Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-23

for US today. For everything great and
glorious in connection with the sublime
deed for the salvation of Israel. yea of all
mankind. uplifts our hearts also. We, too,
enjoy and boast of the name of Israel with
which God has so intimately connected the
glory of His own name We shall rejoice
and glorify in the mission received from
God to preach His truth to the nations.
We rejoice this holy night that God has
saved us, that He has protected us, that he
has chastised and yet preserved US. May
we ever be moved to gratitude to the Most
High, and may His worship never cease
from our midst, but remain our sacred her
itage from father unto son, from mother
unto daug hter-aye, even to the remotest
generatiOnS.'
A public Seder was held last Thursday
evening in the temple of the Washington
Hebrew Congregat ton, on Sth street between
II and | streets northwest, as an object les
son to the children. Rev. DR.. Louis Stern
and Rabbi Abram Simon ofIicated and eX-
planned the meaning of each action to the
little ones. The order of service for the
home was followed closely and an immense
audience was present to witness the i'm
pressve ceremony. The hall was decorated
with American flags. and in one place in the
ceremony the children sang America to
show their patriotism for their adopted
land.
The Washington Hebrew Congregation is
observing the festival of the Passover in
detail day by day. The final days serv-
ices, which Will be among the most I'M
pressive and significant of the entire week.
will begin next Tuesday at shutdown and
end at sunset the next day. Saturday yes
terday) being the Jewish Sabbath, was OBJ
served in the usual manner with public
worship and rest in the homes.
A Religion of Decd
1t is boldly asserted by Jewish teachers
that their religion is not one of creed but
of deed; that its main purpose is to teach
man to live honestly, to live uprightly, to
enjoy the good things which God has placed
on earth for his benefit, and to walk in the
paths which God has pointed out. No Jew
ish creed was ever formulated until about
the twelfth century, when Mamonides COM
piled what is termed the Thirteen Articles
Oh Faith, but even this was decried by the
rabbis of that time as by most of those of
the present day. 1t has since been deemed
encroachment upon the religious rights
of the children of Israel.
Ceremonies are said to be meaningless in
themselves except as they serve to impress
certain ideas and principles upon the mind.
The practice of the Jewish religion includes
a number of ceremonies, mostly of q do
nestle character, and the fidelity with
which the Jews scattered throughout every
land, have chung to them indicates it is
claimed, that they have served a useful
purpose. containing within themselves the
essential germs of their faith and binding
them in bonds of ndissoluble brotherhood
The existence of the jewish religion, it is
claimed. is not due alone to the elasticity
of its principles, but to the broad platform
of faith which 1t has erected, SO that men
with every diversity of opinion stand Shout
der to shoulder within the folds of Judaism
as long as they recognize the existence of
one Supreme Being. The sages have car
ried out this idea so far to declare that
lone, who is not an idolator is Jew