New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-09-15
JEWS LAMENT THE BLOW
MEN AND WOMEN WEEP AND
PRAY IN SYNA GOGU YES.
RABBITS IN NEW YEAR SERMONS EULO-
GIZE THE LATE PRESIDENT AND
DENOUNCE THE ASSASSIN.

The tone of Joy which usually pervades the
Year. was changed in this city yesterday to one
OF deepest mourning. Long and impressive
services We're held in all the synagogues in the
city, and in every instance prayers were offered
Tor the late President. In some of the syna-
gogues the blow struck at the nation was re-
ferred to in striking terms by the rabbis
The crowds We're even larger than usual, and
at the larger churches policemen. stationed at
the doors. kept out those who came from Curl
osity. Even then many worshppers were COM
PEELED to stand The people seemed to feel the
Presidents death more than ever when they sat
in their pews and listened to the service. Many
heads were bowed and eyes lowered throughout
the entire service
An impressive feature of the service in all the
synagogues was the prayer for the dead. On
ordinary occasions only the men and women
who have been bereaved within the year arise
and say the prayer in which the dead are re-
memhered, but at yesterdays service entire
congregations took part in the prayer and said
Kadish for the dead President.
At the West End Synagogue Dr. Fred De Sofa
Mendes is the rabbi The synagogue was crowd
ed to the doors. and expressions of grief were
freely exchanged between members of the con-
gregation they went into the house OF prayer
Rabbi Mendes said:
Before everything else this morning voice your
sentiments and my own when 1 say that grief is
Of the nn has IN
and S had The ally act Of the
never be forgotten. Coming at time when our
terrible shock Let us try and realize the depth Of
sorrow that rests upon his family and upon his
the has a aa ~oM er IKE
spared for many years to come. We can only say,
Lord God. Thou knowest best
Central Park West there was also a large at
tendance. DR.. H. Pereira Mendss made refer
ences to the sorrow of the nation at the death
OF President Mckinley and offered prayers for
Mrs. Mckinley.
The Rev. Dr. Joseph Silverman, rabbi of Tenn
pie Emanuel, Forty-thrd-st. and Ffth-ave.,
devoted good part OF his sermon to the Presi-
dents death. He began by tracing the history
OF government from the family circle through
different changes TO the present form OF demo-
cratic government. He showed the amount of
liberty OF thought and of action a citizen pos
and said IL was crime and a shame that a
man should be found who would commit the
dastardly crime of assassinating the man who
represented this liberal and benign government.
He asked his congregation to give serious con-
sideration to any laws that might be proposed
TO restrain anarchists. Prayers were also Of
fered for Mrs. Mckinley.
Rabbi Samuel schuman delivered stirring
sermon, dealing with the BuNdlo Tragedy, at
Temple BETHEL The preacher contrasted the
characters OF the true believer, exemplihed
in the Presidents life, and Of the anarchists and
atheists as represented by Czolgosz. He said In
part:
The dying words OF the President. Thy will be
done" represent the triumph OF the spirit over
the brute nature OF such man as the assassin
The late President possessed qualities that could
not he reached by the murderer's bullet. A man
without God is guin. With God In his heart he is
magnificent temple Of which Reason is ths
foundation and Divine law the foundation Anarchy
is the incarnation godessness. 1t is the outward
expression of a corrupted and morbid moral sense.
Dr. Isaac S. Moses conducted the services at
Temple Ahavath Chesed. Lexington-ave.. and
Fifty frth-st. and delivered a eulogy Of the
dead President. The seating capacity of the
Temple is 1900 and fully half that number
could not gain an entrance.