The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-03
Address by Governor Toole, Who
Put the Cube in
Place.
Religious Exercises by Congregation
Emanuel and Appropriate Remarks
by DR.. Schulman, the Rabbi.

Messrs. Jacob Loeb, Ben Harris, and e
Zimmerman. had carefully arranged all til
details and to them credit is due for tn
excellent and satisfactory manner in whic
the affair was conducted. The singing {
which was followed by prayer and slngin
of the hymn:
In mercy. Lord, incline thine ear
To lions faithful band,
In love and grace our prayer hear,
KeNeti Thy mighty hand.
To truth be laid this cornec stone
BE reared The massive walls
To Thee, Most high and Holy One.
BE arched these sacred halls.
Pour down 7 ny grace in sunny rays
Let Judah 8 temple be
The house OF praise to teach Thy ways,
Devoted Lord. to Thee.
Previous to the laying of the stone Cover
nor Tooie addressed the audience as fol
lows:
Friends and Fellow Citizens: If we en-
dorse the sentiment that man must so live
that memory shall be as bright rs hope then
he who lends his hand. his heart or his heri-
tage to the erection of another temple,
wherein is taught the Immortality of the
soul, has not lived in vain. With creeds
and ceremonies the state has no concern.
1t does not stop to inquire whether creed
is true or false, fallible or infallible, fatu-
Gus or well founded, but following the il
lustrious example of the United States and
recognizing the prevailing belief that the
oracles of Jehovah are the foundation
stones on which all government is founded
and memorable law is enthroned, our con-
stitution wisely provided that the free exer-
else and enjoyment of religious profession
and wo.ship without discrimination
oh oil Gown hne tor hn
anteed. These ceremonies. therefore. are
in curious contr st with the proscrlptive
edicts of the Russian government respect
ing those protesting the Jewish faith, de-
tailed in this mornings dispatches This
is an American spectacle; the image of the
national genius; the handiwork OF
the utilitarian republic based upon
the priceless principle that freedom of
thought, freedom of speech and the right of
individual Interpretation are the three great
pillars upon which our national liberty il
founded and relying upon this, our system
of religion and liberty must flourish or fall
together. 1t cannot fall. This country
may be shaken from center to circumfer-
ence by the throes of war and the fires of
revolutions; demonstration may be assailed,
modified or amended. but as long as our
political autonomy Is preserved among the
nations of the earth, that fundamental
principle will remain inviolate and inviol-
able. Whether we are guided and controlled
by some all seeing eye, some invisible
hand, some omnipotent presence, some
''still, small voice." or the sound of a great
amen; whether our teacher be preacher
priest or rabbi, our lifeboat is afoat upon
the same stream of time and headed for the
same sublime port, and although the ways
of some at times may seem tortuOus to
others, all are soothed and sustained by the
same unfaltering trust in q thereafter
"All the sublties of metaphysics" said
Rousseau, "will not make one doubt the
Immortality of the soul for one single mo-
ment; l feel it; l wish it; hope for it; will
defend it with my latest BREATH" While it
is true that oil nations are not in accord as
to the methods and forms of expression
touching this idea, none are SO poor as to be
without hope. Abraham, inspired by the
hope of the resurrection. consoled himself
for the sacrifice of his son Isaac; Job, aban-
doned by all, comforted himself by the con-
viction that he would rise again from the
grave; the Maccabees yielded up submits
siyely their bodies to the executioner, ex-
claiming, God will restore them to us.''
The Greeks, Persians and Egyptians be-
lieved in their Elysian fields and in Tar
tarus, ana we learn from Virgi's 4Eneid of
the faith of the Romans; Stanley tells us
how in darkest Africa the Hottentott begs
that his bow and arrow may be buried with
him that he may fight again; the savage
voice of the departed one in the
rustic of the leaves and in the murmur of
the waters; the Chinese place food upon the
graves of their dead because they believe
the soul needs nourishment. 1t seems but
yesterday and within our own state, that
two Cheyenne Indians, robed in their CAV
est garments and painted in their brightest
colors, mounted upon their war horses and
chanting their death song, rode fearlessly
and furiously down to certain and terri
BILE death, in the belief that they would rise
again, panoplied in al. their rude finery,
astrlde the same steeds so carefully and
deliberately prepared.
And so it is that church and state are
wisely separated and each left to its own
destiny.
While this temple here and now about to
be inaugurated is to be conducted under the
auspices of distinctive class of our citi-
zens and in accordance with their particu-
lar ceremonials its influence. predict, will
be none the less elevating and inspiring
Wherever the light and lesson of civil
cation has penetrated the virtuous votaries
of this vestal venture will be found, and al
though it is apparent that here under our
constitution ia their vine and fiR tree, an
American statesman. whose fame is far and
wide and whose potential influence helped
to blaze the way for statehood has said Of
our friends that. wherever they are and
whatever they do their harp is still HING
upon the willows of exile and they still sine
of Jerusalem as the Psalmist suno. IF I
forget thee, Jerusalem, may nv hand for
get its cunning and my tongue cleaye to
the roof of my month";"
Conscious of the sacred duty which have
been invited to perform and with a full an
probation of the kindly feeling that sue-
gested me In connection with this impor1-
ant service, now have the honor of laying
the hrst corner stone of the first Jewish
temple in the state of Montana.
The governor then performed the formal
part of the exercises by hitting the granite
cube a blow with the mallet. Mr.. Herman
Cans. who took great interest in the proceed-
ing, dealt the stone three vigorous blows.
The stone. which is of cut granite, on which
are inscribed the figures 1851. was placed al
the northeast corner of tho foundation of
the temple. In it were deposited papers
bearing the names of the congregation and
of the Ladies' Auxiliary society, an assert
ment of coins, copies of The iNpEpENpEN1
and other papers. This was followed by
the singing of the hymn commencing:
Let pioue hearts combine
To rear . sacred shrine
10 Israel's Hook structure proud"
DR.. Schulman addressed his congregation
after the rendition of the hymn, He said.
This is the day which God hath made.
let us be glad and rejoice therein" This
echo from the psalmist's song is the first
and natural expression which comes to our
lips IN this moment. Let MS rejoice: a iov
all the more pure because occasioned by an
unselhsh object, all the more ennoblinc he
cause flowing from the realization of lofty
aim, sublime ideal. The stone which his
excellency, the governor of our state. las