Morning journal and courier., 1881-01-21
Horeb Lodge Anniversary

celebrated yesterday at Peek's Grand Opera House, and was fine and successful affair and highly enjoyed in all respects by large assemblage, numbering many prominent members of the lodge and prominent men in the order from New York and various parts of Connecticut. The han looked finely in it's special decorations for the occasion. Over the stage burned 600 gas jets forming the following:
 Horeb 25, 1s56-1ss1, I. O. B. B.
 Evergreen festooning and bunting in profusion added to the attraction of the scene, and flags were abundant also, all gracefully arranged. Scrolls depended from the galleries bearing the mottoes of the order in English and German-'fB fBenevo- lence," f'Brotherly Love- and Harmony. At one side of the stage hung the picture of the founder of the B'nai B'rith Order, Henry Jones. On the other side was shown the charter of Horeb Lodge bearing the names of the following, who were among the charter members:
 M. Zunder, William Freedman, J. Water man. A. Kauffman,I. Newman, Mark Zarkos- Ri, M Greenbaum, c. J. Metzger, B. Shon- finger, I. Strouse N. Frankau, L. Mayer, L. Stanheimer, J. Mailhouse, s. Zunder, N. Markus, L. Feldman, l.. H. Freedman l. Rosenberg, I. Kollman, s. Sinsheim, l.. Asher
 The occasion was in full blast shortly after 2 o'clock. There was a large and brilliant assemblage in the galleries, and below was great array of tables for the banquetting which was to follow, occupying the greater
 part of the hall. On the stage sat the char
 ter members of Horeb and the guests. Below
 in the orchestra sat Thomas orchestra, Is
 pieces. The hall was darkened by the exclu-
 sion of the daylight, the gas being in full
 blaze and glitter. Maier Zunder, Esq, was
 the president of the day. In his opening
 address was the following He referred
 briefly to the past and to changes and inn
 provements made, and then welcomed the
 guests with fitting words and referred to the silver gray heads present who twenty-five years ago stood at the cradle of Horeb Lodge. He then referred to the lodge his tory. As early as 176O Jewish immigrants took up their abode here. They were from Spain. Early in the seventeenth century a number of Jewish congregations were estab- lished in different parts of the Union, but the great immigration of German Jews to this country did not begin till the second quarter
 of the present century. Oppressed and per secuted they sought liberty here. The con- gregation Mishkan Israel was established in 1s43, but it began to grow in earnest in 1856 and progress had since been the rule Now
 in that congregation everything had been modernized, ,-order, religion, harmony and good fellowship prevail-all of which was | directly traceab1e to Horeb Lodge, and the progressive and cosmopolitan principles of enlightened Judaism had received their i'm
 petus and main strength therefrom. And so l also the jealousies of locality, as to whether
 one was born in Germany, Poland, Holland, France or England, have been extinguished,
 and man is recognized for what he is or | strives to be-a peaceable useful, progres- sive American citizen. In this spirit Horeh
 Lodge kept advancing and in 1864 they l founded an English and German library,
 which to this day fills with pride every mem.
 Der of Horeb. l At the breaking out of the late rebellion
 several members of this lodge marched for ward to the field of battle.
 1 The speaker reviewed the subsequent work | and events in the lodge history so honorable | to it's name both for patriotism, beneYolence | and humanity He referred then to the dead
 of the lodge. The lodge now has ITO mem | bers The receipts for the twenty-five years
 amount to $44 ,O74 80 and the disbursements | to $3S, ,186.96, leaving the present capital in the treasury S5, 897.S4. The lodge has in l vested in their library. which was started in | 1861, nearly 8, 900.
 | Of the twenty-five who were charter mem | bers of Horeb Lodge, the following are still l I11nd Icoa al igman Zunder, Lewis Asher, Moses Green baum, Charles J. Metzger, B. Shoninger, | Isaac Strouse Adolph Meier, Isaac Rosen- 1 berg, l.. Feldman, l.. H. Freedman, Jacob
 Mailhouse, L. Mayer, l.. Stanheimer, Nor
 ris Harris Three have died and six have | The speakers able address was warmly ap
 plauded.
 A selection from Mir. Strouse's poem is
 appended It began with reference to the
 birth and progress of the lodge:
 Twenty-Five years-what sights. what scenes
 Have Have passed @ m before s'5 yoIr t, eyesa 1s.o .,.,
 How answered afdict1on's cries
 Have the widows and orphans in
 Vain knocked at your gate
 | Have you put on ono with simple words?
 l And bid the others wait?
 What is the answer that you bring,
 | On this your natal day?
 | A glance around this festive board
 Must surely answer s'Yea,''
 The orphans clothed and fed have I, l Both their bodies and their mind;
 | To the widows and the afflicted ones
 | At all times have been kind.
 | No friend or foe at my gate hath knocked
 But 4 such have have IT suooored m ] with all my might | And kept him till the morrow.
 Benevolence, Brotheriy Love and Harmony com
 | have alxsys tried to keep qppermost in my mind. | My part in Humanity's did take.
 That darkness might be dispeed both far and near, | I have carried on high our great watchword, | ''Light," light for everywhere.
 | And the greatest of them all, which
 | To practice may never cease,
 | Is that radiant gem set in our crown,
 Peace-peace- peace.
 | Mr. Adolph Asher delivered the oration- | an able effort. The subject was, 'Is the I True Mission of our Order Accomplished p l In opening he referred to the advent of the Jewish people in America, the land of free l dom, their past persecution and their hopes | and anticipations of progress in this land. l Their good reports crossed the water, giving | hope to brethren there, and the joyful hdings ! spurred emigration and thousands came | looking for bright future with no bar | to their development and the attainment of | the highest aspirations. Great was the
 change from despotism and persecution to | the free air of liberty. But spirit of exclu- | sion rose to partially chill the enthusiasm, | and then the order of B'nai Birth was insti- I trted, with it's grand mission. The speaker l Q0re Su1OElZ0O bu0 uOD10 O4 Iuo order and the growth of liberal sentiment ! which followed, and eulogized the high char
 acter as citizens which so many of the He- brews have shown, to their honor and the honor of the race. But abroad the work Jagged | in the home of Lessing and Kant in Ger 1 many. The attitude of Germany was re-
 proach to that land. The speaker uttered many fine and manly sentiments on the sub l ject enriched by historic research, and elo- 1 quently appealed against the injustice. Were they called tradesmen and kankers as 8. class l as an excuse for injustice? The reason was | that Germany's laws tended to com pei this exclusiveness of occupa- l tion. If we are too powerful is it l not because our attributes have unfolded l legitimate results? Wealth and intellect sug- gest power in the same degree that genius produces fame
 Let us now take glance at the real causes of this agitation. They are to be found in the extravagant luxury of power full standing army composed of the bone and sinew of the land, adapted ] but unable to cultivate the soil and help to 1 invigorate mercantile life and industrial de- | Yelonment; they are to be found in the 1 great burden of taxation imposed upon l the people to sustain SO vast an armament, I which SteatS uD their subStanco'' and renders