Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-08-24
VOLUME XT. NO. 35.

PERSONAL sentiments of men, admitted to be du-
ly elected by recognized constituencies. The
opinion was in the affirmative. Council held,
that though the Board has no religious func-
tions, it is a body of religionists, charged with
the interests of Jews, as such. If, therefore,
the Board is of opinion that man has ceased
to be Jew, it may reject him, however consti-
tutionally chosen. A division was consequent
ly taken on the question that the four deputies
be rejected. Thirty voted for, thirty against
their admission. The casting vote was given by
Sir Moses Monteforc, and by that vote they
were excluded.
1t would exceed the limits of this article to
describe the intense party excitement which this
result has evoked. The Rothschilds voted with
the minority. Alderman Solomons, who alse
did so, in published address says, What
presume | must call the religious element in the
(Sr Moses Montefors s,party) is evidently quite
prepared to carry the seed of discord, hitherto
confined to the metropolis, into the bosom Of
every congregation in the kingdom; to MAIN
tain its false positioiSs !, and both within and
without the community take all tho consequent
ces of this struggle" Tbs Board Of Manages
ment of the New Synagogue, Great St. Helen's,
London, have expressed 6 their sense Of the en-
lightened views and public spirit |" displayed in
the letter of Alderman Soomons. The Hebreao
Observer, a weekly Journal, says, "we say it
with deep grief, the struggle is renewed, and we
apprehend that it will be carried on more fierce
ly than ever"
These expectations are being fully realized.
The minority have resolved that no lesser reme-
dy will suffice for the crisis, than to insist ON
the repeal of the Cherem lying upon the body
of the seceders. They say that it is not enough
to press the admission into the board of the re-
jected deputies, but that their ecclesiastical ex-
communication must be nullfed. A crowded
assembly was addressed at Manchester on the
29th ult., by Mr. 7. Theodore, who, in lecture
of great learning and ability, is said to have
satisfied men Of all parties that the Members
of the Margaret Street Synagogue are not To-
Sdliy under any Scntance OF accommodation.
The entire party of movement and Of pro-
gress are committed to this course, which in
wolves the principle that the reception of the
Iamud or oral tradition, as of equal obliga-
ton with the Word of God, is not binding upon
lsraelites If the Cherem is taken off from the
Margaret Street Synagogue, it will amount to
an admission that nothing is binding upon
Israel but the Scriptures Should this be SO,
our readers will believe with us, that the
time to favor Zion is not distant. The impartial
prayerful use of the Old Testament, as the only
rule of faith and practice, must lead men to
seek for the Messiah--to seek till they find
London Christian Tines
A schism, similar to the one described in the
above article, has existed for some years among
the Jews on the continent of Europe and in the
East. The seceders are called Karaites, or Jews
who keep by the text of the word of God and
reject traditions. They abound most in tho
Crimea, and hence some erronously give that
country the honor of originating the name
Their prayer book is beautiful compilation.
being taken almost entirely from the Scripture,
with some hymns; and they do not omit any
book of the Bible in the Scriptures, as some
have asserted. The other Jews hate this sect
more than they do the Gentiles.-London Re
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