The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-13

d Yesterday
 dirge over the shroud of their oppres- sors. Dr. Levy said that even at the present day it is under the cruel heel of orthodoxy. Even under the shadow
 of the cross Israel is subject to every
 mean, petty prejudice, and all because
 Judaism is not understood. Rev. MT.
 Levy spoke of the persecution of the
 Jews by Spain, by Italy, Germany, even England. Even in France to- day the anti-Semetic cry is raised. | Of Russia what tongue can speak of it's criminal attitude toward the Jew,
 he asked. It stands convicted before | all the world, and is an insult to the
 man of Nazareth who preached good 1 will to all
 The lesson is what we shall make it. | This new temple is a monument of
 what its people shall make it. It will
 stand as monument to your zeal as
 good citizens, to your steadfast faith
 of our fathers, or a mausoleum for dead and lifeless souls. a cold storage | for dead and frozen hearts The
 temple must prove it's right to com
 mand the respect of the community. | duty that your children shall inherit
 some of your enthusiasm, to represent l our cause when we are no more, and
 to perpetuate our history.
 Rev. E. J. Craft Speaks. 1 On the part of his people Rev. B. J. | Craft of Christ church, congratulate ted l the congregation on the success of it's | enterprise. He said that he watched the development of the structure, | from the first, and for adaptivenesS and real beauty he knew not when he saw a handsomer one. He said that
 he did intend to say something of the worlds debt to Israel, but as the pre- vious speaker had said it all, all that
 remained for him was to say amen" I The idea that God is spirit is one l which the Jew has ever stood for, and l they might we'll be regarded as the chosen people. In speaking of the
 history of the Jew in the commercial
 world he Hkened them to the shuttle
 that wove in and out of the. human ! race the golden thread of humanity
 and the spirituality of God. MT. Craft spoke of the influence of Israel in the great nations. In regard to the worlds debt to Judaism he said that we not only received from them our | laws, our songs, but the basic truths | in the old testamentary laws. He said that it would be a sad thing when the Christian would forget that he was of the seed of David.
 Church Makes Mistakes.
 Rev. Frederick A. Dillingham; told the congregation that he was happy to be admitted into the fraternity of Israel, for the Universalist church was close to Israel. He told his hearers that the son of Nazareth was born of l a Jewish mother and father, and that He never thought of starting a new church. He was Jewish reformer. If He came among the Jews now, and they understood him, there never would be Christian church. He said that if Christ came on earth to-day He | -,,1A s S,1rI I,,<~ ! out the church that taught his pre- cepts. He said that the tendency of the times showed that the Jew was coming nearer to the Christian, and the Christian nearer to the Jew, so that he had hopes of the Universal church. He said that the Christian church had made a mistake, as they had divided its God. The ten com. mandments have not been good enough for them. A great body has eliminated the second commandment. When we begin to reform the 10 com He congratulated the congregation on behalf of himself and the people. He was glad, he said to stand with them on the commandments. He told them that they were needed in the com munity.
 Evening Services.
 In the evening the edifice was again S0s as many Christian as Hebrews, while the remarks of all the speakers, in cluding five Christian clergymen and two Hebrew rabbis, made the gather ing resemble a fellowship meeting with but minor differences of belief. The services were very lengthy and starting at o'clock were not com- p1eted until nearly 10:45. The music was the same as for the afternoon and was of the same standard of ex- D&h r ,f hnN Haven presided with becoming dig nifty and his remarks served to wipe away the radical distinction between the religions. For once at least in the history of the city Jew and Gentle met on common ground and each uniting to worship the great Father of us all.
 Rev. William H. Lewis of St. Johns church in speaking for the first ad- dress of the evening declared to the men and women of the old faith that he was glad to speak to them for two reasons. one being that He whom the Christian world acknowledges and accepts as their lord and master. came from their race. and sec mon workers in the cause of humanity. In this day where there is so much disregard of law and God and so much vice and inquity it was delightful to ind another organlza- | tion working for the same end as his church and so near 1t.
 Brings Congratulations.
 He went on to say that in this time there was no influence so great as a body of men and wo- men standing shoulder to should | CT for righteousness, for Sun day observance, the purity of the home, personal chastity and charity. | He welcomed this organization as a help to keep the city where it should | be, saying Let us stand together for personal righteousness He bade | them Godspeed and pledged the sup port of his church.
 Rev. Levy in introducing Rev. John ! DePeu of the First Congregational | church took occasion to suggest that | the name for the universal church, l that he felt sure was coming, might | be the Congregational church, and | also read a vote of congratulation | passed that morning from the first | Christian church of Bridgeport to the | first Hebrew congregation bidding l them receive their congratulations on | the dedication of their new syna- gOgue.