The morning call., 1894-10-13
QUOTED SCHILLER.
Friday Evening Services
lnaugurated.
Dr.. Voorsanger Extends a Hearty
Welcome to His New Sec
ond Series.

The Temple Emanu-El, on Suffer street,
was filled with large and fashionable
congregation last evening at the Inaugural
ton OF the second series of Friday even
ing lectures which are delivered during tho
winter by the rabbi of the congregation
EmaDu-El, DR.. Jacob Voorsanger. The
services owe their origin to that gentlemen,
and last season, when they were started,
they were voted complete success. The
subjects treated are those of interest to
Christians as well as Jews, and a large
Sprlnkling of the former were noticed at
the temple last night.
The service, arranged by DR.. Voor-
sanger, was entirely in English, as were
the musical portions of it, which were
pleasingly rendered by the choir. The
hymn, "aoly Sabbath Rest fur
nished a fitting opportunity for Cantor
Stark's powerful voice to come into play.
DR.. Voorsanger's lecture was entitled,
THE Three Statements of Faith-God.
Virtue and Human Liberty" BY way of
Introduction, The reverend gentleman
said:
''In welcoming this audience to the sec
end series of Friday evening services l
desire TO say on behalf OF the trustees OF
the congregation that we are inspired NTH
the noble ambition 10 make these services
as attractive as possible Tor whOms0eyer
desires to worship within these walls.
We further have the ambition to let all OK
Coos children, whatever thelr creed may
be outside the synagogue, come here to
worship God in common with the mem ers
of this synagogue. Ii any of you think
this radical move you can only say 1t is
move in the right direction. All our teach
ing VIII be In that direction, and We hone
the movement is important enough to ell
r., nrld 20 hrIN fnr
lions to the Synagogue Emanuel. Every
body welcomed and no questions asked"
The rabbi continued: THE plan of
work for the next few weeks will be TO
select the uterlDgs of some modern poet
and ascertain their ethical value.
ut may not be amiSs, however, by begin
ming TO say word in general about eth les.
You must know that it is good thing for
humanity 10 be occasionally confronted
with some high ideal, the standard Of
which is lar above our heads. A stand
ard ike that is very attractive. II is
magnetic. 1t is power to make at least
some one or the other understand that
there is something in life besides the COM
mon hankerlng after bread-besides The
fights between man and man as to who
shall be on top of the heap. That is the
beginning of ethics-tbe attempt to make
man understand that there is something
higher than ne. The word itself Is in the
mouth OF many people who Go not under
stand its significance or meaning. 1t is
derived from a Greek word meaning the
upbuilding of human character"
The rabbi thought that the poet is par
excellence the teacher Of ethics, and that
the poet alone has the right tn take us
away from our serdid and petty pursuits
to a purer atmosphere. He took the Ger
man poet, Schiller. for his example last
evening.
After giving short sketch of his life
and times. the rabbi said
Schiller gave 1t as his opinion that
there are three propositions which come
from human Dature:
'First-Man is born and created free,
even though born in chains.
Second-Virtue is no empty sound, but
can De exercised and practiced by man.
'Thrd-That there is God, whose en-
ergy pervades all the material and spiritual
universe. and who exhibits the external
and interchangeable in all the changes of
human life."
The rest of the learned doctors sermon
was devoted to an analysis of these three
propositions and 10 a condemn alton Of
those utiltarians who find no merit in
human nature.
The services closed with the hymn
"Adon Olom" and the Denedction.