The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-28
DEED TO HIS HOME
THE GIFT OF MICkVA ISRAEL CON-
IRRIGATION TO RABBI MENDEs.
AT HIS SILVER JUBILEE
CHRISTIAN MINISTER'S JOINED IN
CELEBRATION.

the Passionate of Rev. DR.. 1. =.
Mendes-The InvOntion by Rev. DR..
Fair, and Rev. Charles II. Strong
Gave Greeting on Behalf of the
Ministers of the City-President
Presented "a Deed, Representing n
Gift of $2,6O0-Letter From Rev.
David Marx of Atlanta, Who Was
Unable to BE Present.
The twenty-ffth anniversary of the
pastorate of Rev. DR.. I. P. Mendes,
rabbi of the Congregation Miclkva Is
rael, was celebrated at the Temple
last night with appropriate services.
The Temple was filled by the con-
gregation and by those of other faiths
Tasteful decorations of cut flow
ers and foliage plants lent their beauty
and fragrance to the scene. Upon the
tall standards. supporting the gas jets,
at either side of the platform, were
wreaths, one surrounding the date
1877, that of the beginning of DR.. Men
des' connection with the congregation,
and the other the date 1902
Seated upon the platform were Dr.
Mendes, Rev. DR.. James Y. Fair, pas
tor of the Independent Presbyterian
Church; Rev DR.. John D. Jordan, pas
tor of the First Baptist Church; Rev.
w. L. McCorkle, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church; Rev. Robert
VanDeventer, pastor of the Duffy
Street Baptist Church; Rev NJ. ]. Ep-
ting, pastor of st. PauTs Lutheran
Church. Rev. Charles H. Strong, rector
of St Johns; Rev. ]. L. Scully, rector
of st. Pauls; Mr.. Joseph Rosenheim,
president of the Congregation Mickva
israel; Mr.. s. Herman, vice president;
Mr.. M S. Byck, Mr.. j. E. Gutman, Mr.
&c. a. Well Mr.. A. S. Guckennelmer
Mr.. l. y. Solomons, Mr.. Lawrence
Lippman, Mr.. Lee Roy Myers and MI.
Jacob Gazan.
Beautiful music by the large choir
was interspersed with the other num-
bers of the programme, which required
more than two hours for its compile
ton. Mr. Rosenheim announced, after
the opening hymn, that the records of
the congregation showed that it was
twenty-five years ago that DIR. Mendes
assumed the ministry, and that it was
IN celebration of the twenty an
nlVersary the exercises were held He
introduced Rev. DR.. Fair, who offered
an eloquent prayer.
The ChiIdren's Greeting
The children of the Sabbath-school
entered to the strains of a procession
al, and were ranged in the central
aisle, while Master Joe NJ Byck as
cended to the pulpit and there deliv-
cred a greeting to DR.. Mendes. The
youth spoke with a ready flow of
words he
the school. its congratulations and the
hope that DR.. Mendes' ministry in the
congregation might grow until it had
Dr. Mendes made a fitting reply to
the address OF Master Byck, which was
highly commended, after which
psalm was sung by the children of the
Sabbath-school.
Rabi David Marx of Atlanta was to
have been present to deliver the ad-
dress of the occasion, but he was pre-
vented because of a death in his con-
gregation. Mr. Gazan made this an
nouncement reading the following let
ter from DIR. Marx:
Mr.. Joseph Rosenheim, President
Mickva Israel: My Dear Sir-I had
hoped to voice my sentiments at the
re-marriaSe of Mickva Israel and its
beloved leader The disappointment is
so deep that l shall but mention
it. Permit me, dear sir, to congratu-
late you and your people upon this
anniversary. Honor thy father and
thy mother is the tenor of this jubi-
liant hour. The example you set is
priceless in the education of your
youths and maids. The teacher is as a
father unto his pupils. Your gather
ing tonight is an object lesson in
piety and devotion. Your beloved
guide these five and twenty years is
worthy of your assembly in his honor;
you prove yourselves worthy by the
manner in which you make glad The
heart of that noble son of duty-my
close friend and brother, DIR. Mendes
Il would ask of you that you express
to the congregation my deep sense of
gratitude that l was deemed lit by
them to participate in a family gather
ing so laudable and holy; my heartfelt
regrets that | cannot share in the hap
piness of your meeting; my sincere
prayers that God bless the warmheart-
ed people of Savannah and their he
loved rabbi granting unto all many
years wherein you shall strengthen
each the hands of the other. God bless
your noble work"
The following telegram from Mr..
Joseph Hirsch, president of the Atlanta
congregation, to Mr. Rosenheim, was
read by Mr.. Gazan: "Gemilath Chesed
congratulates Mickva Israel and it's be-
loved rabbi and wishes them "A jubilee
celebration"
Rev. Mr.. Strong extended greeting to
DIR. Mendes on behalf of the ministers
of the city.
"Dr. Mendes and members of the
Congregation of Mickva Israel" said
Mr.. Strong. II esteemed it a great
pleasure that you have asked me, a
Christian minister, to extend 20 Your
honored pastor, in this Hebrew syna-
gogue, our congratulations upon the
completion of his 25th anniversary.
Time was when the Christian clergy
extended to their Jewish neighbors
something different from congratula-
ton; you stand in no danger tonight,
my brother, from any persecution of
ours, save a very friendly one. Let US
mutually rejoice that those old days of
hatred and persecution have passed
away; that everywhere. save in a few
benighted lands the Hebrew and the
Gentle live together as fellow citizens
and men. Let us thank God for a
country where race aniimosity, relig-
ious bigotry, and seCtarian intolerance
have ceased to exist. And may the
curse of Uzza rest upon any man who
lays his hand upon the sacred ark of
religious love and toleration
Twenty-Five Years n Long Time.
Your ministry in this synagogue
covers, my brother, almost the life
time of a generation. 1t is for your
people to tell-as they have abundant
ly manifested by their presence here
at this anniversary to-night-what that
ministry has been to them. What to