Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-20

| The members of the Orthodox Synagogue
are celebrating the feast Of the passover by as
sembling in the synagogue, corner 9Th and G
streets, and sounding praises in the form Of
prayer and song in celebration Of the deliver
ance Of the Hebrews out of the land of Egypt.
Yesterday there was Q large attendance at
the synagogue to listen to an instructive pass
! over sermon delivered by the pastor, Rev. EN-.
Rosenzweig.
'The beautiful feast Of the springtime, the
day Of glorious memories Of the past and OF
cheerful hopes for the future, has appeared"
began the pastor, land we Israelites, with re-
Moved love for the faith Of our fathers, cele-
brate an event which testifes to Gods love for
us and our trust in Him.
Centuries have passed since that event: ma
lions have risen and vanished; humanity has
changed its appearances; nay, we ourselves
have undergone such strange mutations that
our very existence is a riddle to the historian,
and yet We commemorate every year this an
cient occurrence with so great an affection as
II we meant to merge all our historical expert
ence In this one event.
THE NAME AND FAME OF ISRAEL.
The name and fame Of Israel began by this
event and through them the Lord was glorified
The prophet Isaiah in the 49th chapter expressed
the same sentiments, as follows: And He said
unto me, U Israel, thou art my servant through
whom l will be glorifed" The prophet Isaiah
shows here that God has chosen tine Hebrew
people as kingdom Of priests in order that
they might become the instruments Of his
providence in bringing the whole human fam
NY to acknowledge the one and only Supreme
Being, and 70 live in obedience to His divine
law.
The same idea is also embodied in the sixth
verse OF the same chapter: "And He said, Is it
a light thing tina. thou shouldst be my servant
to raise up the tribes Of Jacob and to bring
back the preserved of Israel? But will make
thee as a light for the nations that my saliva
ton may be extended to the ends of the earth"
On this important theme, which reflects the
more and for which the passover was instituted,
the synagogue is not only formal place of
worship, but also repository where the vener-
able archives Of his are laid up to bear
witness for age to age to what God has wrought
for mankind through the seed of Abraham.
Here in the house Of God the Jew may call up
all the scenes Of the past.
REVIEW THE SCENES OF THE PAST
Here he may review the revolutions that
have been accomplished by means Of their re-
ligious idea, ":he Lord our God is one," and
here he may learn something of what the Abra-
hamic race has already accomplished as we'll as
of the part they are destined to play in the
glorious age that Is to come. And this venera-
Bile festival of the passover every Israelite must
be moved to profound meditation, for on this
festival he traces the link which connects
his race with the infancy Of mankind,
and sees plainly the great miracle IN being pre-
served as a nation through whom the Lord is
glorifed. Our first duty, brethren, is to lift
up our hearts in pious gratitude unto Him who
has given to Israel an immortality even upon
the earth. Yea, unto Him whose word is truth,
who is ever the same and whose years have no
end, and let us, therefore, reverently implore
m N I'LL ms with His holy Spirit md 70
US by His counsels that the great end
for which he worked such stupen-
dous miracles in Egypt and redeemed
Israel from bondage may be ever present
the duties and obligations which We owe to
God, to our faith, to our country and to man
kind at large.
'.And he said unto me, o Israel, thou art my
servant through whom / will be glorifed."
These words set forth the great moral ends
for which the passover was instituted. The
history Of the passover calls up the recollection
of
AN AGE OF MIRACLES.
1t was our Father Abraham who began to
teach to the world the Lords unity, but his
mission was interrupted when his spirit was
recalled by Him that gave 1t. Yet did no: God
suffer him to pass from this life without cheer
ing him with the promise that his good work
should be continued by his race? And though
CeuIuEits VI anu oppression awaited
them. the Lord would still watch over them in
all their trials would make them as nu-
merous as the stars Of heaven and
would bring them out Of bondage
a nation held together by their religious idea
which he (Abraham) had proclaimed at his
affairs and disseminated in all his wanderings.
And this. my brethren, continued the pastor,
is the chief proposition Of our text, Through
thee, Israel, will l be glorifed." 1t was tor
this purpose that the Lord struck of the letters
Of the Hebrew serfs OF Egypt.
And the day that ushered in the first pass
over Israel lighted a lamp on the shores of
Egypt, and from generation to generation
Israers children have fed that lamp.
IT ENLIGHTENED THE WORLD.
1t has illumined the path Of thousands and
thousands Of families, not only Of the stock of
Abraham, but all humanity, for they pro-
ceeded from ignorance to knowledge from
barbarism to civilization and from the shrines
Of idolatry and superstituton to the footstool
Of the Supreme King of Kings.
As soon as the lsraelites were emancipated
from slavery and after they had commence
rated that event by the solemnization Of their
first passover, they determined to teach to the
world the unity of God, and that the Lord
should be glorifed through them, and
SO when they left the shores of the
Red sea to proceed to the desert,
at every place where they passed they dropped
words of instruction, which mankind has since
gathered up for their common benefit. They
first instituted the Sabbath day in the desert As
the Talmud says, the Sabbath was given at All
Josh and there the first Sabbath was solempized.
So says also the Talmud that the fifth oom-
mandment, to honor and obey parents was
also instituted during Israers wapderings
And so the Lord was glorifed through Israel
because Israel spread abroad the doctrine that
to please God man mus: practice righteousness,
mercy and truth. God was glorified because
his servants taught that the essentials
of faith are charity and love; God was glori-
Sed because they taught that tho heart must
be pure, that envy, hatred and revenge must
be suppressed, and so will also God be glorifed
by teaching our children the truth Of all holy
Torah.
AS 1t is written, "And thou shalt tell thy son
on that day, saying: 1t is on account Of this
deed which the Lord wrought for me when
departed from Egypt"
While the Lord was 30 merciful with us and
brought US from slavery to freedom,
from sorrow TO Joy and from de-
spair to festivity, SO it lies upon us
| to adhere to the religion Of our fathers and to
become good men, that the words of the
prophet should be verified upon US that
through Israel the Lord was glorifed.
The Garbage Investigation.
Senators Hansbrough and Harris, as a SUBJ
committee Of the District committee, con-
tinued yesterday afternoon to investigate the
conduct Of the health department, especially
in connection with the collection or non-col-