The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-05-03
An Interesting and Auspicious Event
Ia the Sxnagopiie

sonyille. On this day Master Ferdinand
Lemann, heir apparent to the senior mem
Der of the house of Lemann & Bro, at
tanned his thirteenth birthday and in &C.
cordance with the ordinances of his creed
entered on his majority as member of the
congregation, with all the privileges and
responsibilities of maturity.
The Jewish ritual prescrlbes very i'm.
posing ceremonial on such suspicious oc-
casions, and in this particular instance
nothing was wanting to give eclot to the
event. The venerable and venerated foun-
der of the well known commercial house OF
Lemann-the grandfather of the young
4 graduate-Was present in all the ripeness
of manhood and though the blossoms OF
| seventy summers must have blown on his
brow, looked just as one of the few selected
to enjoy the plenitude of terrestrial bless
| ings-that of seeing his children and chill
dren's children to the third and fourth gen
Grafton. At either side of the neephyte sat
| his fond parents, Mr.. and Mrs. B. Lemann,
| and in the immediate vicinity his younger
| brothers and sisters, also Miss We'll and the
well known, genial Mr.. Thai. Mr.. Pierre
Kopman and Mr.. M. Lemann occupied
positions on the dais, as chairman and vice
chairman of the congregation. The choir
contributed selections Of exquisite music,
as will be readily conceded when it is
known that the instrumental part was sup
piled by Miss Maillette, whose delicacy of
touch and refinement of finish are so sug-
gestive of Partisan salon, and that the
charming vocal chords of Mrs. Paul Leche,
Mrs. P. Klopman, Mrs. NJ. Blum, Miss B.
Tobias and Mrs. j. Israel vibrated in the
vocal parts.
When the time arrived for the young as
pirant to make his profession of faith, he
proceeded to the Rabbits reading desk.
Thither the SCROLLS containing extracts from
Deuteronomy, chapter VI, were borne by
Rabbi Eisenberg, attended by Messrs. P.
Kopman and M. Lemann, and set on The
fore the young novice. Making an appro-
pirate vocal prologue, he proceeded to read
the extracts in the Hebrew tongue in as
clear and sonorous voice, as perfect an
articulation as if Hebrew had been his col
loquial language. His graceful, .dignifed,
manly, yet modest manner during the try
ing ordeal was strikingly suggestive of the
brilliant future which lies before the youth.
The boy is father to the man." and we
augur that the man ineally descended from
his boy will be one to make his mark on
he sands of time. Having read the scrolls
he assumed an attitude of prayer and with
clasped hands and eyes earnestly and fer
yently fixed aloft recited-still in Hebrew
some more aspirations, then resumed his
seat after embracing his parents and i'm
mediate friends.
Rev. Mr.. Eisenberg next addressed an
appropriate homiIyj to. the young man on
the occasion. Reading a translation of the
texts on the scrolls, the Rabbi proceeded to
show their application under the present
circumstances, and exhorted to faithful
observance of the maxims inculcated, as
surfing him that therein lay his title to hap
plness IN this life as we'll as glory in the
next. The following are few of the pre-
cepts to which the neophyte proclaimed his
adherence:
And this is the commandment, with the stat
utes and the ordinances which the Lord your
dod hath commanded to teach you, to do them.
IN the land whittier You are passing over to pos
Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and COM |
mIIandments which l command thee in order |
that thy days may be prolonged.
q Hear, 9, Israel! the Lord our God is the one
:, And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all |
Thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy
might. VIZ |
And these words which I command thee to-
lay shall lie in thy hoart. And thon shalt bind |
hem for sign upon thy hand, and they shall |
% as frontlets between thy eyes.
ana thou shalt write them upon the door |
posts OF thy house and upon thy gates.
In fulfllment of these obligations we
could suggest nothing more practically in
piring in the work of perseverance than to
;opy the daily life of his esteemed father.
whose meekness, charity and commercial
ectitude are proofs positive that the pre-
epts just quoted have been indelibly en-
,raved on his heart, firmly bound on his
and and legibly written upon his door
osts and his gates.
After the services the friends of the fam
y and employees of tho firm were enter
aimed at the elegant 'Lemann residence.
he profusion of bouquets of rare flowers
nd variety of books and other suitable
ouvenirs of the occasion attested the pop
larity of the young hero Of the day, to
HON we say, in conclusion, as sort of
pitome of the Rev. Rabbits eloquent HON
y:
Live for those who love yet,
For those whose hearts are true. Il
For the heaven that smiles above you
And the good that you may do. Il