The Greenville times., 1886-06-19
JlMEs 4. CTTHEIM.


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as il was beautiful, as nournial as
as il was touching and instructive
The body Of the late Rabbi, Jas.
X. Gutheim, lay in state ID the spa
cious Temple Sinai. and thither as
, by a common impulse, moved by
a common grief. tiOeked thousands
of his own people aud thousands
ofethers. representing every creed
aud every Acknowledgements OF
every class of soeiety-tbe high
aud the low, the aged and the
y0ung-aIl that was best of New
Orleans society gathered there to
mingIe their tears over the silent
form of the great teacher, the pro-
found scholar, the good man, whose
noble aud arreacbing charities
were not confined to any class or
condition of men, but embraced
suffering humanity.
Every available foot of space in
the Temple, which may be said TO
have risen under his hands, was
filed with a multitude such as per.
haps never before assembled with.
in the walls of a Synagogue-a
multitude representing all relig-
ious creeds. and grieving as if each
individual had lost his or her own
paster.
When the Rev. DIR. B. NJ. Palmer,
the beloved and eminent Presby-
terian divine, arose to speak over
the dead body of his Hebrew
friend a solemn hush fell over the
immense concourse, and unusual
as was the spectacle-unprece.
dented as We believe il TO have
been--every one felt that it was a
beautiful and appropriate thing for
him to be standing there in the
synagogue testifying to the re.
splendent virtue and all.pervading
goodness of the man whom he had
known for many years in intimate
friendship, and under clrcumstan.
ces which made him acquainted
with the simple majesty and IN.
failing sweetness of his character.
DIR. PALMER's EULoGY.
A good mans death is the
worlds loss. In life he rises
above the general level-not only
the illustration, but the imperson-
alton OF virtue, setting forth the
excellences which adOrn the indi.
vidual, and fulfilling all the trusts
which belong to the citizen. He
stands forth a monumental pillar,
written all over with Inscriptions
of wisdom, piety and truth, Nay,
more; he becomes the incarnation
of virtue and religion, IN whom
these are embodied as a living
personal agency to renew and
bless mankind. This is "a kind OF
gospel which men easily under.
stand, for while they may fail to
read the black letters of our diff.
ferent schools of philosophy, OF
even to interpret Alright the dog
mas OF a religious creed, these
arc instantly comprehended when
translated into daily actions of q
pure and virtuous life. 1t is the
printing in raised type which sets
abstract principles in such relie
before the eye that he who runs
may read.
Such a man has fallen in oul
midst to-day; and it is not strange
that whole community is drawn
together here, under the pressur,
OF a common sorrow. You have
been told what our deceased fllent
was to the ancient aud honorable
faith In which he was born ant
reared; what he was to the pco
pie processing that faith with him
self, organizing them into livin.
and permanent associations fol
its maintenance and diffusion
Into that sphere | may not ven
ture to intrude, my Office is to en-
I phasize the career that lay outsld,
and beyond this, in the wider re
lati0ns he sustained in society an,
mankind at large. Our venerabl,
friend, upon whom to-day we Law
ish the last tokens of affection an,
respect, was more than Hebrew
more than a Rabbi, among tn,
people of his faith, more eve,
than a scholar saturated with th,
learning of past and presen
times. He was a man, aud though
nothing human foreign to himself
Let us recognize, With gratitud,
to Him who made us, that there i
a fellowship wider than that whicl
is bounded by the limits of philos
ophy or of sect, or of country q
of race. We are men-bound I,
each other by a common origin
by common interests, by instinct,
and sympathies forming the link
of a common brotherhood, and
above all, by broad and eternal re
lations to the great Being VIII,
fashions and controls us all. Int,
this supreme and most compre
hensive communion this Hebrew
Rabbi was pre.eminently fitted I,
enter and to shine. With tba
admirable balance of Judgment il
which all opinions and method
were so carefully weighed, an,
with the generous culture whicl
insured the exact representation
of his thoughts in speech, he wal
everywhere the wise counselo
and iudicious friend. With mod
esty which is the characteristics o
true greatness, and the modera
tion of language which sprinpl
from just estimate of the diflicnl
ties to be surmounted, he never
obtruded his sentiments upon an,
assembly with a rash and impa
tiant doumot;sn, i,,,t ,,.t