The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-16

Ell delivered the dedication sermon. He
chose his text from the Deutero-
nomy, "The Lord, your God, add unto
you like unto yourselves a thousand
times" He related several Midrashic and
Talmudlc anecdotes, after the manner of
the preacher of the olden time He re-
marked that the words of the text would
never be applicable to the Ohabai Shalome
Congregation if they were DESTROYS of pos
sessing the services of pastor merely for
marriages or burials. "There are Hebrews. -
said the rabbi, who look upon their re-
ligion like they would upon an allopathic
dose of medicine" and there were others
who, while good subscribers to the svna-
gogue or temple. never graced the same
with their presence.
DIR. Voorsanger did not admire those
various sections of the community who
imagined that the Shechinah. or divine
presence, was noticed in their midst and
In their midst alone. This was character
lstic OF certain people who were fond of
re1narklng, with good deal of SNUG CON-
placency, eve are the exclusive set; we
are the only people, merely on account of
the fact that they retained this or that
peculiar ceremony, form or custom. DR..
Voorsanger entered his emphatic protest
against all such and said that the asser-
lions OF these classes OF people were I'M
warranted and devoid of foundation.
The Shechinah," said the rabbi, sis in
herent in every congregation where the
name OF God is worshiped, and my war
rant for saying this is from the Talmud
itself The rabbis of old were liberal
scholars, men who were conversant with
the subjects OF which they wrote, and who
may reasonably be supposed to have fore
seen the needs of future generations"
Communal clubs and organizations re-
ceived few hard hits from the reverend
tlQrr, Jn N
these clubs thought themselves qualified
to arbitrate on matters communal. The
only persons thus qualified, said the rabbi.
are the ministers and officers of the con-
gregation, and no one else.
Mrs. j. w. Madden and choir sang a
solo, Il am Pilgrim" and Rabbi MAYER
S. Levy of the Congregation Beth Israel
offered the copsecratlon prayer in few
eloquent words. DR.. Levy's temple is of
the same shade of opinion on matters rit-
ualistic as the Congregation Ohabai Sha-
lone, and the rabbi was therefore ne
culiarly qualified for his task.
The singing of the "Adon Olam." the
benediction and an organ voluntary by f.
Dellepiane, the organist, brought the exer-
cises TO a close.
During the exercises printed subscription
forms were handed around in lieu of an
actual cash collection. and it is understood
that quite good sum was realized
The following members of the choir rem
dered efficient service during the whole of
the proceedings: Professor +. Dellepiane,
organist; Mrs. Eva Tenney and Mrs. B.
Barnett. sopranos; Mrs. ]. w. Madden
and Miss Ella Gallagher, altos d. NJ.
Lawrence and w. NJ. Simonsen, tenors;
&. |. Parent and w. V. Strunz bassos.
The committee of the Congregation
Ohabai Shalome desires to express its
thanks to the members of the Auxiliary
and to their officers for the deep interest
manifested by them in the erection and
progress of the temple. The following
were mentioned as having been particu-