The New York herald., 1873-11-23
THIRTY.FOUaTH STREET SYNAGOGUE.
What Was the BirthriG mt that Esau Sold
TO oJacob.-Israeis Mission to Tench the
World the knowledge Of the One God
Sermon by Rev. Dr. Vidaver.

What Was the Birth ri /, mt that Esau Sold
to Jacob.-Israei's Mission to Tench the
World the knowledge OF the One God
Sermon by Rev. Dr. Vidaver.
Yesterday DR.. vidaver took the story Of the pur
Chase and sale OF the birthrght between Esau and
Jacob as the basis OF his remarks the nature Of
that transaction and what was spiritually implied
thereby. He would endeavor to show, lie SAID, tnat
it il the destiny OF Israel to preserve the true faith
and 10 keep 1T free from all Trintarian, Unitarian
ana other absurd notions, and that this laitn de-
pends solely upon the viii oil God, its creator. He
proposed TO prove also that man Is unit created
in the image or Coda soul that depends not for
salvation upon anything save the use or
abuse of It's reason, and that Judaism Is
a religion that appears in its pure.
pristine glory. such was and is and
ever shall be, he said, the calling OF Israel among
the nations. From the earliest day TO the present
hour he said, there has been manifest destiny
for Israe-a destiny which shall last to the latest
hour along down through the ages. We hear the
Almighty declaring that Israel is His son, His FIRST
born; that Israel IS His chosen people. He is such
because Israels destiny is not ike that or any
other people, IL UaS meyer
THE INTENTION PROVIDENCE
that Israel should bCcome great political nation,
but rather that we should be the teachers OF man
kind and the pfOpagators OF the truth And hence,
so long as the province OF life remains unchanged,
descendants SHAH cling to that whose right IL found
in mans nature The Jew is the greatest marvel
In history. There 8 one phenomenon that moves
tnrOugn all time, and that IL judaism Ii has !ol-
lowcu mankind from the earliest times TO the
present, ana the Jew Is now found among
all civilized nations. JUDAISM stands upon the
goid rock OF truth. In its VEINS flows the
living stream Ol truth, which has been through
all the brthright OF Israel, as we read In our
text. The Doctor briefly referred to the circunl-
stances OF the purchase and sale OF this
birthrignt, ana the immediate departure there
alter OF Jacob Tor his uncle's country and home,
where he Iab0red day and night for 20 years.
His brthright has been yaiueless him all this
time. lie returned with property, TO be sure
but when he met his brother Esau he called him
lord and was greatly In dread OF him. IL was
not temporal blrthright, therefore, that Jacob
bought, hut q spiritual one. Jacob was the
hertor OF eternal bliss which he was to leave to
his posterity, and winch TO make ana has
made Israel q nation OF priests The Doctor here
briefly reviewed the call OF Abraham, the flight OF
jacob to Iadan-ATam, the bondage Of his poster
ity in Egypt and their miraculous dellverance
therefrom that they might be Gods sanctuary, and
that they might Know tGc true God and preserve
the true faith. Hence they received their own
polity and laws, and IN their own land came the
CONTEST BETWEEN JUDAISM AND HEATHENi5H.
The division OF the Kingdom alter Sol0mon's
death, the capture Of Jerusalem aud the dsper-
sion OF the Jews into Babyl0Dia and ASsyria where
they hung their harps on the willows and refused
TO sing the songs on zion In a strange land were
introduced by the preacher To show how through
all these trials and dispersons acl pre-
served the faith in the one true God. Heatbenism