The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-02
LEXINGTON AVENUE SYNAGOGUE,

God In the Constitution and Out Of IT.
sectarian Bigotry Rebuked by . Jewish
Rabbi-A Bankrupt Business Cannot
DO Made Solvent by Hanging Out =
New Sign.
large congregation assembled Yesterday In the
synagogue Ahaveth Chesed, in Lexington avenue
and Fifty-hfth street, to whom Rev. DR.. Huebsch
dscoursed on Exodus xxXiii., 13-"ShOw me Thy
way, that may know Thee.n This, the Doctor
said was request made by Moses to Cod and It was
request supplemented by another, ''Show me ThU
glory" The first was granted, but the latter was
Denied for the best reason--namely, ''Thou canst
not see My face and live; for no man
can see Me and ive." The probable reason
why Moses made this double request OF God
was that he charged his own inefficient knowledge
of the Almighty as a cOenlcent in the great sin
that had been a short time before committed by the
people In making golden calf Moses, therefore,
desired such a sight OF Gods glory rs could never
ply showed the great prophet the limitation OF
human knowledge and led him to understand that
while here we may acquire a knowledge OF the
ways OF God, but that Ills glory Is reserved for the
hereafter. Deep speculations on the essence and
attributes Of God not religion; intense Desires
to pierce the mystery that wells the Godhead from
mortal vision are not religion; but meckfy and
humbly in the Lords house to study His will and
to walk In His ways and to keep His command
ments, these are things that please God and lead
men on to perfection.
scEPvIcs HAVE THEIR DOUBTS
and perpeXing questions on matters that DO not
affect human welfare In the least, but which, if
they could be thoroughly investigated and UNDER
OF his free viii in this lie. When Moses asked to
see Gods glory the LORD covered him in the cleft
self "the Lord, the Lord God, merciu and gra-
cious, long suffering and abundant In goodness
ana ana TRUTH ana the great prophet bowed ms head
worship! fol- wherever you look you can find this
divine proclamation incorporated and made visible
nature Is 1t not kindly provided for every living
beingf Has not your heart its joys and sorrows;
not your highest ideal OF perfection to love and
serve God with all your heart and mind and soul
and strength, and your neighDOr as yourselfP
THERE IS TRUTH ENOUGH REVEALED
to you to I'LL your mortal life with Joy and peace,
and to lead you to happiness and glory by and by
clOus treasures OF faith for the counterfeit coin Of
doubt and speculation. These will be satisfacto-
riy declared and made manifest when you are per-
mitted to see the glory OF God. But for the present
you want to be shown His way that you may Know
The Doctor next explained what national and
State religion, In its highest and truest concep-
ton, should mean: It cannot be ought else thar.
to know the Will OF God and to do 1t. This wiz
make State religious without being sectarian-
Religion is the broad mantle OF love and truth and
sECrARIANisM is THE srRArr-JAcKEr
which confines and binds the consciences Of men
citizen. The first is mighty lever to enhance, the
latter sure means to undermine, the welfare OF
the common wealth. During the week now nearly
ended we heard the arguments OF men who strive
to wrap up the blessed constitution of our country
Ia the priestly robe OF confessional character;
Of those uninspired orators, In order
to show their utter shallownessY when men IN
crimlnaity as in the last four weeks we have
known they can be, 1t Is time TO put INTO the con-
stitution standard OF Christian moraIityp Now,
remarked DR.. Huebsch, l highly respect Christlon
morality Wide and radical as the dogmaJIcal DIFF
ferences between Judaism and Christianity are the
morals OF both cmanate from one and the same
source ana are one and the same In essence. But
how are corrupt morals in the State or in TIE COM
munity to be cured by the means proposed by
these sanity menP When business is reduced to
bankruptcy on account of the bad management of
firm, viii they restore sovency by hanging out a
new sign-b0ard2 Certainly not. On the memora-
BILE 2Otn of December 1893.
GOD WAS FORMALLY DEPosED
by the French people, and on the 9th OF May 1884,
R0besperre restored the supreme Sovereign to his
Kingdom by decree OF the Convention. ! hardly
know, said the Doctor, which was most ridiculous,
the deposition or the restoration. SO much Is GER
tain, however, that the god restored by the Red
Republican was very important being, for even
after the solemn decree the country was corrupt
and public morality was bankrupt in France. BY
the same orator. In the convention held here few
days ago, reference was made to Daniel weDsrer's
words that, "Our fathers founded this governments
IN religion, morality and liberty" as that great
which should cohstrain conscience and strange
liberty" What he meant to say was that the
trainers OF the constitution knew the way of God
and in their holy work tried to follow Him and to
mete out love and justice to all. 1t saddens my
heart to see how the
TRUTH DARKENED BY MIsCoNsTRUCTIoN
1t Is, however my hope and trust that the sons
viii be worthy OF the sres, and that they will never
recede from the broad and enlightened principles
which have hitherto been the foundation of the
prosperity and glory OF tais great Republic. To
know the ways OF God and 10 walk in them is the
true remedy for private and public evil IL leads
the individual as wei as the nation to perfection
and purity and happiness. Hence the prayer Of
Moses should be the prayer or the nation-'Show