The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-08

spirit For the spread Of religious knowledge is certain
and irresistible And think not that promise much
that my anticpations too sanguine You all know
that last year among the children belonging to this
gregaton there probably not six under the age of
thirteen who could unders translate any portions
of the New Year Atonement PRAYER Your school, in
its present confined locality has since January last been
open eight months, month having been absorbed by
the vacaon and in these eight months forty boys and
fifteen girls have learnt to translate and well under
stand the greater portion Of these difficult Hebrew prayers
addition to the daily and Sabbath service And think
not that this progress Hebrew has acquired at the
expense Of their secular education for feel hesitation
in declaring that their general during the time the
school has been open will favoraby sustain comparison
with what has been done in other higher priced and more
fashionable schools You thus see, friends by the
experience of the past that am not sangune for the
future But my friends to realise your expectations and
own, is necessary that every department OF the
institute should have the constant and untrng attention
Of the directors to whom enrust the management OF
affairs Those, II there be, who court the honors OF
Office and then neglect its duties contract serious re-
sponsibty For what is it that makes the public ward
schools flourish The wearied zeal of the Board OF
ucation-the constant attention to the duties OF It's
members and committees Let but that same zeal animate
all the directors you appoint and with the blessing OF
God all that you expect win be realised Ny naming the
ward schools may induce of you to say THAT
i'll advised word for the Doctor to introduce in his dis
The ward schools good and free Why
should not children go there and at the same
time learn Hebrew best they cam" l answer,
such has been the usage during the twenty and
you behold its effects in the ignorance Of their
religion which embitters the life of the young people who
have been thus brought up OF the schooling to be paid
here speak not for most of you thank God well able
to afford it, and should there be few who cannot do
open hearts and doors TO their children,
and the teachers know distinction Bear in mind that
the Israee has twofold character to supporn each
he has duties to sustain, which require instruction He
is American citizen and must be trained for his social
duties He is Jew, and must be instructed in the re
gion and language of his fathers The species of
teaching represents the body the second the soul Pay
the same attention mt least to the higher wants Of the
soul you do to the every requirements of the body
your children will not be American citizens and
much better Jews As they grow up afford those of your
hn harn dad ion for Tho v,tniotr
the opportunities that you bestow those
who intended for secular avocaton and the
of those pous youths in their sacred calling will delight
your souls when the dark hour of parting and all
earthly grandeur is vain Thus to all your children
whatever be their bent of mind you will have done your
duty And that higher duty which you owe to Israel to
America, to mankind-who will hold parents responsible
for the bias they give to the mind of the rising genera
tion-that duty you will have acquitted to the best of
your ability by placing your children here where religion
and secular training go hand in hand that pupils
disposed citizens of the land May it be the will Of
God that what intend pousy and honestly be carried
out successfully that light and truth and knowledge
who hast given thy holy law and hast commanded
aye shall diligently teach your children vouchsafe
bless the structure of which this day have laid the
stone that therein children may be educated in
the fear of thee to love thee and to obey thy law O. let
our undertaking prosper and be established before
thee let rest thereon thy light and thy truth,
to endow thy people with the spirit of wisdom and
of understanding the spirit Of counsel and Of might
the spirit of knowledge and fear of the Lord until
eth the day when the Lord shall be and his
shall be one Grant, beseech thee Lord, the full
of thy blessing unto the land the State and the city
wherein we live, unto the inhabitants thereof and unto
the rulers and magistrates whom they have appointed
Even as they friendly with do thou spread the
canopy of thy peace them and the land Even
as they protect u.s. that there be to make
afraid even do thou extend thy protecting hand
them and preserve them that pestilence, famine and
war may not atct them, nor evil come nigh their
dwellings But as they permit freely to share with
them the abundance of thy blessings which thou hast
bestowed on their land and ours do thou extend
and unto then and those blessings
them and us worthy to enjoy thy manifold mercies in
love and fear of thee Bless, Father, thy people Israel
in every part Of the world Guard Them prosper hem
be thou their refuge and their fortress and
more And unto this congregation, its rulers its
ber with their wives and children and unto all that
here assembled vouchsae 10 grant health and life and
prosperity Pardon sins, and incline hearts to
fear thee to love thee and to walk in thy ways and
evermore. Amen.
The above concluded the ceremonies, but it may be
well to mention here that the number of children of both
educated at the school is $780, but that application
for two and three times the number have been made.
which is at present impossible to grant of
the limited size Of the present school When the
new building is completed there will be for much
greater number,