The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-31

.lSRAEL'S FUTURE.
Second Sermon of Rabbi
Sonnenschein. E
IN THE UTTERMosT WEST.
The Jew Is the Everlasting
Wanderer.
SAVED FROM HIS ENEMIES.
The Glory of Zion Transferred to
the Golden Gate Opening on
the Pacific.
SAVED FROM HIS ENEMIES

There was another large audience at
Synagogue Ohabai ShalOme yesterday
morning TO hear the second sermon OF
Rabbi S. II. Sonnenschein on 'The Future
of Israel" Not only that, but the officers
and rabbis of the other churches, after the
conclusion of the services in their own
places OF worship, fastened 20 be present.
There is a possibility Of Rabbi Sonnen-
schein being invited to stay on the Pacific
Coast as the pastor of the congregation
before whom he preached, and from the
many complimentary remarks passed on
his sermon. there is no doubt but that he
has won golden opinions among great
many of his hearers.
my text" he began, "will be found In
the T39th Psalm, verses and 10: If
take the wings of the morning ordwell in
the uttermost west. even there thy hand
will guide me and thy right arm support
me- 1 could hardly find a more fitting
text for my sermon before congregation
in the city by the Golden Gate. This is in
reality the metropolis of the uttermOst
West, and the people whom l AIN address
I ing are my brethren who come from the
far-otf land of the rising sun. Judea.
What more fitting text could / choose In
speaking to you about that wanderer on
earth, the everlasting jew, who has come
from the Orient with all his fiery zeal and
I restless, settled in the bosom of Western
civilization and is taking there a bold
stand for all that enn0bles humanity.
Yes, the Jew is the everlasting wan
derer. The legend of the Wandering Jew,
is more than legend; it is an historical
fact. Our old rabbls understood this we'll.
| W hen they aliegoriZed the history OF the
| Jew, his trials and sufferugs, his triumphs
and successes. in the following legend:
"A man with a young boy Is abroad, all
alone on the road, He espies ahead OF
! him a band of robbers. He tells his child,
w no naturally precedes him, to 60 behind !;
he will protect MIN and he does. After
| ward the robbers attack him from behind.
| The father tells his boy TO 90 ahead. and
| again the robbers are foEed. Finally; they
| are surrounded and the father places the
/ child on his shoulders, fights brave fight
and both are saved This parable our
| ancient rabbis applied to the history, or
| rather TO the wanderings. OF the jew In
| the remote times of ancient history the
| Jew was the youngest of the races. The
| other: peoples were far in advance, and
were enemies DESTROYS OF DESTROYING the
| Hebrews. The Assyrians and Egyptians
passed away, but the. Jews remained !;
their Father in heaven protected them.
/ Later. Oh, in the beginning of
/ the Christian era. and In medic
val days, when the Jew was a
and the Romans. the Goths and the. Span
iards were against him; he was saved again:
|. bV the power of his God. At the present
time We are surrounded on all sides by
many a threat and many foe. What will
| become of us? What will our future be?
| + believe that under Gods saving power.
with proper care and faith-faith in that
/ unerring destiny eff our race and in the
unerrlng leading of our God, we Will again
be saved and the future for US will be
broader and grander than the past has
| been.
1.-THE city by the Golden Gate, with her
Jewish population that halls frem the hills
/ OF Zion, where the morning, the dawn OF
our true religion, took its flight here, is so
situated as to be guaranty for the future
OF our race Here we meet the sons of the
Orient. that Orient to which the statue of
the great Thomas Benton in ST. Louis
stretches his right arm and pointing his
finger toward The west, his immovabie lips,
So to speak, saying: There is the EasI.'
In this city by the Golden Gate centers the
best that the East has ever seen in the race
of tile Jew, the bravest and most dar-
to form homogeneous bodyto stand for
the future of mankind. This side the
mighty Pacific. where the Golden. Gate
opens 20 the trade OF the New World and
the old one, the descendants OF Abraham
and the children of Israel are among the
most fervent and successful pioneers,
builders and Inhabitants. The glory of
Zion is transplanted to San Francisco,
where the power of London and Paris
and the new civilization of Japan find an
equal home. What stronger proof can be
brought in behalf of the text Ii | take
the wings of the morning and dwellin the
utteI most west, If thousands OF miles and
eighteen hours in time are consumed by
the daily travel of the SUMS mighty orb TO
bring the East, the ancient East. TO the
young West where the Orient is imbued
with the civilization of the West, and il
all this grand spectacle in modern history
is suffus ed with the ancient faith OF Israel
in one God, one humanity and one faith
for all. what more welcome message could
|. mailing from the far East, bring to you.
my brethren, the jewellers in the far
West