, 1879-06-17
TWO SUNDAYS.
sp|it In a Prominent Jewish
9ynagoguet
wh,eb Has Ratnlted in The Resignation
OF their Rabbi.
MA conservatives Want tho jewish Snb.
bath Soryico Exclusively,
gh,]a tho Liberals Insist on the Sunday
Exercises.

vh}1e the Liberals Insist on the Sunday
..Exoroises.
ThiIs tho evangelical churches arc scek!ng
!, hr,nn a,,out bstter obscrganeo Of ono Sun
nj. Sinai Uougregaltoh--tlic Representative fB:
.ele church IN tliis cltY-has involved Itself
nd b,stos III decided iffcrnueo bf npintot,, re-
,n,,,nr IN D1. Kohlcr's rcsfgnntian, md hli In
oon*enucncc Of an et,deavor to observe two Bun.
d,tt-ot, 1tort properly speaking, the jewish
s,bbst, and the Chrlsttun Sunday. Tho ncws
!, The Reverend Doctors resignation bccasnc
Generally known yesterday, n,,s1. while 1t was
troy1 tat tho immediate cause Ut this step on
ha psrs was tho receipt of q call from ull
Rth FL CONGREGATION, one 0i the largest md
,,4thIest aocrtics In New; York, It was rightly
d;,incd tllat there were certain good aud suf-
ttIcnt' reasons, outside Of , tlle uatural nc.
ctptauce OF such an honor, why tho reverncd
ts ono III Nav York. Aud ono OF ules0 roaBois
ri, tho exlstgnce OF two fnctlons In s!nat grow
tpc out OF tile Sabhath,-Sunslay uucstIon.-thc
rock, In this case, on Which tic congregation
tpEIt. In order to get sue
dict, and ut tho same time an
authentic. statement Of Tho difficulty, n
ruretcutasiso Of this paper called on Dr..
Eohtcs last evening ut Ills rcslduuce, No. 01
Tvsuty.!rst stroot, .slatcd ls.tlcsira to bc pitt
III possess1un Of nil TIL. INFORMATION ocarlng
ppou the question:. anl, VIVA readily furnished
nth wint hc wanted.
"tyhcn came hare eight years ago." began
Dr. Kohler. "atter the fire, found two par
lin. ar factions, ia tho congregation, Inc one
Zinc outr,,lct1 by a mo,prlty of conscrvat,vrs.
9elns ous' uieu ~ ~ "a1otm. " so"ss'Ea''!ss,
y! psusss's'' -. -. en"'''H';, r.. '''.s uls't
etea'o. y 7ptt so' t"e purpo'e
MAINTAINING n'"se'l az Ing aeaa
ot Tho congregation. Dr. Chrontk was mol
believer, hut belonged to The allletsts In somc
,4.nrcts--to The Feucrt,a,,snn srhon,. ,,,c icft.
~ ,ssrs r.sica, wnr of lin ilryrl,a,, srhnnl tn
fultcd onlS lew, tllc majority ol lite eoncrcgn'
Ion not boing III sympathy with Ills teachings.
Nor could lie, ty his srrmo,1s. cxcr, INV tufu-
.ncc. for lin rca,nn Tint hc tros n,,th,no
s@'' .'' ~. ~ 'oa o. S.sas ..,. "o "ao "'":"E
tried to reconcile these factions und
uske the congregation ole. Tic feeling sas
III .omcthnr must hn dnuo m t,r,rr ti,c ,.r,,.
..s.s,,an ~. tnno,,,sr ~ t,,;, sa.,as H., III,
1'eks,''a I ,oss''s .sa ,a.. ~ e se,s.es YES, ~ .e
found, was by introducing, after awhile, tl,c'a
dlttoual suninY so5ylcc, This wos DONG in ,ny
tbini yenr. and II was done. shoI,j n.jI,. omi;
undcr the condition tint Mi slouII tnl,c
psH in Ito Sabbath scry,ccs. to tlo. and
soncreTaiion, u il tn,s way aii wotl shnw ,ias IN
tbey stii maintained the historical rrot,ntis of
jud,i"n' vita tho H,,iisF rerriccs wcrc coo. ~.
sdeTrI cs additional, uuu espeyially. as mi 10
sttract lie younrcr nortion Of In. rnn,,rsrntinu mi
I'd a f6.s s TSs ra
Es5batb services. Of course the maiori,y wns
,lwais 'S$' ""'
,,u,,, ~, ,,,4, .,,r.;,,,
Anssst '.a.s,s oH - 4nh tas. oAhnAsa* :.
iha aloe o qaestl9n, ~ iact, IS QUO which tic
shct ssngle congregation cnnnot. That ts tle
hlhdootnt ! have nlwaye tnkeu: that orc sir,glo
f9NnE'egation cannot isolnte ITSELF by saying,
xll Worship uou an tsunuay, while afl my
1sethten r. .h WI 1 attend p "orss.sp on satuFdays'
a.afs \ to!d my conErcEatlon. both on Sabbath
~ ina sunday. tiiat there Mero many Instances
y whlcn Jewin eonsreGat!ohs hhu tried to In
uuu1es huhaaJ services WITHOUT tak!tiE heed OF
e iso9a! eerFees s aha 5aa thnt naly be
taeaf INFLUENCE oYer others. For a tt4no things
ssu1 ELI. IN nita Fome pIospec5 oi anccesa. Tho
sahda1 services attractcd, for q year
y y. ino, people from all parts OF
t4I IT, et{ VINO zane e 'laten to my lectures.
.s' SSs-N"AA%1 DCSAtt'G
tmnleT % bnnaay' ana SILL mora 80 Oh satur-
~. flnaly' one alscoutaetfs tue other by LIS
%.snnJ .nc,, @ .'t " ~ souIsegalioh r.
QplY few gentlemen Tcra acenI Ei,j,c "sI IN w.
,eudanch r6i,sIsteil mainly Of lafltca mi sfronr.
In. Or eIlcriv men WIN hntt tin,c cmnumh IL
ause t}ey I'M. not attcnd IL fntnlrnaa uho,,
Ae- Tompie was built, T. honed. and 1.sa @
hs thnas woI,G baye bcttc. eiIas, sYatSatou ,', a
tbo members oiid oI, Outsiders who wnuif ' ;o;m IN
mi tlat, in short. both services wonlg g1o3n' 1o3E'
Bit the ilnancin] criais rather rotny,iel nnv
progte1a, oud in n fow months MIX
he Tc;nnln wns tiict1icntrd. sn,,n threa
yeara , ago. tl,rro VIVA Tint tl,o eam.
i6lrlt oT letharuy ann annthy NJ hnfnrs
This, OF course. iisG.,,1rauea M. r,t,rc1y e.,v
hst ali nv ciTnrta fnr rtsln'r ~" intn-os.s sa
As couVfecation had i.esuite,l in faiI,,rcs
lid rionce for atbc4 nsi;n" Esn,a tp,; IT, ;noWu, w.
past two months this VIVA nfrerad ne % H. tio tio
btthel conrropat}on al Nnw Yort'-tl,e s3rnrI
fssgeat conpFeyajinn In huor;rc ~ fntimra
lnlaw'Dr. Finhntnl. thn minister th"rr intni.
seadttsd htx rcstr,1tton en r., ,.ons"n,,.s,
hat / rosiuncG nv nnsiftnn ham r s"oe't"'a'o W
"Of conrsc. now Il "nnf,nn.T rr 1yo,,o-
aulete two nart,cs o1on ,grrs nI WA ni,, n"n1,
nher, each blnmtntr III" nthrr fnr h"vr1 ,.s,.sa
lh.4 bad cnntjiiom II tl,i,,.s -th.s ,n,nn"."tia
tlll1y OIL in tbe nttcnhanr6 th,. t5tn,in"tinn ~
lick f zGal.-whjc th,, hIamc no ti",id it"a ~ nv
hoth si,1ns To- Tt IL .1 .'".et t ~ u1ao lta W