The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-09
IMPORTANCE OF CHOOSING RULERS Told by Rev. Dr. David Levy in a Sermon Yesterday at the
 Temple Mishkan
 Israel
SERVICE WELL ATTENDED
Was First Regular Sunday Meeting This Ycar-Ccntral Topic of Scr mon Was "Thc Lesson
 of Election"

The first regular Sunday service of the Temple Mishkan Israel held yes tcrday morning was well attended pr. David Levy preached on the subject "Thc Lesson of Election"
 Last year. there were q few services held on Sundays In the synagogue as an experiment and proved successful enough to be continued this year They are to be held each sunday and there will also be tho usual Saturday services.
 The sermon yesterday morning was followed hy the national hymn, "Amer- ica." by the entire congregation,
 The sermon opened with a reference to the pervading influences of election day on the thoughts of everyOnel He said that the eastern monarchies would be impressed with the spectaclcs of our election ballot system,
 "We have learned from the past election" he said, "as perhaps never before so forcibly and unmistakably of tho need and obligation of choosing rulers. whose character and fitness, ir- respective of party afliliation, are de- manded by the widening Influence of the republic and It's concurrent deepen ing obligation to our growing civillza- ton. We have learned by this election that principles are greater than parties, and that the will of the people as ex- pressed in its verdict at the polls is surer indication of the spirit of the re- public than the platform of the faction and the nnammable interpretation O them and the promises of their spell binding advocates We have learned, too. that parties and caucuses and political machines though useful and necessary as instruments of organiza- tion, are too often made the mask of political tyrants whose central aim and purposes Is the furthering of their own selfish ends for political gains"
 The sermon then touched briefly on points of Hebrew history,
 "The recent election" he continued "has also taught us that the American while sometimes charged with mate. rialistic, money loving and notoriety seeking. Is never a pessimlst He be- lieves with all his might that Amer lea is God country America has been made religious by the blessings of freedom Liberty has not bred license in It's political hopes and aims.
 James Bryce, author of The Amer ican Commonwealth the honored am bassadof from England who spoke her, few days ago such words of wisdom bears witness to the fact that a spiri of true and deep religious reference | peryades the hearts and minds of the American nation as Illustrated in it' works of benihcence, the purity of It's domestic life the multiplicity of it' houses of worship and in those tender sympathies of human kind which dignlfy humanity"
 standing at the opening of a new period in our political history, we oi the house of Israel have reason tc look back with gratitude upon the history of this country, and with pa. triotic hope rejoice in the blessigns ! of it's promising future, As a home l Of the nations this country stands pre- eminent and unique in the worlds history,
 Tt is not the government of a feudal arlstocracy, nor an entailed royal sovereignty It is a government of the people and by the people and for the people. It's bone and sIneN and manhood blood make up its cos. mopolitan humanity of all peoples and all religions, drawn hthel by the welcome voice of a common liberty, animated and protected by tho God-given spirit of a universal liberty And this is our country, we of thc Hebrew race. As a land of promis, we know and desire no other. We ar, here not as aliens or through toler ation or suffrage, We were its frs pioneers. Tho spirit and Bible of oui faith accompanied the Purtans or