Evening journal., 1908-05-18

true happiness. Here may all learn, no
metter what their race or creed or nation
aliy, that we are all children of the same
Father that one God created all, and that
it IS sweet and pleasant for brethren to
dwell together in unison. Here may all
labor in that spirit and in that faith that
shall bring nearer and nearer that blessed
ace when all mankinds creed will be our
creed:
One God over All. e W. iaiFl
One Brotherhood Of All. '77
Peace and Goodwill among All.
When the prophets dream will be real
ized when every man will sit under his
own vine and fig tree. with none to hurt
and none to make afraid. when the earth
viii be as full Of the knowledge Of God
as the waters cover the sea. So may it be
Amen"
Many Sign tho Scroll.
Then followed the signing Of the scroll
by Chief Justice Lore, Judge Gray.
Mayor Wilson, the Rev. DR.. H.. w. Kel-
logg, DR.. George W. Twitmyer. Rabbi
Krauskopf, Rabbi Rubenstein. the Rev.
w H. Logan. William NJ Pyle Daniel
Ross and ffty-eight members and friends
OF the congregation after which Mr.
Greenbaum deposited the copper box in
the stone. David L. Levy saw that the
stone was level whereupon Rabbi Ruben
stein dedicated the temple to the worship
of Cod Rabbi Krauskopf dedicated the
documents which were deposited in the
stone. They included history of the con-
grcgation. list of officers and members,
constitution and bylaws, names of the
architect and builders, copies Of the
newspapers Of the city. United States
coins 1905 list of officers of the United
! States, list of officers Of the State OF
! Delaware. list of officers of the city of
! Wilmington sketch of the various or
! gaEizations. history Of Adas Kodesh con-
gregation history of Montihore Mutual
Benefit Society. history of Wilmington
/ Lodge No. 40. I. O. 3. B.. history OF
Wilmington Lodge. NJ il6 L o. A. L.
history of Chevra Chesed Shell Amoth,
history of Ladies' Bichar Cholim Society;
history Of Hebrew Charity Association
and history Of Young Mems Hebrew AS
ISOLATION.
Chief Justice Pays Tribute.
Following the laying of the stone Chief
Justice Lore spoke. He said:
Every temple built for the worship
Of God. Is a mile stone on the highway
Of human development. 1t is also an
expression of the religion of its build.
ers.
Religion is the spiritual tie that
binds man to his Maker and to his
fellow man. 1t finds its best expires.
] afg fs ~
broadest. In the past multitudes ol
religious forms and ceremonies, creeds
and faLShs. have come ord gone in tn,
e>asgencies Of individuals and nationa
life. Some have been but the passing
whim Of the moment enc died VIII
their founders; others have endured fol
i ages and have grown in power in pro
portion as they embraced Divine Truth
Instinctively the mind Of man seek,
fellowship with the Infinite. and is a
rest only when it finds ultimate truth
r this is. the true God.
To-day, you are laying the cornel
/ stone of temple to the God of Israel
the true God. who made and has KEEP
you His chosen and peculiar people.
Your Semetic ancestors appear II
r the very dawn of the history of man
3 kind on the banks of the Euphrates
the Jordan and the Nile. and thei
/, descendants are now found In all coun
tries of the globe When only a famil,
I'm numbers. you had your language
) customs and peculiar observances, anC
treated with princes as a nation
: Though broken and scattered through
all climes, among the rucest as well a.
the most civilized nations, you hav,
preserved through thousands of years
common features. habits and observ
ances: a common religion, literatur,
and sacred language.
without any political union or com
mon head, you have always REGARDED
yourself as a nation. You began al
nomads migrating from nation to ma
tion. from state TO state. For fifteei
centuries your laws made YOU argicUl
turists. Your exile transformed yol
5 into mercantile people. You strug
I gled for national existence against tn
r Egyptians. Assyrians. Babylonians an
. Romans: being conquered and nearl
n exterminated by each, yet you hav
( survived them all.
10 you have been oppressed and perse
10 cuted bv Emporors and Republics
% Sultars and PoDes. Moors and lnquisi
- tors. Prosecuted in Catholic Spair
8. Protestant Norway. and Greek Mus
s cow: this too while your prosecutor
n sung the songs of your psalmists, be
lieved IN your prophets and even perse
: cuted YOU IN the name Of your God.
''You had philosophers among III
Greeks Of Alexandria, and the Saraceu
Of Cordova. and noted philanthropist
in all ages. You carried the wisdor
of the East beyond the Pyranees an
the Rhine. You have been treated a
Pariahs among Pagans Mohammedar
and Christians You fought for libert
under Kosciusl5oo and Washington.
"You thus have a history and
heritage marvellous among the nation
Of tho earth Underlying this histor
is your faith in your race. your religio
and your God. These all find expires
sion I'm this house that YOU are no.
building. This your twentieth centur
offering.
I'VE extend to you hearty welcom'
md trust and believe that your organ