Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-16
JEWISH SERVICES ON SUNDAY,
What Members Of the Temple Emanp {
are to Pass Upon.

New ORR Tlmesi
The congregation Of the Templ
Emanuel, which is perhaps the lar
gest aud most influential Of the jew
ish congregations Of this city, has nOy
under consideration a proposition &
open the temple for worship On Sun
day. If the proposition Is acted upOl
favorabE, the regular Jewish SAhhAtl
Saturday viii be kent as heretofore
but in addition a Sunday service vii
be held in the templG The Rex
Gustav Go,ihal, the Rabbi Of III,
temple in speaking on this Suhjec.
yesterday, said 1T hiss been felt b,
many Of oar members and eSpecialh
by the younger generation, that some
action Of this kind should be taken
A great number Of our people an,
obliged to engage in business pursuits
Ca Saturday, They can not leave
their business without sacrificing their
Positions and they are thus entirely
deprived Of the privilege Of worship
and of all religious Instruction on our
Sabbath day. The question has often
been raised in our church, whether
it was not possible to make some
provision for these people on the
only day in the week on which they
are diSsn1ged. My congregation
and myself are firmly in favor of the
time honored observance of the jew
.ish Sabbath, and up to this time, fear
Ing that the introduction of services
in the temple on Sunday might detract
from the solemnity of the Jewish Sab
bath, the congregation has, not with
ont sincere regret, refused to listen to
the demands made by many earnest
and devOut brethren of the church.
But lately the conviction has gained
ground in the congregation that we are
hardly justified in leaving UNDECIDED
the demand for some means of re-
ligious edifcation of those who cannot
possibly attend our services on the
Jewish Sabbath. At the last general
meeting of the congregation the mat
ter was taken into consideration. 1t
was fully debated, and the arguments
for and against a Sunday service were
fairly presented. No conclusion was
arrived at at this time. The matter
deemed of sufficient importance
to be discussed by a special general
meeting of members of the congrega-
ton, to be convened at some future
day. The idea of this is to give the
plenty of time to make up
their minds, so hat when the time for
comes they can vote %intelli-
The special meeting will
probably not be held before the last
of summer, and until that time no ae-
ton will be taken"
Are you in favor of Sunday ser
vices p asked the reporter.
II am thoroughly convinced that
Sunday services would be a great
to our church. My idea in
fayoring them is not to curry favor
with anybody who is against us as a
| believe that we can have
services on Sunday without in the
least infringing upon the principles of
Judaism. | anticipate serious Oppo-
from some of our members, but
| believe that We shall establish our
services. The main principle
Of the Jewish religion is. that the
Jews ought to worship in the temple
every day, and therefore there is no
wrong done in w~orshiping on Sunday,
providing it is understood TO be a
service. | have no doubt
that after the matter has been thor
discussed the congregation will
decide to hold services in the Temple
Emanuel on Sundays"
The German discourses in the Tenn
pie have been abolished, and hence
forward all the sermons will be de-
Iivered in English.