The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-26

MINISTER'S AND MONEY.
A DOCTOR WHO DOES NOT LIKE MINISTER'S, AND
is ESPECIALLY GRIEvED WITH TALMAGE.
A correspondent who signs himself DIR. Nichols"
is not pleased with DIR. Talmages defiant notceto
ward any one who will inform him concerning any
responsible person who may hereafter repeat the
Islander concerning the drowning of the first Mrs.
Talmage and the punishment according to law of
the slanderer DIR. Nichols thinks this is not
actly as 1.-THE meek and lambike Saviour would
have done. He taught that it man strikes you
one cheek you must turn the other, and that if a
man takes away your coat you must give away your
cloak also But DIR. Nichols should bear in mind
that this climate and the present weather is hardly
mild enough for throwing of overcoass aud cloaks.
and that couple OF clicks the cheeks is apt to
produce neuralgia or toothache and conse-
quent doctors bills. which the Saviour
never intended to increase in any house
hold. But "Dr. Nichols thinks that a min
lister of the Gospel. 'Dr Talmage has lowered him
self very much by manfesting such spirit of def
ancc and combatveness.' And from this very excel
lent text correspondent goes to read lecture
to ministers their partality for the root of all
evil He thinks church members. too. merely
'.van, deuded mortals who will "grope in darkness
just as long they procure money enough to
crafty the demands of their high salaried minis
ters. And Notwithstanding the extravasant salaries
paid to ministers "Dr Nichols" insists that 'rei-
gion the cheapest thing under the sun. tits free
and if earnestly sought easily found" Now the
Doctor is slightly inconsistent here in his attempt
to make the cheapest thing under the sun cheaper.
and that which is perfectly Free freer.
But our correspondent is evidently poor man, for
he tells in his letter that he believes sit is sin to
be rich especially when we have many suffering
poor around u.s. The majority of our ministers he
says accustomed to the luxuries of life and fare
sumptuously every day while thousands are shver,
bread The Doctor did not read the last call from
Presbyterian missionaries in the West for few dol
lars OF back pay long overdue TO Keep their families
from starving. II he had he could have conceived
something Oh the luxury that $3.50 year supply
to frontier miss. onary who may have half dozen
mouths besides his own TO feed. But 'Dr. Nichols"
is AFRAID that our love Of money fiat money, of
Is going to tco us ana N a MINISTERS w anS
Of u.s." the doctor asks, take no thought
tor the morrow what we shall eat and
Well, quite number do this, amounting in the year
to several thousands. The State the county or
charitable institutions have to supply this lack OF
thought for the which thousands in this city
display every year. And ii the Doctor is anxious
for the answer to his query he can easily get it, 1--WE
can manufacture ministers fast we will, but
get one iota nearer heaven by their efforts
That is partly true. Neither heaven nor its APP
proaches depend upon the manufacture Of minis
tiers Of laymen either But it is not quite true
that the minister cannot help us to draw little
nearer to heaven than without his help might do.
CDR. Nichols goes in strongly for having us all
ministers, so that eve will have no use for hired
hand" But, unfortunately. this rule applies to
other things well as the ministry. II all
doctors" we should have need of hired hands in
this department either. But we not all doctors"
ministers. and not likely to be. Hence the
necessity tor ministers like DIR. Talmage and "doc-
tors" like our correspondent.
THIRTY-FOURTH STREET SYNAGOGUE.
THE ANNALS OF THE HOUSE OF JACoB-sERMoN
BY REV. HENRY s. JACOBS
Rev. Henry s. Jacobs preached yesterday in
his synagogue on West Thirty fourth street from
Isaiah. xiv. 22"Therefore thus hath said the Lord
unto the house of Jacob He who hath redeemed Abra
ham; not now shall Jacob be ashamed, and not
shall his face be made pale.'
After critically examining the text from the stand
point of the old Hebrew commentators the preacher
proceeded to say that the annals of the house of
Jacob present instructive page in universal his
tory though . page too often blistered with tears
and blotted with innocent blood. yet one ilumined
with glorious lessons aud bright examples of con-
stancy. faith and forttude. With the destruction of
the national life these annals exhibited phase
under the leadership of Iochanan b. Zaccai, Of
those extraordinary men whose character never fails
to leave its impress on the age The religious forces
Of Judaism were then reorganized and showed their
strength in their subsequent contact with imperial
Rome. Well was it so for the reign Of Domitian.
Hadrian. verus. Commodus and Constantine were.
marked with cruel prosecutions, which sorely tried
the vitality of the Jewish
Passing rapidly from this view of the subject the
preacher took brief survey of the condition OF the
house OF Jacob in other parts of Europe some
turtles later. The rigorous exactions in France till
the reign Of Philip Augustus; the outrages prac-
tised on them under the Norman kings of England
the atrocities perpetrated in Germany in Spain the
blood-thirsty rule Of the mquisition, which culm-
mated in their expulsion III 1892. were all rapidly
viewed.
PRESENT CONDITION JUDAISM.
This in the past, said the preacher but what
of the present Is there not verification of the
words OF the text mot now shall Jacob be ashamed
and not shall his face be made paleY" Germany
has become tine pioneer of liberal thought and has
given us such men rs Lasker and jacob, ZunZ and
Rapport Gergor and Graetz, aud host of Others to
illustrate the intellectual growth OF the age France
has given prominence to men like Grochaux. Fould,
Simon, Gambeta and Cremieux. England has
crowned herself with glory III honoring such men as
Jessel, Goldsmith and Montefore.
ISRAEL POWER IN AMERICA
America presents also perceptible evidence of the
immense growth of the moral power of Israel-n
and enterprises whose results astonish the
world. / proud jew at these vast striucs.
Contrast our condition with what it thirty forty
years ago; how have conquered by patience and
educational development and again may We make
personal application OF the words the cxt:-"Not
now shall Jacob be ashamed, and not now shall his
face be made pale" Do not tell me- then, of any silly
representations of the death OF Judaism. Perhaps
1.-THE wish is father to the thought But. while /
point out to you our peaceful victories let me
mind you that the battle with error bigotry and
prejudice is not yet won Therefor beg you pause
not, halt not Relinquish not your arms yet while,
but move on that 1t may tie said OF this genera
ton and the one immediately to succeed it. "They
sanctfy the Holy Of Jacob and the God of Israel
they reverence and the means whereby to attain
this glorious end must be that proper religious edu-
cation, not merely of school. but of home; not
merely of lips, bat OF life. Then they also that
were erring in spirit shall acquire Outstanding.
ana they that murmured shall obtain instruction"
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