New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-05-22


myst6cstisn no spiritualism; yeur religion Q fact
and the fact requires any support, has been amply
supplied with evidence from the Divine assistance rem
ssmisbed. the mama fell; when pcrshing with
thrrf, the rock flowed. But imagine not for .
moment that we rely upon miracles alone
for our belief in the Mosaic Law. Certainly not -
Msmonioes expresses ir IT was at the foot OF the Holy
NORTHUMBERLAND our ancestors beheld land not By tho
intermediate sight Of others) the devourtng nres OF
heaven and listened to the cry OF me voice from inc
cloud Moses Go thou and speak 70 the people ne
spirit of the Law was itself the greatest p.I NY
And NV hearers, permit me TO ask, Do you yer Know
your God rightly We snswrr yes TOR your nves ana
your ritual bring him constantly before you. You are
accustomed 10 mark the seasons OF the year ana INC
dates Of events by religious feasts ana :, voar
babsfions the new moon 70 note 10 solemn eeeors
lion and the earliest that calls you BACK 70 me-
when at the close OF the day Of stonement you iee re-
generated hoping you have nes,c ane 70 the
God Of the thunder and the rainbow a. you do Tor tne
gracious being who supplied you with bread ana wAer
Your God 10 the God OF Nature, and you sdore tno
the fear and the knowledge of God teach !nsructs
Us to trust In God and to do good To worship and 70
serve him And here again now different our fear iron
little confidence in him fear But the more we fear
God the more our confidence in Him must be increased
in strength when we are convinced tnst Win uoo |"
powe which can give, and goodness which VIII gfve
that we owe 20 lin eout ahu W ho SsASa -
the benefits of our past and present Very often he
who is the object Of miracle first does not perceive
IL Such discovery Of Gods omnipreseuee innnne good
ness and kindness, must be new ground oil ho'e Oh
trus, and of cordial submission. We feel ourselves
bound 10 worship Him alone and no one else firstly,
because God himself declared, II am the Lord thy
God, commonly rendered, IS am what am butsc.
cordipg to the Hebrew meaning 81 VIII be what
will be" Again. Moses, in Deuteronomy, at the close
Of his eventu life addresses his charge in words thu.
have ever left an ndescbabe pleasure In the heart Oh
Israel from bsbbng infancy, in pristine health on the
verge of the grave Hear Israeli "Ihe inefaole one
in cur God the unspcakabe Is ono In order to Sc
cure happiness for ourselves and others we must adj
here to that dogma remsn stesdast to that sheetan'
Choir Of cur hope firmly rooted to the tree OF Judaism
and to the living branches which form part OF the uee
will bear no addition Alone has westhered the storm
of ages and around II, in the glorious future. all
nations will gather Such is the leading principle OF Ju
dsism such 10 the golden banner we unfuried In the
dark ages when danger encompassed u.s. and that so'
rious standard yet hold up and according to our
Scripture shall continue elevate until the hnai IN
gathering One word more We may be asked, Is the
Law of Moses still obligatory Has not God Discarded
US Has he not punished US. Is there not new dis
pensationf And are there not other matters which
point to heart and spirit MY dear friends,
would that you had patience, and ourselves une' we
might traverse the pages OF scripture eai oy ea ana
demon ate the aacy OF sill endsayors to "trip words
of their true meaning But we are sdmonished TO De
brief Let US then soeInny asseverate, that IN Gil It's
truths and preceps which have eternal value for earth
ly welfare and everlasting salvation, the Divine Law,
which the Lord commanded Moses for all Israel is still
the same II is perfection ITSELF Besides the eternal
and mperishable it comprehends also such things as
ccordDg to their nature mutabe and perishsoie
even dead monuments OF past tune still show the per
lection of him who commanded them, and who in his
creations whittier they continue for thousani OF years
exist but day, IL alike perfect and adorable But
might not God, seeing our back.sidlng, have given
new law, abrogated the old You see We are anx.
ious to be explicit Certainly not He did not intend
it, God would not have been the all wise and allknow
ing being he could not have given his law to man. or
he could not hare created man tor the purpose OF CON
tnualy getting to perfection had ne made these
commands changesble. The law would not have been
q living but a dead one. The revelation Of God would
not have been eternal and for all ages but one revea
ton would always have followed another and these
serons ready to support by the following proofs;
lst Creation the Lord has fashioned this his work,
that created, it might eernally operate AS tie
placed iu it the power ~ fashion from Itself other hin'
Instead Of those which taken away by time, go like
WISE in the creation OF human mind he has revealed
but law that it might operate In the same msnaer
in fasbioDDg and forming according 70 eternal laws the
eternal spirit of the Worlds Creaof the same In the
one and the other And, lastly, God would not have
dispersed us throughout all the world had He not in
tended that those institutions he required should be
tabished and shine forth the more gioousy before all
the world for which they were designed. BY eur dig
positions to show by our lives and by practices inhcr
emf TO Judaism we were show that the Divine law Is
seed which terminates and produces lie on every soil
under every condition Of life under every government
amid every change OF time. Thus my hearers, as you
wish to secure happiness observe the commandments
find them in the Pentateuch and let your watch word
be the Law and the testimony And now, my brethren,
we should not discharge our duty as shepherd OF Is
rses flock, not to notice that miserable sys-
tenn OF soul-cstching which Is annually brought
to our view, through the press In the Anniversary
meeting of the Society for ameorating the condition
of the Jews" There appears but little to comment
on, excepting the princp leand 1t really appears out
to there many channels In which
heir benevoence may ow that they should select that
stream which Is the weltspring OF c and requires no
publication Indeed, the medicine they propose instead
of benefng the soul must tend to lie -rastng pun
ishment. How much more advantageously could the
time and talents Of the members of that Society be
poy 3D. they TO cooperate in works Of good In pre-
venting juvenile vagrancy In establishing Msgdslen In.
sttutons and in saving the souls OF tho ignorant The
Jew requires no one foreg TO his faith 70 bring HIN to
Heaven. He has al the elements of salvation within
bis faith end he neplects himself to do those things his
law requires, who else save him OF the Society
tsef we would speak with all kindness. They hsye
srected temple to Proselyism and If no crowd has
passed over It's Threshold the fault is not theirs. II
be that they have nothing better offer the Israel
ties than that which he possessss He would not sur.
render the happiness he feels in the saving power of hs
sith for all they offer him. True, they say that
they have some seven converts. We would really like
10 knew these seven, to discover how many times in
how many countries, and for how much money they
have been made II they would but Just pub
sh thsir names 1t would afford instructive lesson
me members OIL tnat In6tltutlOn that
would net readily be efaced from their memory The
system Of seducing Israel from her faith might do very
well for Ambrose and Austin TO vilfy tie wretcbed,
and then to exut ever their civil degradation Il might
have been some extenueting circumstance in the lion
age Of Bsrbarism, or In the hands of Tonquemada,
or in the pen Of Layaer 1t is to be justly expected
rom bigoied Russia Church and State England. 10
sp nd hundred thousand annually for one or two So
, "a, converts But on these happy shores, where
he eagle scars alo having recorded his inions the
sublime words, Civil end Religious Liberty" il can
scarcely be expected that men, however holy, should
be found to eDrsp the being ignorant of the language
II the country having little faith OF his own, and OK.
hanging that little for less in another Believe u.s. my
learers, that the Hebrew reared in the faith Of his
athers will never ALLURE bis ancient creed and those
tray sheep that have left the welLnurured dock arc no
to Israel any gain to the vetaries Of another
ath. We receive no converts excepting after years Of
probation, and even then some very weighty ci-cu,.
stance must cause the acceptance We awe no bribe
IN the contrary, the Neophte . at heavy expense
We believe the doctrine tnst al good men, Of every