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but by My Spirit, said the God of
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God for having blessed our hands. In Hosts.'
:nia house I see emb)died the larg-.., "It is for us today to look for the
opportunity to serve thul ► rmy Oar where God is, to seek those
some to any congregation. Here we things and places He shows to us.
;:tall come for study, for prayer, for There is in the human heart a desire
f Alowship. for God. There is a universal yearn-
"The never-failing light emblems ing of the spirit that, though it might
to us the never-failing love, the light be buried under the gold-plated in-
of right, duty and opportunity. To- dilatations of our modern civilzation,
night we consecrate ourselves to the nevertheless is still poetent. There
.arger duty that comes to us with are too many of our people who seem
to be ashamed of being religious or
our greater opportunity."
The Dedieat:on Sermon.
devout or spiritually minded. It is
The Sabbath Eve service was read this cowardice that needs to be most
Sy Rabbi Berkowitz. The dedication overcome, so that, true to his tradi-
hymn, especially written for the serv- tion and faithful to his task and loyal
ice by Edith Ella Davis, was sung to his allegiance, the Jew shall walk
and was followed by the dedicatory unashamed and unabashed before all
address delivered by Dr. Calisch, who men, proclaiming his faith in the
is the president of the Central Con- faith of his fathers, his serene and
ference of American Rabbis. After invincible trust in the uneering Prue-
congratulating the congregation upon idenee, that guides and governs uni-
the completion of their magnificent vesal life.
building, Dr. Calisch began by giv-
Rabbi Mayerberg read the cori-
ng a clod history of the sanctuary eluding portions of Friday evening
of Israel from earliest days, telling ritual service. The prayer and berm-
how the house of prayer had been so diction was pronounced by Rabbi
complete an integral part of the life Philipson.
of the Jewish people. Ile continued:
Rabbi Philip F. Waterman of
"When the great war broke out Grand Rapids gave the prayer at the
people asked, where is the church? opening of the Saturday mornire7
When the war was being conducted services. The scroll service was read
with a ferocity and inhumanity that by Rabbi Berkowitz, the scroul serv-
differed only from the brutal cruelty ,ce by Rabbi Franklin, and tne scrip-
of the middle ages, in that it was ture lesson by Rabbi Waterman.
more complete because the engines of Rabbi Mayerberg, in an address, de
destruction were more complete— Glared that he considered it a priv•
people said, where is the power of ilege to be back with the mother con-
religion? What is the church doing? gregation and to be with his colleague
Since the conclusion of the so-called again.
treaty of peace at Versailles, one may
"There are three outs'anding rea-
still ask, with greater wonder and sons why Judaism will ultimately
appropriateness, what is the church bring faith t t the world," Rabbi
doing? Where is the influence of Mayerberg declared, "and they are
religion? And viewing conditions to- the principles of liberty, law and
day from a Jewish standpoint, one love. The principle of liberty taught
must ask, what is the synagogue do- by Judaism was the first command.
mg? Where is its influence? Has ment that God gave to Moses. The
lot Judaism failed as Christianity is lesson was given to the world by
sa'd to have failed? Moses that liberty is not only eco-
"Religion was intended to be a nomic but is also divine. Liberty led
bond of union between men. Our to the giving of the law, and there can
great prophet has said, 'Have we not be no liberty without law."
Dr. Philipson's Sermon.
all one father, hath not God created
us all.' Religion was to be a cement The sermon on Saturday morning
that would bind the stones used to was delivered by Dr. Philipson and
build the temple of our common hu- the closing prayer and benediction by
manity. It was to be and it has been Dr. Calisch. Dr. Philipson said that
the mainstay and guide of the human when it became known that the con-
heart in its hours of sorrow anguish, gregation planned to erect a new
its light of hope in (lark despair and home, all were glad to repoice at the
disillusionment and disappointment. glad tidings. He said:
Man has no accepted it and used it.
"Now that it has become a reality
But the human heart has a curious and that once more there has arisen
contradictory twist. When a man a house which stands for service, the
succeeds in worldly ambition and for- significance of the dedication seems
tune smiles upon him, the conceit of to symbolize the renewal of a con-
his head drives out the reverence gregation's youth. The myth for the
from his heart. Success spoils a great renewal of youth and strength is not
physical but spiritual. The myth-
many good people.
"The greatest enemy of Judaism maker is the mouth-piece of the child-
is not the non-Jewish anti-Semite, like, the prophet is the spokesman
but the sneering, misbehaving Jew, for the reached-for but never reached
the utterly selfish Jew. There is a idea. There is a youthfulness that
common saying, 'rich as a Jew.' depends on the waiting of the Lord.
Doubtdless this congregation is spoken There is a divinity in the spirit of
of as a rich and influential congre- youth.
"The German application to the
gation. -Now what does this mean to
the avrage person? Does it mean Jew, as 'Der Ewiger Jude'--the
rich in gold or rich in • goodness? Eternal Jew—is the most significant.
Rich in money or rich in manners? It signifies the eternal youth among
Rich in coin or rich in character? Is the nations. Israel is the eternal
it intended to be a compliment, this youth, struggling, never despairing,
saying, 'rich as a Jew?' Shall we be because they waited upon God. You
• content with this characterization of can't explain the riddle of the Jew in
The dedication of
our people? Shall we be satisfied that any other Way.
this is our distinction in the eyes of the house of prayer is symbolic be-
the world? -- Have our prophets of old cause we are waiting upon the Lord.
seen their wonderful visions, uttered It also means that the spirit remains
their magnificent truths, taught their from generation to generation.
"What are you going to do with all
lofty lessons for this result? Is it
for this that our fathers and fathers' the luxuries of your new Temple?
'That
is the question today. They tell
fathers have suffered and died? Is
it for this that we are 'a kingdom of me you count 1,000 members. What
are
you
going to do with them? Are
priests and a holy people'? For this
that we are 'servants of God and you going to have nine-tenths pas-
.
sive and one-tenth active in the serv-
witnesses to the Most High?'
"The nations have forgotten God; ice of the Lord? Perhaps we are
Ile is no Io3ger among them. It is laying too much stress on numbers.
true His shrines and temples stand, We must remember that God and one
but He is not in them. It is true the are a majority."
Rabbi Hershman's Greeting.
formula andthe rituals of the various
Rabbi A. M. Ilershman, greeting
creeds are recited, but God is not
there. It is the noise of tinkling cym- Temple Beth El congregation at the
bals and the sound of empty brass; Sunday morning service in behalf of
God is not there. There are the Congregation Shaarey Zedek and the
pomp and pageantry of ceremonial- Orthodox community, congratulated
ism, the silken swish of cassock and the Temple on the completion of the
robe and surplice, but God is not new building and urged unified ac-
there. But who is the most guilty? tion on the part of the Reform and
The Jew. Because to him was given Orthodox Jews.
The significance of this dedica-
the gift of Godliness. He was en-
dowed with the power of religious tion is country-wide," he said. "This
most
beautiful structure is an elo-
genius. To him was entrusted the
duty of the proclamation of God's quent witness to the divine in man.
There
is
here created an agency which
message. It was his prophet who
voiced the principle of human pro- will counteract the many forces seek-
ing
to
undermine
the social structure.
gress and human conquest and hu-
man relationship in the memorable Religion is the only force which can
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