
excellent schools, audits privileges were open to them
all. They were to help the sick and suffering, for they
were their- brethren. The total of the collection
amounted to £250: '

At the synagogue of the Berkeley-street, or Re-
formed Congregation of British Jews on Saturday, the
Rev. Professor D. W. Marks preached. Taking his
text from Ist Kings, chap. 17, the preacher pathetically
described the scene at which Elijah met the widow of
Zsrephath,. who, out of her scanty provision assisted
the distressed Prophet. He recommended the lesson
conveyed by this touching incident, urging even the
poorest to contribute to the relief of the wants of suffer-
ing humanity. It was . gratifying to observe that
Churchman, Jew, Romanist, and Dissenter sank their
religious differences, and stood forward on that day to
advocate one common cause. Although the amount
collected *was not announced, it is expected to fall
little short of £3OO.

• The Itsv. Dr. Hermann Adler 'preached at the Bays-
water Synagogue to a crowded congregation. He
based his discourse on Ezekiel xxxiv., part of 1. 16,
" bind up those that are broken, and strengthen those
tint areksick." In concluding he referred so the fact
.that his fellow citizens, notably the leading organ of
the public Press,, had on several occasions expressed a
hearty appreciation of S the zeal with which from the
&St the Jewish community had seconded the noble
movement. He asked his hearers to prove themselves
worthy of this praise and not to allow any thoughts of
the bad times and commercial losses to interpose
betwixt them and the sacred cause in behalf of which
he ple9,dea. The amount of the collection reached
nearly £l.OO.