Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-09-15

the choir, after which, in the absence
OF Rabbi Bonheim of Las Vegas, Rev.
w. J. Marsh, the new Congregational
minister, led in prayer, asking Gods
divine blessing upon the house OF
prayer that was to be dedicated to his
service.
The Handing OF the key by Miss
Lillian Spitz, to the president. II. N.
Jana. was n very pretty ceremony, Mr..
Jana responding In a few well chosen
appropriate words.
How Lovely Are Thy Tabernscles."
was another appropriate anthem rem
dered by the choir.
After the reading OF Genesis III to5.
by Rev. Bruce Kinney OF the Baptist
church, the choir rendered the anthem.
Let There be Light" and as the first
notes burst forth with the words, Let
there be light" a large number Of In
candescent lights were turned on.
flooding the place with a brilliant glow.
thus fulfilling the words OF the song.
Solomon's prayer was read by Rev. Il.
c. Beattie. pastor OF the Presbyterian
church.
The Dedication Anthem" by the
choir, was followed by the d%edication
address by Rabbi VIM. Friedman.
DR.. Friedman. a distinguished rabbi
of Denver, delivered the dedication
ermo and demonstrated the fact that
his fame as q pulpit orator il OF no
mean proportions. His ermon In sub
stance, was as follows;
when the Jews had learned in the
iron crucible of suffering that they had
an historic destiny they arose fully to
the occasion, and It Ia to the martyr
dom OF our forefathers centuries ago,
that Judaism owes its wonderful vital
ity to-day. There is no more pathetic
picture in all history than the suffering
of the Jews after the destruction of
Jerusalem. And yet ills often asked,
why is It tina the jew has survived all
material things? 1t is this: The Jews
were hunted, tortured and scoffed at
and yet through all this degradation.
this lowly, humble race bore 1t man
fully and bravely because they were
living for an ideal, were fighting for a
truth that should endure through all
the ages, though thrones should tumble
and empires pass away. In their breasts
there lived a dominant impulse that
they had a destiny to fulhll and that
destiny was that they were to be the
light to all the people of the earth.
You. my fellow Jews, are the hlsto-
rlc and llneal descendants OF such stock
as this. Is 1t a thing to be passed over
lightly, or, and l griye to say IL,
ashamed of. II YOU are scoffed at re-
gardlng your race, remember the reply
OF Lord Beaconsneld to his political en-
emies that he was the d%escen4ant of the
moral genluses who have given to the
world the fabric of modern civilization.
whoever would be ashamed OF that roll
of honor In which his fathers names
are inscribed, should indeed be an OBJ
ject OF pity. And yet there are those
among our young men and women who.
through lack of proper teaching, have
come to look upon Judaism as some
thing antiquated.
What does Judaism stand for? In
a word, II stands for all that is good
and noble. broad and generous, divine
and uplifting. and what lights that
have flashed up through all its history
OF forty centuries are but the lights
from the taper given the daughter by
the mother-for Christianity and Is
lam are but the daughters Of Judaism.
Judaism has outllved all forms OF re-
liglon that appeals to the heart and
bestows a kiss and caress upon every
child OF sorrow and suffering. This is
illustrated not by mere words but by
deeds and for examples you need but
refer to the Jewish hospitals and homes
dotting the country like lighthouses of
hope and comfort.
The Jew has often been accused OF