Year: 1876

CONGREGATION DARECH AMUNo-ANClENr AND
MODERN PHARAoHs COMPARED BY DR.


MENDEs.


jewish congregational polity does not compel the
closing Of synagogues and places of worship II there be
rabbi or minister instruct the people The jew
sh theory is that they all of priests and
any member OF the congregation has right to reaa and
expound the law TO his brethren. This right, how
ever exercised only by few laymen whose ability in
this line recognized by their brethren II is never
done nor recognized promscuously fact, whatever
the theory may be. There in New York and in
many other cities also Jewish congregations who have
for years debarred the services OF regular minis
ters and among whom this kind OF lay ministry
has been acknowledged and performed Out
of the twenty-sx synagogues New York only
seven have rabbies ministers The regular services
are couacted by chasans who may be members OF the
congregation who volunteer for these occasions, or
may be engaged on salary for specific term II will
be een therefore, that many OF the ynagogues have no
lectures preaching services at ALL or If at ALL at very
long distances time. Since the coming OF DR.. Men
des Forty fourth street synagogue) among us he has
tried in TO supply this lack OF service by
preaching onaly for other congregations besides
his own Yesterday he lectured for the Congregation
Darcch AmunO, worsbpping in hall in Sixth avenue,
Greenwich avenue, and gave them an interesting
talk on ancient and modern Pharaohs basing his re-





of the people of Israel and the atters command
that the prophet should his face no more. And
during all this struggle between increasing power on
the hand and repeated demands on the other the
people OF Israel were oppressed more and more. While
the materials taken from them more work was
required Of them. Increase OF labor, but


DECREASE THE MEANS OF LABOR,
the only answer to the demand of Moses No
wonder, then, that the people would not hearken to
Moses for anguish OF spirit and for cruel bondage
Exodus, VII 9 These things said the Doctor furnish
the best evidences of the authenticity ana inspiration
aft tha ala III nfg mn lc lhnV
make angels OF them, the false sembance OF truth
does The Doctor then called attention to some OF the
modern Pharaohs and oppressors that the congrega-
ton might learn lessons from them as their fathers did
from the ancient Pharaoh The first one that he intro
duced was the Pharaoh OF money. when Moses told
Pharaoh that Adonai the God Of Israel had sent him
to demand the release OF the people, the Mdrashim
says Pharaoh looked his list OF gods of Egypt and
OF other nations. but found no such god on his
list. Then IT that he turned 10 Moses
and asked .sWho is. the Lord, that | should obey
his voice to let Israel goS know not the Lord neither
Will let Israel co. (Ex ", "What cities has your
God in battle? What has he doneW And accord
ing the tradition Moses answered Pharaoh in
brought forth or ever the earth and the world
formed from eternity to eternity has lsraes God
existed He il is who has mado Egypt and its great
His voice heard in the storm and in the feeble
cry of the born infant" Pharaoh again answered
that he himself and his god had made Egypt and the
Nile and therefore he knew that Moses not speak


ing the truth. We have whole dynastes OF such kings
among today-Pharaohs Of money, who
when the ministers Of religion 60 TO them and tell
them that the Lord God of Israel is He
who gives them life and health and all things turn
around like their prototype Of old declare that they
are the authors of these things themselves They live
by themselves in particular society and In unap-
proachable secuson. When festival comes and they
are invited to 20 the house of God TO Him they
look their list and don't find s name there-they
expunged 1t long ago, and they excuse themselves from
going because


THEY DoS'T KNOW THE LORD,


who has given them rank and position and wealth and
fortune Then we have the Pharaohs OF mind, OF SCI
ence who pretend they know all about the consttu
ton Of the planets and the relations OF mind 70 mat
ter and man. These are all plain to the
kings OF science. Their creed Is perpetualy
changing. What was true yesterday is false to-day,
and what is false to-day viii be true to-morrow-un-
stable as water, exceing never. Judaism comes
within the reach of those monarchs and they can't
understand IL; and with all the dignity OF science five
years old they ask, How long will we bow down before
God whom we cannot see, nor measure by rule of
inches and cetf Who is the Lord, say they, that you
should serve Hm9 We find IN science no occasion for
any such Being Ii matters to thuse Pharaohs that
Judaism that He existed before they their
science were known thought OF. But behold how
puny while boasng Of strength, they all arel When
aflicton and death come their homes they cry,
did Pharaoh, have sinned; entreat the Lord for
me- And when the min sters OF religion do that they
harden their hearts again and tell US 10 get from
their presence and their faces no more And
the synagogue sees them no more does the minis
ter OF religion until they fall into the dark abyss OF
death when they glad enough TO send FOR them But
until these high and mighty yrants are hurled to their
doom is surprising that who must bow TO their
tyranny should lose heart under their grinding labor
And when the ministers OF religion come TO us 10 tell
us that there IS God refuse hear from anguish OF
spirit and cruel bondage But courage, then Tor release
must come You not 1.-THE SO badly oppressed,
said the Doctor as were the Israetes in Egypt You
can eat the fruit of your hands We can't all be mon
archs; but we all be happy Who IS wealthy. ask
the rabbas but he who reloces In his heartf Let us
therefore pray that conentment may De the crown and
thWnn nj In