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

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cIdent told as 1t was with touching parhos was
very profound indeed. Miss Smiley Is 10 preach IN
| the same place this evening.
THIRTY-F0URTH STREET SYNAGOGUE.
| Moses the Greatest Human Discover-Signin.
| cnncs Of the Sanctuary.
| Yesterday the synagogue In West Thrty-fourth
street was flel 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 "And 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, tesfes to the gl0
rious fact that Providence bountifully supplies all
| the wants Of nature and OF nations. whenever in
| the history OF mankind there has been demand
for some master spirit to meet any extraor.
binary emergency or TO grapple with any pressing
events arising In the life OF people that demand has
been supplied. Israel's history well as that OF
and David. ana Mordecal and Esther, ana Ezra,
and Matthias, and MS valianG sons were all raised
people they were the DenefactoDs Of their people
And thus also Greece and Rome show phalanX OF
great men who blessed their day and generation.
OUR OWN AMERICAN HISTORY
bears glorious evidence OF TINS fact Also When the
cry Oh the American colonies ascended TO Goo He
tinental armies IN triumph and became the lberator
Of nation. And when race was to be freed from
the hide0us shackles OF slavery Abraham Lincoln
freedom was satisfied. And 0s ali the achieve
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
AS, for Instance, the discovery OF this Western
worlo; the discovery anu application OF steam, OF
the printing press and OF electricity to the affairs
men. These are surrounded with halo Of glory
and usefulness, and men Will never cease to look
nf han nin
And yet rar higher than these discoveries and their
discoveries rises Moses and his great discovery.
shaved race as the wsest OF legislators as the best
OF teachers and educators, ana as the nrst and
and above all, he was chosen to be the benelactor
OF mankind and
THE EDUCATOR OF THE HUMAN RACE
And the great discovery made by Moses Is not the
bringing TO light OF hidden countries or unknown
poruOns OF the eartn, but the revelation to our
mlnu'S eye OF the heavenly land whose everlasting
radiance Ills Us with JOY indispensable. His dls-
covery brings the most distant parIs OF Goa's uni
verse together. ana has the power TO eeciriiy the
human SOUL IL brings man and God together and
unites earth and heaven. And 1t Is OF thus great
discovery that the text speaks-the erection OF a
sanctuary the building OF house OF God, the nsti-
tuition Of plan oil worship, which, according to the
ancient rabbies, is achieve little less than
that or creation; Tor the sanctuary Is the spot
where man Is to be recreated-created anew. And
who instituted mousse for the public worship OF GOD
where all the people might mlnge their prayers and
praises oeetner belo:e moses anu Israel there were
many civilized nations, out could show public
places where the masses could assemble to worship
God. 1n Egypt. that most ancient land OF culture,
The priests gathered III her pyramids where the
bones OF her kings buried, or assembled IN SUBJ
teranean vaults. to winch tue people were not al
lowed access, and there performed their mysteries.
The Assyrlans and PhUnlcians erecied affairs on
nils ana mountain tops, where the masses dare not
approach; and even the Persians, Greeks aud RO-
mans had no house for public worship where the
people, could ASSEMBLE. The Greek philosopher
Sc0rned
THE IDEA OF COMBINING GOD
within walls; the Persians In their wars with the
Greeks DESTROYED all tue affairs and statues which
had any relation to religious rites and the Roman
had MS penates-hls household gods; out the IDEA
oil sanctuary Tor the puolic worship OF God was
foreign to them ALL 1T was lett for Moses TO nstl-
tue and Tor lsraei to perpetuate public sanctuary
for the worship OF the Most uigh where rich and
poor, high and low, the cultivated and the ignorant
the bond and the iree, the priest and the layman,
alike may meet on equal terms children OF one
most sanctllying cords OF faiin ana devotion aud
the knowledge OF God. Moses taught Israel not as
the priests Of Bennadad taught that God was God
or the mountains but not OF the valleys out that He
Is the God OF the spirits OF all flesh. tile God VINO
and the dry land aud filled them with leeming lie.
And IN this discovery OF Moses opened The house
Of COD and the gate OF heaven to the human race.
coveriess Indeed 1t Is, and the civilized world.
who have learned from Moses to build public houses
Tor the worship OF G0d testify to this lac that
religion Is not the heritage OF the priesthood only
but Is the common heritage OF all mankind. For
10 approach Him with our ilial affection, devotion
and love. And by this discovery and wiLhin the
SdCTeu Wills Vi tuc SANCTUARY I'LL inc QlIleTeuCeS
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 MS fellow man brother whose
soul Is fashioned like unto MS own. Having thus
treated of the erection of houses OF worship, the
Doctor next discussed the spiritual Idea OF
Tue SUPPORTS OF THE SANCTUARY.
The two pillars upon which 1t rests joachim and
Boazj are prayer and instruction The nature and
effects OF these rightly exercised beautifully
elaborated ana enforced. The need OF such q sane
tuary Tor poor, fallen humanity was also SHOWN,
where, from us Eden stream tine 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 dsbelIef
In the Omnipresence OF Gods glory, but rather
admit that though God is with us every WHERE 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" ex-
Claims the Psalmist las the hart panJeth Tor
the water brooks. SO panteth my soul after Thee,
o God! My soul tnlrstotn for the living God and for
the courts OF HIS house." There upon the seraphic
plnions OF fervent prayer man rises above the level
OF everyday lie and Is borne up to the mount or
revive his SPIRIT very nice distinction was also
drawn by the Doctor between erecting u sanctuary
for God and Of God, and with thriing p0rtraiture
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 oabbaOth III his sanctuary,
ana to make MS house house Of prayer and OF In
structlOn Tor all nations.