New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-05-22
The Jews and their "Amelioration."
On Saturday morning last, Rev. S. NJ

The Jews and their "Ameiioraton."
On Saturday morning last, Rev. 5. M.
IsAAcs, minister over the Jewish congregation worship
ing at the Wooster It. Synagogue, delivered discourse
upon the efficiency of the Israe.h faith and the rea
sons WI that people shoud seek lights for their
spiritual guidance The discourse predcated upon
the last Of Levitcus:
"7hese the commandments which the Lord com
manded Moses for the children Of Israel in Mount Sinai
The speaker bserved that that the chief purpose Of
cur public teaching must be the improvement OF the
heart the enlargement of the understanding, the cor
reciion of and the dissemination of our sacred
Law Three distinct rules have been laid down for our
SPECIFIC guidar In the diffusion Of Divine knowledge
to ute all necessary precsuon regards the nature OF
tie information we would duse the best mode for its
eonveysnce but above all TO be observsnt OF time and
place After dwelling moment on the nrst two rules,
he remarked that as TO time and place, no nnle
can be better suited TO the principles OF our re
pon than at the moment when we are summoned by
Melioratine Societies surrender beloved faith,
no place better adapted than the one we occupy for
speaking plainly those truths so necessary to tho souls
salvation. How delightful the reflection, how cogent
the reasons for selt congratula.on when we con-
slider the wonderful manner in which our Law-wdose
64h Anniversary hope In few dsys to celebrate
has survived and completely triumphed over the most
dangerous times. Other establishments have outivsd
their rituals; opinions and systems have for period
been upheld and maintained, perhaps zeaousiy de-
Tended yet in turn have they been utterly exploded;
but sacred Law our Divine behests have enectuay
wthstood all oppositonsnd obstruction Monsrchies and
empires leagued in dark confederacy to destroy
the word of God 10 oberate the very name OF srae,
consulting and cooperating to carry out their unhoy
scht mes Gideon, Amnon and Amsek In Olden times,
AZ Spain France England and nearly all Europe In the
Midole Ages. But how did such cor,pacts succeed
How did such gigantic efforts endl Like all attempts
by force or treason by sword tongue by power or
bfibe, by tyrant or fanatic by intolerance mysnca
ton ended in rendering the Jew faithful to his
God more attached to his faith The most rigid coSr.
ciOn and the hercest opposition could no more extn-
eush Israels ardor than the fires Of Etna could be
damped by winters snow. The more the world op.
presse them the nearer were they to God the more
the modern world endesvored to sedrce them from
their halowed system OF religion, the more faithful did
they become to ts en- acments. lie who dwcllcth on
high ustrstes oil Intentions to Djure them To this
day lie has in His benign mercy watched over hh
radiant metal and despite the hostility OF contending
factions the holy records remain unchanged and ye,
the offspring of Jacob, stand unmoved On these
grounds alone the law of God should be continual
delight and meditanona. Has this inestmable boon
been productive Of its desired effects, In refining,
expanding and elevang souls to the contemplation
of that eternal gracious Being who never said to the
children of Israel; " Seek me In vain"
Moses In the wilderness having per.
formed his divinely duties, thus speaks
10 the heart Of Israel: These are the commandments
which the Lord commanded Moses for the children OF
I,rael in Mount Sinai" Malachi the last of Israels
prophes fifteen centuries subsequent TO that period,
repeats the words Remember the law OF Moses my
servant which commanded him In Horeb for all L.
rae" These statutes and judgments are In force to this
day we and all who have the OF souls repeat the
expression: Remember and observe the laws and CON-
mapds, IS they were first given on Sinai; obey the
behests Of God that, rescued from ignorance and
idolatry you may enjoy the glorious privilege of the
Sons Of God" Still think hear some say that
I'll this s mere rhapsody; that many of Us Jews
msinly because have been born Ia that faith that
many Of our ceremonies nksome. many of the en-.
actnents severe many of the commands oppressive,
that the heavenly yoke bears down the shou ders To
the few who argue thus and 10 those who wish give
easier faith will proceed to bring the substance
OF our holy religion, we are now bound to believe
and to practice, into the smallest possible compass
Fear God and keep his commandments, Tor God shall
bring every word into Judgment In thai passage In
volvtd the three fundamental articles OF faith "Fear
God" at asserts the existence Of Cod keep his
commandment teaches divine relation; For God shall
bring every word into Judgment, points to future re-
ward and punishment. Fret we fear God; al fear
God" ssid Joseph, and his lite evidenced that he knew
the God he feared. Let consider this point frat for
ia the groundwork the basis the citadel the life Of
Judaism To remove this prop from its votsries, has
been the labor OF ages; yet the belief In God -
strong IN the heart OF Israel this day 1t on the
Gay the Eternal proclaimed from the mount 81 am the
Lord thy God. Thou shslt have no other Gods" They
DO not ssk, ls there Godt" for Rec, nresrn
poses I'M. iaet nature s rcaaon the heart the whole
contents oil The soly books he dociroe itself certify s
ruth On every hand we hear the voice-There
IL enc Coo, who lives and ruies over all (The Rev.
speai protscted to considerable length his argument
Of the peImsnence Of the belief In God the fret
principle Of the Jewh faith and Illustrated his teaching
BY equen illusions to the history ohe chosen people
But Geld be- Ii 10 not enough to know there Is God
the heather bows to the Great Spirit which his untutored
mind has wrought. We must know Him rightly; and
we who have served Him the longest should naturally
know Him the best Our doctrines teach us not TO fail
into the hands Of those rival enemies Superstition and
Unbelief-that IT, 70 believe too much or too little
Take ye good heed said the Lord "unto yourselves
for ye saw no manner ct smilitude on the day that
the Lord spake unto you in Horeo of the midst of
the ire" The dogma that the Supreme Being Il q
Spirit, the highest Spirit, ncorporeal and neither
may nor can be represented by any likeness u
OF The greatest moment. The God we serve never
was man, to falsify his extraordinary great
ness, nor descended from mortal to repent him
cen OF snythipg DE had promised Has He ever
said anything which He has not performedi Has He
spoken, and will II not be establshed He il elevated
above ali the passions free from all the foibes exempt
from ell the frailtes which degrade man His essence
Is one In ITSELF single and invisible In Him there Il
neither plurality, nor division nor q contradiction
conceivable There none other WHO could stand A.
His side, nor who could be compared TO Him Nothing
beside Him Is God The highest must be an only one
on this head, how sublime 10 the teaching of Noses
His master mind employ ed in contrasting the Gods Of
the Gentle world with the distinguishing feature of h.
faeis faith Thou shah have other God before me
the root OF the whole tree Of life laid down on ns A
the foundation Of truth This L. rock of our faith:
One Gee and no other under any form or name neither
IS Minister nor Saviour. To this doctrine we have ever
adhered In times OF danger, and is not reasonable 10
suPpose tina. In the present bright chapter of our h.
~ We shah blacken the page with the record Of chr
res-en 10 the God Of fsherr 10 that nae.sare NJ
which your siies responded wher the sixth day of
srvnn, the sublime dogma Of the unity of God wa
prem In the woIds All that the Lord speaketh
we VIII perform At period when the earth sbook
and the heavens dropped Ia the presence of God the
devtuIins tIes OF sinai proclaimed the delyersnce of
the IA" 10 Moses three millions Of human Witnesses