The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-06-27
a NOVEL RELIGIOUS EVENT.
singular SequnI TO an EIOpemen
Ina Indianapolis.
"a Chs'i~tisAM Converted 10 .Tmda.
ISM "sOinS the Jewish Church,
Mnrries a .Be~ves&, and I'm.
dcrsOes the Ceremony
of (ircumci.nn


The readers Of the Sentinel will re-
member an item in the daily papers of a
few weeks ago limiting at the eiopemeDt
OF young lady Of this city with Chris
tan gentleman, and the consequent con.
steratlon Of the young lady's family. The
uPshot OF the matter was that the young
| couple quietly wendell their way to the
residence Of the Rev. Mr.. Bradley and
were made one by marriage Shortly
after the marriage the young husband
Dir. John Grube) signiied his intention
OF adopting the faith Of Judaism He
not only expressed a willingness, but a
steadfast determination to join the Jew,
| Ish Church, which could only be done
| by undergoing the Abrahamic rite Of cir
cumcision sHe accordingly approached
the Rev. Mr.. Meyer Messing, rabbi of
the indianapolis Hebrew congregation,
with view to his admission to Judaism,
although against the earnest protestatons
OF his wife, herself Jewess. But, he
still persisting, she finally gave her re-
luctant consent.
y conversion to Judaism by male
member OF society being such rarity,
more especially as the Jewish Church
never holds out any inducements for
proselytes, Mr.. Messing at first would
have nothing to do with the matter; but
the young man persisted, and called upon
Mr. Messing so often in order to be taught
the more important tenents Of the jewish
religion, that Mr.. Messing finally became
convinced that the young man was in
earnest, and he agreed to perform the
ceremony Of circumcision upon him.
Accordingly, oh the 30th of May, in the
presence of DIR. Gabriel Kaiser, the GER
emory was performed, and the young
man informed that, although circumcised, !
he still had eleven days in which to re.
consider his determination of uniting
himself with the Jewish Church At the |
end of the specified eleven days the |
young man appeared with his wife, nee |
Sarah BOhme, and requested to be mar
ried over again, according to the ancient |
and solemn rites of Judaism. The first !
marriage had taken place on the 4th of |
April. Mr.. Messing appointed yester
day as the time, and his own residence /.
the place, for the celebration of the jew /
ish marriage rites.
The ceremony was celebrated last |
evening at Mr.. Messing's residence, $50 |
East New York street. A large crowd |
assembled. The high contracting parties |
stood under Il canopy, upheld by four
posts, under which were also Mr.. and |
Mrs. Abraham Kahn, and Mr.. and Mrs
Abraham Lang, who stood up with the
bridal couple. Among the many ques-
tons asked by Mr. Messing, and answer
ed by Mr.. CRUDE, the following were
noted. After a solemn oath upon the
Holy Bible had been administered to
Mr.. CRUDE by Mr.. Messing, Mr. CRUDE
answered before the assembled congrega-
ton the first question, to-wit:
"Have you been persuaded or forced
to this important step, or is it of your
own free will and accord?'
mo; neither persuaded nor forced,
for no one could force me to such an i'm
portant step. am actuated by a solemn
conviction of duty to my Maker"
cit is, perhaps, some worldly purpose
that you expect to reach by this step?"
NO it would, perhaps, have been
worldly purpose had | not been married
to my wife several months"
''Do you know the chief and first
principle underlying our holy religion p
eyes. Hear, O Israel, the Lord our
God is but one, and loye thy neighbor as
myself, embraces enough religion to fra
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After some more lengthy questions
and answers he was asked to choose
Biblical name, and choosing the name
of Jacob, was blessed as such and will
hencetorth be known in the Jewish COM
munity as Jacob CRUDE. The company
assembled was made up of the elite of
the Jewish society of this city, and the
tables, to which all present sat down,
were fairly grooming with all the delica-
cies of the season. Among the happiest
of the happy (always excepting the bride
and groom were the brides parents, who
seemed to be perfectly happy when,
pointing to their son in-law, exclaiming,
''that is our jew boy"
This is the first time that an instance
of this kind has ever taken place in this
city, and one of the few that have ever
occurred in the United States, and con
sequently Jewish circles are considerably
elated over it.