The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-09
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
Services T,o-Dny.

SERVICES
Rev. Eastburn Benjamin VIII preach this morning
and afternoon In the Church Of the Holy Light
Rev. Fred. Evans will preach this morning and
evening in the Central Baptist church
Rev. G. L. Hepworth Will preach this evening In
the Church Of the Messiah on 1.-THE Moral Lesson Of
Napoleon's Career.n
At the Evangelical Lutheran Church Of the Holy
Light Rev. DR.. Krotel VIII preach this morning and
evening.
Rev. DIR. Dunie will preach this evening In the
Church Of 81. John the Baptist.
AT the French Church du st. Esprit Rev. Dr. Yer
rem will preach this morning.
Rev. Oscar Hugo Will preach his morning In the
Seventh street Methodist Episcopal church, and in
the evening IN the Allen street Presbyterian church
on "The Bible Question"
The monthly concert Of the Morning Star Sunday
School will be addressed this afternoon by prominent
speakers
Rev. Henry Hiland Garnett win preach In
Shiloh Presbyterian church this morning and even
ing.
Rev. Charles F. Lee will preach this morning at
Plimptons Building on the subject Of "Abiding In
Christ"
Rev. J. NJ Pullman VIII preach at the Church Of
Our Saviour this morning and evening.
series OF Sunday evening religious services
with lectures on the doctrines Of Eman uel Sweden
borg Will be commenced in Steinway Hall this even
ing Rev. Chauncey Giles will speak tonight on
.The Second Coming Of the Lord Spiritual and
not Personal Comng.'
At st. Luke's Methodist Episcopal church services
commemorative OF the late Theodore B. Stout will
be held this morning. Rev. DR.. r. s. Foster will
preach In the evening.
Rev. DR.. Morgan will preach this morning and
afternoon in st. Thomas' church.
The tabernacle Baptist church, having been thor
oughly repaired, Will be opened for public worship
Rev. j. r. Kendrick, ID. D.. and In the evening by
Rev. Edward Lathrop, formerly pastor
At the Young Mems Christian Association the
Young Mems Bible class will be resumed this after
noon, under the direction Of Professor William Fl.
thompson n, q native native Of Syria ba.,,u...,.
8. d. Burchard, d. D., will preach this morning ana
evening on 'Tne Amnsements OF the Period.n
of Splrltualists In Apollo Hall this morning and
evening.
The Jewish Feast of the Tnbsrnacle- Other
Festivals i'm the Course Of the Mentb.
From the fifteenth to the twenty-third day of the
Jewish month Of Tishr the Jews all over the world
celebrate Succoth, the Feast OF the Tabernacles
This corresponds for the present year. with the days
from the 10th to the 18th OF October being nine days
But as the Jews begin the reckoning OF their days
with sunset instead of at midnight, in accordance
with the statement in Genesis, "And the evening
and the morning were the first day.n This Feast Of
the Tabernacles will open this evening.
The first two days as well as the last tive days
are what are called "full holidays,n on which no
servile work" Is allowed to be DONE under the law
and ritual Of the Hebrew faith. Under the old or
thodox rule every Jew ordered to live for the
first seven days OF the feast almost entirely In huts
built for that purpose, IN which palm branches
| fall season IN countries more to the north than
Palestine nteriered materially with this open
only The most mas orthodox en q ,ss aiao
continue to take their meals In these roughly erected
Temporary abodes, the mode Of construction for
| found in the O,ach Cnajtra HiiechoM .Succa. on
the rst seven days, In the synagogue, according to
the old rabbnical law, every Israelite carries a
| palm branch and an .'apple Of Paradise,n adorned
with three branches OF thick trees and two branches
] OF willow This Is done in obedience to the follow
| ing commando
Andy e shall take you the frat day boughs Of goody
trees branches Of trees the boughs OF thick trees
| your God seven days.-Lcvitcus knit, 10.)
The religious meaning OF this festival is to rejoice
| over the deiverance of the Jews from Egyptian
bondage for It Is recorded as Gods command-"Ye
shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are
| lsraelites born shall dwell In booths that your
! generations may know that made the children Of
Israel to dwell in booths when / brought them out
OF the land OF Egypt The reading OF the law in
the synagogues confined to the Parasha consisting
of Levitc1s. chapter XXI, verse %, to the end OF
| chapter KILL, and from the second Thora Is
! read the Parasha: Numbers, chapter XXX, from
| The 18th to the 18th verse, and chapter from
| the Prophets alter which followed the Mussaph
Tephila, which Is again succeeded by procession
around The reading desk In the centre OF the syna-
gogue. THIS, OF course, has only reference to the
| orthodox synagogues, reforms introduced In other
OF the Jewish temples have considerably simpli1ed
| the ceremonial.
on the seventh day OF the festival being this year
| the 10th OF OCTOBER. is celebrated
] H0sHANAH RABAH,
or Great Hosannah Day. and on the next day, being
the eighth OF Succoth, Is the Feast OF Conclusion the
| periodical annual reading OF the i've Books OF
| Moses, constituting the Thora, or the Law, being
concluded on that day. all but small remaining
\ part. 1t IA called, IN Hebrew
SuEMNEE hZERETT.
IN whit Aav rf ran