The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-04

- ,sa.fval Of pentecost, tho ancient lie
- ,ess OF weeks, was celebrated with
srnresstye ceremonies yesterday morning
~ str Temple de Hirsch in Morris hall,
st,cb was beautifully decorated with flow
srx for the occasion.
7shs chief feature OF the exercises was
~ con,irrnation Of eleven young people OF
n. church. They were Sara Colsky, Cora
rs,tsisp,eI. Eta Dinkelspiel, Leah Gr7In-
ann, Cecilia Hardman. Estelie NJ Leo
SN Belle J. Singerman, Jacob L. Elster,
s.rs,el T.. Friedman, David Himmelhoch
and Alfred u. Marks.
TIVE programme was elaborate, consist
,,r of religious exercises. a sermon by
psbht Joseph and essays and addresses by
,hs m4mhers of the confirmation class.
ina hall was crowded with the relatives
md friends OF the young people, and many
visitors.
pai,bi Joseph's sermon was on the sub
,set The Jew Before the World" He said
n part:
.srhere are occasions when speech seems
inadeqnteIy 20 express The longing OF the
human eoul or the sentiments OF the throD-
Mnx heart This, my friends Is one OF
these occasions. As ! contemplate our
frrt service In jefferson hall. the initial
aeapn of the confirmation class, the
sreyi,y az their preparation. tire SKIN Of
their recitation and the Significance and
mnctity of this browning ceremony, then
my tongue seems lame. nv thoughts De-
come fugitive. but the sight OF this festal
convocation clad in holiday garb and these
promising youths vested In the symbolic
color OF purity. | am hlled with an In
sxpresslble JOY
History of the Festival.
~The festival we celebrated forty-nine
days ago corlmemoratei the birthday Of
the nation and the feast observed at this
hour marks the birthday of Judaism as a
religion: for on this day, many, many
centuries ago, our ancestors were present
which e israel s. the ' nations nsa nAm"ney
has not yet appreciated. Seven weeks
after the children OF Israel were liberated
from Egyptian bondage. When they were
ye, In their infancy AS a nation. they were
selected by God as the recipients OF that
code OF ethics. rs monumental as end,r-
Ing. the decaloeue. che Ten Command
annals OF our history, that the Midrash
relates, cataraots stopped flowing and the
sea stood still birds became mute and
animals dumb. the seraphim and angels
rested their wings. the pillars of the globe
uembled. when the Single voice was heard
prcciaiming Il am the Lord Thy God. which
wy. ' ''' Wv ' '''N " ''''
"Another tradition reports that in seven
" different languages was the decaloEue
promulgated. one for each OF the seventy
nations watch the ancients assumed 10
have existed. In this latter anecdotp, ~
contained the universality Of Judaism the
the jew has gone. IN whatever land he has
pitched his tent he has taken with him
These ten roots of sinai. planted th-m IN
other climates. so that In each lnnd a
new Sinai could raise It's peak Wherever
tho sails OF commerce are hoisted. there
the Jew has been n pioneer: wherever a
the Jew has knocked for admission and
and blessed his fellowmen with the skill
Of his hand. the genius Of HIS head and
the emotions OF his heart.
Look for How many souls
have not been thrilled how many halls
have not resounded with storms OF ap-
piauee for Rachel the divine or Bern
hard,. the ,ncompar IN hlc7 Search you for
composers and musicians What cathedral
walls have not sstook through the notes
Of Helevy Meyerbeer, or Mendeis-
~ahnY Ask you for poetss Who ran count
tie languages into which the poems o. n
Heine. the novels Of "A DisrReli the stories
Of a zangwill have been tmnsiated7
Hebrews as PhiIauthropists.
'po you demand some philanthropy The
muniacence OF Hirach or Rothschild puts
70 blush thu iiberallty of our American
Nanderhilts. You say We have no ~tates-
men See a Gamb0tta, Rissser or Las
ker their faces luminous With the fiame OF
hsEninR patriotism. pointing the finger OF
schrn u tho anti seuitee pleading 80
Wrnchant tones fog their wronged core
hSionis,s
M Ia some inland Spanish vtllsge follow
vigorous son walking NJ the side OF an
Med mother led IN the center Of tho mar
kes square by an inauisltor and there. sur
ruundei by naminx fagnts for no other sin
pan t1ai ~ believing I'm one true eternal
God Who tells you thar ~ have no
,,~rrsf iAsen 20 the answer of George
Eliot. n0hler woman than whom never
eFcathed. The Jews arr among the aris-
e-rscS ~ every land; II literature "a
e1uei rich IN the possession Of a few
@"ssac tragedies what shall VIZ SAY 80 a
hsuo,ai tragedy lasting for $50 years
~ which TIE poets aud aCrcra were also
Ne hesoes James Anthony Froudc the
ssTihSai~sas~i English historian has -aid
tnat no people on earth have scored ~
ns'ins mark n the worlds history AZ
he .irv~ks ana tho Jews but ~ the two.
.saton~ Athens or 1orusshen' pefnos-
.nN'ies az Isaiah olympus or Sina1e Let
We e~acle NJ history answer
g. Today universal religion - prouhetl.
alssl@n NhIral culture 10 tho u1osiiaed
trlsian - Israel Tho newest ,ianacr for
se.M iustk'e IN thu sclnoOl ~ p,liticai
fatherlani NJ Goi and bratNcrho,d ~
.srAn aecentuatcd So often az this ,ia.. ts
yssish liberal Chtlrtianity is Jawish Tho
rehSiNn ~ husrw,rlty Is jewish. the rery-t
ns'A tho Latest nhihesopherp tho keenesf
Aanoasish tt~ most yrlui reszi,. tHtnkars
s su''e 1sNt@h pr7ntples Jewish texts ar~
sAtsd lrNf@o palms ctautci fcwi~',
rpnae's studied tho jewish N1A@ read
y church. chau-A ana IN mosque thr,ug-
80 n. uniNtr~s Why gyionds JeygiNs
Seni9a belfs tho earth
sTown OF judaism
Wei can N1eee crnnr'uants ~rfat-s ,-
ne iastchces lineage that Is theirs well
So naiN'ufv rhap them ~ their l-tserY, ~,
suNt1u att r-ttiurdr Well can id.
ssab NJ Ne' arA1as amt SruorAted enother
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tes f'liavirs MAS thc order - services
an tne f.-.aarlu.t..F
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