Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-05-30
The Day Of Pentecost.
Confirmation Yesteriay---The syna.
gOgue Crowded-.-Interestin Exer-..
ses-.-.PresentaliOn Of the Law.-..
Peace i'm Israel.

| cfses-.--PresentatiOn Of the Law..-
Peace i'm Israel.
Yesterday the Synagogue was
| crowded with Jews and Gentiles to
witness the interesting ceremony ol
the confirmation of nine young ladies
and one young man. The Day of Pen
tecost is the anniversary of the pro.
mitigation of the law on Mount Sinai
and, of course peculiarly sacred to Is
raelites. In addition to the usual ex-
ercises the congregation had just been
presented with double-table of sill
yer, on which was engraved in fiery
letters the ten commandments. The
donor is well known member of the
congregation, but modestly objects to
his name being published, though he
certainly deserves the thanks of the
church for his elegant memorial. The
church was beautifully decorated with
flowers and evergreens, and the altar
was a scene of beauty. After the ap-
propriate exercises of the day the con-
firmation ceremony followed. The
young ladies were dressed in spotless
white and. their trousseaus were neat
and beautiful. The confirmation COM
menced with the following pro-
gramme:
PROGRAMME.
The introduction of the confirmants
by the President and Vlce-President
of the congregation, Messrs. M. Morris
and Joseph Newmark.
The exercises opened with Hebrew
song "Ma-to-vou" by the confirmants
which is translated as follows:
"How goodly are thy tents, o Jac-
OBJ! Thy tabernacles, 0 Israel! In the
greatness of thy benevolence, will l
enter thy house; in reverence OF thee,
will bow down towards the temple
of thy holiness. o Lord II have loved
the habitation of thy house, and the
dwelling place of thy glory. there
fore, will PROSTATE myself, bow down,
and bend the knee before the Lord my
maker. And will offer my prayer
unto thee, o Lord! in an acceptable
time; in thine abundant mercy, o
God! Answer me in the truth of my
salvation"
A prayer by Miss Emma Hellman
succeeded, of which the following is a
translation:
Look down. o God in thy loving
kindness, upon thy children who ap-
proach thy holy shrine in this solemn
hour, to give utterance to the inner
most feelings of thei. hearts. AS in
time of yore, our ancestors on this
very day stood at the foot of Mount
Sinai to listen to thy gracious voice
when thou didst teach the path of life,
of truth, and of salvation. So even do
we stand before thee to exclaim like
them "Naaseh venishmah,u we will
do thy sacred will as thou hast reveal
ed by Moses and the Prophets, and we
will hearken to thy Eternal voice
which continually reveals itselfin the
minds and consciences of thy faithful
servants. Amen.
This was succeeded by prayer by
Miss Carrie Cohn as follows:
1--WE beseech thee, our Heavenly
Father, to bless us in this solemn
hour with a pure understanding and a
holy vigOr, in order to be enabled to
utter distinctly our love to thee and
thy holy precepts; the trust and conf
dence which we place in thine endless
benignity; that we may glorify thy
name OH earth, and the impressions of
this sacred moment be always our pill
lar of fire on the path of life. We rem
der praise and thanksgiving to thee, o
God! that thou hast preserved our
lives to stand now before thee in the
midst of the congregation whose faith
shall henceforth be also our faith, and
whose hopes be also our hopes. Boruch
dttoh Adomor Eioheno netech hodona,
shehecheonu vekienaono rehiggionu kaz-
zeman hdzzeh. Amen.
A song ir English "From Heavens
Height" was we'll rendered by the
confrmants.
The following prayer was then said
by Miss Jennie Greenbaum:
The heavens proclaim thy praise o
God! and the countless myriads of
suns announce themselves to be thy
handiwork. The stars in heavens az
ure dome, like the flowers and bios
SONS of earth; the soft whispers fthe
air, like the roar of the cataract, pro-
claim alike thine infinite love, and
render praise and alteration to thee,
in thousandfold. Hallelujah. Clear
er and more ineligible still thou
hast chosen them to be thy people and
hoc OF ~ la
cepts from Sinais consecrated sum-
NIT, to know thee in truth. o! heav-
enly Father, We thank thee for this
divine light, which thou hast sent us
from Sinai's height. May it always
illuminate our souls and warm our
hearts to generous affections and vir-
tuous deeds, and teach and prompt us
every hour of our life. May it lead
and guide us through the darkness of
our ear thly pilgrimage to eternal
light, life and bliss everlasting in thy
presence, eternal God of love and
truth. Amen.
Master Leopold Fleishman, the on
ly young man among the confirmants,
then took out the scrolls from the ark
and made the following recitation:
The law of God is perfect ! This is
the aw, Israeps consecrated banner,
with the sublime inscription that
Israel's God is our Lord, "God is one."
This holy gift from on high shall be
our guide and our light in life and in
death, in time and eternity.
Hear, We children of Israel, give ear,
we sons and daughters of the Covenant,
to the word of God, which is purer
than the crystal waters from the rock,
and full of light, ever as the heavens
are decked with luminous and bril-
liant stars. Unfold this sacred banner
of truth and read its ancient and ever