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Show j lIPLErailSlUEL" Tbs Dedicatory Service Yesterday of the New Jewish Synagogue "on Fourth East Street Wai K03T IMPKEESIVE CEBEM0NIE3. Tha Beautiful Ilorise is Consecrated to the. Worship of God With Sermon Ser-mon and With Song. Yesterday was made memorable to the Jewish people of this city by the dedication of their new temple. Services Ser-vices weru held f jr the lirH time ia the synagogue, on Fourth East street. In every sense was the event a successful one the addresses, the music and the sermon, b;ing beautiful and interesting. interest-ing. The music, particularly, was prand. and the programme well arranged. ar-ranged. So perfect had been the arrangement ar-rangement of everything that the Jewish Jew-ish people may well feel a thrill of pride over the services which consecrated their new templo to the worship of God. Invitation had been extended to the prominent men of the city and were generally responded to. The interior of tho temple was most beautiful. Soft lights from the jets burning in all the chaudilers, filled every nook and corner like the beams from the Aureole. Kvery sense was intoxicated with the perfume of flowers and of palms which bad beeu wreathed and hanked in every point of vantage. The yellow sunlight poured through the stained glass windows a blending with that which came from the gas jots aad beautifying every face in the audience. Long before the time set for the services ser-vices to becin many feet wore turned Inated to all the nations of the earth. Tho Hebrews had reared a grand and splendid structure to God iu this city, whicn had been dedicated to Ilis honor and to His gbry One a ft he prettiest parts of the exercises exer-cises was the presentation of the keys to the building by two sweet little girls, Helen Bamberger, daughter of Simon Bamberger, and Harriet Cohn, daughter of Alex. (John. Both children were dressed in white and r.s they entered the cbaucel bearing a wh'te silk cushion on which rested the keys of the temple thoy looked indeed like "angels of peace." In a voice which trembled with a consciousness con-sciousness of the responsibility resting on her childish shoulders and with an almost impatient eagerness to acquit herself with credit iu the role that had been assigned t her little lleleu Bamberger Bam-berger delivered the keys to her father making this exquisite little address: 'This temple being finished, allow mo, please, to offer you the keys to God's own house." Mr. Bamberger as chairman of the building committee received the keys from the children, thanking them and calling them angels of peaco and good will. Turning to the congregation Mr. Bamberger delivered an address in which he recounted something of the history connected with the building of the temple and thanked every body who had in any manner assisted either by their means, their labor or their encouragement. en-couragement. He said of these that they were too many toenutnerate. They embraced all creeds, many residing here, but others from all parts of the United States. Particular credit, however, how-ever, should be given to Mr. Phiiip Meyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Meyer of this city. Mr. Meyer is an architect of eminence und is in the employ em-ploy of the German government. He had designed this temple after the one in Berlin. It was unfortunate unfortu-nate that he could not remain long enough to complete the work ho had designed, but in delegating his labor to Mr. Monheim of this city he had placed it in able hands. Mr. James Black, tho be our temple. Our largo cities are much misgoverned because we do uot do our political duty, if we build all the other temples on a linn rock the last one wilt rear itself it w ill be thai graud temple in which will be assembled the people of all of the earth worshiping ono God, The scripture 'esiion was then read by Mr. Fred Auerbaeh, the selection being 1 Kings viii chapter, after which caimi the sermon by Kab'oi Llkiua, who WELCOMED TUB CONUREiJ ATION as children of the living (iod. Ye whose hearts are conjuring up hopes cf the future I again welcome you. Israel today sends another greeting to the world. Blessed is everyone who comoth to this house in the came of the Lord. To you, my friends, who many times and oft have tried to show that Israel's hopes, aims and ambitions are identical with those of the rest of the world, I give my greetings. greet-ings. To you, my fellow-citizeus, it may appear that in extending you this invitation we are boastful, but it is not so. It implies that Israel's (iod is your (iod. The existence of Israel only shows that tho idea of the Infinito having hav-ing an abode in us all is the correct one, and that is the rule vhich ronders the reign of justice supreme in the world. For (iod has said my house shall be house of prayer for all nations. na-tions. It is for the inmato of the palatial home auit the hovel alike. All of the beauties of the universe were as deep as the ocean, as high as yonder peaks, and no one can realize the joy of man until ho realizes the hope of that man. Let us keep on from day to day and year to year leaving leav-ing the consequences to Him who has ruled from tho beginning. Israel has had arnd still possesses happy hopes. Kemembcr, fellow citizens, that this temple stands for your own hopes. Happiness is its end and aim of all our lives. May this temple prove to be a blessing to us all." At the conclusion of the sermon Madame Ma-dame tlowe Bang "IIKAIt YE. ISRAEL." from Mendelssohn; prayer was offered by Rabbi Stein, the dedication chorus was snug by the choir, the benediction i pronounced and the audience congregation con-gregation dispersed to the music of the post ludo (Schubert) by the orchestra aud organ. In the direction i f Fourth East street, 60 that wheu the music of THE Ttili:.;l HAL MARCH was played by the 01 .diestra aud organ every seat was li'iud and many were standing. To tho munic of this grand Conception of "Costo's." tho officers of of the congregation en tore A the main door of the temple and were followed by the children of the Sunday school, most of whom were dressed in white. The officers of the church mare hed up the center aisle and took seats within the chancel rail, while the children were assigned seats on the sides. Those in the chancel were: Rabbis Klkiti and Stern, Dr. Sehreiber of Little Rock, Ar-' Ar-' kans&s, Simon Bamberger, F. II. Auer-bacli, Auer-bacli, S. H. Auerbach, Alex Cohn, K. Kahn, II. Bamberger, Henry isiegel, Henry Cohn, Joseph Simon and the scroll-bearers, I. Waters and A. Levy. The voices for the occasion were well elected, each vocalist being au artht in his or her lino. The choir wus accompanied by an orchestra or twelve pieces and organ, conducted by Professor 1'. Krouse. The programme opened by the rendition rendi-tion ol "Triumphal March," which was followed by trio and chorus by Gounod, Mrs. J. Seigel taking the solo art. Her clear, hish soprano rang out with charming and pleasing effect aoove the I strains of music. The next soloist, Mr Hurschler, sang "Show Me, Almighty" by Mcridelssh.in. very creditably, ids voice being a superb baritone. After the address of the president of the congregation, con-gregation, Mr. Cohn, "Hymn of Praise" composed by Gounod, was sung by Dr. Wilson and choir, the doctor singing the tenor solo and presiding the chora! part. Dr. Wilson was in excellent contractor, had also done his work faithfully and well, there had been ho exira bills and his relations with the building committee com-mittee had been most cordial and satisfactory. Mr. Bamberger desired to thauk everybody who had in anyway any-way contributed to tho rearing and the beautifying of the temple. To the ladies who had raised the money for the stained glass win,do-s and whose fair hands had fashioned and arranged the decorations, had embroidered the curtains in Hebrew designs especial credit was done. For tho perpetually burning lamp, ho thanked lira. Sam Lesser whose husband now deceased, was the pioneer Hebrew in Utah. The lamp was the symbol of eternity. In his closing sentence he said no man could bo a good Jew without being a good citizen." Mr. Bamberger then handed hand-ed the keys to Mr. Seigel the president presi-dent of the congregation, who accepted them saying he thanked him for them, and hoped the temple would be a blessing bless-ing to them all, to the city aud to their beloved oountrymen." The next ceremony was the reading of the law in the Hebrew, which was done by J. Waters, Rabbis Stei n and Klkins helping to unroll tho scroll. I'abbi Sterns' address was one of the most I'OKTIC A NO PATRIOTIC SKKMONS ever delivered in this city. H was so tar outside of the beaten track as to be refreshing. It was short, cogent and conclusive. He said: "This tinished temple aud this congregation, miht inspire any speaker. Hov beautiful it is! Une might be led to exclaim: "How beautiful beau-tiful aro thy tents. Oh! Jacob! and how beautiful are thy temples, Oh Isreal." And this onewhat a credit to those who have reared it. Did not David sing; the heavens declare the Vo.cn and ho being the tenor soloist par excellence of our city, his effort was much enjoyed. The orchestra next accompanied ac-companied Mrs. Jack Leviburg who has a rich contralto voice "Sampson anil Delilah," her voice showing the careful training and cultivation which he has received in New York during the past five years in New York. Mrs. Levi berg having been an old time favorite fa-vorite in Salt Lake tjiusioal circles her reappearance on this occasion was especially es-pecially pleasing and gratitfying to her former friends. Following Dr. Klkins' thoughtful discourse, Mine. Alberta Kowo sang "Hear ye Israel." one of Mendelsshon's thoroughly artistic solos. Mrs. Kowe was in excellent voice, and her renditition of the foregoing was most happy, ber clear, rich soprano notes fully bringing out the tiue acoustic properties of the new temple and wincing win-cing for herself new laurels. The Dedication Chorus, by Ilayden. nding the musical part of the programme pro-gramme was magnificently executed by choir, orchestra and organ. The decided success of tha musio was due greatly to Professor Krouse who spared ueither time nor skill to make each number the best that has ever been given in any church affair as yet In Salt Lake City. the invocation. Rabbi Klkins next invoked the blessing bless-ing of Almighty (iod for the temple. The Jews, who had been persecuted for centuries, but through them the knowledge knowl-edge of tin tr'io God would be disaeai- Kiui y in uoii. i ins leiup.o is only an earnest pioneer of tho others that are to come. Alan himself is a temple to which this is nothiug. The bodily temple tem-ple should bo consecrated to God There is another grand temple, which if properly buiit, was tho labor of a man's whole life. It was the templo of homo. It was an American who sang "Home Sweet Homo." Our homo temple should be presided- over by the father and mother as priests, whoso mission should be the guiding of their children's feet in righteous paths. The next temple is that of the school where our children are prepared for tho battle of life. Do not neglect to make that a perfect structure, for it is there that our children are tilted to become be-come good fathers, mothers and citizens. citi-zens. Then your business places and trading marts, let them also be temples. tem-ples. If you do not you ought to, for every act of every mon's life should be a sermon. Words may lie, but acts staud for themselves they always tell the truth. There is another temple which embraces all those mentioned before. be-fore. I fear there may be some who think it should not be mentioned here: it is the temple of good government. We must do all we can to establish this, we cannot deligato this responsibility. responsi-bility. We must not think we have done our duty when we have paid our taxes. A man who etays home from an election is a bad man for he shirks the responsibility of securing good government, for his home and his children. Therefore our country must |