The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-10-11

in celebration of the day Of the feast of the
tahernscleS which was Inadvertently crowd
Ell out Il given below:
| Temple Emanuel was beautifully decor
! ated with plants, flowers, fruits aud gar
! lands, ON Friday evening last, the occa-
! sion being the initiation ofthe last OF a long
series of their festivals. Ii was the eve of
the 18th day of Tishri, upon which the above
named festivals are being observed. The
festival is Of eight days duration, the first
| and last OF which are observed sS holidays,
and the law thereofis recorded in Leviticus
chapter q verses SAT 43. Alter the regu-
lar services for the evening were ended the
choir sang Rejoice in the Lord for All His
Goodness, when DR.. Schuhe, minister of
the congregation, arose and, with the power
and strength of his oratorical voice. an
nounced that this holiday demand
ed of him Notwithstanding being i'll
and under treatment Of a physicianl
to express the sentiments Of his heart "and
| doubt not said she, lit will in unison be
answered the same on the part of the CON
gregation, and that is 'Wehoyiso ach
someiach' and thou shalt surely rejoice. -
'Onr religion, my friends, he said, "is
not one Of long Tents or fast days, having
but one such day in the whole year namely,
the day of atOnoment, and as soon MS il has
monies, then comes again the sacred COM
msnd of our text
And these noble and inspiring words re-
Gaptiuate in short, the spirit and essence.of
Judaism.
And Notwithstanding the severe affiction
which has befallen our adopted and beloved
tatherland, by the ASSASSINATION of
its Chictaiu--we can not HELM our
irailty as well AS our humblensss
but to serve the Lord our God with joy ;
| for how can we do otherwise when we look
around us ?
Here, the husbandmen have harvested a
crop, and if pcrchance not half ms large i'm
some places il is nevertheless so, that il
can nearly support the whole human race.
There, the business men look with hap
plness into the future for prosperity, or 3
" boom as they call it, to reward their en-
| tcrprise and industry.
Our men of science add every day new
| discoveries to the progress of mankind .
and our own country, the youngest of all
the civilized ones, marches ahead of all of
| them--and though in this or that particular
family, or here and there and now and
| then, all is not right and trials
| and SORROWS fall to the lot of man.
let us never forget that short and comforting
sentence Of soon day, soon night
so rejoice then, my friends for after
| having made peace with our Creator, with
| our conscience and with our fcllOwmen, on
| cast RoSh Hashsnah and Nom kippur, we
Ian quietly and justly rejoice and be
| happy"
The doctor then gave short history Of
| this feast from the days of Jerusalem unto
| the present day, and would space have per
United it, we would have gladly given u
| synopsis Of the whole which was not only
| interesting or pleasing, bat indeed full OF
| instructive and noble ideas of their fifth,
| that we heretofore never had the pleasure
| of being acquainted with,
| The speaker became at times so very elo-
| qucnt and tlowery that after delivering a
/ sermon of about forty minutes il seemed
| That 1t was of but a few minutes duration.
| In conclusion he said: 1--WE do not adorn
our temples and synagogues with the fruits
| or plants of Palestine for most of it would
| be spoiled before it reaches here,
| but with the products of this,
! our new home, our new fatherland,
and thus we stand reminded of the sacred
teachings of this feast, which, as already
! stated, inculCatcs the doctrines of charity,
reminding those who are happy and in the
| possession OF full share Of this worlds
good things never to forget the poor and
needy, for our religion claims as its hui.
wark the principles of humanity, charity
and benevolcncc, and teaches as our first
tenets the duties of feeding the hungry,
clothing those in need, and providing for
the widow and the orphan rs well as the
strangers (meaning those not Jews who
dwell among us-or among whom we
dwell.
These fcasts also must teach us the ON
impotence Of our heavenly Father, and the
one God in whom all trust should
be put; and furthermore, we American
citizens Of Jewish faith, above all others In
other lands and cimcs, have reason TO OBJ
serve this Succoth festival as feast of re-
ioicing, from the fact that here God bless
AmericaD justice and brothcrly love have
overcome bigotry and fanaticism, her hui
man rights and liberty are not only mot
toes, but practical truths, law in which
every man is the equal OF his fellow, and
each and every one is guaranteed the rights
of life, liberty and happiness, where we can
worship our God, the father of all mankind,
according to the dictates Of our conscience"
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