Year: 1879

at last il VIII be a wondrous failure.


MONEY CHANGING IN THE TEMPLE.
IoLLIcKISG LETTER rRoI FATHER FI-ArrERY.


NEW YORK. Feb. /. 1879.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


Excuse my delay in thanking you for the valuable
information You afforded through the columns of
the HERALD Nose te ipsum" Is q sound old maxim
1t is because appreciate it that feel grateful for
news about myself which I never heard before. !
did not know. until the HERALD told me, that
had lived twelve years in Italy. / not aware
that the Catholic doctrine of absolution is the same
which you kindly represented preaching.
Least of all did aspire the distinguished honor
OF being abused for whole week in your inimitable
journal for saying things that entered my
head


me recprocate your generosity by reminding You
that Montaigne has copious essay The Force of
vantes intended to ridicule the almost incredible
propensities OF this faculty when he repre-
counter with the Yanguesan carriers, in
which his squire. himself and Rosnante
were all most numerically beaten reposing
is plastering him over she observes that 1.-The bumps
look more like sound thrashing than q fall
Sancho. jealous of his masters honor assures her OF
the contrary and tells her that the rock whereon he
fell had many cragged ends and knobs. every one
of which gave his master token of its kindness;
and. by the by continues Sancho. beseech you TO
save little of that same tow and ointment for me,
for do not know what is the matter with my back.
but fancy stand greatly in need OF little greas
ing. too. What. then l suppose you fell. too.
said the andlady. Not at ALL cried Sancho
tumble down the rock has wrought upon my body
that am as sore as II had been sadly mauled"
knight of La Mancha: a:-"Aatato nomine de te fr6uia
narratur H. FLATTERY.
THIRTY-FOURTH STREET SYNAGOGUE.
THE EXTERNAL INFLUENCE OF THE HOUSE OF


JAcoB--sKRMoN BY REV. HENRY S. JACOBS.


The scriptural lesson of yesterday morning in the
Thirty-fourth Street Synagogue the subject Of
Introductory remarks by the Rev. Henry s. Jacobs.
who again preached from the text, mot now
shall Jacob be ashamed. and not now shall
his face be made pale isaiah. xxx, 22).
1t is an undoubted fact said the preacher. that
wherever and whenever the House Of Jacob has pros
pered it has been largely due to the united front
which it has presented to the world and wherever
and whenever it has failed OF success it has been
mostly owing to internal division. strife and dissen-
sion This has been the crime with which it may
well reproach itself and recognize the
of many disaster. verifying in the
national it is true in the individual
the Tamudic declaration that mo misfortunes
happen to man except as the result of his in
iquity" Scan our own annals and you find this fact
emphasized. that our own dissensions and dsunion
have made ready victims of the oppressors wrong.
And is our modern history different ? Does it not
repeatedly indicate the advantages and blessings
which have resulted from unifcation and fraternity?


UNION, CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS rY.


Union. then. must ever be the watchword Of the
House of Jacob. and until this great end is reached
we weak. indeed look, then, said the preacher
with hopefulness and favor every movement
which tends to unity onr congregational activity.
ceties abroad and here in this countrythe union Of
American Hebrew congregations-has been produc.
tive tive OF immense good i'm in this direction.
solidify natural strength. not merely
within ourselves. but in external influence before
the world wish also to refer to the great influence
both within and without which being exercised by
Jewish orders, which are comparatively of re-
cent institution. They have brought Israelites to-
gcther of shade of religious opinion and almost


' THE CONVENTION OF THE BxA1 BIRTH.


But few days ago the Quinqucnnal Conven-
ton of the B'nai Birth assembled at Philadel-
phia and it was happy incident to observe many
and preiudices to labor for the veal to show
the world that however they may differ on certain
dogmatic points, yet. as sons of the Covenant they
recognized . common origin, common purpose and
a common mission. There was no question of syna-
gogue or temple orthodoxy or radicalism; nay even
ethical culture for the time forgotten in the
tonal aims of 'benevoence. brothery love and har-
mony." Such deeds worthy of approval. They
consolidate our strength and enable us to stand ON
such firm ground to give effect the proud boast
sNot now shall Jacob be ashamed and not now shall
his face be made pale"


ONE LAW AND ONE JUSTICE.


Another means by which the external influence Of
the house of Jacob has exhibited itself is its I'M
shaken efforts in behalf of civil and religious equality
and civil and religious liberty. We claim the former
essential principle OF Divine legislation. which
cnumcrates the great command:-"One law and
one justice shall ye have for yourselves
and for the stranger" Civil and religious
liberty found its first utterance in the
revelation Sinai-"I am the Lord thy God,
who brought thee out of the land of Egypt and the
house of bondage" 1t was, therefore, Israel who
was Israel who first declared Liberty through the
land and to all the inhabitants thereof"


FREEDOM or CONSCIENCE


And the mighty cry said Mr.. Jacobs. echoed and
re-echoed from Jordan to Lebanon, from Dan to
Beersheba. Yes, that doctrine of liberty of
science preached by Israel was carried with them
like the Ark of the Covenant from shore
to shore. from age to aee preserved even
amid the darkest days of persecution till nations
have been blessed with its light and its truth; and
to-day in view of these facts. may not claim of
the world mot now shall Jacob be ashamed and not
now shall his face be made pale?"


UNITY ISRAEL GRAND IDEA.


Pcrsevere then, In upholding these Jewish lessons
and fulfil them part Of your mission and obliga-
external influence Of the house of Jacob Unity
is Israels grand dca-unity OF God and unity OF
the nationality; one law for yourselves and for all
men, one law to maintain the rights Of person and
conscience. Onward and steadfast, House of
jacob witnesses Of eternal truth, remembering
that eternal vigilance Is the price OF liberty. You
will thus manifest your external influence aud prove
that mot now shall Jacob be ashamed. and not now
shall his face be made pale"