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THE JEWISH CHRONICLE
leadership which has come to us has
been due essentially to the splendid
spirit of unchanging loyalty and of
unswerving devotion and of unques-
tioning co-operation between the
rabbi and his people. I take this op-
portunity to say thus publicly in the
presence of my people, that from my
heart I believe it, there is no congre-
gation anywhere whose feeling of re-
sponsibility to their leader is more
pronounced and among whom there
is a finer sense of fairness or a more
beautiful spirit of personal devotion
and true affection than here obtains.•
If problems arc hard in a community'
like this, the spiritual rewards of hon-
est effort arc very great.
Into such a community you arc
coming, my friend, to teach and to
preach, to work and to live. Into the
hearts of this people you too shall
make your way. May your words and
your works and your manhood com-
bine to make your ministry among us
effective for good. Set your ideal
high and live, up to it; be strong and
ever true. Strength you will need, for
disappointments and discouragements
will come, but strong in your faith
and sure of your duty, you will meet
and overcome them all. Be true to
your faith, to your people and to
your better self. Then success shall
meet you on your way, not the suc-
cess perhaps That some men crave,
hut that highest stuccess that spells
itself out in the consciousness of duty
done through the loyal service of God
and of Man.
As to our personal relationships, no
word need here be spoken. When,
upon the insistence through a very
long period, on the part of officers and
members of this congregation, that
the work was growing too large for
any one man to care for, they gener-
ously gave me the opportunity of
choosing the man whom I would care
to have assist me, I chose you be-
cause I . believed in you. Knowing
you intimately through all your stu-
dent years, I felt you to be a man not
only of ability, but a man of high
ideals, of spiritual nature and of con-
secrated purposes. I have asked you
to come here to assume some respon-
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sibilities, especially among the chil-
dren and the young people of this
community, because I believe that
you are worthy of my confidence. We
shall work together , as men and as
brothers, not stultfiying one another's
individuality, but always rejoicing in
each other's success. In the spirit of
fellowship and of brotherhood then
I welcome you to this place tonight.
Take up your task, my young friend,
and put into it the best that is in you.
"rhe Brocho," "Become a blessing,"
as the injunction of the patriarch
- phrases it, "Become a blessing," a
blessing to your faith, a blessing to
your country, a blessing to your peo-
ple, a blessing to this community and
congregation and, above all, a bless-
ing to yourself.
Amen.
INSTALLATION SERMON BY
RABBI SAMUEL S. MAYER-
BERG.
My Dear Friends:
It is with a heart full of humility
and yet with pride that I conic be-
fore you tonight. I am filled with
humility in the realization of my small
powers to fulfill the tasks and duties
which your call has placed upon me,
and with pride because of the excep-
tional and splendid opportunities
which lie before me.
It is with a feeling of awe that I
realize what a ministry in Israel must
convey, • It must carry with it a full
knowledge of what the life of a serv-
ant of God must be. It must he ab-
solutely without blemish, it must
beyond the possibility of human re-
proach and its keynote must be serv-
ice, service to God. That service to
God can be rendered only by a spirit
of loyalty to him, by an undivided de-
votion to the Eternal, by a spirit of
self-sacrifice, by a soul attuned to His
cause. and by a spirit surrendered un-
to Him. .
I know many of the vexing prob-
lems which confront me and every
minister. I am aware of the many
trials, the rebuffs and the spiritual
sufferings which must be a part of
every minister's life, if lie truly lives
his ministry. And yet the knowledge
of these things does not terrify me.
I know that if I can accept what
conies, with patience and with faith,
no suffering can dim the compensa-
tion arising from - the consciousness.of
divine. tasks accomplished, of God's
work done.
To me also shall come temptations,
and things which shall seek to lure me
from_my sacred course, but God who
controls the destinies of men, giving
me strength, I shall triumph over
them and remain steadfast and firm
as a minister among God's nnointed
ones.
As to .my relations with this con-
gregation, it is hardly necessary for
me to state that on .my part there
shall he an intense co-operation. Ev-
ery act of mine shall be so chosen
that it can only reflect credit upon it.
To each individual member, may I
vouch a trite and unflinching friend-
ship, may I assure you in all sincerity
that each one shall be met in a spirit
of fellowship and against no man shall
I bear animus? Let me aid you in
your grief and let me rejoice with you
in your joys; your confidences shall
be locked in my heart and I shall be
responsive to your calls at all times.
Mine shall be the pleasure in as-
sisting and directing the .spiritual life
of those who in the years to come
will take your places. To me this is
a privilege and a duty unsurpassed by
any other activity of congregational
life. If we arc to perpetuate our
faith, if we are to keep it burning
brightly as a beacon in a Storm-tossed
world, we must impart and implant it
in the hearts of the future banner-
hearers of our truth. What Judaism of \\
the future shall be depends upon our
instruction and our work of the pres-
ent. I am sure in our work with an
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You are cordially invited to attend the
SIMCHAS T'ORA DANCE
Given under the auspices of
The Hebrew Ladies' Aid Society
at Park Dance Hall
(formerly Clark's)
56 Adams Ave. E.
.
.160 Medbury Ave. • North 5747-11
Sunday, October 14th, 8 P. M.