The New York herald., 1878-03-04
LECTURE AT STANDARD HALL

PROFESSOR ADLER ON THE RESPECT DUE By Hu-
MANIrARIAHs TO THEIR ANCESTORS.
It is really wonderful, sad Professor Adler, at
Standard Hall yesterday, how much happiness there
yot exists in this world amid the mass OF misery that
surrounds mankind. When VIC add TO the catalogue
OF public msfortunes-such AZ famine In tho East, or
the conquest Of entire nation by semi-barbarous
government-when add thereto our private grieis,
there appears be hardly end TO the sorrows that
hang over populations. From time immemorial man
fell back upon religion 10 his hour OF grief whom all
other source of strength had left him. There needed
to be no lear that the religion Of humanity was not
equal the task Of solacing affection rhero is ono
form Of gret which It could not alleviate IL could
help US In the hour of bereavement, but what OF
guilt? Motive alone OF guilt The thought
OF death and the remembrance Of the dead would
purity hesc motives, while ut the same time II COM
piimented pubic opinion by secret opinion Man
should, therefore, learn recur to death oten-to
gaze upon It often--so that It could be looked at
with serene tranquility. We should be prepared 10
leave our earthly homo IN . calm aud dgnined man.
ner. II we often thought Of the brevity OF our ex-
istence would not wife ana husband stay forever the
angry words between thsmS Would we ali os 80 alb
sorDingy interested IN le pursa.. o. gam while we
THE HEBREW DxAD.
Death truly considered iuhnitely exats whatever s
really valuable in mankind. II men have noble
Thoughts lie indeed has made by 1t. II
not hard 10 die Tor those have lived lives
Man docs not know where he has come from does
not know whittier he Ia going; but ad-
vance The good upon earth Is the
beginning and end OF existence And
sti more than the thought OF our own death s tho
memorial OF theso dear US who have gone before US
Among the anciens the tablets o tho dead nttestcd
the reverence In whioh ancestors wore held But
the thought Of the dead more excellent than
among The Hebrews as the memorial has been made
OF as means Of atonement. When after tue Cru
saders The earth mad been whitened by tho bones OF
slaughtered Hebrews slaughtered for opinions sake
the pathetic songs OF tncir poets rccing human we
part OF the ritual in the synagogue and the
solemn VI the fathers Of Iamilies entering thor
remembering those heroes nero1nes who hai
fallen sacrificed to MAINTAIN their integrity
These songs by tho poets ot u dOwnrodden race sum
moned posterty 10 their duty III following the great
examples Of their fathers. II was true atohement
q worthy memorial of the iustrious dead fhe
religion Of humanity stood ready to indorse this cello
bration OF tho memorial oil the dead with music anu
should llly remember VINO have gone from
am oug their ranks They could not indorse the
prayers Tor tho repose the soul OF the dead Neither
did the Tuimud sanction such proceeding They
should all remember tho days whom parents died aud
not permit such days TO pass like ordinary days IL
would recall children tho virtues OF their ancestors
In motives this ideal was always with
aud the remembrance OF their deeds would lead "
tho path OF duty. They hiled us wlth noble intep
whispered words OF warning, 30 that we should
iorsake their example IN our daily contests IN
this dsc0rdant universe They showed US that their
existence had not been an empty holowness, but
nliod still with that love, beauty and intelligence
which NO words could describe.