, 1874-04-20

tod to tho follovship Of tho church amid impoa-
inh ceremonies, whioh oonptituto his Day-N1itz-
wah, or confirmation. Ho usually roads ohap-
| tor from tho Thora, makes spoooh and rocelvoa
! tho honodlcsion from tho Rabbi.
Saturday being Tho occasion Of tho BAR Altta-
wah Of Donjhmin Andrews the son Of Mr. 3.
Andrews, OF this city, quito largo congregation
D'nni sholom (BonH OF ronce), Of Which tile Rev.
! DR.. A. J. Mossing Ia tho Rabbi, for tho purpose
| Of witnessing tho ceremonies, the installation
OF now church o1icet8 gavo tho affair still moro
| egnltcanco.
SERMON nY DR. MESSING.
at tho conclusion of tho regular Sabbath morn
! Ing BorvcoH, tho boy road bis chapter from tho
| Thora very crolitably, after winch the Rev. DR..
| MeHaing proaohol sermon In tho German
language, taking az lis toxts
And ho thnt ownoth tho house shall como md toll
Tho priest saying Il sceeth to me cro H. as woro,
] d plaguo In tho houao.-Lepititsss ntv., 36.
Israel wns not Church Inv which only provided
for spiritual matters and oareti nothing for tho
temporal welfare Of familioe. It WAS hollor than
tho temple or Church, 1t carol as much tor tho
They must look upon tho law with, tho spirit Of
given mo al ilasw Of @ Witch ' can bo % proud" e
According to the chapter from which ho took
plague In tho wills Of Tho house, "with hollow
satreaks, grooniall or reddish, wlloh. in sight
were lowor than tho wall. !" then ho had to 60 to
! tho priest, mud say to him, " Il aeemcth. to mo
tho priest had to command thas thoy ompty tho
house, aud ahut It up aovon days, and on the
eogenth day ho had to como again, mud II the
plague WAS stil spread In tho stones Of tho wall
| he commanded them to takc nway tho stones
and cast them In an unolean plnse, and tho house
had to bo 6orapod, aud now stones put III tho
place Of tho uncloan onos, and then he tool:
mortar mud plaaterod the house anew. But II
nothing was done tho house went to ruin.
Huch house WAS tho House of 1eraol, nnd
many Of thcm could SEQ tho hollow BtroakB Of a
groen and reddish color on thcir walls. Il thoy
might look In the looklng-g|aaa and SEQ It upo,n,
thoir faces. Tho atreak might DO small, but still
It was thore and 1t was uaoloBs for them to pre-
tend that they conld not 500 1t.
They must say to themselves, IT seonaeth to
me there ia plaguo in tho hougo, " and take out
tho unolean stone and acrapo 1t of within and
without, carefully and deliberately, until tho
plague wae healed. But IT they. allowed tho
plague to spread until 1t Affected tho entire
aud to take measures to heal It.. They
| should look around In tho house ut least once q
| year, and SEQ Whother thero was low stroak Of
looked close upon the House Of lsrnol he would
at once perooivo that there was plague in the
| house.
The priost in tho oldon timo did not tako out
the stone q !, once @ eat patiently % waitea aoysn
tho UNI houso 0 and i'i Il ths rabbi sas
n fanatic he would toll him ho could not
havo seon tho plague, that his grandfather,
plague, aud therefore he had no business to 500
ono. # rofor1nor came to his rabbi and said !:
1T seems az II there wore plague In the
| house, ho took tho hammer and knocked down
the wall, houHe, and all.
Tho one would not SEQ tho dofoot and tho
other toro down the houao with its defect. Tho
wise man would not say thoro was d plague, but
"It seemeth to mo thero is, as 1t were, . plague
In the house.. In this phrase was reflected tho
was a plague in Israel thoy had no reason to say
Israel must periBh but thoy should examine tho
defect and 500 wlethor 1t could bo repaired.
They should be uoithor orthodox nor reformers.
would be repaired
Tho spoakor then referred to the fact that new
officers hllod tho chairs Of honor for the first
time. He had always considered 1t his duty to
address them with q few words OF Welcome and
OF love; and thank tho retiring officers for their
services In the words Of tho poet he would say
) to the old. officers: "Honor to whom
might Rhy things had not been carried on as they
ahould have been, butlthat was wrong they had
done their best to tho best Of their knowledge
aby To- tho new dignitaries he wqad
tics and arduoua labors. Thoro were many
plaques in tho house which they had to repair,
lovingly, and patiently. e would bo
hasa for then them to t,xo satisfy y4oa.p all parties t
could give Judgment but to one They
could do right to either only by Judging always
according to tho law. They should go onward
slowly md carefully, and not doviato to the
honor God and Israel.
CONFIRMATION sEnv1oEs.
Having concluded hg sermon, le called upon
tho Dar-Mizrrah Alr. Benjamin Androws, who
took tho pulpit and offored forvont prayer to
God. asking for strength that ho might fulfill
his duties towards God and his parents, mud be-
come worthy mombor of Israel Ho tlen nd-
dressed bis parents, saying that to them H., he
life as would mover bring any shnme or dishono,
upon them. They had given him good oduca-
tion, and provided for all his wants up to the
station in life. and - Onward, onward, would bt
his watchword. Ho tlon again thanked God fol
the blessing bestowed upon him., and for having
giyon him such g6od father and mother.
Tho Rabbi then addressed him aud told lin
that ho must no longer say 81 am. but a lad.
Hitherto he was justified In so saying, because
he was guided and provided for by Lit
parents, who lovingly looked to his welfare.
md strive to bocomo man. From this day OF
the sphere in which ho moved would become
wider and brighter. Vast impossibi1itiog would
devolve upon him, and Its duties would become
arduouB. He hoped ho would DO d credit to ths
community and work hard for a good reputation
for that was the greatest blessing. He mus
giyo up the idea That he was still lad. Hi
parents would not always be with him and guide
way, and avoid tho snaroa by Which l
mnn was daily besot Ho should be trust
worthy messenger, aud fulfil his mission ant
mover refuse othora assistance aud brotherl.
love.
The Rabbi then pronounced the usual bono
dicliou, and he became q full mombcr OF Israel
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