The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-06
AT NEW HEBREW TEMPLE
LAYING EXERCISES
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.


The Cornerstone of the new Hebrew Tenn
pie. al Delaware and Tenth streets, was
laid yesterday afternoon at o'clock. Only
the foundation of the building is completed,
and atemporary flooring was laid TO sup
port seats for the spectators. Several hum
dred persons gathered for the ceremony.
A song by the choir opened the exercises,
then Rabbi j. wechsler. called 1.-The old
rabbi delivered prayer. The Sunday
school recited psalm. Rabbi Nj. Messing
delivered the address of the occasion. He
said. in part
God said to Moses. Speak TO the chill
dren of Israel, that they make unto Me
That is. if you Children of Israel erect for
me a temple, employing therein virtue,
piety charity brot merry 81 LOVE Wisdom w snd
understanding, the spirit OF counsel and
strength, the spirit or truth and love, the
spirit of knowledge and the fear OF Goo 70
laid this cornerstone among the children
of Israel. And this is the spirit OF Juda-
ism. Tabernacle. sacrifice and temple
have disappeared, but this spirit has sur
vived. We find II in every synagogue
over the habitable globe. 1t is our her
itage Gods spirit mas been named tnf q, oo ,Sa
Holy One is the force-the power which
has borne Israel through the ages. Moth
ing can shake it. nothing thwart It, noth-
THE hot sun. Of the South could not
burn. it up. The icy cold of the frigid
all the marts of the East could not pur-
chase It, nor the civilization and freedom
of the West weaken its force. The rod OF
caused it to glow the brighter as the
lashes fell rnercilessly upon the quivering
Ss of shs LINKS Of se pas AND
cornerstone of a building in which 70
transmit to posterity the sacred inner.
oracles received from our fathers. These
form the foundation of that temple or
harmony of peace. OF happiness ana SAL.
hope, will be read in all its grandeur.
This is the true ceremony of the laying
lief 'o of the the Jew0one God. one humanity
and every new temple and every new
place where the truths borne by JUDAISM ISM
s sery of aOS The time is not far dis
tant when the temple which Judaism Is
building will be reared in all its beauty,
and what a noble edifice il will be when
it has assumed its grand proportions. We
will see in it the embodiment OF the
Masters finished design. OF the Heavenly
Artists noble conception. This Is the tenn
pie toward which the Jews are ever wan
dering."
Herman Bamberger read a history of the
congregation from the time Of its organiza-
ton, in 1856 The ceremony of laying the
cornerstone was conducted by President
David Kahn, and In the stone was placed
copies of the Indianapolis newspapers and
documents relating to the church. Conspic-
uous onsthe first pages Of the newspapers
were accounts Of the revision Of the sentence
of Dreyfus and the arrangements for a fair
trial of the charges against him. The ex-
ercise ended with a song by the choir and
the recitation of a prayer for the dead.
The new temple will face Delaware street
and the main entrance will lead TO large
vestibule the whole width of the sudito-
rum. Stairways lead from this vestibule 10
the G. ry. The auditorium will have a
seating capacity of about 200. Over the
center of the auditorium there will be a
dome of thirty-six feet diameter. Back OF
the auditorium will be the Sunday-school
building, together with the minister's study
and other rooms This part Of the build
ing will be two stories. The whole exterior
will be executed in stone and gray pressed
brick. The style of architecture win be a
classic renaissance. The cost OF the build
ing will be about $4,000 complete, 10 which
is added $1,000 for the ground. making a
total of $4,000. A large pipe organ will be
contracted for in few days