The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-11-17
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
THE sYsAGoCuEs YESTERDAY.

THE sYsAC0CuEs YESTERDAY.
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Congregation Peel Zedeck.
The congregation Peel Zedeck. which has been
n existence some seven years, has synagogue In
me building on the northwest corner OF Twenty.
ninth street and Eighth avenue. the interior Of
which has been fitted out as . Jewish place OF
worship with great taste. The standing cougrega-
zion, composed OF German Israetes resident ia
the vicinity 10 small. and numbers only about
nfty. The congregation, however, increases gen.
>erally considerably during Jewish festival and New
Years days. for the time being. Rev. Mr.. Bern
stein 10 the Rabbi of this promising Jewish congre.
CATION, and he ofciated NJ the services yesterday
but no discourse was delivered. The services were
brief and OF an ordinary character. The usual
chants and ceremonies we're gone through, where
upon the Sabbath prayers from the book Of Gen.
sis were read. Mr.. E. N. Sporting is the President
Of the congregation.
ieN Congregation B'Nai Je.hrrun.
A sermon was delivered before the above con-
sregation, in West Thirty-fourth street, by the
Rev. A. III. De Levante, lately from Kingston, ia
naica, where he occupied the position Of Jewish
minister and preacher for upwards Of seventeen
Years. The subject was on the education OF the
rising generation and the duty of parents to rear
up their children to be true TO their faith.
His sermon was entirely ertempore and Of the
choicest language. He said that religious
principles should be early insted In
the human mind. that child should scarce
remember wien 1t first began to learn
or when it was without knowledge, so as to
assume the appearance Of unborn, innate prnci-
Piles. His lecture was based on the example Of
tsth manifested by Abraham OF Old. For l
know him." says the inspired historian - that he
win command his children and his household after
him to keep the ways of the Lord, to do justice
And jud -mtnt that the Lord may bring upon
Abraham that which He hath spoken of him" He
urged on the ate ton of his hearers the natural
ties by which their children were bound
tiie respons blity disregarded, the author
tty outraged. and the confidence abused
by neglectg 80 important duty. With what
kingy power he said. q parents love rules the
fountain OF the new born mind, that they may
make an early dawn by sowing good seed ere the
world has sown its tares. He adduced as an evil
dence " Divine retrlbution On the negectful pa
rent. the biblical illustrations Of Hophni and
Phineas, and of Absalom. whose conduct was so
re FACTORY that they caused their parents TO know
and TO feel the result of their past Indifference;
and when the melancholy news of their death
reached their parents ears, they exhibited the
most extravagant and heart rendng manifesto
lions OF sorrow. His remarks on the evils Of
ever indulgence as the very means OF
causing children TO bring reproach on their
parens for their over indulgence and mis-
placed fondness, was exceedingly appropriate,
and his concluding portion quite poetic in style.
Ton then" he said, with the heart Of florist
Part the seeds Of virtue deep in chdhood's
fruitful heart; cherish il and nurse it and ripen il
g. maturi so that God may transplant 1t in the
Grden OF Eden. there to rest till the r surrecton
OF the lead, when some shall rise to everlasting
Life and some to everlasting shame and confusion
The reverend gentleman is a candidate for the
sn'cs Of preacher in the congregation.
LIE Commnnante I.raelite Francnis.
ct the synagogue No. IS Sixth street. the occa-
sion being the usual ceremonial and sermon Incl
dent TO the Jewish or rather the natural Sabbath
according to the Mosaic cosmogony. The edifice,
named in Hebrew ''Shaarai Berocho,' is Of
peculiar pattern and decorated with more strict
regard TO orientaism Of feeling than any other
synagogue within the limits Of the CITY, Above
what il would be fashionable to term the pulpit
desk are some half dozen inscriptions in Hebrew,
surmounted with aureola symbolical of the
revelation Of Jehovah TO his people; windows
tona types OF decoration, and little s introduced
% remind one OF modern days save that the organ
has superseded the tnkling and naturalization Of
the cymbal, and psalms are set with regard the
modern rather than ancient musical expression.
The ceremonial was opsued with the invocation,
and continued with strict adherence to the re-
vsed Jewish Ii urgy uAed, with few exceptions,
in every Of the thirty :orty synagogues scat
tered here and there throughout the city. The
lees concluded, the officiating clergyman or minis
Yer took his place at the desk, and delivered brief
discourse, pointing out tbs distinction between re-
velatioo pure and direct and revelation through
natural phen mena. The views of the orthodox
Jews Cor conservzt ves) upon these several topics
were explained IN ford Gallo, with all the
Noridty Of rhetorical illustration peculiar to that
language. The sermon was very brief, not
occupying in delivery more than halt an hour and
81 is conclusion the thread Of the services was
taken up. An invocation, followed by Camilla
lions which were accompanied with the organ,
completed the services--with the exception Of the
hymn OF The day and the long Mosaic benediction.
These ended, the congregation was dismissed and
al wendell homeward TO keep the Sabbath until
sunset.
Services In the Brooklyn syuasogues.
Tho usual services were held yesterday morning
ct the Jewish synagogue in Boerum street, which
were attended by q small congregation. The ser.
mon was in the German tongue.
At the church Of the CONGREGATION Bethelohim,
Pearl street, mar Concord, Rabbi Brandenstein
olicated during the services which were held
there, and delivered an address appropriate for
the text chosen. There was . fair congre CATION
In attendance.
Services we're also held ct the Hebrew church
10 the Eastern District.
RENE AND THE R0uAy CHURCH.
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NEw YORK, Nov. IL, 1857.