Year: 1871

The Duty of the Hour-Review of Thirty two


Years OF Labor-Discourse by Rev. $. NJ


Isancs.


The multitudes which thronged the Jewish syna.
gogues last Saturday were missing yesterday The
audiences were very fair, however, and this even.
ing the synagogues will be crowded again In the
Forty fourth street synagogue the Rev. Mr. Isaacs
preached TO his people on the duty OF the hour In
view OF the Day OF Atonement. His text was Isaiah,
w., 6, 7-"seek ye the Lord while he may be found:
call We upon him while he is near. Let the wicked
forsake his way and the unrighteous man mis-
thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and ne
VIII have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he
Will abundanuy pardon" 1t requires, he said, no
oratorcal powers TO understand these words The
words are In the plural, and the call Is to the out
wardlv wicked we'll as to the inwardly vile. The
wicked man is required to forsake his WAYS and the
unrighteous man his thoughts, and the attri.
butes OF mercy and love and compassion OF our
God will be extended to him. Four rules
or thoughts for all preaching are suggested
by this text-namely. the employer, the preacher
his message and It's object God employs and
expects every man, woman and child to carry
the message Of HIS love ana mercy to sinners. The
importance OF this message IL such that very few
indeed are capable or are wort ny TO pear IT, and
the speaker included himself In this category What
stands upon the watch tower and asks "What IA
the bourY What OF the nightr' Know We the
oDJect OF your creation, the object or the ministry
ana the object OF the synagoguef Turn from the
error OF your ways and turn 70 God, the object OF
whose message Is TO do you good and to make You
good. To-day Is the Sabbath OF penitence from
ShuD0h, 10 return; return TO God, to whom we have
Teturne1 nun % ana we are here and shan De here in
10 the Lord God. Those who have come here from
Europe know wen that the rabies stand In the pull.
pit three or four hours IN succession to
address the people. But we have changed our
custom Inc raboies have become ernized, and so
have the people. But the word OF our God changeth
not, and we must return 10 Him. All OF us are full
OF SID as the sea Is full OF water-even the ministers
OF rcligion. But great day Is before us-a day OF
atonement when we must return 10 the Lord. The
Up 70 the house Of the LORD on two days in the
year God Is satisfied. Every day must be Gods and
we must call upon Him while He is near, and seek
Him while He may be found. Consider that you
with the requtsitlons OF His Wordp Look at The
hardened sinner, who travels about without the
knowledge Of God until he comes TO the grave, and
then ne would like to return but II too iate Now
and the unrighteous man. his thoughts, and
to return to the Lord, who VIII have
mercy upon him. and TO our God, who
VIII aDundanty pardon. IL Is said Mr.. Isaacs,
course in this city OF New York, ana called upon
Israel 10 prepare TO meet their God, He then re.
fered TO the changes by death and otherwise which
had occurred during that long period, and espe-
cally TO the taking away by the Westned explosion
OF some honored members or his congregation. He
was glad that so many OF the younger men ana
women VINO have grown mp, as .t were In the syna-
gOgue remain still with them; but he regretted, at
the same time that some had iaen away and for
saken the religion OF their fathers The great lesson
ferred Is tnat death rs the track OF all living that
we are Ike fish caught IN net ana cannot ESCAPE.