The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-03

In tho services, or VIII be remembered IN them %
| day. The 9th falling on the Jewish Sabbath this
year. some Of the congregations will keep the fast
TO-DAY. Penitental Psalms are recited; plaintive
songs. appropriate for such occasion, are sung,
and the Lamentations OF jeremiah are read. A
goodly Summer congregation gathered in the Lex
fngton avenue synagogue yesterday, to whom
Rev. Dr.. Huebsch discoursed on this event,
basing his remarks on Isaiah; l., 20
"And will restore thy Judges as
at the first and thy councillors as at the beginning
afterward thou shalt be called the city of righteous
ness the faithful CITY," The fulnlment of this pro-
phecy. the Doctor said. is not to be interpreted
literally, but In its deeper and more comprehensive
spiritual sense. 1t is the duty of Israel to live for
humanity and this is the Alpha and the Omega of
Jewish history and this Is the burden OF the song
that was sung at the cradle Of peoples legend.
airy infancy.
THE IDEA OF IsRAEL's MISSION
renders the revelation on Mount Sinai the greatest
event in the history OF mankind and elevates the
narrative Of the vicissitudes OF this people tar
above che level of mere national history. The
consciousness OF this mission has ever lived in
Israel but in different periods OF Jewish history 1t
assumed different forms. During the existence OF
the Jewish state this consciousness manifested it
self in the hope that this state would once become
the focus of gregarious life, both political and relig
ious, for mankind. The prophets in their VISIONS
made all the nations flock together towards Zion
there humanity was to reach It's goal-the swords
would there be forged into scythes the spears into
sickles and the light that emanated from Zion was
TO illumine the world and restore complete and
universal peace; and, like mother amid her chill
dren, Judea would be loved and honored the
maternal ruler over all. This ideal state was also
endowed with an ideal king-the Messiah. The
frequent and heavy mlsfOrtunes that swept over
the head OF the nation had no power to shake this
hope OF brilliant final result-the ideal state and
fhn 10 kinn hOn avun Inoh afn
with increased lustre as the night grew deeper
and darker; aud even in that gloomy moment
| the State collapsed and the sActuary was burned
to ashes, the ideal state did not go TO ruin and
| ever before. The ensuing centuries alter
| THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM
witnessed the sad and peculiar spectacle of an ex.
lied aud wandering people, whose hopes seemed
vanished, and still lived IN the expectation of the
Messiah's advent. Many time the exhausted
wanderer struggled in the last agony OF death, but
| tant home shone before his receding vision and
kept him alive. The origin OF the greater part of
| the ancient prayers is to be traced back to that
/ period No wonder, then, that the charming &C
cents OF this deep yearning became the sacred
spairing patriots heart. But, however venerable
these remnants of ancient enthusiasm may be, they
are n91 Iaose WINCH IN our lays can OYER 81
eighteen centuries has taught us that 1t is not the
destiny OF Israel quietly to wait III their country
! until mankind Will wander TO Palestine and ma
| tons will crowd to Jerusalem TO ascend the Holy
Mount to enter with praise the house OF the Lord.
! Israel had to leave its home, to carry along with
It It's entrusted treasure and to bring the
| light OF religious knowledge to those peoples who
walked IN darkness. Slowly, but surely, Israel Is
! accomplishing It's mission During It's historical
marchit dfuses the rays OF the spiritual sun, the
truth OF Gods love. The consciousness of our mis-
sion, said the Doctor, lives In as In our ances-
tors, but in different form. IL is no longer the
ideal state and the ideal King chat makes us ardenty
long Tor the bygone past. The consciousness OF
| our mission prompts Us faithfully to discharge our
| Obligations to the present. The heroes OF our past
are and remain endeared to u.s. We deplore the
| innumerable sufierin9s Of our fathers, we honor
their memory In our prayers, we look upon
THE 'NINTH OF AB'
| as memorial day which must fill each Jewish
| heart with melancholy feelings; but at the same
time this day and Its events are the clear NANTES
| tation of the Lord that there shall come time
when all the earth shall be one cOnsecrated Zion,
and when, wherever men live, they shall worship
the Lord and build tor Him a spiritual Jerusalem.
This is the lofty end that Is to be advanced by the
agency OF Israeli the ideal state is brothery union
of mankind, and the ideal King Is the universal &C
knOwledgment OF the only one and His eternal
Law. When this time shall have come then shall
be built the true Jerusalem. which shall be called
"the city OF righteousness, the faithful CITY," The
Doctor admonished his audience to live q life
of active aith, and thereby to advance this sublime
| Mesqdanic