The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-03-16
AS CHILDREN OF ONE GOD
JEW AND GENTLE MINGLE IN THE
 BROTHERHOOD OF MAN.

BROTHERHOOD OF NAN. Impressive Fellowship Meeting at the
 Temple Mishkan Israel-CIergymen and
 Members of Several Christian Churches
 Present to Bear Tertimony to the Worlds
 Remarks of the Speakers.
 The fellowship meeting held in the Temple Mishkan Israel last evening was the most remarkable religious service of it's kind ever held in New Ha- ven.
 It was a fit termination of the beau tiful and impressive services held at the dedication of the new temple. It was, as it's name in part indicates, a love feast of the various sects and de- nominations of the city. Jew and Gen. tile, the representatives of the conserv- ative and liberal extremes of Christian theology, met upon the same platform, joined in the singing of the same hymns and seemed to heartily enjoy the same.
 An enumeration of the persons on the platform is sufficient to characterize the occasion. At the center sat Rabbi David Levy, pastor of the temple and the inspired creator and conductor of the meeting. The Jewish rabbi was thanked on his right by the Rev. Dr. Newman Smyth, pastor of one of the oldest Congregational churches in the country, the Center church on the green. On his left sat Rev. E. $. Lines, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church. At a supporting distance from this trio sat the following well known religious leaders of New Haven and vicinity: Rev. w. F. Dickerman of the Unlver- salist church, Rev. F. A. M. Brown of the Presbyterian, Rev. Dr. c. P. Mas den of the First Methodist, Rev. W. D. Mckinney of the Baptist church of An sonia, Rev. Dr. Phillips of the Redeem CT, Professors E. l.. Curtis and F. K. Sanders of the Yale Theological school, President Moritz Spier and Vice Presi- dent Charles Kleiner of the Congrega- tion Mishkan Israel
 The audience was a large one, and would have been much larger than it was had the audience room been larg- CT. As it was, the iron gates at the en- trance to the temple had to be shut against a large number to prevent a dangerous overcrowding of the build ing. Many who did gain admittance were obliged to remain standing throughout the entire meeting.
 The services were most beautiful and inspiring. The music was of the same !, ioo o,-fa q ataraotppizad Q if a the dedication on Friday and was given by the same choir as then; and the beau tiful anthems added much to the occa- sion.
 The gentlemen on the platform were there for business, namely, to speak; and the pastor, Rabbi Levy, introduced each speaker with a few happy, well chosen remarks. He himself spoke by way of welcome and introduction as follows:
 Addressing you all in the name of this congregation, I bid you a hearty welcome here tonight. Such wei come I extend to you, as we all hope to receive in the heavenly mansion of our common Father and King. This is a meeting for you all and intended to be very informal
 T wish to say to you a few words relative to the Jewish people. Perhaps this is the first time many of you have been in a Jewish place of worship, and many of you do not understand much about us. It may perhaps be said to be true of us as it has been said to be true of women, that the less there is said about us the better.
 However we do not ask you to come and look upon us as archaeological specimens or other curiosities. We are not Hebrews that is, we do not know that we are descended from them. The Hebrew is an archaeological race and we are Jews.
 "We are not again a distinct nation ality, that is, we do not look forward to the restoration of a united Palestine. We belong to the nation in which we were born and live. I, for example, am an American.
 'We are distinct community bound together by ties of a common religious faith.
 we believe in one God, the Creator of the universe and it's ruler.
 ''We believe that He is a God all wise, all powerful, God of justice, of truth, of righteousness and of love. And above all we believe in humanity.
 Our attitude toward Christianity perhaps is what causes the greatest curiosity in the average mind. Do not believe that our attitude is one of hos tility.
 We believe that higher conception of life was carried out by Christianity from the mother religion and diffused over all the world and increasing the civilization of the races with which it came in contact.
 'We believe that we have still mis- sion to perform for humanity until in a day to come the knowledge of God shall cover the earth even as the waters cover the sea"
 Rev. Dr. Smyth was next introduced and said:
 Not only does it give me great pleas ure to accept the cordial invitation of your rabbi to take part in the services of this evening, but also my memory puts me under a grateful sense of obli- gation to your people; for in my earlier ministry in a western city, when a beautiful church which ready