The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-08-17
TEMPLE AHAwATH CHEsED.

TRUE PROGRESS SERMON BY REV. DIR. HUEBSCH
Rev. DR.. Huebsch preached at the Temple Aha
wath Chesed. Lexington avenue, yesterday. taking
his text from Isaiah ill.,. l2"For not in haste shall
We go out, and not in flight shall ye advance, for
before you goeth tho Lord. and your rereward is
the God of Israel"
The Latin .jestina iente, said the Doctor. has
nearly in all advanced languages it's proverbial
equivalent. The English says. "The more haste the
less Speed and the prophetcai phrase Of our text
"For not in haste shall ye go out and not in flight
shall we advance, apart from its special meaning in
this prophecy. take it as the Hebrew express
for that general empirical truth that too hasty
a movement in any sphere is more apt to bring
harm than gain. Our age bears undoubtedly
the character OF pronounced advance. Whether
many Of boosted inventions have not been known
to generations OF the hoary past cannot be deter
mined. Alexander the Great is said to have All
inscription OF an Assyran queen, which. at its
clusion reads thus IL maze roads with iron over
difficult rocks. My chariots have rolled roads
where wild beasts found no path" If this inscrip-
ton was really readand we have no reason to doubt
it-then the idea to lay iron railways practically
carried out i'll the sixteenth century before the be-
ginning of our era. But be this howsoever it may,
is not to be disputed that in knowledge and appl-
cation of the forces of nature century Is
passed by all it's predecessors.
DANGER TOO MUCH HASTE.
One thing however, is seriously to be appre-
hended in our onward march. The overspeed in
which we indulge makes it more an exha stive race.
which will have soon to come to stand still. Ma
chimes are the pride of age and they justly
so, far as they tend to benefit mankind Bat in
our haste to Guido another forget that human
labor is at present and will be important
factor in the social order. Work that has been done
in months is now done in one day; but deprecated
human labor stares dissatisfied at your monstrous
machines aud asks grumbingly. "You have swal-
lowed the workmans hands, what shall he do with
his mouthY The socialistc question never SO
acute and pungent as at present. Can not bride
calculation be set down how far the blessing goes
and to where the curse begins?
LEaIsLATIvE ACTION.
If were in tho Legisature--I do not say that
with reference to the next fall elections; decline be-
forehand any nomination-I would propose law
laying heavy taxes on machines exceeding "a certain
ratio of power, and the income thus derived would
have devoted TO help along the honest workingmen
to settle themselves III agricultural pursuits. That
might perhaps, counterbalance the evil conse-
quences of haste in this respect. Our gen.
Grafton claims to be ahead of all former times not
only in material affairs. but also in spiritual cogni-
tons, and to a certain degree must acknowledge
this claim just We manufacture progress by
steam, but in our haste we forget that dependency
on Supreme Being was, is and will be at all times
the essential feature of the human soul. Progress
is a sublime word. But cannot calculation be set
down how tar the blessing goes and where the evil
begins? Certainly it can. would say to all those
progressists beyond measure. first be done with
and then begin with God lead onward to the
human heart and mind; purify the recesses of
the SOUL remove envy. hatred. narrow minded
and all the shortcomings that dishgure
the noble type OF manhood. Go patiently
step by step the arduous path which leads to hui
perfection. When that goal is reached then
you too may begin to question God and His author
ity. Having reached such q height am certain you
Will not displace the Supreme Being; you will feel
happy to have and to know your Heavenly Father;
down before your Maker and in your humility you
will find your nobility. No progress without Him,
"For before you goeth the Lord. and your rereward
is the God OF Israel"
THE JEWISH CHIEF RABBINATE
Delegates from twenty five synagogues were repre-
scented in the last meeting in Pythagoras Hall to
consult the proprety of eiecting chief rabbi
Tor the congregations OF the United States, or at
least for those in New York and Brooklyn Addresses
made by Mr.. Norden and others in favor of the
movement. and the sympathy and support Of other
congregations to be sought Rabbi Malbin it was
said would come to America if he guaranteed
$4,000 year. comparatively small sum if
the congregations that desire q rabbinate work
together in harmony. Mr. Norden. the leader
OF the movement, assured its supporters that
if the light of Rabbi Malbim would shine in this
country it would all opposition and
strengthen the cause of Judaism. The delegates
present advised TO add to their councils repre-
would aid them it their object was to elevate and
purify the religious and social condition of the
tsSsox and Much ana
hold another meeting probably to-day ana adopt a
plan of action. This movement is confined so far to
those congregations that worship according to the
Polish Minhag. Their members are mainly persons
in humble circumstances, aud many are fur from
being Americanized as yet. The age OF Rabbi Nal
bin, seventy, and his in bity to speak English,
urged objection to his importation. But he IL
a man of learning. eoquence and conscientiousness
The Jerish Messenger whose editor finds fault with
the HERALD for the Jewish news it publishes, says
in relation to scandals in the Jewish ministry"
which appeared i'll last Sundays HERALD. that the
only scandal" referred to was plagiarism. But il he
had read carefully he would have found other scan
dals such lying dishonesty, theft, lack of
honor. with which the minister referred to was
charged by the R.frmer. and other things limited at
besides. The care OF one paper at time should be