The New York herald., 1879-08-10
TEMPLE AHAWATH CHESED.
TRUE ELF-KNowLEDGE-sERM BY RABBI
HUEBSCH.

TRUE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES BY RABBI
HUEBsCH.
Rabbi Huebsch preached yesterday in the Temple
Ahswath Chesed. Lexington avenue. taking his text
from Psalm xxxvi.. 10-"For with thee is the source
of life in thy light we shall right"
"Know thyself,' said the rabbi, was the remarka-
BILE epigraph in the old hesthen temple, and the
same short sentence comprises the contents of all
the teachings and admonitions directed by the di-
vine word to man. There is however, q great dif.
ference between the enigmatca Greek utterance and
the clear definition of the Scriptures 1t is. indeed
the greatest art for man to know himself not only
because selflove blinds his eyes and bribes his
Judgment. but because 1t Is very difficult to decide
wherein properly mans self consists.
MANY MEN OF MANY MINDS.
The epicurean. in catering for his bodily pleas
human nature The adept of Pluto will look upon
all those of his kind who do not hunt exclusively
scope. The scientist regards the bones. ligaments
and muscles Of mans body al his essential self: the
musician seeks for 1t in the the painter in the
eye; the tailor and the undertaken measure 1t by
inches Little you help the stray wanderer II you tell
him. "hnd the correct way Show him the right di-
rection. then you are of true service to him. Sub
lime the heather Know thyself may sound, it
leaves us in our endorsements, nay, It sancthes
our errors and shortcomings. for we all regard them
ss the emanafions OF our genuine self. BY doing
something that ought to have been done otherwise.
we generally use the phrase II could not help it,.
self you would realize that my very self forced
me to act as did even If IL wrong. The sacred
are apt to mslead it's followers 1t introduces man
made In the image of God and in doing SO IL states
Enthusiastically wherein the essence Of man consists.
His reason Is pointed out as his self.
THE SPIRITUAL PART OF MAN PREDOMINANT.
The spiritual part must be forever preponderant
with him. Wealth. pleasure. the body with sll its
organs the cradle and the coffin and al that lies be-
tween must be made subservent to his full spiritual
Development d,s. The dependency Of the human
be effected. Live for the gratiacation Of your
the essence Of your existence and instead i
vf advancement You will experience decay; death
ennople your mind. make the necessares OF the soul
predominant the vain desires of . Misguided
heart and you will find out that man can add many
an inch to his spiritual growth; that onward leads
the way for him who is truly wise. and that death
but the vide portal through which the human soul
enters the blessed realms OF eternal lfe Yes Know
thyself' must be our motto on earth. but In that
pure sense which divine wisdom lends to this word.
We must know that with God is the source Of our
lfe In His light shall light"
SCANDALS IN THE JEWISH MINISTRY.
petty quarrel is being carried forward in some
Of our Jewish exchanges which involves tho moral
character OF former Brooklyn rabbi II origi
in the rabbi plagiarizng q German poem and passing
1t OF his In the Rcj6rmer and Je,cish Times
ofice. And when the rabbi was accused of plagiar-
ism ho denied that he presented the poem at all and
insisted that enemy personating him did II In
juro him. But the Retormer In its latest issue
declares that the accused rabbi. Tintner by name,
formerly minister of the Beth Israel congregation In
Boorum street. Brooklyn. copied the poem himself.
that It is in his handwriting that he brought It to
the office of that paper himself aud that having been
there accused with stealing IL no acknowledged the
theft in writing in the presence OF three members of
the stan of that paper that he made this written
confession, which no knew was to be pu ubshed only
through fear that the Rcformer would expose other
acts oi dishonesty OF which the editor knew him to
be guilty and which could be proved; that of
those acts was committed in the editors office. and
others In Cincinnati. Cleveland and Brooklyn And
to all this the Retormer adds that Thinner Is q
thoroughly dishonest man and q disgrace to his
cloth, man to whom honor and truth aud honesty
are perfect strangers. and 10 denounccs him such
and a. an improper person TO be employed by jewish
congregations. and IL warns all such congregations
against engaging him. The Jewish pulpit. the Re
former thinks, has had enough and too much OF him.
and hopes that Mr.. Thinner will henccforth seek
to make an honest living ia some other walk OF life.
But what is the ministry coming to2 In Protestant
Catholic and Jewish circles alike crimes of the
coarsest character are charged against ministers,