The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-18
THIRTY-FOURTH STREET SYNAGOGUE.

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Moses the Greatest Human Discover-Sienih-
| cnncs Of the sanctuary.
| Yesterday The synagogue IN West Thrty-f0ur
street was nlel with worshippers, Jew and Chris
| tian and the eloquent rabbi, DR.. Vldaver, seemed
| to have been unusually inspired for the occasion.
| He preached from the text Sand let them make
| me sanctuary, that may dwell among them."-
Exodus, XIV, s. The history OF nations, as well as
the Kingdom OF nature, he said, tesnes the glo-
rious fact that Providence bountifully supplies all
| the wants Of nature and OF nations. Whenever in
| the history OF mankind there has been q demand
| for some master spirit to meet any extraor-
binary emergency or to graphic with any pressing
events arising in the life OF people that demand has
and David. and Mordeca, ana Esther, and Ezra,
and Matthias, and mis- valiant sons were all raised
up by God 70 I'LL chasms IN the life OF the Jewish
people They were the Denefactops OF their people.
And thus also Greece and Rome show phaIanX OF
great men who blessed their day and generation.
OUR OWN AMERICAN HISTORY
pears glorious evidence OF TINS fact asO When the
cry OF the American colonies assembled 10 GOD He
raised up George Washington, vino led the con-
tnenta armies In triumph and became the llberator
OF nation. And when o race was to he freed from
the hide0us shackles OF slavery Abraham Lincoln
wss S d tins a Tor
ments Or these men are craven upon the
pages Of history and are remembered with profound
gratitude. And thus likewise are the Inventions
or discoveries which elevate race or nation, but
which conduce to the welfare OF humanity at large.
Az, Tor Instance, the discovery OF this Western
w0rl0; the discovery anu application OF steam, OF
the printing press and OF electricity to the affairs OF
men, These are surrounded with halo OF glory
and usefulness, and men will never to look
upon them as well-sprlngs Of human happiness.
And vet rar higher than these discoveries and their
discoveries rises Moses and his great discovery.
True, he was great also as o llberator OF an en-
OF teachers and educators, ana as the trst and
greatest OF IsraelS prophets. but. more than THIS
and above all, he was chosen to be the benelactor
THE EDUCATOR OF THE HUMAN RACE
And the great discovery made by Moses not the
bringing TO light or hidden countries unknown
poruOns OF the earth, but the revelation to our
mina's eye OF the heavenly land whose everlasting
covery brings the most distant pars oil Goa's uni
verse together. and has the power TO elecriiy the
unites earth and heaven. And 1t Is OF this great
discovery that the text speaks-the erection
sanctuary the DulldnR OF house OF God, the lnst1
tuition Of plan oil worship, which, according to the
ancient rabDles Is an Achievements little less than
where man Is to be recreated-created anew. And
Moses, as JOsephuS declares, was the first mortal
VINO institnted mouse l0r the public worship OF God
praises together Before Moses and Israel there were
many civilized nations, out none could show public
places where the MASSES could assemble to worship
God. 1n Egypt, that most ancient land OF culture,
The priests gathered Ia her pyramids, where the
bones OF ner Kings lay buried or assembled sub
terranean vaults, to winch tue people not al
lowed access, and tnere performed their mysteries.
the Assyrlans and Phunicians erected affairs on
nils ana mountain tops, where masses dare not
approach; and even the Perslans, Greeks aud Ro-
mans had no house for public worship where the
people could ASSEMBLE. The Greek philosopher
ScOrned
THE IDEA OF COMBINING GOD
within walls; the PersianS In their wars with the
Greeks destroyed all tue affairs and statues which
had MS penates-hs household gods but the IDEA
Of D sanctuary Tor the puolic worship OF God was
foreign TO them all. it was lett Tor Moses instl-
tute and Tor Israel to perpetuale public sanctuary
for the worship oil the Most High, where rich and
poor high ana low, the cultivated ana the ignorant,
ia n and lou
alike may meet on equal terms as children OF one
Father In heaven anu be bound together by the
the knowledge Oi God. Moses taught Israel not as
the priests OF Bennadad taught that God was God
Is the God OF the spirits Of ali flesh, the God VINO
made tine heavens ana the earth, created the
And THIS discovery Moses was opened the house
OF God and the gate Of heaven to the human race.
coverlesf Indeed 1t is and the civilized world,
who have learned from Moses to build public houses
LOT the 70 o1 % testify to thus aG ana na
but Is the common heritage OF all mankind. For
we are all children Of one Father. and have right
10 approach Him with our nlal affection, devotion
and love. And by this discovery and within the
sacred walls OF the sanctuary all the differences
which exist among men and which grow out OF the
adventurous circumstances OF rank, fortune or
birth or social position are thrown down and for
gotten. These must vanish and disappear where
man recognizes In his fellow man a brother whose
soul Is fashioned Ike unto MS own. Having thus
Doctor next discussed the spiritual idea OF
TUE SUPPORTS OF THE SANCTUARY.
The two pillars upon which 1t rests joachim and
Boazl are prayer and instruction. The nature and
effects OF these rightly exercised were beautifully
elaborated enforced. The need OF such a sane
tuary Tor poor, fallen humanity was also SHOWN,
where from It's Eden stream, the thirsty may drink
aud be refreshed. and where they may rest and
cleanse themselves from the filth and Impurities
when earth heaps upon them. We do not, he said,
BY the erection OF sanctuaries manifest disbeler
In the omnipresence OF Gods glory, bus rather
admit that though God Is with us everywhere, we
are not with Him everywhere. 1.-The swallow nath
found her house aud the sparrow her nest,
even thine affairs, my God and King,r ex- |
Claims the Psamist. las the hart panIeth for |
the water brooks. so panteth my soul after Thee,
God My soul tnrstetn for tho living God and for
the courts OF His house." There upon the seraphc
pnons OF fervent prayer man rises above the level
OF everyday Lie and Is borne up to the mount or
Goa. where The purest air obtains, to refresh and
revive his spirit. very nice distinction was also
drawn by the Doctor between erecting d sanctuary
Tor God and OF GOd and with thriling portraiture
OF the heavenly land ana It's sanctuary ana Gods
dwelling among his people the eloquent Rabbi
closed MS discourse with an appeal to MS people to
honor the Lord God OF SabbaOth III his sanctuary,
ana to make ms house a house Of prayer and OF In
structl0n Tor all nations
PROPOSED CREATION OF CARDINALS.