Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1860-01-14

and while she was waiting the com.
mencement of the ceremony she KEEP.
her eyes fixed upon a single spot. The
congregation seemed to be deeply in.
Etcrested. The utmost stiffness pre-.
vailed throughout the synagogue as
DR.. Adler proceeded to address the
proselytc. Addressing her by name,
he said:
"Mrs. === I have to inquire Of
you whether you have duly prepared
yourself for the solemn step you are
now about to take, and whether it is
from a firm, earnest and deep desire
to embrace the holy profession of Ju-
daism, and to become member of
the large Jewish congregations of this
city, that yott here present yourself
and ask for admission into our conmu-
Mon. II this be so, then sanctify your
mind and confess here, before the eye
of God and in the presence of this
congregation, the holy belief Of Is-
rael, in a loud, clear and distinct voice,
and with your whole heart and mind. -
The ladk then made the following
confession of the faith of an Israelite
in full and distinct tones, and with a
very perfect English pronunciation:
IL acknowledge and confess that
God, the creator, supporter and ruler
Of the whole universe, is an only God,
and never assumes ahy shape Of any
being i'll the heavens or upon the earth.
| acknowledges and confess that God
has created man in his likeness, has
endowed him With a free will aud i'm
mortality, and has destined him to
walk III the way Of God, and to take
the Mos} Blessed One rs his exemple
in his thoughts and cndeavors, in his
deeds and actions, and thus to sanctify
his inward and outward life, and to
partake of blcsscdness in his futute
state. acknowledge and confess
that God has revealed the doctrine
and the law Of this sancti0cation OF
man through Moses, the greatest oil
all prophets, and has chosen Israel
his nation Of priesthood to promulgate
the doctrine Of the Only Que and Of
His holy will upon earth, and that
once, by the intervention of Israel
the true perception and veneration o1
God will become common treasure
to ali mankind, which time of the fra
ternizing of all nations in God will be
the period of the tue realm of the
Aldssiah. And thus enter into the
religious community of Israel with full
consciousness and with 4 free will
and | promise sclemnly to live hence
forth will, all my heart, with all my
soul, and with all my might, accord
ing to this holy belief, and to deviate
neither toward the right nor toward
the LETT from the obligations arising
from the same. Living and dying
will confess by word and deed th'
! TRUTH
Shemang Ysrael, Adonai Elohim
; clohinu achod:' ..,.
Hear, O.. lsracl--the Lord ou'
, God, the Lord is onc.'
The Rev. DR.. Adler then addressed
the convert. He said:
:. You have now confessed here il
this holy place, in the sight of tn,
Great God, and in the presence of thi
J congregation, that from your inward
heart, and with holy inclination, yo,
, have professed the faith of an Israel
Title. The Holy One is, a witness Il
this your act. Remember this sacred
hour during all your lite. Do not fai
! to keep the Sabbath on Saturday, an.
. our Holy Days in their proper season
And before all, strengthen your mint
morning and evening by singing ant
. praying and in reciting the confession
6 Shemang Israeli" that conducted
and instructed the people Of Israe
: during thousands of years, and KEEP
them pure, happy, and prosperous, il
the darkest times and in the midst o
the most fearful events. Be a pur.
member of the people of Israel, tina
i've may be proud of you. Be will
God and God will be with you. Bea1
: in mind also that the proof of God
fearing parents is always their child
j, rem. Live, therefore, together Will
your husband, in the fear Of God, thai
i, is, in light and truth, purity and vir
!, tue, peace and harmony. And if you,
! child, or in future your children
. should arrive at the proper age, dc
! not fail to give them religious instruc
tion, so as to make them good ani
HAPPY beings, and yourselves happ,
through them. Let the fear of Coo
be always your guidance, and God bt
j. with you"
3 The whole congregation then rose
add the Rabbi pronounced the bene
!. diction in Hebrew, laying his hand.
/ on the proselyte's head. This part o.
the ceremony was exceedingly solemn
and to the Christian spectator there
was something terribly awful even il
e the unaffected simplicity of the pro
ceedings. The young woman was
! unmoved during the whole of the ser.
moa did she show any emotion what.
ever at the impressive moment when
, the Rabbi exclaimed, followed by the
voices of the congregation
:. God make his face to shine upon
, thee, and be gracious to thee.''
God lift up his countenance upon
) thee and give thee peace peace now,
'Ipeace forever and ever" ~