Inaugural Sermon: Delivered in the Temple of the Har Sinai Verein |
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Abraham ancient habi associates of Einhorn Baltimore Bavid blessing unto body C. A. RUBENSTEIN called a house Centenary ceremonial law character children of Israel covenant David Einhorn dead Decalogue decay divine revelation divinely revealed Word Doctor dwelling earth Egypt Elkan Bamberger endeavors external falsehood fices force glorious Har Sinai Congregation heart high aim holy hopes and aims human Inaugural Sermon DELIVERED Israel will grad Jerusa Judaism labors Levites Lord memory mighty moral Moses said unto Mount Sinai nations noitsgergno Pharaoh priests prophets had long Rabbi reached a pass religious forms religious ideas rest on untenable revered ruins of Judah Sabbath school sacri sacrifices salvation Samuel sanctuary say unto sent me unto Sinai Congregation Sinai Verein Sinaic Law Sinaic teaching solemn Solomon Lauer soul sublime synagogue Temple tent of David Thou triumphs unfettered spirit unto the children unto Thee whole zeal proclaimed Zion
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Page 18 - And many nations shall come, and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his Ways, and we will walk in his paths:" for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Page 4 - And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee : when thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain. And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?
Page 4 - And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you ; and they shall say to me, What is His name ? what shall I say unto them ? And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and He said, Thus shall thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
Page 17 - A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation : I the Lord will hasten it in his time.
Page 11 - Judaism has arrived at the critical stage when it must part company with dead and obsolete ceremonies, if it means to keep the Jews within the fold or prevent their moral decay.
Page 10 - ... of the grave has arisen the unfettered spirit ready to soar over the whole earth in its flight. From the ashes of the Temple of an isolated Israel will gradually arise that mighty edifice for all humanity of which the Lord has said, 'Mine house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations.
Page 8 - Now, the Law of God, with relation to man, consists, like man himself, the child of God, of a perishable body and of an imperishable spirit. The body is to be only the servant of the spirit and must pass away as soon as the spirit ceases to dwell in it.
Page 8 - All other divine ordinances are only signs of this covenant, a fence and hedge around the eternal and universal Law; now recalling holy memories, now proclaiming solemn convocations, and now again urging a wholesome separation from heathen customs. By their very nature they cannot always and everywhere remain the same, as there is nothing in them of an abiding or universal character. Not that man will ever be able to do entirely without objective signs; but their mode and degree must conform to the...
Page 8 - We have here the very essence of the covenant between God and man which is binding for all times, in all places and on all peoples.
Page 11 - In the face of this antagonism, experience has shown that all persuasion and pleading in favor of tradition — to galvanize dead forms into life — is ineffective.