The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-02
Chairman Frankel Of Con-
gregation's Building As
ISOLATION Performs Cere-
mony at Holly Avenue and
Arundel Street - Rabbis
Hess, Rypins and Deinard
Address the Assem- blage

Inc laying OF the corner stone OF
the new temple of the Mount Zion
Hebrew congregation, Holly avenue
and Avon street, yesterday afternoon
was attended by impressive ceremo-
MES.
The temple stand on the southeast
corner of the street crossings, and the
beautiful, large stone laid yesterday
occupies a conspicuous place at the
northwest corner of the building.
The stone bears the inscription:
founded 1857. Erected 1903" In a
solid copper receptacle, which was
imbedded in the mortar beneath the
piece of granite, were placed by ia
cob Dittenhofer, president of the con-
gregation, copies Of all the st. Paul
papers, together with several Hebrew
publications.
The official laying of the stone was
performed by Max Frankel, chairman
of the building association of the con-
gregatiOn.
Rabbi E. L. Hess, who delivered the
Introductory address, said in part:
Grace and glory to the Lord for
permitting us to live and gather here
to lay a corner stone to His glorif1-
cation today. Yea grace and glory
unto Him by who's support we nave
learned to withstand the onslaught of
the centuries. Doubly may we give
praise unto Him, for this, today, is a
renewal of the covenant made by our
fathers in the East 5000 years ago.
Must Look to the West for Peace.
"Time vas when all men said proud
ly: Elk Oriente lux!' but the tables
have turned. Here in the growing
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public we can build for ourselves tenn
pies n no man modest us. Today in
the East our brethren are being slain
by hundreds; and from here to there
the aid is now going. The tables
have turned. From the East now
comes darkness! From the West must
come the hospitality and the peace.
To the sufferers who have never
tasted of the lotus buds of white
winged peace, and freedom, and lib
erty unbounded, we cannot do less
than give of the substance this land
has granted us.
Poor did the Jew come to this land
of the free, but he has prospered. His
every effort has been crowned with
success. Let us not forget those who
suffer and die for the sacred faith
across the waste of waters.
"And now. in conclusion, let me say
that in leaving that little temple,
across the way from our city high
school, for the spacious. grandeur Of
this, let US not forget that the little
old place has been to us a mother,
a friend, the home of u religion and
the earthly embodiment Of our hopes.
Let US not forget"
DR.. l. L. Rypins, in his short ad-
dress, said in part:
This, my friends, is a day of con-
graduation. We are not only building
an earthly temple-We are building a
temple that shall rear its walls spirit
ually as we'll as materially. It is to be
a monument to the vicissitudes Of time,
the ~checkered career of persecution
and the world wide wanderings of our
people. To us this Western world is
to be a new tenure of life. We are
building anew in this Western world
and this Western phase and this West
ern time! But while u outward
surroundings are new, we are erecting
on the solid foundation Of the good
old religion, building or the truth and
the promises that have been our holy
heritage for three thousand years!
and God is eve with us, and
watching US today laying this corner
stone; for We are building on the cor
ner stone of the principles of Judaism
and the conSecrated Brotherhood Of
Man.
Not Building in a BoastfuI Spirit.
"And why are we building this tenn
pie? 1t is not that the old was not
sufficiently c~ommodious, we never had
to place chairs in the aisles. 1t is not
in a spirit of boastfulness or vain
g~loriousness, for We do not want no.
toriety. We are building it in the true
spirit of the Jewish faith the first
principle of which is to pursue the way
quietly, surely and fearlessly. We are
transplating the dominant spirit of the
good old time-the tree of Judaism;
and the fount Of this tree shall yet
quench the thirst Of the world.
1--WE bless the and in which we live,
this land in which we can preach our
perfect faith. And I would have you
satiate yourselves in this perfect faith
which breaches one perfect God and
perfect conduct in life The simplest
religion that exiStsi
Though every of ingenious
attack has been brought to peal upon
US, though cruel p~otentates have per-
secuted, and though the more re-
fined and specious sort of prejudices
bears heavily upon our people, though
the fruits Of tyranny be our lot we Will
not fa1ter. And the time is surely to
come when the perfect faith, the true
religion shall prevail; when peace
h sit crowned beneath her own fg
tree, even as our father, Moses, led his
people from the wilderness.
Il congratulate you, my people, may
peace and plenty be yours, and may
Gods blessing rest upon this temple Of
ours and the faith Of which it is the
outward and visible sign"
DR.. Rypins was followed by Rabbi
S. N. Deinard, Minneapolis, who spoke
Of the fact that this was a doubly
blessed and sacred occasion for the
congregation Of Mt. Zion.
Together with the corner stone cere-
monial vas combined the ceremony of
the Feast of Weeks, the anniversary
Of the occasion of the giving Of the
laws to Moses Upon Mount Sinai, bet
ter known as Penticost. He told Of
how earnest was his wish that his con-
gregation of Minneapolis might soon
be enabled to perform the ceremony
OF laying such a corner stone-the cor
ner stone of Judaism.
With the benediction pronounced by
DR.. Rypins the assemblage dispersed.
Federal Grand Jury Drawn.
Grand iupOrq for tho fodaroJ +or,o, "a