The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-09

Gregatton or Montgomery, vacated the pulpit of beautiful Temple Beth Or last night. He delivered his farewell ser. mon to a great congregation that filled the large auditorium of the house of worship.
 Those who went to hear the farewell sermon of Rabbi Messing were not Jews alone. There were great numbers Of people there from other denomina- tions of Montgomery. Such was the love, esteem and reverence in which the distinguished young rabbi was held
 Al the conclusion of the farewell ser mon, the retiring Rabbi was presented with . handsome gold watch and chain, and series of resolutions on behalf of the congregation of Kahl Montgomery. The congregation was profoundly moved. Dr. Messing was deeply affected. The Rabbi leaves Montgomery with the universal regret of its people.
 Rabbi Messing will leave Montgom- cry Thursday evening for Chicago where he will reside permanently. He said he would never cease to love Mont gomery and its people, and 1t would be supreme pleasure for him when he could pay his former home an oc- casional visit. He will be succeeded by Rabbi B. c. Ehrenreich, of Philadelphia, WnO VIII ICdCh XNoht6OihStJ AA o~FN~--- Der.
 The farewell sermon last night was preceded by the regular Sabbath ser vices which Dr. Messing conducted in manner unusually impressive.
 Tn speaking his farewell. the rab- bi was filled with emotion. His voice was full of that pathos, that eloquence' that fineness of delivery that have characterized his sermons in Mont- Lt aAdraQgaa In
 The subject, of Rabbi Messing's last .When I am Gone.'' He chose as his text; If only thou thou see sY Rs RsnSs whfn ii1o
 "The Prophet Elijah is bidding a last farewell to the comrade whom he iov- ed" said Dr. Messing" Tt is pain one. one their hopes one, their prospects one. They had wrought on the same tasks. And now had come the momens of parting and good;.5ye; gd;y @ ran tha ~oaso nas ter tarryand from his heart. 1mpetuous with emotion and anguish long sup pressed. there swells a last request I pray thee. let a double portion ol ter gives reply. A hard thing hast thou asked of. me If only thou see me when am taken from thee 1t shall be granted, but If not 1t shall not be-. If only thou see me when am taken from thee as the Bible has 1t, meaning to say. If only thou thinkest of me when I am gone. Great seer, & go that knew thee shall know thee no more forever. But the. dews Of thy remembrance shall quicken again the heart of the disciple who comes fo wear thy mantle and to fill thy place, Thou art .raptured into heaven but. ..Thou hast left behind
 Powers that will work for thee. earth
 
 There's not 2 breathing of the com That win forget thee; thou hast great Thy friends are exuitations. agonies, And love. and mans unconquerabie acontrast now this .dificuit farewell Of Eiijah with the unlamented depar- ture of the king in whose region he lived, that odious monarch of whom the Good Book says: Thirty and tWo rye throne and he reigned In Jerusalem eight years, and departed without De- ing desired. @ Chron. xxi:2o) De, Away, that is. and nobody. regretted his removal Nobody cared. Nobody missed him, unless, indeed. as we miss Rainful. and disagsesabieb gS things wIsh Wnea
 "ren years ago last October, dear friends. the former Rabbi of this tenn
 
 to you and for nine years I have been ministering unto you. This Sabbath l am your rabbi for the last time, and 1t has assn seemed to appTopaain p n single fe ds f1eIi fried to T give soSA you and which. whatever my lot hSpe tS Por bear w;ss wlsness to turS fO your thoughts away from me and from yourself and from the occasion to the message and that alone that sGfps Rfns S %Se Sepse %hout ths being desired but like him who left many to think of him after he had gone: .,o., family, not because we are of one creed or of one country or even or one race, but because we are of one are children of God. or perhaps ii would be more accurate to say that we are becoming the children of God Man is bss hos msn onS ds beggep ger to give hints of what he means to be. We are emerging from the animal into the divine, and though relics of the Of the earth earthly, there Is in every one of us a true kinship with the ever lasting Father. Al.
 T say that we are becoming 1no ,n9e n9e the temple and I observe differences see that not all are wrought In the same image, that no two think alike speak alike. act alike. Our record as a congregation. 1t is said. has been one of uubroken harmony. and yet l suppose there has never been a time that we have not had divisions.
 "The poet sings:
 Once to every man and nation
 Comes the moment to decide;
 In the fight of truth with falsehcod, For the good or evil side.
 ~'Some great cause, Gods new Messiah Offering each the bloom or blight
 Parts the sheep upon the left hand And the goats upon the right. And the choice goes by forever
 Tiwxt that darkness and that light
 What is true of others is also true been time in our community when 1t was not easy to distinguish between the sheep and the goats; The fact Is upon me that we have here really two kinds of Judaism. each excellent in its way. but which ought to have each a separate development
 "To you who n feei that ss4 some rNnt li,neS Be- cause I love Israel less, but because I love my country more let it be said, and let it be said here, am not of those who wax into tbe the nresept Iesep9 npside down. TO all who are against me, I paraphrase the words of the old Roman: Who Is here so rude that would got sn ss an poAd Amfriosa9 If WSo Sny "a here so base that still would bc a bondsman? If any. speak; for him have I offended. Who Is here so vile that viii not love his counsryr If rt,ny, any, of that when I am gone.
 "That has been my message, and yet