The New York herald., 1869-11-19
NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1869.

which are offered TO every man to work his
sas t. wna Hnd ps0s y ms
not. II they claim moral respect, be pr0stituted
by gross materaiism which cares not by
ates riches by dsfrauding his fellow men 10 not .
help 10 svciey but an enemy. 1he state or afraits
ID, in tins respect, worse here than IN any other
country. Men are not measured bv the ways and
means they earned their riches but by the extent Of
them. When people suspend payments It Is not
asged whether they were forced 10 t by unfortunate
circumstances but whether they were smart enough
90 MI ther pockets SO boundless Is the
eaaerness for riches that people risk their all and
enter nro specuiations far beyoad the capacity OF
their means, AZ witnessed IN the late panic. The
Israelites, who TO he valued az silver must be gold,
not better in TINS respect. There are thousands
In this civ VINO iaugh AT you II you speak oi any
ofher mission for the Jews than that OF making
money. II this festival Is more than O lnere show,
let us determine TO make IL truly Thanksgiving
Day AID 10 contrioute as much as we eau toward
the ameioraton OF this state OF AFFAIRS. Tue
people think they can make compromises witn
bod by having his name on their tongues
as often as possible. by regular visit 10
the house Of worship, By recitlng the pre-
scribed formulas with sentimental tears Dy joining
the pi0as societies for the purpose Of proyiuing
Tor the heavenly beatItuds Of those whom
theY would rob of their earthly goods without con-
seientious scruples. Or there religious piey IN
the demonstrations OF those PWita1s VINO nowl
against the running OF the street cars on sunday
They want to prevent the poor aDorer to escape,
The only dav on winch ne ~ free the gloomy
atmosphere OF his lowly cnamper, SO that tney
are not disturbed IN having the highways
for tner proud equigages. And how Is II
among israelites2 Are they truly mpres sed by the
holiness OF tne,r mission, or Is II also show onlg
rne Voice Of God resounds through the storm OF
wo4derlul history. Fear not, israel am witn
you; WA lead you nDnarmed through the tnunoer-
lug oceans of the nations; give you stlet gtn lor
tue DerS combat and Will give you peace, tnat the
days oi sorrow, that your haters ana prosecutors
vanish and that your religion be the common
possession Of humanity" Oh. how much
eoai1 Israel do Tor les mission by the pliri-
hcanon and renovation Of IT'S formsi Wnat
enthusiasm 1t could create for lis reiigion through
tue press lnrough institutions oil learning by It's Lie
and activity DO We do 1t? NO We can certainly
not be repfoached BY sentInentaty Anxiety 10
make proseiytes or too strict observance OF tue sao
batn. TINS respect The orthodox are liberal as
the reformers. indeed, in aDoiisnng and negal-
ing the American Jews are irne heroes. We
have congregations but tney parcel themselves out
on II Israel would only listen to tile voice OF God
tnat moral purify Is tne only safe foundation
existence.
Appropriate services for the day were conducted
yesterday also ~ the Temple B'nal Jeshuran ny
Rev. DR.. Nidaver at remDe B'nal Manimm bJ rev.
Dr. Fluegel and at all tue other HeDre places OF
worship.