Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-08-26

OF Canaan, they erected monument in the
form of an altar on the western bank of the
Jordan, and they called that altar, "That it be
witness among us that Jehovah is the
Elehim," the only and true God whom all
east as well as you west of the Jordon claim
and worship as the only God. The children
OF Israel are continually struggling to con-
quer the "Holy Land" Their whole life is a
continual series Of engagements in that be-
half. Especially may this be said of the peo-
pie OF this congregation in st. Paul, that they
are also warriors just returning from the
fields of battle as were the sons of Reuben and
the sons of Cad, and like them this copgrega-
ton returns to this beautiful Gilead, to
this rich land of the north which flows with
milk and honey, the hillocks crowned with
the opulence of wheat and the valleys with
luxurient pasture, the land whose stones are
iron and from whose mountains you dig the
copper; and you have erected this altar, this
oeautliui house OF worship on this bank of
the Mississippi that it be a monument and
testimony for you and your descendants, s'that
jehovah is the God;" and now after many
months OF toll your feet stand within the
gates of this, your Jerusalem, and you are
assembled TO dedicate this new altar to the
worship OF the great | Am. God bless this
house and its builders, and all who aided you,
and may the satisfaction, joy and glad
ness which now move your hearts pro-
long their echoes through life and
beyond the grave to every one of you and be
to you the narbinger of Gods loving kindness
in time and eternity. This house of worship
which we now dedicate as well as that monu-
mental altar on the bank of the Jordan, stands
here testimony that you wors hip God. This
is not only house of worship, it is beside
this Jewish synagogue.
The speaker mere branched off into con-
sideration of the "reminiscences connected
with the idea of a Jewish synagogue. When
Cyrns overthrow the Babylonian empire and
captured the ancient capital, tradition tells
that the synogogues of Hutzel and Shafzaheb
stood there. When Alexander the Great
crossed the Hellespont and overthrow
the Medo-Persan empire he found
the Jewish synagogue everywhere
between the Mediterranean and the Gauges
river. When the Romans invaded Asia and
Egypt, they encountered the Jewish syna-
gogues. Everywhere in the old world they are
found. Ii you enter synagogue. / imagine
1t must appear to you as though you heard
again the thunders of Sinai, and beheld again
the thick cloud and the lightning connecting
heaven and earth, as though you heard the
footsteps OF that stately procession of prophets
and priests, kings and heroes, lords and sa-
vans, warriors and martyrs moving along
slowly from century to century, forward aud
backward to the cradle of humanity, to the
zenith of human wisdom. How venerable is that
old Jewish synagogue. Like the burning bush
IN the wilderness every Jewish synagogue ex-
claiming "take off the shoes from thy feet
for the place npon which thou standest is
holy ground" Every Jewish synagogue is a
part of that burning bush which was never
consumed. DR.. Wise then spoke of the un.
disturbed unity of faith in the Jewish syna-
gogue, and expressed the idea that ''the day
must come when men will reason for them.
selves and come to the conclusion, if the
fittest survive ia this struggle for existence
then Judaism is the fittest, for it has sur.
vived all creeds and dogmas." He coun.
seled his hearers to move on to their
Gilead, and paid a glowing tribute to the hon.
esty and uprightness of the Isrealites. He
dwelt at some length on the independence OF
the American synagogue, it being free from
all powers, in its growth and prosperity in
this country. The discourse was an exceed.
ingly interesting one but very long.
REMARKS BY THE CLERGYMEN.
Rev. DR.. Marshall, of the Jackson NJ E.
church, made few remarks illustrating the
idea that it was unusual to see a Methods,
minister speaking in a Jewish synagogue
The fact indicated the growth of broader
faith and better ideas. He was followed by
Rev. j. Marvin, who spoke in similar strains
taking about the same views.
This closed the dedication exercises, but the
usual Friday evening service was held i'm
mediately after and without any cessation oil
the exercises.