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124THE ISRAELITE.PUBLISHED BVERY FRIDAY MGRKING.BLOCH .CO., Printers, 32 Sixth Street ISAAC M. WISE, Editor Proprietor.TERttfl^Thrce^olUrB Der annum, iqkdr*nG«. The DEBORAH i« publinhed weekly In German ^attneJL DEBORAH puDlwnea wec*iy in fame office,and by the same proprlfitor,at One Dollar and FUty Cents, in adraiifie.Jfepr the two publicationstaken by the same pertont Four dollars per annum»in advance. Treachers are charged but half tboie prices.Xmu-of Advertising: In either Paper, per square of~'TfTwelve' lines'*of this Type* set up soUd: One insertion 75 cents;; -Two Insertions $1; Three insertions*l}fc For 1 month I 3 months I 6 months 1 12 months X‘50. 'I ’ 4 OO' I 46 00 I IO OOAdvertisement(vrithoutchange,') and paper, 1 year. ...12 • Business Oardd not exceeding six lines, solid,)_----6,published I neither paper: If published In bothpapers, •he charge will be doublo. 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Letters of this kind without the payment inclosed, will receive no further notice.The Dedication of the Dayton Synagogue.The dedication of the first synagogue in a city is an event in the bistory of Jndaism which deserves being ohxonided for future reference. A few weeks Bince, we noticed at length, tbe, dedication of synagogues at Boston,iMadison, Wis., Peoria, Ills, Wash-J% • ’ I V • • I •at the entry, the choitinside.Lsgaixrtb.aijQg^ from the 24tbT8alrn,7' HI ft up/ye gates, your heads/' c., ju/Hebrew, accompanied by a melodeou (music by Barus), while the doors were opened, and we. received and conducted them to the East before the sacred shrine. *. Rev. Mr. Delbanco offered np the dedication prayer in a fervent and touching manner, after which . the first circuit was made,, and the choir sang the. dedication hymn. Arrived again at the East, Rev. Mr. Delbanco read in English the scriptural hymn Bn Kamoeho, lt;fcc., and the choir sang it while the second circuit was made. Arrived again in the East, the brass band played a fine symphony, during which we mounted the pnlpit, opened the ark, and then read in English, the' next, scriptural hymn Uvnucho yomar and Ez Chaim, cM which the choir sang in Hebrew (mosic by Baras), while the third circuit was made, the Scrolls of the Law were deposited in the sanctuary, the veil closed, the congregation was seated, the grrls in white were placed on the round steps leading to . tbe sacred shrine and formed a most explicit living picture of roses and angels leis urely encamped at the footstool of glory.• Our dedication sermon., on Psalm 84, was listened to with much attention. TheDayton congregation having expressed the wish to have it published, we will give our readers a sketohof it, After tbe sermon the choir sang the usual gvarieife, “O God of mercy/1 d., after which Olenu and Kaddish followed—tbe9first part of the evening service having been• . •read in the-old synagogue—and the choir closed'the'solemnities with the first paTt of Psalm 42* music by Mendelssohn Bartholdi* We never observed an : effect like it * Thejqow honorablyjamohg.fcha_Hebrew^socie tie, of the West, having such institutions, as.i congregation ought to possess, viz: a syna gogne, a school, a benevolent society, onlt;a burial-ground. In the State of Ohio thii%is the seventh synagogue owned by the con gregation. There are foor in Cinoinnat9 iui;d twe at Cleveland. The congTegatiom of Columbus, Portsmouth, Piqua and else where, worship in rented localities. Wlt; officiated on twelve similar occasions, having consecrated the synagogues of New Haven Conn., Syracuse, N. Y.f Albany, N. Y. Portsmouth, O., Indianapolis, Ini, Mil .waukie, Wis., Memphis, Tenn., Baltimore Cincinnati,’Detroit, Mich., Cleveland and Dayton, O. .We consider this twelve epoch* in the history of our short life.• 0Every synagogue is a lasting monument to Judaism, a new center to the faithful oi Israel in this new home of all who claim the privilege of worshiping God according fcc the dictates of their conscience. Every dedication is a revival and reunion of the congregation, which re-echoes long in the memory of those who witness it. Every house of worship is a corner-stone of peace and justice, a school of morals and salvation; “On every place where I shall cause my name to be mentioned, I shall come to thee and bless thee.m_ „ _ ... ,i OQTriQ whote congregation looked like a vast cob-ton* D.-C.* and, can now add that the same , ® . *?■ . .ton, y. , 1 * . p*0cho11 ' of statues; it appeared thoughevent took; placef m Dayton, 0., on Wed-' . *placenesday,'October *7, ;1863:-The ; congregation Bene Yeshnrun, of Dayton* 0.,: consists now of i forty members, none of which, as much as we. can judge, can properly be styled rich, nor can any of them be called actually poor; they are a successful, working class of people of induB-fcrious and temperate habits; Still they were generous and pious enough to provide for themselves and posterity a place of worship at an expense of about $9,000. This is certainly noble. Standing in eminent relations with their Christian fellow-citizens, the charitable persons of nearly all denomina-tiona,as well as several Cincinnati merchants, contributed considerably to the work; still, the principal, bqrden fell on the Bhouldcrs of the congregation, j .The synagogue ,dedicated, was formerly a Baptist Church, and is well located, (corner 4th and Jefferson streets), on the principal thoroughfares of .that city. It was renovated, most tastefully painted, provided with a fine shrine and *pulpit,. and decorated in a, splendid style, so that it is one of tbe neatest and most tasteful synagogues in the West. The sacred shrine;is an imitatipn of that of our own synagogue, and is well finished, The window above it bears the Decalogue in painted glass (beautifully designed by Mr. Knopp, and made by a glass-painter, ofthis city), and rfche ineffable name between» / • , ^ * * •, ,*the two tables. There, are no galleries in the building, so that men and wpmen will9 m • • | # tsit on one floor.As noticed..before, the choir of the Bene Yesbumn Temple, * of Cincinnati, was. invited to co-operate in the dedication, and seven of. them, together with their leader, Herr Karl Barus, vpere in attendance. Manyvisitors from. Cincinnati and elsewhere wit-#nessed the occasion, and the Christian community at large* as well as the municipal and County officers, were well represented. Eveiy man, woman and- child of the ; Bene Xe-shurun congregation of Dayton appeared deeply interested.in the affair, and a solemn feeling appeared in. almost every .countenance. Mr. Ullmann, of Cincinnati, was appointed master of ceremonies for the occasion* and he performed his part masterly, and to the satisfaction of every body. The officers of the congregation deserve the highest compliments for their successful endeavojs to carry out the wishes of the congregationin buying, renovating and dedicating thishouse of worship to the glory of God and the honor of Israel.The dedication ceremonies began with a procession, which formed abont 2 P. M. in front of the old synagogue. A fine brass ban I. headed the procession, and was fol-• m a •lowed by the City Council and invited guests. Next came about fifty girls dressed in white, decorated with wreaths, boquets and ribbons, one of them bearing the key, and several boys dressed in black and decoratedaccordingly, who preceded the baldachin,under which the Scrolls of the Law were carried by the oldest members of the congregation. . They were followed by the Rev. Mr. Delbanco, minister of .the congregation, and Rev. Dr. Specs, a prominent clergyman of the Presbyteiian church. ; The membersbreathing was'-suspended, and the whole process of life was reduoed to the only operations of listening and feeling a current of music. The picture was grand, the music sublime, and the impression deep and lasting In Dayton, it must be remarked here, we learned fully to appreciate the high meritsof our choir and its excellent leader. The%voice of the people and the press unanimously lauded the excellency of the music and the performance. Only seven of them were present, and they gave a luster to the solemnity which will not be forgotten in Dayton.Every thing during the whole service of dedication was creditable and appropriate, befitting the occasion exactly. TbankGod,9 _ aJudah’s harp sounds once more tbe glory of God—not in the melancholy accents of the persecuted and derided captive, as once it did in the Ghetto synagogue; but in the harmonious lays of gladness and gratitude— the voice of happy children before tbe loving9 0 tfather. If the people at large understand not the language in which the will of God was revealed, our prophets spoke and our bards poured forth the currents of inspired and inspiring words, they understand 44 the song of Zion/' the music, the universal language.of all hearts, which replaces theantiquated and mournful chants-of old. The numerous congregations of almost all religious denominations of: the city of Dayton, assembled in thesynagogue^wofshipedGpd in one harmonious chorus, forshadowing the glorious time when . “God shall be one and his.name one/\and went out from that tabernacle with many^a fraternalfeentiment for God’s iiqage.; , . .. .. ...- The evening brought,as might be expected,a splendid frail.. The Germans, more fchai^ any other nationality, understand the peculiar art of balancing sentiments. They conclude. almost every solemn . occasion with atemporal .festivity, which they no howto conduct . with a laudable propriety and chastity. Our German coreligionists, retaining this German trait of character, must have a ball or another festivity to conclude a solpmn occasion. The ball was attended by the whole Hefrrew population of Dayton^ the Mayor and other dignitaries of the cify and county, and by many other prominent citizens who enjoyed the occasion, as it appeared to us, with much satisfaction. Eyery* ithing was arranged in an elegant style, and the programme was gone through with perfect precision and .accuracy, without the least disturbance. The young, the happy, tho gay, were all pleased with their own, v • •pleasure, while the old and grave, the ven-9 # •erable matron and tbe aged sire/enjoyed tbe joy. of others and charmed themselvesback into the sunny days of youth. We are^ *credibly informed that they did so to an• i y ^ phournearer to day-break than midnight; but we could make no personal observations, as we prefer a night’s rest lo a night’s dance.^ ^ • . 4 aThe whole occasion was superb. There% ^ *was nothing in the wrong place. We fonndobrselves especially in the right place with^ , • •41 mine hosts,” Mr. and Mrs. Kline, of whose• * : i * j ^ * * . tpatriarchal' hcsjntolity . we .partook with much gratification and gratitude.. The Cin-,cinnatians present .at the feast, were all• • . + 0 ’ • • , % • \ . . - ... -•••*!• V * • #V __Mature and Revelation—A Sketch of a Sermon Delivered at Dayton, 0.,at the Dedication of the Synagogue—^Text, Psalm 84.Which is the house of the Lord, or the courts of God, of which the Psalmist speaks so yearningly and • longingly ? When our sires of old erected a portable tabernacle in the wilderness, because the;'Lord commanded them, (“And they shall erecta sanctuary unto me and I will dwell in the midst of them,”) to deposit the two tables ofstone, the grand charter of eternal rights to all men in the most holy place; and daily, twice, worship tho Lord of hosts. Was that the house of the Lord? Yes, it was a house of the Lord.of the congregation followed. The proces- \ highly pleased, and wish us'io say sosion moved to the new synagogue.andarrived i The, Bene. Yesburan:.'congregation ranksWhen Israel’s wise king erected the admired structure on Mount Moriah, to replace the simple and portable tabernacle of the nomadic fathers by a royal palace, as magnificent and gorgeous as the wealth and genius of that age could design and realize, was that thebouseof theLord? Yes, itwasa iiouse of the Lord.When it pleased the Almighty to disperse the sons of Israel and Judah over all the lands, between the Caspean sea and 44 the rivers of Ethiopia,” and the pious worshipers of the One God erected minor temples at their new settlements, aboutfwhich the prophet assured them in the name of God, that these new temples1 should be to them 11 Minor Sanctuaries ” where God shalln 0 9be nigh to them in the lands of their cap-# ^ •tivity; where vanquished patriots sighed,• • %the cords of Judah's harp broke, because touched by enslaved fingers; and pious souls, like the bard’s, who wrote this • eighty-fourth Psalm, panted and yearned after the glorious Zion: were those the houses of the Lord? Tes, each of them was a house of tbe Lord-- When the last ruler of the Davidian race, this royal Zerubabel, ; rebuilt the temple of Je8harun on its ancient foundations, of which the prophet said: lt The glory of this latter houBe, shall be greater than that of the first,” and Israel1 a pious pilgrims flocked again to that holy center of that religion, their hopes and joys, tbe house in whose walls the voice of the last of the prophets resounded, and the glorious Halalujah Psalms werefirstsung by inspired minstrels: was that tbe house of the Lord? Yes, also that was a house of the Lord.When the dispersed, persecuted and derided sons of the covenant, the outraged myriads of the faithful servants of truth, I erected temples wherever tbe hunted bird ( could build a house, the persecuted dove construct a nest to deposit all and every thing-rescued from so rich a possession, the Law of God; where the victims of a benighted world’s .prejudices and injustice uttered without restraint their grief and affliction before the Father of all men, and sought new strength in the words of God, to fight the battles of God and resist successfully the violent assaults of rulers, priests and mobs, the encroachments of night and9darkness upon the light of heaven: was that• _the house of the Lord? Yes, also that wasa house of the Lord.• • • •And now, after the progress of science and art,enlightenment and civilization, just-ice and freedom, subdued the ’ savage passions, assnaged Israel's grief, changed oar melancholy complaints, Ihe plaintive notes* * ii * * 9 ~ t j• * • , • # • |of ancient elegies, into lays of joy and glad-a — ' * _ .. • f ( • • . m Iness before God, and Judah's harp, under the benign wings arid congenial sun of free-,i * • •§•* — _ * * • * ^dom, once.more resounds, withj heavenly.*« ^• • ' • • a •music: is this the house of theLord?' 410n* * - »* • *. • J«% « . • . . , • «everyplace where I shall permit my nameto be mentioned,.I!will come to thee and*• % * * * T *1 i ' V • - • •blesB.thee. * ^So reads the most ancient law«. -90• ai ••9 99• •
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