The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-04

strike sympathetic chord In their breasts by the
0id story OF judaism and the progress and pur-
poses OF the reform movement The Temple Ema-
nueL he said, had reputation on the other side OF
the water, and was engaged in
THE REFORM MOVEMENT,
In which both they and he believed, and which the
Lord had SO greatly blessed The Doctor referred
to the strange faces upon which he looked and Che
great distance that separated him from the con-
gregation to whom he has ministered for 80 many
years. but he believed the Temple congregation
would meet him on the common ground OF Juda-
s and ~. JUDAISM ne said, has seen new Spring,
new new. flowers and bearing new fruits. lie
and development or the reform movement ia in.
dlasm me changes in this ancient religion, he
said are the result OF the combined labors OF both
ministers ana congregations. The former pre-
pared the way for the advance and drew from the
arsenals OF truth the weapons which should clear
Among the leaders in this movement DR.. Gottheii
named the venerable and beloved pastor Of the
Rev. Drs Mendelsohn, Friedander, Jacobsohn, DC,
men who broke ground as 1t were In the wilder.
ness and were the pioneers or reform In Judaism.
This movement had its birth in the hearts or the
people. IL grew out OF their wants and 1t Is their
own reformation and has their life In It, 1t there
fore refuses 10 be cast into the mould OF UNI
formity. Hence IL brings out another important
feature, namely
The Doctor refuted the charge Of destructiveness,
so often urged against the reiOrmers and remarked
that while every man did that which was right IN
eyes Of others There are times when men exhibit
the highest patriotism by Obeying laws which are
In themselves unjust and tyrannous; but IN our
relations to our Father IN heaven we must allow
reason TO control our actions. SO long as the con-
trolling faith OF Israel Is In the world, 80 long as
the prophets and poets OF Israel read and sung
In the earth and are loved by mankind, there is no
great fear OF excess In tins movement. third
point which the Doctor referred to as brought
binds Israel ell together in one bond Of love-
which has been ana is furnished to sufferers by the
famine In Persia, BY the prosecutions in Russia and
Europe TO the hospitable Shores OF America and in
which the Hebrew Benevolent Society and other
institutions Of the kind take such lively interest
Should the emigrant knock at the Mount Sinai
Hospital its doors OF mercy would open to him and
he would get assurances OF life. These are lustra
THE UNITY IN DIVERSITY OF ISRAEL.
And In these things his orthodox brethren
ana tas a ra as one
and new orthodox creed as its result. Re-
formers may break down the brazen walls, as the
might the more easily become the tyrants
q history. They (he political reiornsrs,
own creeds, ana the only question they had to
settle was to whom they should ultimately submit;
which, in other words, meant who had the most
brute force. Hence an infallible Pope becomes
pitted against an infallibe King But not so in the
reform OF Judaism. This danger has been avoided
altogether and the refOrmers have steered clear OF
all such. No man among them has pretended to
settle all questions for Israetes. Some things have
been eliminated which the progress OF the race and
Of Intelligence demanded The past was studied with
reference to the present. the present is lett to the
living and the future belongs to coming genera
tiOns The reformers could not serve God accord
Ing to their own conscience did they not disturb
the existing forms. They, therefore, reserve the
same rights to those who may come alter them.
BOundless are
THE POSSIBILITIES OF JUDAISM,
and bOundless also are the liberties Of those who
ligion fathers may rise and shed its light at
every step to warn us OF danger and to be to US in
our days OF brightness what 1t was to our fathers
In the days OF darkness, and lead to the God and
Father OF us ALL
DIR. GOtthei will preach In German next Wednes-
day evening and again in English on Saturday
morning, and after those sermons the congrega-
tion will have meeting to decide by vote whether
they will make q permanent arrangement with the
Doctor or not.