Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-09-02

& Forth in you an ardent love for all that
is holy-for all that is divine.
i Let every spot serve you as conse-i
Grated ground to stand firm in the up
holding of right, of truth. of justice and
humanity. Z ia, =: y. <. * s
Have a hope in thy sorrow,
| A calm in thy joy:s !
! Have n work that is worthy bs
Thy life to employ.
And oh! above all things on
| This side the sod,
Have peace withy thy conscience
And peace with thy Cod"
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Divine Redeemer," by Miss Blanche
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ADDRESS OF RABBI CALISCH.
The installation address was deliv-
cred by Rabbi e. N. Calisch, Of Rich
mond, and was an eloquent, chaste and
ornate production. Among the many
excellent passages in his address, we re-
produce the following:
The speaker began by saying that the
departure OF DR.. Emerson left him, in
point OF service, the senior rabbi in
the State of Virginia, and that as such
ne came to bring TO the congregation
the greeting and congratulations Of his
own, them sister congregation in Rich
mond, and to speed the parting and
welcome the coming workers In the
sacred vineyard The message that he
bore to them was one that could be
brought to every congregation in the
land, but to them it had an added ap-
peal. You are standing" he said,
at an epoch marking moment in the
history CT your congregation. You are
parting with an old, tried and valued
friend, who by virtue OF his holy Office
and by the years of his service has be-
come identified with the dearest and
r,f live "
giving yourselves over tonight TO the
leadership of one who has been reared
Ill different atmosphere, and who, by
reason of his training, will bring to
You the message of our faith in varied
form and tone. Yet it will be rho same
message, the same call that has rung
| down the corridors OF the buried CEN
turtles. that has been heard and an
swered by every generation"
The speaker then referred to the
| figure of Abraham, ready TO sacrifice
his dearest treasure at the call OF faith.
And we have that same figure, repro
duced in every age, as by Some mighty
mmeoSraph of history. In every gen
Grafton do we see the figure of Israel
climbing the mountain-side of disas
| ter, danger and sorrow, bringing end
less sacrifices upon the altar of his
faith. lie then contrasted the condi-
| ton OF the Jews OF Russia, Roumania
| anu Europe, With lnaC OIL
| france, Germany, and then with Eng
land and the United States. Though
| the conditions here were most happy
| yet occasionally they were reminded
| that even here in free America there
are some, IN whose breasts freedom had
not found full Judgment There were
events now and then occurring that
taught us how slow is mans spiritual
development, how tenacious he is OF
MS follics, his SuperstitonS, and his
hatreds.
4 But such things were easily borne by
one who had. the conviction of his faith
That was the keynote of his message,
the necessity for the conviction of
, faith. Abraham of old had it, and fol-
lowing him there were generations OF
wlllinS victims and heroic martyrs, to
whom their belief was more than all
. the world could Offer to whom the con-
Vlction of the truth of their cause was
| remedy for every ill., redress for
every wrong, all anodyne for every
pain. sweet Nepenthe to the aching
souls that mourned for the dead who
Tell. not OH the field OF battle but in
the shambles of mans inhumanty
God tried Abraham, of old. He is
trying US to-day, but in different man
ner, by the Very happiness Of our con-
ditions. Prosperity is a harder task
master than adversely. Man considers
that his disasters come from the Power
greater than his own, and appeals TO
God for aid. The success he enjoys he
conceives to be his own triumph, the
fruit of the skill of his hand and the
cunning of his BRAIN
Inc speaker appealed to the congre-
cation not to fall into this error. You
as Il coHgTegItIUn,- are entering into
new relations. Do YOU, also as indi-
viduals enter into new and closer re-
lations with that for which the congre-
CATION stands? / you wish your min
lister TO do good work you must uphold
his hands. Above all. things do not
!, consider that the minister alone should
maintain all religious duties He ia
not proxy to fulhll your obligations
for you. 10 keep the ceremonies, the
Sabbath and the holidays while You
may do as YOU please. He is the pilot
OH the ship of life, but You are not
The passengers, to sit idly in the cabin,
~ ihc crew. who must work with him
side by side, follow his directions and
obey his instructions, ana then If he
lead wisely and truly, ana lin the fear
of God, and with knowledge of apprS-
citation of his sacred task as l pray
, heaven he WILL the ship of your congre-
sational life VIII weather every storm
and ride serenely in the sheltered har-
Dor of Gods own truth and surprising
peace.
turning to the newly elected Rabbi
Rev. Mr.. Callsch said: ITO YOU. my
prother, extend warm and fraternal
greeting could point out TO You the
dangers and the difficulties that bese,
your pain. but the pointing out would
not lessen them nor even guide you to
| overcome them. You must meet them
as they come. The indifference and
GOODNESS. the acknowledgements and dis
appointments that You will meet may