The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-09-13
DEDICATION OF A SYNAGOGUE.

The Congregation "Anshi Chesed'' In
Their Glory-The Unity of God and the
Oneness OF the Human hace the Lead
ing DOgmas OF Judaism-Scrvices and
Sermon by Rabbi Wise.
The long expected day when the congregation
Anshi Chesed should enter and take possession
Of their new ecclesiastical home has come and
gone, and the members and ministers are doubt
less well pleased with the result. The new building
on Lexington avenue and Sfxty-third street has
been already sketched IN the HERALD, but yester-
day, in its completeness, it looked beautiful and
grand. A congregation from all parts OF the city
filed the house, and from outward appearances
probably not less than 1000 who had tickets
Of invitation and admission were obliged to 60
away because there was no room.
At twenty-five minutes past three p. NJ. the
cantor, the Rev. Moritz Goldstein, took his seat
the platform and the grand organ struck up
voluntary. A moment or two after the Superin-
tendent of the Sunday school entered the middle
aisle, followed by procession OF 'twenty-eight
girls, robed in white dresses and the same number
Of boys attired in black, each carrying bouquet
Of flowers. "The four horns of the atari were
also made radiant with bouquets of variegated
MOWERS OF rich perfume. A moment later
the oniciating rabbes the officers and elders
of the synagogue bearing ten scrolls OF the law,
the building committee and others entered in pro-
cession through the north aisle and took their po
stion in front Of the pulpit being anked on either
size by one-haf of the boys and girls OF the school,
AS they entered electric spark set the gas around
the altar and platform in blaze and the cantor the
choir and the organ, aided by several brass and
stringed instruments, made the edifce resound
with
RICH AND GLORIOUS MUSIC
to the words, "How goodly are thy tents, o Jacob,
and thy tabernaces o Israel" &c. Then the chair
man and secretary OF the building committee and
the president and vice president Of the congrega-
ton assembled the pulpit platform, and the former
presented the latter with large key representing
the key OF the sacred edidce The president of the
ton AVER which the PROCESSION made march
around the house and again came to the
altar and took position on either side of
c cha ted the the twenty-iourtn ' psalm. Vhe
scrolls OF the law were then deposited In the ark,
sides Of the house and crossing the platform de-
posted each his and her bouquet at the base OF the
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the congregation, then offered up an earnest
PRAYER in German, which some Of the members
great earnestness and zeal IN his prayer. can
tata in German was then sung in solo and chorus
lowed the reading OF the Scriptures, Kings, viii,
Rab prayer a. the Inca Of the
time been turned OF, but after this prayer, while
the choir were chanting the first three verses OF
''LET THERE BE LrGHTn
the electric spark again lit 1t up suddenly and with
chanted and conservation hymn was sung, alter
which DR.; Wise delivered sermon from the
,Ss Lord c0a are is voss
Of Israel This is the irst lesson the mother
word. 1t has gone everywhere with Israel, even
to this very place These words, he said, are older
% the
Israel to this day. With these words we open this
house and consecrate this congregation. These
We sound these words and they bring up remins-
Of the days of our youth Therefore, when we
words-"the Lord is your Rock, the Lord is One"
They contain absolute truth. We have no better
word In the English language TO express the mean,
ing OF the four letters that constitute the name OF
the Great Am thy God. lie, who is the self
existing; He, who is the Justice the greatness the
and reason has no right to go beyond the Great
Am: Everything finite must have its rest in the
Infinite the mutable must be founded on the I'm.
idea OF tie unity OF the Cosmos and
THE UNITY OF THE HUMAN RACE,
and demonstrated the necessity for SUCH oneness
by the unity or God without the one God there
could be no Cosmos, no self-consciousness IN man
tally; Tor what is not in the whole cannot be In
the parts. The history OF mankind, and especially
OF Israel shows how all that Is COCO ana conarces
by an invisible hand. And though we cannot know
God nor define Him yet we feel that He Is, and
therefore we are. We love because He loves He
Is not little God with whom we can 10 as we
please. He Is the great Cod The Doctor contrasted
the Lord God with the gods OF the ancient nations
and showed that as Israel had the true conception
OF the greatness OF God, therefore the Jew only
could write the Bible, and therefore the Jew only
could resist temptation because ne only could say
"0ur God lives and lives forever"
The Doctor continued In very exhaustive and
philosophical manner to point out wherein the
text contained the ethics OF all true morality and
religion, and the highest hopes Of man are based
upon the idea OF the unity OF God AT the close OF
his discourse he invoked the Divine presence by
every name given to the Deity in the Scriptures to
accept the Conservation OF the house to His wor-
ship, The regular sabbath evening service was