The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-04

habitation. He is planting his own
vine and fig tree. Nolonger wan
derer upon the face of the earth, he
has built him a1home. and is. gather
+ ing about him his household gods.
There is a touching pathos in a scene
like, this. Look back for more than
a thousand years, and through all the
days that make these cycles, up and
down the highways of the world, over
the frozen steppes of Russia, the hot
sands of the desert, and through the
! crowded marts of Europe, there has
wandered tribe of people, the men and
the women and the little children,
| with DO, rest for their feet, the hand
i of everyman against them. No home,
no charch. no country, with nothing
but love of their religion and faith in
their coming destiny Through all
this suffering and persecution, and
over allEthe dong years that lay before
him, the Hebrew looked orthes dawn -
| ing of that day which has come at
/ last And here on this spot at this
hour, some of the children of those
\ old Wanderers stand to thank God
I that they have found their resting
place at last, aud have builded them
House. May we not say that they
have returned to their beautiful city
| of the New, Jerusalem? For what
could Jerusalem give them that they
have .n0t2 May we not 50 read
the, Bible that the world may
be full of beautiful Jerpsalems,
with their temples and affairs;
not of the grand architecture of Solo
mons, nor glittering with the gold Of
Ophir, nor fragrant. with the cedar of
lebanon, hut,beautiful even in their
simplicity, to the religious fervor of
their ople--bright with the fruition
of long deferred hope, and sweet
| with the all-pervading air of an ever
assured liberty Let America be full
of suchl Let here the Israelite find
| the substitute for his lost Palestine,
| and may he cease to regret the old In
| the beauties of the new home t1'f
t. Acting on behalf Of the Mayor and
| Council, / now open the doors of your
building, and wish you happiness and
prosperity as a church and as a people.
At the conclusion of his remarks,
| Mr.. Hynes opened the door and the
! procession fled into the grand audi
forum until twas filed to repletion.
i The gallery was also crowded with
the choir and with spectators to its
utmost capacity, and thousands were
unable to obtain admittance. The
| City Council was present in full force,
4 including the City Clerk and City
Recorder, and occupied seats i'm
mediately in front of the Orna-Kadesh
or pulpit. The Heaven" or canopy,
was borne on four white slaves, gold
mounted, by Moses Meyer, S. Seelig, S.
| L. Kohn and --- Plant The canopy
is composed of white silk, covered
with blue, and was in former times
carried over the Holy Thoras," and
borne seven times around the stand
from which the Scriptures were read
on the day of JOY" including the
! Feast Of Tabernacles, in commemora-
ton of the Israelites marching around
the walls of Jericho before. they fell
! down. Beneath it also the marriages
of virgins were formerly performed
under Talmudic,law, but this is now
dispensed with. The Holy Thoras "
were borne by B. Roser, B. Baum and
1. Holman, and the sacred Scriptures,
spread open, were borne by Abraham
Gumberts. asa5,si saf .s
Twelve little Misses, arrayed in
pure white, with an evergreen sash
over the shoulder and wreaths of ev-
ergreen upon their heads, and with
chaplets of evergreen trimmed with
} ribbons In their hands, and twelve
boys, dressed in black, with blue
, sashes, and with bouquets in theil
hands occupied the $ Orna-Kadesh,
r with the Rev. l. NJ Wise, and Mr.
!. Simon Hecht, the teacher and reader
,, David Holman, President of the con
] gregation, and others. ~
/, After the preludiuns by the Ores
cent City band the Choir, led by Leor
leopold, of Memphis, sang to beau
!, tiful air, song in Hebrew, eptitled
E " Pischu Ii Shaarei Zedek" A prayer
5 was then offered up by Rev. |. NJ
{ Wise, after which the choir sang the
: Hymn, Ma town Oholecho." During
the singing the twelve young Misses
and twelve little boys made the circui
of the auditorium, followed by tht
;. {" Holy Thoras, " siaa va
i When they again reached the pull
e pit Rev, Mr.. Wise read from the Sa
). cred Scriptures the address of Kine
: Solomon to the people of Isreal at the
: dedication of the first Temple. The
I choir thor, sung 9. Sen Shanrim Rnshe