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 (ISRAELITE AND DEBORAH OFFICE.) 
 
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, 
 
 By Isaac M. Wise, 
 
 In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States 
 for the Southern District of Ohio. 
 
INTRODUCTION. 
 
 With the present volume, the author con- 
 eludes his labor for the Minhag America, i. e. the 
 Liturgy of American Israelites. It is his ardent 
 wish, that the main portion of the synagogal 
 liturgy shall remain in Hebrew — the Maarib, 
 Shacharith, Mussapk for Sabbaths, New Moons 
 and Holidays, and the 2£inchah, as corrected and 
 abridged in the Hebrew portions of the Jlinhag 
 America books; since he can not see any valid 
 reason for the abolition of those prayers. All 
 Israel has these four divisions of divine service 
 with the Xeilah for the Day of Atonement, and 
 this is an important inducement to their reten- 
 tion. 
 
 The Hebrew language in our public worship 
 
 is the medium of our synagogal union. Dis_ 
 
 persed as the house of Israel is in all lands, we 
 
 must have a vehicle to understand each other 
 
 in the house of God, so that no brother be a 
 
 stranger therein; and this vehicle is tlie 
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 Hebrew. Aside from this consideration, however, 
 the Hebrew sounds are sacred to the Israelite ; 
 they are holy reminiscences of his youth, which 
 can as little be replaced to him in another lan- 
 guage, as the Psalms of David can be fullv repro- 
 duced in any other tongue. Those who are not 
 at all conversant with the Hebrew, — and few 
 among us are so entirely ignorant of the sacred 
 language — can resort to translated prayer-books 
 which will always enable them to follow the 
 minister in the public worship. In the house of 
 the Lord, let Us always remain a unit, as our 
 sires have been. 
 
 Still it must be admitted, that portions of our 
 divine worship should be conducted in the ver- 
 nacular of the country in which we live. There 
 are several good reasons for this innovaton. 
 In the first place, we must give some satisfaction 
 to those who are not at all conversant with the 
 Hebrew. Our temples are often visited by Gen- 
 tiles, to whom we owe some consideration, and 
 by numerous persons of our own persuasion who 
 prefer the vernacular of the country to the 
 Hebrew. We owe them this concession. We 
 must no longer hide our sublime doctrines and 
 
 r sacred precepts ; they must be expressed in 
 
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 clear and intelligible words, accessible to all. 
 To this end, it is not sufficient to furnish mere 
 translations ; because our age, like every other, 
 has its own sentiments, conceptions, hopes and 
 wishes, which must be clearly expressed in 
 public worship, to render it satisfactory to the 
 devout Israelite. Therefore our sires had their 
 own psalms, hymns and prayers in correspond- 
 ence with every age. The Psalms of David 
 were succeeded by the hymns and prayers of the 
 Men of the Great Synod, then of the Eabbis of 
 the Mislmah and the Talmud, then again by the 
 numerous Piutim, Pizmonim, Selichoth, Kinoth ) 
 and various other forms of sacred poetry, for the 
 Synagogue, at different times, to suit the relig- 
 ious demands of each. Why should we in our 
 days not exercise the same privilege, when by 
 the progress of time, sentiments and conceptions 
 have changed so universally ? In justice to our 
 sacred cause, we must give exj^ression to our re- 
 ligious feelings, hopes and wishes, in the lan- 
 guage most accessible to all, and in the form 
 most agreeable to our age. 
 
 The author opposes the promiscuous conglom- 
 eration of the Hebrew portions with those in the 
 
 vernacular. He wishes to see the Hebrew unin- 
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 terrupted by other pieces, in order not to disturb 
 those who wish to read the prayers as they desire; 
 and to leave the ancient divisions predomi- 
 nant and conspicuous. Therefore he places the 
 vernacular hymns, psalms and prayers at the 
 beginning and at the close of divine worship • 
 before and during the unfolding of the divine 
 law, commonly called the Aus-heben, which con- 
 cludes the Shacharith portion ; before and 
 during the returning of the divine law to the 
 ark commonly called Einheben ; after the sermon, 
 or in place thereof when none is preached ; 
 which begins the Mussaph. Thus the Hebrew 
 portions stand prominently and conspicuously 
 in the midst, which adds greatly to their solem- 
 nity and to devotion in general. 
 
 The choice of pieces for each public worship, 
 of the vernacular as well as of the Hebrew, must 
 be left to the judgment of the various congre- 
 gations and their ministers, who must know to 
 make the best selections for their respective pur- 
 poses. One or more pieces may be selected for 
 each division, and the Hebrew portion may be 
 commenced with Lechu Nerannenah, or any other 
 of the psalms, or with Kaddish and Borechu 
 Baruch Sheo?nar, or with Nishmath ; the Shacha- 
 
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 rith Kednshah may be omitted, the seven bene- 
 dictions read entirely in silent devotion, and the 
 minister only read aloud the Mussaph benedic- 
 tions with the Kaddushah, and the congregation 
 pray simultaneously with him. Each congrega- 
 tion and its minister must make the proper se- 
 lections. But divine service, the sermon inclu- 
 sive, on ordinary occasions, must never last 
 longer than two hours, and nothing must be 
 either read or sung in the temple, without being 
 properly announced to the congregation, so that 
 every body can find it in his book, nor must 
 anything be announced which is not in the books 
 of the congregation. As we do append a ritual 
 to this volume, we shall say no more on the sub- 
 ject in this place. 
 
 All original pieces in this volume written by 
 others than the author, are marked with their 
 respective names. Pieces adopted from other 
 collections are also properly noted. All other 
 pieces are claimed by the author as his own pro- 
 ductions. He knows of but one English hymn 
 book, written and compiled for the Synagogue ; 
 it is that of the Hebrew congregation of 
 Charleston, S. C, of which he possesses the sec- 
 ond edition. The German Synagogue has seve- 
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 ral hymn books, like the Hamburg collection, 
 the Johlsohn's, the Wurtcmberg and the Berlin, 
 as also Leopold Stein's productions and 
 collections, from which several pieces 
 were adopted. For us, in America, as far as 
 the English language is spoken, it is especially 
 necessary that gifted sons and daughters of 
 Israel should adorn the temple with original 
 hymns, as we are quite poor in this species of 
 literature. The author hopes to give a fresh 
 impulse to Hebrew genius, to enhance our 
 sacred literature in the language of our country. 
 He wishes heartily, that hereafter, rabbinical 
 conferences or synods may decide on the worth- 
 iness of poetical productions, to be incorporated 
 into our synagogal volumes ; in absence thereof 
 he can only submit his humble productions to 
 the choice of the congregations and their respec- 
 tive ministers. 
 
 The author can not conclude this without duo 
 acknowledgments to Mrs. Minna Kleeberg for 
 her valuable German contributions to this work, 
 and without expressing his gratification that a 
 gifted daughter of Israel contributes excellent 
 xpressions of piety to our sacred literature. 
 He harbors but one wish, which is this: — 
 
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 May every soul be elevated to the throne of 
 grace by the means of his words, and may 
 the Lord God of Israel be pleased with 
 his humble exertions in behalf of the religion 
 taught by Closes and the prophets. The name 
 of the Lord be glorified, now and forever. 
 
 THE AUTHOR. 
 Cincinnati, in the month of Adar, 
 ' 5628, A. M. 
 
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 DIRECTIONS FOR THE MINISTER. 
 
 1. Select one or more pieces to open and to close 
 each divine service ; also to the Aus-heben, the 
 Einheben, after the sermon or in place thereof, 
 if none be preached, from the respective divi- 
 sions. (See table of contents.) 
 
 2. Announce the number and page of each piece, 
 before reading it! in English and German, if 
 Germans are present; then read it to the con- 
 gregation, and announce which verses are 
 sung, if any be omitted. 
 
 3. In the prosaic pieces, pause after each choral 
 passage, till the choir has repeated it. 
 
 4. Besides the sermon, extempore prayers, or 
 Bible passages, nothing must be recited or 
 sung in the synagogue which is not in the 
 books of the congregation. 
 
 5. Announce the Hebrew portions of divine ser- 
 vice, page and piece, whenever the Hebrew 
 book is used after this. 
 
 6. Always dismiss the congregation with a 
 blessing from the Bible, to consist of one or 
 two brief verses, and call upon the congrega- 
 
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 tion to rise, before the blessing or before the 
 benediction is spoken. 
 
 7. Before opening divine service, the minister 
 and the leader of the choir must agree upon 
 the pieces to be sung, and no change must be 
 made during divine service. 
 
 8. "Where the English is well understood, it 
 should be used in preference to the German. 
 Let the hymns, psalms and prayers be in the 
 same language with the sermons preached, if 
 they be alternately English and German. 
 Also in congregations who understand the 
 German best, the English should be used fre- 
 quently, on account of the rising generation 
 and visitors who understand no German. 
 
 9. Let divine service, on ordinary occasions, 
 last no longer than two hours, the sermon in- 
 cluded. 
 
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 FIRST DIVISION. 
 
 PRAYERS FOR SIX.EXT DEVOTIOX. 
 
 On entering the house of the Lord " know before whom 
 thou standest." Assume your seat, and pray in silent 
 devotion that, to which the heart feels most inclined, 
 till the minister opens the divine service. 
 
 I.— The Tabernacle. 
 
 !*JO"W lovely are Thy tabernacles, O Lord of 
 Hosts ; my soul yearneth, yea, it panteth after 
 the courts of God ; my heart and my flesh shout 
 with joy to the Lord of Life." Here in Thy 
 temple, Thou great and omnipotent God, where 
 Israel seeks Thee, I feel Thy holy presence, Thy 
 loving kindness revealed to my thirsty soul, 
 Thine infinite goodness and heavenly love dis- 
 closed to my yearning heart. I listen with de- 
 light to the cheerful tidings, "Return to me and 
 I will return to you;'' my soul rejoices in Thy 
 gracious promise, " And it shall come to pass, 
 ere they shall call, I will answer, while they 
 shall yet speak, I shall have heard them." 
 Here I feel that I am Thy child, and Thou art 
 my Father; Thou art the Shepherd of Israel, 
 and regardest each lamb of thy flock with ten- 
 der care. Be pleased, Lord, with the feeble 
 voice of thanks from Thine humble child, for all 
 the precious gifts which Thou lavishest upon the 
 perishable creature, the frail scion of Adam, 
 
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 II.— Peace of the Soul. 
 
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 Y soul rejoices in the heavenly peace which 
 reigns in the tabernacle of Thy glory, forshadow- 
 ing the profound and eternal peace which sur- 
 rounds the saintly souls in the tabernacle of 
 eternity, O Lord, when I am weary with 
 struggle, when my heart is sore from the combats 
 and discords of the world ; when the perpetual 
 dissension of the passions and the blind conten- 
 tion of ambition, avarice and haughtiness be- 
 nighten my soul, mortify my conscience, and 
 fill me with dissatisfaction and mourning ; O 
 Lord, Father of peace, then I hasten into Thy 
 tabernacle, where the rays of thy glory fill my 
 soul with peace and concord, satisfaction and 
 happiness ; for which I render thanksgiving and 
 adoration to Thee, Eternal source of peaoe. 
 
 " My soul yearneth, yea, it panteth after the 
 courts of God," for here in Thy holy presence 
 are life and happiness everlasting. Wherever 
 the pilgrim sets the weary sole of his foot, he 
 stands upon a grave, the grave of a decayed 
 creature ; every spot of this sublunar world 
 speaks of change, death, decay and 
 corruption ; except Thy Temple, O Lord of 
 Hosts, where life and truth, eternal light and 
 happiness are revealed from Thy throne of 
 glory, and the immortal soul listens with delight 
 to the heavenly promise of everlasting peace 
 and eternal bliss. 
 
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 I thank Thee, O God, for this tree of life 
 which Thou hast planted in Thine everlasting 
 Eden. I entreat Thee, Eternal Fountain of life 
 and peace, to fill my soul with this heavenly 
 light and hope. G-uide me, Father, on the 
 ■path of righteousness to perfection, that I may 
 live an eternal life of peace in Thy presence ; 
 that when this body of clay shall sink back into 
 the dust, I may enter the everlasting temple of 
 salvation and happiness as I have now entered 
 this Thy temple on earth. 
 
 III.— Truth and Faithfulness* 
 
 ! ERE in Thy holy presence is truth and faith- 
 fulness. The errors of man, the deceptions of 
 the mortal, the ten thousand disappointments of 
 the heart — here they end, where thou disclosest 
 me the boundless treasures of truth and light 
 everlasting ; where Thou repeatest, to the listen- 
 ing soul, the heavenly promises which Thou 
 hast so often fulfilled on our pious forefathers 
 and mothers, and fulfillest to us every day, 
 every moment of our existence. How shall I 
 thank Thee, O God, for this consolation, this 
 heavenly manna, this healing balm which Thou 
 distillest into the wounded breast, so often de- 
 ceived, disappointed, mortified with faithless- 
 ness and error! What can I, the weak mortal, 
 offer up to Thee, Infinite Ruler of the Universe, 
 
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 but my vows and my promises, to walk all the 
 days of my life in Thy light and Thy truth, as 
 Thou shalt deign to enlighten and instruct me ; 
 and imitate Thy faithfulness, in all the walks of 
 my life. Let Thy light and Thy truth be my 
 portion, my banner, and my pride, Thou Eternal 
 Source of truth, Everlasting rock of faithful- 
 ness. 
 
 IV.— Hopes and Wishes. 
 
 vl/ELOU, O God, knowest my hopes and my 
 wishes, my fears and my apprehensions* As 
 Thou alone art my Protector, my Eock and my 
 .Refuge in the hours of trial, danger or sorrow ; 
 so the realization of my hojoes and the fulfill- 
 ment of my wishes are in thy paternal hands* 
 When I enter Thy temple, and lift up mine eyes 
 with gratitude to Thy sacred throne, for the nu- 
 merous blessings Thou vouchsafest to Thine un- 
 worthy servant, I feel encouraged with Thy 
 promises and cheered with Thy grace; I feel 
 that Thou wilt not forsake me, Thou wilt not 
 abandon me to suffering or affliction ; Thou 
 wilt lead me in the path of righteousness to 
 blessing and happiness. I feel how good and 
 just it is to put my trust in Thee, to submit my 
 hopes and my wishes to Thy sovereign wis- 
 dom. 
 Enlighten and strengthen me, O God, that I 
 
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 be enabled to worship Thee, as my soul desires I 
 to render praise and adoration to Thee, Life of 
 my life and Eock of my hopes. " I will sing 
 unto the Lord while I live ; I will render praise 
 to my G-od while I exist. May my speech be 
 agreeable to him, as I rejoice in the Loi >(i 
 Praise the Lord, O my soul. Hallelujah/' 
 Amen. 
 
 V Sabbath. 
 
 VJ7 Lord and creator of the universe, Thou hast 
 sanctified the seventh day to be the Sabbath, 
 an eternal memorial of the wonderful creation 
 of this material world, a day of rest and of holi- 
 ness, of devotion and of gladness. With joy and 
 love I obey, O God, this Thy commandment ; I 
 thank Thee, Heavenly Father, that Thou hast 
 appointed a day, on which I forget all the 
 cares and troubles of life, I approach Thee in 
 prayer, and spend my hours, to the salvation of 
 my immortal soul. Grant, O Lord, to my heart 
 and to my house, Sabbath-rest and Sabbath -joy, 
 angels' melodies and heavenly gladness ; that 
 my soul enjoy the fullness of Thy grace and 
 mercy in this type of the eternal and heavenly 
 Sabbath ; that I may worthily thank Thee for 
 the bountiful blessings which flow so abundantly 
 from Thy hands, to gladden all hearts ; that I 
 may becomingly praise Thee, Thou Infinite and 
 
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 All-wise Deity, and obey Thee with love- 
 Amen. 
 
 VI.— Feast of Pesach. 
 
 if AY of Passover, Feast of Freedom, Thou 
 testimony of God's infinite love, and His wise 
 providence — I salute thee before my Maker ! Let 
 my heart be filled with festive gladness, and my 
 soul enjoy Heaven's loving-kindness, that my 
 spirit fully comprehend the holy signification of 
 this feast of redemption; that my soul soar aloft 
 on the pinions of sacred devotion to the Eternal 
 Eedeemer of Israel, who called the seed of 
 Jacob to be his chosen people, saved it from de- 
 grading and oppressive slavery, and guided it 
 with paternal love from night to light, from 
 servitude to freedom, and said to Israel, " Thou 
 art my people." O that I may fully understand 
 and feel the sacred lessons of this feast, to cele- 
 brate it according to the will of Him who 
 appointed it, and become worthy of this bless- 
 ing ; that I may utter praise, thanksgiving and 
 adoration before my G-od and my Eedeemer, for 
 ever and aye. Amen. 
 
23 
 
 fcreife, unenblidjer, aflwetfer ©otr, unb lieoenb £>ir 
 gefyordje* 2tmen. 
 
 6. VefaAfeft. 
 
 U 
 
 efa&feft ber grci^cit, f^eft ber Siebe unb ber unenb* 
 lichen 2>orfetyung ®otte£, fet mtr gcgrii^t — fenfe 
 beine SBetyc nieber in mein £erg, erfiitfe ntetne (seele, 
 bag mein ©emiit§ unb mem ©etft beine gange $o$e 
 2?ebeutung erfajfe unb son berfefben burcfybrungen 
 werbe, bag meine Seete auf ben $(iigem ber Slnbadjt 
 iriirbtg ficfy gu ifym erfyebt, bent 33efreier unb (Erlb'fer 
 3erae($, ber e3 gu feinem 23olfe erfor, eg errettete au& 
 tiefer, briicfenber Sflaoerei unb e3 leitere unb fiibrte 
 mit liebenber ^aterbanb au$ Wafyt gum Sicfyt, sen 
 .ftnedUfcbaft gur -greifyeit, unb gu Israel foracfy: fei 
 bu mein $olf* $D moge id) beine gauge tyofte S3ebeu* 
 tung erfennen, urn bid) gu feiern nad) 23orfd>rift, unb 
 triirbig gu erfd)einen scr ibm, ber biefeo gcfl etngefe|3t» 
 Sob unb $rei3 unb 2(nbetung ttjm, unferm ©otte, oon 
 Stoigfeit gu (Stoigfeir, 2lmen. 
 
24 
 VII.— Feast of Shabnolh. 
 
 VbHE heavens proclaim Thy praise, O God, 
 and the countless myriads of suns announce 
 themselves to be Thy handiwork, Thou great 
 and glorious Father of all creatures. The 
 stars in heaven's azure dome like the flowers 
 and blossoms of earth, the peals of the thunder, 
 like the susurration of the child, the soft whis- 
 pers of the air like the roar of the cataract — 
 proclaim alike Thine infinite love, which Thou 
 revealest all over the wide domains of nature 
 and render praise and adoration to Thee in a 
 thousandfold Hallelujah. Clearer and more 
 intelligible still, Thou hast revealed Thy love 
 over Israel. Thou hast chosen him to be Thy 
 people, and hast taught him Thy laws and pre- 
 cepts from Sinai's consecrated summit, to know 
 Thee in truth. Thou hast appointed Thy peo- 
 ple to be the highpriests of humanity, to carry 
 Thy truth over all lands, that there be fufilied 
 Thy promises to Abraham, " And there shall be 
 blessed by thee, and by thy seed, all the families 
 of the earth." O heavenly Father, I thank 
 Thee for this divine light, which Thou hast sent 
 me from Sinai's height. May it always illumi- 
 nate my soul and warm my heart to generous 
 affections and virtuous deeds, and teach and 
 prompt me every hour of my life, on the day of 
 happiness and in the moments of trial and 
 affliction, to render praise and adoration to Thee. 
 
25 
 
 7. <3$a*uot$ftft, 
 
 13 
 
 ! ie Jpimmet tterfiinben £ein Sob, unb bag ganje 
 firmament fpricfyt eg ift <Dcttt Jpanbeiverf, o ©ott, 23a^ 
 ter im Jpimmel ! £ie 3terne am grofjen £tmmeUjeft, 
 toie bie 53htmen unb Slutfyen ber (Erbe,bag Pollen beg 
 Xonnerg, nue bag fallen beg .ftinbeg — bag fciufelnbe 
 SSeben bcr £iifte, mie bag faufenbe ©etofe beg SBajfer* 
 fatted — perfiinben unb fpred^en pou Xeiner unenb(id)en 
 Siebe, bte Xu in ber gan^en grojjen toeiten 9latux ge* 
 offenbart, unb pretfen £id) unb foben £idj in ipauV 
 lujafy unb 2lnbetung. .ftlarer aber unb Perftanbitd^er 
 f > a ft Xu iiber 3$rael Xetne Siebe offenbart. £u fyaft 
 eg ju Xeinem SSolfe ern?ac)It unb auf Sinai's f)eiligen 
 £oben iijm ©efefte unb Secret! gegeben, Sidj miirbtg 
 ju erfennen, unb ^ a ft eg genmrbigt, £ein ^riefter $u 
 fein unb £eine Sebre $u tragen burdj) atte SBelt, bantit 
 bte £erbeifjung, bie Du 2Jbrabam gegeben, bag burd) 
 ibn atte ©efcblecfyter ber (Erbe toerben gefegnet fein, in 
 (Erfiittung gel)e, £ater im Jpimmet! id) banfe £ir fiir 
 bag fyimmUfcfye Stcfyt, bag £u mir pon (Binat'g fyeiligen 
 $tytn fyaft leucbten lajfen. Sftoge eg immer erleudjten 
 unb ertoarmen mein £erj ju eblen unb guten Xfjaten, 
 gu £einem Sftubme unb £>einem ^>rcifc. 9ftoge eg 
 midj (eiten unb fiifyren, £id) ju preifen ju atter 3tit, 
 in ben triiben nrie in ben fyeitern Jagen nteineg Sebeng. 
 
26 
 May it lead me and guide me through the dark- 
 ness of my earthly pilgrimage, to eternal 
 light, life, and bliss everlasting in Thy presence, 
 Eternal G-od of love and truth. Amen. 
 
 VIII.— Feast of Booths. 
 
 jr. 
 
 ATHEE in heaven, Thou art He, whose 
 all-seeing eye watches over us, who, with unlim- 
 ited kindness, benignity and grace, looks down 
 from his heavens high upon all the world, upon 
 the worm which creeps in the dust as upon yon- 
 der mighty spheres which continually revolve 
 in their orbits. Father in heaven, Thou bearest, 
 supportest and preservest all creatures, even 
 from the infusoria, thousands of which populate 
 one drop of water, up to the mighty beasts 
 which populate the primitive forests and path- 
 less wilds. God of Love, Thou givest food to 
 the animal, even to the young ravens which cry 
 to Thee ; Thou providest abundantly for all Thy 
 creatures. I thank Thee, O God, that Thou 
 hast provided for me and for my house. I 
 thank Thee for the fruits of the field, for the 
 wealth in the b^rns and in the cellars, for 
 rain and dew, for wind and sunshine in due 
 season, for the productive energies of nature, 
 I thank Thee and praise Thee with filial de- 
 votion and love. Not for these abundant gifts 
 alone, my heart utters thanks in humbleness and 
 
SRoge e$ mi* leiten unb fiifjren turfy biefes Grben* 
 bunfel, unb tt>emt td) eingefte sen biefem (Erbentfcale 
 3um ewigen Sicfrte, m Dtr, 2>ater im £immel, bitten. 
 
 8* SuccotljfcfL 
 
 o 
 
 ©ott unb £err! SDit Mft t«, beffen 2?aterauge un$ 
 betracbet uut) fcetvaljret, unb mit uneubticfyer Siefte, 
 £ulb unb ©nabe son feinen £immeln nteberfd^aut auf 
 bic ganje 2Bett, auf ben SSurm, ber ftd) im <Btaukt 
 trinbet, mt auf jene unenblicfren Bptyxxtn, bie in fce* 
 ftanbtgem ^Ireiofauf i^re 23afm sotlenben. 2>ater im 
 £imme(, 5)ii M|Vfi, ber ailed- tragr, na^rt unb erfcalr, 
 tten ben flefnften 3nfuforten, sen benen ftdj taufenbe 
 in tiutm SBajfertropfen krcegen, &t$ mm madden 
 Ungefceuer, bag in ben Uriralbern lebh 2>ater ber 
 Siefce, ber £u bem 2>iefy feme Speife, ben jungen 9ta= 
 ben iftr gutter, nad) bem \k f&reien, ertheileft, ber £u 
 bie ganje 2Belt in Reiner I'tefce fpetfeft, id) banfe £ir 
 am f)euttgen gejfe fur ade bie SBefyltfyaten, bie £u fair 
 mid), bie Sfteinett unb an alien Sftenfcfyen getftan. 
 (Eingefammett fmb beg gelbeS griicMe, gefiiOet Metier 
 unb Sd)eune, £u fanbeft SRegen unb Xfyau mr red>ten 
 3eit, 2)u gafrft SBacfystfyum unb ©ebeifren, bafiir banfe 
 tdj £ir unb preife £td) in fmblicner Xemutlj unb 
 Stefce. 2l6er nidjt fiir biefeS atlem fceugt ftcfe mem 
 £er$ unb ©emut§ in inniger £emutfi unb £anf&arfeit 
 
28 
 in devotion; also for Thy benign providence, 
 Thy paternal goodness which Thou revealest 
 over Israel, since Thy love lias chosec him, and 
 since Thou hast led him through yonder wilder- 
 ness, and through the desert of life, these hun- 
 dreds of years — also this moves me to gratitude 
 and prompts me to utter accents of thanks 
 before Thee. Father in heaven, I appear before 
 Thee this day, to render thanksgiving uuto 
 Thee for the blessings of the past, and implore 
 Thy goodnes and Thy benignity for the future. 
 Protect, guard and lead me also hereafter ; bless 
 field and meadow ! bless and protect our country, 
 and expand the tabernacle of peace over all 
 Thy children. Amen. 
 
29 
 »or Tiv, fonbevn au&) fitr bie unenbUcfre 23orfe6uug 
 mtt ber £ein 2>aterauge 3^raef, feitbem e3 £eine 
 Stefre erforen, ii&enracfcte, auf Jeiuen 3ngen burcfy tie 
 SBiijte, fotoie in alien 3 u 3 en fcines inelbeiregten unb 
 sielgetrufcten Scbcnd. 23ater int £immel, id) erfcfreine 
 »or £ir am kutigen £age, fitr ba$ 2>ergangene ju 
 banfen, unb fitr bie 3nfunft Dehte ©nabe ju crfCcf>en. 
 <2d)itj3e, ttadje unb fcercafcre tntcfo unb bie ^fleinigen 
 audj ferner, fegne ftetb unb glur, unb Xriften unb 
 ipaine, fegne unb fcetr-acfre unb forcafcre bag Sanb in 
 bem nnr le&en, unb fcreite bie TJedc Deines griebens 
 ana itfrer 3^rae( unb bie ganje 5CRenfc^r)eit» %mtn. 
 
30 
 
 SECOND DIVISION 
 
 INTRODUCTORY PIECES. 
 
 IX.— Introduction. 
 
 I. 
 Minister. The Eternal, the One and Sole 
 God is in His holy temple, let all the earth keep 
 silent before Him. Thus saith the Lord, the 
 Sole Sovereign of all creatures : The heaven is 
 my throne and the earth is my footstool. 
 Where is the house you could build to me, and 
 where is the place of my rest? All these things 
 my hand hath made, and mine are all these 
 things, saith the Lord ; yet I look on the poor 
 and on him whose mind is abased, and on him 
 who longeth tremblingly after my word. Who 
 is like unto the Lord our God, who is enthroned 
 so high and looketh down so deep, on all in 
 -heaven and on earth! Exalted, over all the 
 nations exalted, high, is the Lord, above tho 
 heavens high is his glory* 
 
 CHOIR. 
 
 Awake the song, awake the string 
 To shout the praise of Isr'el's King, 
 His pow'r invoke, his deeds proclaim j 
 As faithful heralds to his fame 
 Aloud declare through ev'ry land, 
 The wonders of his mighty hand. 
 
31 
 
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 9* ©tnlettttttg* 
 
 i. 
 
 23orfceter. ?)er gauge, t>er einig=etn$ige ©ott 
 ift in feinem fyetltgen Xtrtvptl — ftitf fei »or tym atte 
 SBett! <So fpricfyt ber enuge ©ort unb £err after (£rea= 
 turen: £er £immel ift mein $in*on unb bie Srbe 
 metner $ii§e <2d)emcl. S3o ift ba ein £au$, ba$ i^r 
 mtr fcauen moger, unb too ba ein £>rt meiner SRutye* 
 ftatre? £tefe$ attes $at ja meine £anb gefdjaffen unb 
 ntein ift ja all' bie$, fpridjt ber Snuge, unb bod) fdjaue 
 i^ auf ben 2(rmen unb auf ben ©eifteggeoeugten, unb 
 auf ben, ber nadj tneinem SBorte ©etynfudjt tragr. 
 2Ber ift ttrie ber £err unfer ©ott, ber tyodjertyafcen 
 tfyront, unb tief auf 2ttles nieberfd)aut, toas ba ift im 
 £immel unb auf Srben? (Erfyafcen, iioer aEc S5o(fer 
 er^aoen ift ber £err, iioer atle £tmmet erfjaoen feine 
 £errli<fyfett» 
 
 2luf, lapt un3 juoefn bem £erm im £immel bort 
 Unb jauc^jen unferes #etfe$ jtarfem £ort! 
 ^ommt oor fein 2lngefid)t mit £)anfe$flangen, 
 Unb laffet ifym un$ jaudjjen mit ©efangen! 
 
32 
 
 Minister. Behold, the Lord is my salvation, 
 I confide, and I shall not fear : My strength 
 and my song is Yah, the eternal God who is my 
 salvation. Draw water now with gladness from 
 the fountain of salvation, and exclaim on this 
 day : G-ive thanks to the Eternal God ; invoke 
 His name ; proclaim among the nations His 
 wondrous deeds; announce, -for exalted is His 
 name ; sing of the Lord, for he does sublime 
 deeds ; make this known to all the earth ; let 
 her rejoice and exult who dwells in Zion, for 
 great in thy midst is the Holy One of Israel. 
 
 CHOIR. 
 
 Awake the song, awake the string 
 And thankful praise th' eternal King, 
 Let psalms of joy to God ascend, 
 Whose love no limit knows, no end, 
 And sing aloud in one accord 
 The praise of God, the only Lord. 
 
 X.— Introduction . 
 
 II. 
 Minister. "Peace, peace to those who are 
 far off, and to those who are nigh, saith the 
 Lord." In Thy temple, Thou One and Sole 
 God, peace reigns supreme. The stormy com- 
 bat on the mart of life, the confused voices of 
 human weakness — here they are heard no 
 longer ; they disturb not the panting heart, in 
 elevating itself unto Thee, Most Gracious God 5 
 
33 
 
 35 o r fc e t c r. ©iety, ©ott ift metn Jpeil, id) ser= 
 traue, mir fcanget nid)t: meine 9ftad)t unb mein ®e* 
 fang ijt 3 a fy, ber (Swige, ber mir gur 9tettung nafy. 
 ©djopfet SBajfer in SBonne aug ber Quelle t»ed £ei(g, 
 unb rufet aug an biefem £age: 2)anfet bent Snngen, 
 mfet feinen tauten an, serfiinbet nnter ben 2361fern 
 feine Jljaten, lobftnget, benn fetn 9?ame ijl erfyafcen. 
 ©tnget bent £errn, benn er tfjut (Srfyafreneg, funb fei'g 
 aller SBeft. 3<*ud^e unb juble, SSewo^nerin 3ion^, 
 benn groj? in beiner Sftttte ift ber Jpeiftge 3$™^ 
 
 S^or, 
 
 £er £err iji jlonig, eg jittent bie SSoIfer fcor i§m. 
 (Er tfyront auf ben ©djwingen ber SfyeruMm, 
 £g foanft bie Srbe »or bem Jperrn! 
 
 (Drofj ift ber Jperr in 3ion. 
 Sr^aben iiber ben ^otfern mfy unb fern, 
 Bit pretfen feinen tauten, grof? unb fjefyr, 
 
 £ei(ig ift er! 
 
 10- <&inleitutiQ. 
 
 ii. 
 
 25 o r 16 e t e r, „5riebe, S^iet>e bem ^ernen unb bem 
 yiafytn, fpridjt ber £err." %n Deinem Xempel, o 
 einig=einjiger ®ott! tfyront ber ^rieben. (5g fcfyfoeigen 
 bie braufenben $ampfe beg ZtUn$, bie hrirren @tim= 
 men menfdjlicfyer ©cfyroacfyen ftoren fyter ni$t bag fe§* 
 nenbe £er$, ftdj ju Dir, @nabenreid)er unb 2ltterbar* 
 mer, ju er^eben; eg fcfyfteigt bie Setbenfdjaft, unb ber 
 
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34 
 
 the passions are silent, and the soul soars aloft 
 to the Fountain of life, the Eternal Source of all 
 entities.. 
 
 Here infinite goodness flows from the source 
 of eternal love ; here the spirit of everlasting 
 truth touches the listening soul ; the floods of 
 light emanating from Thy Law, encompasf us 
 here, in ' Thy holy temple ; the soul released of 
 all earthly fetters, of all cares and of all strug- 
 gles, rises freely and gladly unto Thee, O God. 
 " How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, thy taber- 
 nacles, O Israel." 
 
 CHOIR. 
 
 How pleasant, Lord, thy habitation ! 
 
 My heart has yearned, has longed to see j 
 O Lord of Lords and all creation, 
 
 The house devoted, God, to thee. 
 With gladness now I sing thy praise, 
 Thou ever living God of grace. 
 
 Minister. O, it is holy gladness to sing of 
 Thee, Thou Eternal Father ; it is joy to my heart 
 to praise Thy paternal goodness. Yerily, to pray 
 unto Thee with childlike devotion, to unvail 
 before Thee the wishes and the wounds of the 
 frail heart, gives hope and consolation to the 
 afflicted soul ; for Thou rewardest the petition- 
 er's confiding soul with renewed strength and 
 heavenly consolation. Thou hearest, when we 
 
35 
 
 ©eifl ftrebt empor ju £)ir, Sefrensquelie! emige Urfache 
 attes <Setns. 
 
 Jpier ftromt unenblicfce £ulb cms ber Quelle etui^er 
 SteBe, $iw we^t ber ©eift efciger $3afjrf)eit, bte Sid)N 
 ftutfjeu Reiner beitigen 2eftre empfafjen una Bier; ent* 
 fejfelt son ben irbifdjen SBanben ber (sorgen unb be$ 
 jtampfea fdjnringt bie @ee(e frei unb frof) ftd) ju Dlr 
 empor, o ©ott! „2Bie f#on fmb 3afW« 3^tte, »ie 
 berrlid) bein ^ctltgt^um, o 3sraeL" 
 
 Bie UeMid) £err, pnb 2)eine fallen! 
 @$ fetjnte ftd>, e3 rang meat £er$, 
 £err atler £evren, f)iujun?allen 
 9?acfy (35ottci5 Sempel, l)tmmefroartg» 
 2Gte jaud)3en £erj unb Seel 1 in 3hU). 
 9?un bem (ebenbtgeu ©otte $tu 
 
 $orbeter. £tr, boater, Iobftrtcjen ift @eelen* 
 Juki, Deine 23aterf)u(b preifen ift £eqenstr>onne, $u 
 £)ir mit finblidjem 23ertrauen fletjen, ©it bes £er$en3 
 SBiinfdje unb be$ £er$en3 SBunben entfdjletern, gtbt 
 #ojfnung unb Jrofl ber tyarrenben ©eete; benn £u 
 belofynft beg Meters sertrauenb ©emutlj mit ^immlu 
 fcfyem Srofie unb oerjihtgter ^Iraft, 2>u tyoreft, menu 
 rotr fle^en, £>u gemafjreft, wenn'3 £eif unb ®egen 
 
36 
 pray ; Thou grantest our supplications, if they be 
 to our blessing. Thou replacest a thousandfold, 
 whatever Thy paternal goodness must refuse us. 
 " As the father showeth mercy to the children, 
 so the Lord showeth mercy to those who fear 
 him." 
 
 CHOIR. 
 
 The Lard, he hears my pray'r and deigns to 
 
 grant 
 The bounteous blessings from his gracioug hand. 
 
 XI. — Introduction. 
 
 III. 
 
 Minister. Lord of Hosts, with eMIdlike 
 confidence, the soul rises in this holy hour of 
 devotion, to behold light from Thy light ; to' 
 gain might and strength in the heavenly rays of 
 Thy mercy ; to renew our confidence and invig- 
 orate our faith at the everlasting fountain of 
 Thine infinite grace, Grant us Thy assistance, 
 Thou Great and Omnipotent God, to resist suc- 
 cessfully all temptations of vice ; to overcome 
 the allurements of sin; to come forth victori- 
 ously from the perpetual struggles of good and 
 evil; and to sanctify our earthly pilgrimage. 
 For it is the light of Thy grace only which ra- 
 diates into this obscure valley of life, and warmly 
 and revivingly, it penetrates the feeble heart 
 which, in life's incessant struggles, pants after 
 Thee and Thy paternal goodness. Thou sendest 
 
37 
 fcringt, £u erfefceft reicfytid), was Petite 25aterfyn(b nn3 
 entjic^t. „2Bie ber 33ater fid) ber Winter erfcarmr, fo 
 erfcarmt fid) ber £crr berer, tie tytt serefyren." 
 
 £|or. 
 
 £)er £err, er f)6rt mein §fefyen nnb adjret baranf, 
 Xer £err nimmt mein <33ebet in ®naben auf. 
 
 11* ©tttleitmtg* 
 
 in. 
 
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 Haren SrraMen Reiner 23armfteqigfeit, 9ftntfy unb 
 33ertranen an$ bem Sorn Reiner nnenblidjen ipulb $n 
 fcfyopfen, ben 23erfudjnngen be$ £ajter$ $u nuberfteftem 
 bie Sodungen ber Siinbe $u nfcernunben, ftegreid) cms 
 bem $ampfe fyersor^ugefcen nnb bas Srbenleben ju 
 trct^cn nnb jn ^eiligen* (5s ftraMt bas £id)t Reiner 
 ©nabe in'S bnntte Srbentfyal, e3 bringt erftarmenb 
 nnb Meknb in'£ hinge $crj, bas ans ben ftantpfett 
 beg Sekng ju Reiner 2>aterftnlb empor ftcfy fefmt. £n 
 rufj* £einen ^inbern bie rroftreicfoen 2$orte jtt: 
 b2 
 
the glad tidings to Tby children, " Fear not, for 
 I redeem thee ; I call thee by thy name ; mine 
 thou art. If thou passest through the water, I 
 am with thee ; and through the rivers — they 
 shall not overflow thee; if thou walkest through 
 fire, thou shalt not be scorched ; and the flames 
 shall not burn thee, Fori, God thy Lord, the 
 holy One of Israel, am thy Eedeemer." 
 
 CHOIR. 
 
 God redeems, the Lord protects, 
 God whose grace each fault corrects, 
 
 Hears the sinner's pious word, 
 Showers joy on contrite hearts, 
 Loves, consoles, benignly guards, 
 
 All who trust in Him. the Lord. 
 
 Minister. As Thou, O God our Lord, hast 
 graciously listened to the supplications of our 
 pious ancestors, to whom Thou hast revealed 
 Thyself so often, so benignly and so mercifully ; 
 O so hear also our humble petitions in this 
 solemn hour of devotion. Kerne mber not our 
 shortcomings, for Thou knowest we are but dust 
 and ashes. Let Thy mercy be our portion, re- 
 fresh us with the silvery dew of Thy benignity, 
 let heavenly peace descend into the breast of the 
 worshiper, and refresh the panting heart with 
 the crystal waves which flow from the eternal 
 fountain of Thy grace. Hear us, O God; con- 
 
39 
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 id) bid), bu bijt mein; unb mitfjteji bu burd) gdttfyen 
 fd)reiten, id) Bin mit bir, ober burdj (Strb'me waten, fie 
 fotlen bid) nidjt wegjlutfyen; unb gtngeft bu burd)'g 
 geuer, eg foil bid) nid)t brennen, ober burdj bie gram* 
 me, fie mirb bid) nid)t serfebren; bemt idj, ber £err 
 bein ©ott, ber 2lllerl)eilia,fte 3$raels, bin bein (Erlofer." 
 
 d I) o r . 
 
 ©ott erloft, ber Eater fd)it£t; 
 ©ott, ber Meg tragt unb ftit£t 
 
 ipbrt beg 23eterg frommeg SBort, 
 ipaudjet Xroft tn'S nmnbe £>er$, 
 3eigt fid) un$ in greub' unb ©djmeq. 
 
 ©nabenreicfter gefg unb £ort! 
 
 23orbeter. 2Bie £>u, o £err unb ©ott! f)ulb* 
 uoU oernommen bie ©ebete unferer frommen SSater 
 unb Gutter, benen £u bid) fo oft, fo gnabenreid) unb 
 liebesoll ojfenbart l)aft, fo erfybre audj unfer gleijen in 
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 mit bem 2id)ttljau T)einer ©nabe, fenfe nieber £im* 
 melgfrieben in beg 23eterg 53ruft, erfrifdje bag ledjjenbe 
 £erj mit ben ©ilbermetlen aug ber ercia, riefelnben 
 Quelle Reiner ©nabe; erbbre, ©ott! trbfte, erbebe 
 
40 
 sole, elevate, and sanctify us, O Father, as Thou 
 hast promised: "If the mountains move and 
 the hills quake, my grace shall not leave thee, 
 and my covenant of peace shall not fail, saith 
 thy Merciful God." 
 
 CHOIR. 
 
 Mercy beams around Thy throne, 
 God who art my Bock alone : 
 
 Holy One, we trust in Thee. 
 God is nigh, my soul rejoice ! 
 Grace and love, proclaims His voice. 
 
 Sing new songs with holy glee. 
 
 XII.— Psalm 134. 
 
 53 
 
 EHOLD, ye servants of the Lord, 
 Who stand within his courts by night, 
 O bless his name with one accord 
 Forever praise him with delight. 
 
 Your hands within his holy place 
 
 Lift up, and praise his matchless name. 
 
 From Zion will the Lord thee bless, 
 
 The Lord who heaven and earth did frame. 
 
 XIII.— Sabbath Hymn. 1. 
 
 OLY Sabbath, heaven's bride, 
 Welcome, welcome day of rest 
 
41 
 
 unb fieiftge un$, S3ater ! trie £u serfjeifen : „Unb 
 follten aucb bie 23erge treicben unb bie £uget wanfen, 
 meine ©nabc foil sen bir nicbt rceicfyen imb mein 
 ftriebensbnnb nidjt ttanfen, ftmdjt bein atlbarm^er*- 
 $iger ©ott." 
 
 Swig ftrabtt feitt ©nabenlidjt, 
 ©ott serlajjt bie <seinen nicfyt, 
 
 ©ott erbort be3 Meters 2Gort. 
 $reubig tone Sobgefang 
 3()tn ber Seele Subeltfang, 
 
 9fteinem (3otk f gels unb £ort. 
 
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 12. ^Pfalttt 100. 
 
 aud>$t bem Gn?igen atfe Sanbe, 
 £ient bem £errn mit grcub' nnb £ujl, 
 ^ommt sor ibn im $racbtgetoanbe, 
 SD^tt gefyeiligt frober 23ruft! 
 
 £cn atfmacfytigen ©ott erfennet, 
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42 
 
 Golden peace, the angels' pride, 
 Breathes Thy divine behest. 
 
 Holy message from on high 
 
 Comes with thee thou Queen of Days ; 
 Welcome thou to hearts which sigh, 
 
 Soothing ray from heaven's grace. 
 
 Freedom's songs, salvation's voice 
 
 Sound with might from Sabbath-rest ; 
 
 Human woe, the passions' noise, 
 Yield to thee, the Lord has blest. 
 
 Sabbath peace, thou healing balm, 
 Come with joy on golden wings, 
 
 Troubles cease, my heart be calm, 
 God is nigh, Jeshurun sings. 
 
 XIV.— Sabbath Hymn. 2. 
 
 'AEK my soul in solemn awe, 
 The Lord of hosts proclaims His law :— 
 Work and toil by heaven blest, 
 Observe the Sabbath-day of rest. 
 
 Rise my soul o'er worldly cares, 
 To God aspire o'er passion's snares ; 
 Silent cares, ye storms be soft ! 
 Shake off the dust and soar aloft. 
 
 Trust my soul in God alone, 
 
 In Him who made the suns His throne, 
 
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44 
 Earth and moons His footstool's parts, 
 Who loves Thee well, consoles all hearts. 
 
 Best my soul, the earth is dust — 
 Away with thee, in God I trust ! 
 God provides a world of bliss ; 
 The world is mine and I am His. 
 
 Sing my soul thy Maker's praise, 
 Proclaim His will, make known His ways ; 
 Feel His love, of mercy sing, 
 He is my God, He is my King. 
 
 XV.-Sabbath Hymn. 3. 
 
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 XALTED One ! Be highly praised, 
 Most Holy God, upon whose word 
 
 The gates of East are ever raised, 
 And sun and moon their light afford. 
 
 My morning-song, up ! now awake, 
 
 To God above thy flight to take, 
 
 Who daily calls this world from night, 
 And gladdens us with love and light. 
 
 With light the Lord his work began, 
 Light was its middle and its end ; 
 
 He set the sun on heaven's span, 
 Man's spirit did from him descend. 
 
 O Sabbath ! sacred Day of Best, 
 
 Thou bearer of the Lord's behest : 
 " This is the day that I require ! " 
 Oh ! praise and thank your Heavnly Sire. 
 
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46 
 
 The Lord revealed himself in light, 
 His love and grace hath ever shown ; 
 
 Our fathers' shield, in dreary night, 
 Let Thou life's path to us be known. 
 
 Thy word that light and joy imparts, 
 
 Implant within our inmost hearts, 
 That we may know it pure and clear, 
 Obey it truly, far and near. 
 
 XVI.— A Morning Hymu, 
 
 & 
 
 UNGr to the Lord ! the shades of night 
 At His command have passed away, 
 And the dim morning's doubtful light 
 Hath brightened to full orbed day. 
 
 Watched by that eye which never sleeps, 
 Safe and in confidence we slept; 
 
 Who suns and stars innumerous keeps, 
 His servants faithfully hath kept. 
 
 No earthquake shock, no hungry flame, 
 No tempest with destroying breath 
 
 At midnight to our dwelling came 
 To make our sleep the sleep of death. 
 
 Thy guardian angels, Lord, were near, 
 To smoothe the pulse and soothe the breast 
 
 Nor torturing pains, nor haunting fear 
 Broke the sweet quiet of our rest. 
 
 Now called to duty by Thy light, 
 
 Our morning thanks to Thee we pay, 
 
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48 
 For the kind ministry of night 
 For the new glory of the day. 
 
 For life preserved for strength renewed, 
 For the dear love that guards us still, 
 
 But best we speak our gratitude 
 By wills submissive to Thy will. 
 
 XVII — Psalm 19, 
 
 vi/HE spacious firmament on high, 
 
 "With all the blue ethereal sky, 
 
 And spangled heavens, a shining frame, 
 
 Their great original proclaim. 
 
 The unwearied sun, from day to day, 
 
 Both his Creator's power display ; 
 
 And publishes to every land 
 
 The work of an Almighty hand. 
 
 Soon as the evening shades prevail, 
 
 The moon takes up the wondrous tale ; 
 
 And nightly to the listening earth * 
 
 Bepeats the story of her birth : 
 
 Whilst all the stars which round her burn, 
 
 And all the planets in their turn, 
 
 Confirm the tidings as they roll, 
 
 And spread the truth from pole to pole* 
 
 What though, in solemn silence, all 
 Move round this dark terrestrial ball ; 
 What though no real voice nor sound 
 Amidst their radiant orbs be found ; 
 
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50 
 
 In reason's ear they all rejoice, 
 And utter forth a glorious voice ; 
 For ever singing, as they shine — 
 " The hand that made us is divine. 
 
 XVIII.— Psalm 150. 
 
 $]$ temples high, the Lord's abode, 
 
 Let hymns of joy arise ; 
 And thousand-fold the praise of God, 
 
 Eesound in azure skies. 
 
 Oh ! praise His acts, His mighty deeds, 
 His kindness, love and grace ; 
 
 His power which aught else exceeds, 
 On earth in heaven's space. 
 
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 And play the sweetest strains ; 
 
 On harps with strings of silver bound 
 To praise the Lord who reigns. 
 
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 And strike the stringed frame ! 
 
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 To praise His mighty name. 
 
 Let Israel's glorious sons rejoice ! 
 
 And raise the cymbals high ; 
 The brazen cymbal's clanging voice. 
 
 Ke-echo from the sky. 
 
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52 
 
 Let all that live, in one accord. 
 Unite and praise the Lord. 
 
 XlX.-Psalna 42. 
 
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 'O the chief Musician, a Maskil, for the 
 sons of Korach. 
 
 As a hart panteth after brooks of water, so 
 panteth my soul after Thee, O God ! 
 
 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God : 
 when shall I go (again) and appear in the pre- 
 sence of God? 
 
 My tears have been my food day and night ; 
 because men say unto me all day, Where is thy 
 God? 
 
 These things will I remember, and pour out 
 my soul in me : how I was wont to pass along 
 amidst the multitude, journeying with them as 
 a pilgrim to the house of God, with the voice of 
 joyful song and thanksgiving, among the festive 
 throng. 
 
 Why art thou cast down, O my soul, and dis- 
 quieted in me ? Hope thou in God ; for I shall 
 yet thank him, because of the salvation of his 
 countenance. 
 
 O my God ! my soul is cast down within me ; 
 therefore will I remember thee from the land of 
 the Jordan, and from the peaks of Chermon, 
 from the low mount. 
 
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54 
 
 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy 
 waterfalls : all thy waves and thy billows have 
 passed over me. 
 
 In the day time the Lord will command his 
 kindness, and in the night his song shall be with 
 me, as a prayer unto the God of my life. 
 
 I will say unto G-od, My rock why hast thou 
 forgotten me? why must I walk grieved under 
 the oppression of the enemy? 
 
 It is as death in my bones, when my assailants 
 reproach me; when they say unto me all the 
 day, "Where is thy G-od ? 
 
 Why art thou cast down, O my soul ? and 
 why art thou disquieted within me ? Hope thou 
 in God ; for I shall yet thank him, the salvation 
 of my countenance, and my God. 
 
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56 
 
 THIRD DIVISION. 
 
 Taking out and Reading the Thorah. 
 
 XX.— Aus-heben. 1. 
 
 TFrom the Hebrew. 1 
 
 Minister. Thou, God, and Thy works are 
 perfect beyond comparison. Thy royal power 
 is extended over all the world, and Thy domin- 
 ion, over all generations. Thou art king; 
 Thou hast always reigned, and Thou wilt reign 
 forever and aye. The Eternal One will bestow 
 might on His people ; He will bless His children 
 with peace. 
 
 CHOIR. [From Psalm 24.*] 
 
 Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye 
 lifted up, ye everlasting doors, and the King 
 of Glory shall come in. 
 
 Who is the King of Glory ? 
 
 The Lord, strong, and mighty in battle ! 
 
 Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye 
 lifted up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of 
 glory shall come in. 
 
 Who is the King of glory ? 
 
 The Lord of Hosts — He is the King of Glory. 
 
 *This translation is accommodated to existing music. 
 
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58 
 
 During the conclusion of this Psalm the Ark is opened, 
 the congregation rises and the Scroll of the Law is taken 
 out of the Ark by the Minister, or it is handed to him, who 
 turning to the congregation says the following: '* This is 
 the Divine Law, &c. 
 
 On the three high feasts, however, the minister reads 
 the following prayer before the Scrolls of the Law are 
 taken out of the ark. 
 
 Minister. Lord and God, who hast formed 
 the heart and knowest its secret emotions, hear 
 us, when we pray to Thy grace ; satisfy Thou 
 the yearning of the heart after truth, the thirst 
 of the soul after Thy light ; grant us strength 
 to walk in Thy ways, and understanding to 
 comprehend Thy holy precepts. Pour out, O 
 Lord, the spirit of love and of truth over all 
 mankind, " the spirit of wisdom and of discrim- 
 ination, the spirit of council and of strength, 
 the spirit of knowledge and of piety." Amen. 
 
 Then the Scrolls of the Law are taken out, the minister 
 turns to the congregation and proceeds thus : 
 
 This is the Divine Law, Israel's consecrated 
 
 banner, inscribed with the Glorious truth, 
 
 il Here, O Israel, God is our Lord, God is One." 
 
 He is the King of Glory. Praised forever and 
 
 aye be His ineffable name. 
 
 CHOIR. 
 
 Thine, O Lord, is the greatness and might, 
 Thine the beauty eternally bright, 
 Thine all things in heaven, on earth. 
 Thine, dominion o'er heaven and earth ; 
 
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60 
 
 Thine alone is in truth exaltation 
 
 O'er the heads of each people and nation. 
 
 Extol the Lord at heaven's sacred shrine, 
 
 And shout aloud, all holiness is Thine ; 
 
 Bow down at His holy mountain, 
 
 Soar aloft to all wisdom's fountain. 
 
 Extol the Lord in angels' fiery tone; 
 
 Holy God, my Lord, art Thou alone ! 
 
 While the above hymn is sung the procession with Ihe 
 Scroll or scrolls of ihe Law move to the Readerls desk, 
 and unroll the Law, when the congregation is seated : 
 
 Minister. Brothers and Sisters ! give glory 
 
 to the Most High, who has entrusted the Word 
 
 of Salvation to Israel's care ; render praise and 
 
 adoration to Him, the Everlasting Source of 
 
 light and truth, who has promised us, " Israel is 
 
 saved in the Lord, an everlasting salvation." 
 
 The congregation and the minister speak in Hebrew the 
 benediction (Borechu) be/ore the reading of the Law, and 
 then the minister reads the section as prescribed. 
 
 On the holidays the sabbath of Choi Hamoed, of new 
 moon and of Hannkah two Scrolls of the Law are taken 
 out of the Ark. After the usilal section from the Pen-* 
 tateuch has been readin the first Scroll, it is removed, and 
 the second is unrolled, to read from it the Map hir- section, 
 before which the minister says : 
 
 Minister. In the Tabernacle of Moses and in 
 the temple on Mount Moriah, this day additional 
 sacrifices were made on the altar of the Lord, as 
 ordained in the passage of the Law which we 
 proceed to read : — 
 
 After having read the respective passage or section of 
 the Law the congregation rises. 
 
61 
 
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62 
 
 Minister. Eise, ye children of the divine cove- 
 nant and extol the name of the King of Glory; with 
 holy awe and joyous gratitude bow down and 
 render praise to him, for the heavenly light and 
 life everlasting which He graciously deigned to 
 bestow on thee. 
 
 Minister and congregation recite the benediction Boruch 
 Attoh, in Hebrew. 
 
 Right after the benediction, without pause, the minister 
 continues with Yehalelu and the Hebrew Psalm, or with 
 a hymn from the next following division. While the choir 
 sings the Psalm or Hymn the circuit is made, the Scrolls of 
 the Law are returned to the Ark, the preacher mounts the 
 pulpit, and the congregation is seated. 
 
 All concerning divine service, hence aUo the days of new 
 moon and feasts, should be announced from the pidpit, if 
 the day of new moon was riot previously mentioned in He- 
 brew. 
 
 XXI.— Ans-hebeu. 2. 
 
 Minister. The will of the Most High is re- 
 vealed in His works and in His words. Nature's 
 vast domain is His handiwork. It speaks with 
 irresistible power of His infinite wisdom and 
 boundless might. 
 
 CHOIR. 
 
 Enthroned above the spheres, 
 The Lord of Hosts appears 
 
 In nature's wide domain ; 
 The hosts on high obey 
 His scepter's sovereign sway, 
 
 ~No worlds his mi^ht restrain. 
 
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64 
 
 All spheres submit with awe 
 To God's eternal law. 
 
 Minister. He revealed to Israel His loving- 
 kindness, His infinite goodness and boundless 
 grace. He showers upon His people the heaven- 
 ly blessings of vigor and peace. 
 
 CHOIR. 
 
 Approach His sacred shrine, 
 Embrace His law divine, 
 
 Salvation's lessons read. 
 Approach His sacred shrine, 
 The Word of God is thine ; 
 
 It is thy holy creed, 
 
 In life and death thy guide, 
 
 Thy sun, thy crown and pride 
 
 ( Congregation rises.) 
 
 While the last lines of the above hymn are recited, the 
 Scroll of the Law is taken out of the Ark, and turned to 
 the congregation the minister continues : 
 
 This is the Divine Law, Israel's banner and 
 pride. God has entrusted the lessons of salva- 
 tion to His chosen people, to learn and to teach, 
 to know and to proclaim the precepts of eternal 
 truth. 
 
 CHOIR. 
 
 Sing hail, ye mortals hail ! 
 On earth will truth prevail, 
 
 From light salvation flow, 
 To nations far or nigh, 
 To people low or high, 
 
 To pilgrims here below, 
 O'er darkness light prevail ; 
 Sing hail, ye mortals hail ! 
 
65 
 
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66 
 
 While this hymn is recited the minister carries the Scroll 
 of the Law to the reader's desk. 
 
 {Congregation is seated.) 
 {Proceed as above.) 
 
 FOURTH DIVISION. 
 
 Before the Sermon, 
 
 When the benediction after the reading of the Law is 
 said, without pause, one of the following pieces is read if 
 the Hebrew Mizmor was not read, and while the choir 
 sings it, the Scroll of the Law is returned in procession to 
 the Ark, the preacher mounts the pulpit, and when all are 
 seated, he begiyis the sermon. 
 
 XXII.— Psalm 29. 
 
 EKE, sons of the Almighty, voices raise, 
 (Dome, give to the Lord honor and praise ! 
 Glory alone to His name accord, 
 In sqlemn temples adore the Lord ! 
 
 Hear ye the 4-lmighty, the God of fame, 
 As, thunderlike, waters His voice proclaim !, 
 
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 The voice of the Lord from the clouds descends , 
 The voice of the Lord with power blends, 
 The voice of the Lord with lustre glows, 
 The voice of the Lord the cedars o'erthrows ! 
 The cedars of Lebanon God doth fling, 
 They skip like young calves, like unicorns 
 spring ! 
 The voice of the Lord throws ravaging brands, 
 The voice of the Lord shakes dreary lands, 
 The voice of the Lord the beasts doth arouse, 
 Discovers the woods — but into His house— 
 
 His temple consecrated here — 
 
 His silent glory doth appear ! 
 
 E'en at the deluge God did reign, 
 
 Eternal King He will remain. 
 God to His chosen glory hath given, 
 He blesseth them with peace from heaven. 
 
 M. M. 
 
 XXIII.— Psalm 98/J 
 
 Minister. O sing to God a new song, for 
 wonders, he hath wrought ; His help is His own 
 right hand, and His holy arm. God hath re- 
 vealed his salvation, before the eyes of the na- 
 tions, He hath shown forth His righteousness. 
 He remembereth His grace and His truthfulness 
 to the house of Israel, and all the ends of the 
 earth behold the salvation of our Lord. 
 
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 CHOIR. 
 
 Shout aloud of joy, all lands, to God, 
 Break forth and sing harmonious praise; 
 With harps announce my God and King; 
 With harps and strains of music loud, 
 With trumpets, cornets' rousing voice, 
 Proclaim the glorious king, the Lord. 
 
 Let seas in all their fullness roar, 
 The world and all that dwell on her, 
 Let streams clap hands and hills rejoice, 
 United sing : the Lord, he comes 
 To judge the world with righteousness. 
 To judge all men with equity. 
 
 XXIV.— Israel's Soaig* 
 
 ^Jtly refuge, Lord, art Thou alone. 
 
 Thy Law my only creed ; 
 Thou lookest down from mercy's throne 
 With love on Jacob's seed. 
 Exalted high 
 And ever nigh 
 Is Isr'el's Eock, Jeshurun's King, 
 Whose praise all creatures shout and sin< 
 
 Let nations boast of wisdom's fill, 
 
 It's small and vain at once — 
 From heavens high He taught His will, 
 
 My God, to Jacob's sons. 
 
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72 
 
 The light of light 
 
 In wisdom's hight 
 Is Isr'el's Rock, Jeshurun's King 
 "Whose praise all creatures shout and sing. 
 
 My soul proclaims with holy zeal, 
 
 Salvation's rock is mine ! 
 Let earths and suns the truth reveal, 
 Encased in Jacob's shrine ; 
 Of boundless grace 
 In all his ways 
 Is Isr'el's Rock, Jeshurun's King, 
 Whose praise all creatures shout and sing. 
 
 XXV.— Israel's Duty. 
 
 hj/BEY, O Isr'el, the Lord's commands, 
 
 It is thy glory and might ; 
 Behold the Father has blessed thy hands 
 
 To bear the banner of light, 
 Embrace salvation's eternal cause 
 Revealed to Jacob in God's own laws. 
 
 Behold, all nations obey with awe, 
 The King of glory and might, 
 
 Implore his mercy, revere his law ; 
 They seek the banner of light. 
 
 The days of darkness with speed decline, 
 
 The sun of Zion will brightly shine. 
 
 Proclaim, O Isr'el, with holy zeal ; 
 The King of Glory and might ; 
 
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74 
 The nations listen to thy appeal — 
 
 Unfurl the banner of light ! 
 Let truth and freedom all nations raise 
 To sing with angels thy Maker's praise. 
 
 XXVI.— Israel's Hope. 
 
 Isaiah. li 1 to 3 ; Micha iv, 1 to 4 ; Joel iii. 
 
 2JEHOLD, the host ascend 
 
 The mount of Zion's Rock, 
 They come from ev'ry land 
 
 A vast and countless flock, 
 "With psalms of joy and praise 
 
 To -worship Judah's Sun, 
 Each soul implores the grace 
 
 Of God, the only One. 
 
 "What ails the orb of light? 
 
 His rays are dim and faint. 
 What ails the queen of night ? 
 
 Her face is pale and quaint. 
 The sun of truth prepares 
 
 All regions low or high, 
 The spirit's light outglares 
 
 All suns in yonder sky. 
 
 "What sounds from Zion's lyre, 
 
 A voice serenely sweet, 
 With Seraphs' fervent fire 
 
 "When God's approach they greet ? 
 " Redeemed, all men are free, 
 
 The earth is angels' home ! " 
 
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76 
 
 It sounds o'er land and sea 
 From heaven's azure dome. 
 
 Eternal light surrounds 
 
 All souls, salvation crowned ; 
 The Father heals all wounds, 
 
 All sins in love are drowned. 
 Affection bears the race 
 
 On virtue's golden wing ; 
 All men are saved in grace 
 
 And G-od alone is Kino*. 
 
 XXVII.— The Law of God. 
 
 iwET there be light," a second time 
 The Lord of Hosts proclaimed ; 
 " Let error yield to truth sublime, 
 
 And justice reign supreme ! " 
 The sun then rose on Sinai's hight, 
 And poured on thee a flood of light. 
 
 A flood of light, these words and laws, 
 Which Moses taught thy sires ; 
 
 The banner of thy holy cause, 
 Which truth and love inspires : 
 
 It is the sun from Sinai's hight, 
 
 Which poured on thee a flood of light. 
 
 This Word of G-od, this " Law of fire," 
 The queen of truth and grace, 
 
 Is Isr'el's pride, his sole desire, 
 His heaven's golden rays. 
 
77 
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 Lift up on high this book of light, 
 Which God revealed on Sinai's hight. 
 
 This Law of laws, so dearly bought 
 With sighs, and tears, and blood — 
 
 The blood of saints, who bravely fought 
 A world in error's flood ; 
 
 Let's cling to it, the book of light, 
 
 Which God revealed on Sinai's hight. 
 
 We cling to thee with holy glee, 
 
 The Law of God is ours ! 
 The God who rules o'er land and sea, 
 
 On worlds his blessings show'rs — = 
 Revealed the Law on Sinai's hight, 
 He poured on thee a flood of light. 
 
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 FIFTH DIVISION. 
 
 After the Sermon, 
 
 XXVIII.— God. 
 
 YJ7 Thou Eternal One ! whose presence bright 
 
 All space doth occupy, all motion guide ; 
 Unchanged through time's all devastating flight* 
 
 Thou only God ! There is no God beside ! 
 Being above all beings, Mighty One ! 
 
 Whom none can comprehend, none explore, 
 "Who fillest existence with Thyself alone — 
 
 Embracing all — supporting — ruling o'er — 
 Father of life and death— whom all hosts adore. 
 
 Thy chains the unmeasured universe surround, 
 Upheld by Thee, by Thee inspired with 
 breath ! 
 Thou the beginning with the end hast bound, 
 And beautifully mingled with life and 
 death ! 
 As sparks mount upward from the fiery blaze, 
 So worlds are born, and suns spring forth from 
 Thee; 
 And as the spangles in the sunny rays 
 
 Shine round the silver snow, the pageantry 
 Of heaven's bright army glitters in Thy praise. 
 
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A million torches lighted by Thy hand 
 
 Wander unwearied through the blue abyss ; 
 
 They own Thy power, accomplish Thy command- 
 All gay with life, all eloquent with bliss. 
 
 What shall we call them? Piles of crystal 
 light ! 
 A glorious company of golden streams ? 
 
 Lamps of celestial ether burning bright? 
 
 Suns lighting systems with their joyous 
 beams ? 
 
 But Thou to these art as the moon to nighti 
 
 Yet, as a drop of water in the sea, 
 All this magnificence in Thee is lost : 
 
 What are ten thousand worlds compared to 
 Thee? 
 
 And what am I, then ? Heaven's unnumbered 
 host 
 Though multiplied by myriads, arra5^ed 
 
 In all the glory of sublimest thought 
 Is but an atom in the balance, weighed 
 
 Against Thy greatness — is a cypher brought 
 Against infinity. What am I then? naught! 
 Naught ! — but the effulgence of Thy light divine, 
 
 Pervading worlds has reached my bosom too ; 
 Yes, in my spirit doth Thy spirit shine, 
 
 As shines the sunbeam in a drop of dew. 
 Naught ! — but I live and on hope's pinion's fly 
 
 Eager towards Thy presence ; for in Thee 
 Hive, and breathe, and dwell; aspiring high, 
 
 Even to the throne of Thy divinity. 
 I am, O God, and surely Thou must be. 
 
 AXONYME. 
 
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 XXIX.— The Atributes of God. 
 
 [Exodus xxxiv 6, 7.] 
 
 e. 
 
 '0 Him, the One Eternal Lord and King, 
 All knees are bent, all hearts with fervor cling. 
 Let all the mortals join in one accord, 
 To Sing the praise of God, the only Lord. 
 
 His might creates, omnipotence controls 
 
 The world which He through space with wisdom 
 
 rolls ; 
 His will sustains, the fly, the suns, each ray, 
 He wills, and worlds are born or worlds decay. 
 
 Immutable justice reigns in God's domains, 
 The worlds His will has made, His law sustains. 
 The suns obey His voice with silent awe, 
 All nature speaks of His eternal law. 
 
 His law is sovereign wisdom's boundless sea; 
 In wisdom just, in justice wise is He. 
 His law is love and grace to Zion's flock, 
 The sinner's dread, the righteous children's rock. 
 
 He's wisdom's Self and justice absolute, 
 Surpassing thought, beyond research acute. 
 His grace is He, He's truth and light supreme ; 
 Creation is of God a partial beam. 
 
 The Lord exalted o'er time and space 
 Regards His own with boundless love and grace. 
 Corrects all faults, and shapes all aims and ends ; 
 His mercy spares the sinner who repents. 
 
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 The Holy One with loving-kindness reigns, 
 In grace supreme, His wisdom laws ordains, 
 To bear His own to bliss, on eagle's wings ; 
 Delightful theme, my soul with rapture sings. 
 
 With reason's eye in conscience's depth behold 
 The truth of God revealed a thousandfold ; 
 His might and wisdom speak from nature's 
 
 shrine 
 With thousand tongues, in words and laws 
 
 divine. 
 
 XXX.— Shema Yisrael. 1. 
 
 HEAR, O Israel hear, 
 God, thy Lord is near, 
 
 Love and mercy mark His trace ; 
 Light from Seraph flame, 
 Truth, the angels claim, 
 
 Pours on thee His boundless grace. 
 
 Sing, Jeshurun sing, 
 God is Lord and King, 
 
 He redeems, besides Him none ; 
 Suns and stars proclaim 
 God's exalted name, 
 
 One is He, Eternal One. 
 
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 XXXI.— Shema Yisrael. 2. 
 
 From the German by M. M. 
 
 Israel hear / 
 The Lord, our God, the One above, 
 Reveals, in brilliant rays of heav'nly love, 
 
 To thee His doctrine pure and clear. 
 It was in darkness e'er this light, 
 Did guard thy soul from fall by night, 
 ! hear, hear, Israel. 
 
 The One is He ! 
 To that Sole God alone do cling, 
 Him let no doubt or error from thee ring, 
 
 Andtho' temptation press on thee, 
 Cleave fast to Him, and never yield ! 
 He will protect thee, be thy shield — 
 
 ! hear, hear, Israel, 
 
 Eternal stands 
 His love ! The world His boundless grace 
 Entwines, as with a father's kind embrace, 
 
 And to all time the same expands. 
 Then firmly guard His law alone, — 
 The Lord, our God, the Lord is one ! 
 ! hear, hear, Israel. 
 
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 XXXII.— Man ! 
 
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 'HOU art ! O Father, guiding all, Thou art ! 
 
 Direct my understanding then to Thee : 
 Control my spirit, guide my wandering heart ; 
 
 Though but an atom 'midst immensity, 
 Still I am something fashioned by Thy hand ! 
 
 I hold a middle rank 'twixt heaven and earth; 
 On the last verge of mortal being stand, 
 
 Close to the realms where angels have their 
 birth- 
 Just on the boundary of spirit land ! 
 
 The chain of being is complete in me; 
 
 In me is matter's last gradation lost, 
 And the next step is spirit — Deity ! 
 
 I can command the lightning, and am dust : 
 A monarch, and a slave — a worm, a God ! 
 
 Whence came I here? And how so marve- 
 lously 
 Constructed and conceived? Unknown! this 
 clod 
 
 Lives surely through some higher energy, 
 For from itself alone it could not be. 
 
 Creator ! Yes, Thy wisdom and Thy word 
 Created me. Thou source of life and good ! 
 
 Thou spirit of my spirit, and my Lord ! 
 
 Thy light, Thy love in their bright plenitude, 
 
 Filled me with an imortal soul, to spring 
 Over the abyss of Death, and bade it bear 
 
 The garments of eternal day, and wing 
 
91 
 
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92 
 
 Its heavenly light beyond this little sphere, 
 
 Even to its source — to Thee — its Author there. 
 
 O thought ineffable ! O vision blest ! 
 
 Though finite our conceptions all of Thee ; 
 Yet shall Thy shadowed luster fill our breast, 
 
 And with it homage to the Deity. 
 God ! thus above my lowly thoughts I soar ; 
 
 Thus seek Thy presence — Being, wise and 
 good; 
 'Midst Thy vast works, admire, obey, adore ; 
 
 And when the tongue is eloquent no more, 
 The soul shall speak in tears of gratitude. 
 
 AXONYME, 
 
 XXXIII.— The Creation of »ian. 
 
 ft] 
 
 KEATION was finished, the valleys and 
 
 mountains 
 "Were crowned with blossoms and verdure ; 
 And Eden was planted around its sweet foun- 
 tains, 
 A beautiful garden of pleasure ; 
 The beasts populated the bountiful kingdom — 
 But none comprehended the heavenly wisdom. 
 
 The Sovereign commanded the forces of nature, 
 Bring forth in her likeness the sequel, 
 
 The frame of the spirit, harmonious structure ! 
 In beauty and grace without equal. 
 
 The body was woven of dust in its rudeness — 
 
 Still none comprehended the heavenly goodness 
 
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94 
 The Father benignly imparted the leaven " 
 
 Of life, to the body's completion ; 
 He breathed in his nostrils the image of heaven, 
 
 With reason, affection, volition. 
 And man was created and gifted with freeddm, 
 And he comprehended the heavenly wisdom. 
 
 The Maker's delight was His image immortal, 
 
 He blessed him with glory and power, 
 To joy He was guided through Eden's sweet 
 portal, 
 And God was his strength and his tower. 
 All creatures submitted to Eeason's own like- 
 ness, 
 And man comprehended the heavenly kind- 
 ness. 
 
 XXXIV.— Sinai. 
 
 © 
 
 'JS" that appaling morn, when Israel woke 
 
 To hear the Lord's omniscient decree ; 
 When, as though Heaven's loud thunder broke, 
 
 The very air grew rife with mystery ; 
 When Sinai's Mount, involved in fire and smoke, 
 
 Outswe!led the aspiring eager of the sea, — 
 This be my theme : presuming task ! to sing 
 The praise of Israel's God, his everlasting King. 
 
 O ! for a Seraph's tongue or prophets pen, 
 My glorious song, enraptured to exalt ! 
 
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96 
 Oh ! to have heard him " with an angel's ken " 
 
 From yon triumphal wonder-paven vault, 
 Come clothed in wisdom to commune with men, 
 
 And bid so near their tents His Seraphs halt ! 
 O'er sapphire floods, the burning escort rolled, 
 Through clouds of roseate fire and molten gold. 
 
 Soon from the Mount's crest, fearful sounds 
 began 
 To radiate slowly to its hallowed base ; 
 Through all the mustering tribes one impulse 
 ran, 
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 place, 
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 blaze 
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 amaze ; 
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 With hues of amber, dazzling to the gaze, 
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 Rolled on, far-echoing o'er the Wilderness of 
 Zin. 
 
97 
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98 
 Then lo! the Eternal's summons loud and shrill. 
 Shot terror and dismay through all their 
 bands, 
 And waxing longer, louder, louder still, 
 
 Keverberating o'er the desert sands, 
 Bidding God's seer ascend the naming hill 
 
 From which He issued His divine commands, 
 And gave them statutes for the Promised Home, 
 And lighted heaven with love, through the ethe- 
 real dome. 
 
 A.I. M. 
 
 XXXV.— Revelation. 
 
 From the German by M. M. 
 
 J/ ROM Sinai's hight & fountain springeth, 
 
 And far away its waters flow ; 
 A stream that blessing ever bringeth, 
 The purest, sweetest here below. 
 Whoe'er of its limpid water drinks, 
 Pelights to strengthen internal links. 
 
 On Sinai stands a Tree forever 
 
 In bloom, with branches widely spread ; 
 In vain will language labor — never 
 Its heav'nly glories can be read. 
 Whoe'er its fruit doth gather in 
 Will happiness and blessing win. 
 
 From Sinai's brow a Sun is beaming, 
 And sheds all o'er the world its light : 
 
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100 
 Converting souls, and hearts redeeming, 
 Its rays descend in lnstre bright. 
 Salvation they will surely earn 
 Who its enlight'ning lesson learn. 
 
 The Law which God to us has given, 
 
 It is the Fount, — the Tree it is ! 
 It is the Sun — it brings from heaven 
 True life to all who crave its bliss. 
 To him that to its precepts clings 
 The love of God and man it brings, 
 
 XXXVI.— Threefold Revelation. 
 
 'ABE, what sounds from heaven's lyre, 
 So grand, so powerful, sublime f 
 God reveals His will in words of fire, 
 Eternal truth, fetft changed by time. 
 
 Hark, what sounds from Horeb's hight, 
 O'er thunder's peal the word of truth ! 
 
 God expounds His will in words of light, 
 Keclaims His sons to sacred truth. 
 
 Hark, what sounds from nations' trace, 
 Like warbling cornets sounds one Law? 
 
 God unrolls His will to human gaze, 
 That all behold, rejoice with awe. 
 
 Hark, it sounds with strength and might— 
 Our God is true, His words divine, 
 
 God is wisdom, God is truth and light, 
 All glory, I ord of Hosts is Thine ! 
 
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102 
 XXXVII.— Holiness. 
 
 33 
 
 ■E holy man, the Lord commands, 
 
 Like angels, goodness love, 
 Lift up thine eye, thy heart and hands 
 
 To God enthroned above ; 
 In yonder sea of starry light, 
 
 Where pure Seraphim shine, 
 Immerse thy soul with pure delight — 
 
 Let holiness be thine. 
 
 To man, to God's own image cling 
 
 With love's refulgent fire, 
 The true and good to man to bring 
 
 Let be thy heart's desire, 
 For wisdom live, for virtue glow, 
 
 With God thy soul entwine, 
 An angel be on earth below — 
 
 And holiness is thine. 
 
 The choicest gifts, all joys divine 
 
 By holiness are won ; 
 It's Bliss from virtue's sacred shrine, 
 
 Salvation's precious sun. 
 The hallowed soul with rapture sings 
 
 The Lord's eternal praise, 
 She soars aloft on golden wings 
 
 To heaven's purest grace. 
 
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104 
 XXXVIII.— Hannukali.* 
 
 £fN the Lord is our strength and our power ^ 
 He's our Eock and our Eefuge eternal, 
 
 His unutterable grace is our tower, 
 As His love is affection paternal ; 
 
 Only source of all truth irrefutable, 
 
 He's our G-od and Redeemer immutable, 
 
 When the Syrian foe desecrated 
 
 The abode of His glorious presence, 
 
 And the people, His love consecrated, 
 
 Was enslaved by a king without conscience, 
 
 The Almighty pour'd forth inspiration 
 
 On Mattathia's sons and his nation. 
 
 Feeble hearts were transported with valor 
 To reconquer the altar and Ariel ; 
 
 Divine power unfurled Judah's banner, 
 Consecrated the arms of Israel ; 
 
 The Almighty revealed His salvation 
 
 On llattathia's sons and his nation. 
 
 The perpetual fire on the altar 
 
 Was rekindled by victors enraptured ;' 
 
 To our God they resounded the psalter, 
 And the trumpet of Freedom recaptured ; 
 
 Over Pagan oppression and blindness 
 
 Again triumphed our God's loving-kindness. 
 
 *The feast of lights, is In commemoration of the victories of the 
 Maccabees over Antiochus Epiphanes and the Syrians, and the 
 re-dedication of the temple of Jerusalem. 
 
105 
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 £ie ipdufer unb bte ^eqen; 
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 3m Strafyt ber ©ci^cferjen ! 
 
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106 
 
 Let us sing a new song of thanksgiving, 
 At the lights of the feast, Halleluyah ! 
 
 To the Lord of all lands of the living 
 And the dead, let us shout Halleluyah ! 
 
 Halleluyah, the Lord of creation, 
 
 Halleluyah, the God of Salvation, 
 Halleluyah ! 
 
 SIXTH DIVISION. 
 
 Doxologies. 
 
 Either of the following pieces may be used in place of 
 the sermon, if none be preached, or also in conclusion of 
 divine service. 
 
 XXXIX.— The Cardinal Doctrines. 
 
 Minister. One and Eternal art Thou, Most 
 Holy God, Lord of Hosts. Thou art the ever 
 active cause of all causes, source of all life and 
 substance of all entities. Exalted above space 
 and time, Thou rollest the suns in their orbits, 
 
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 Unb ©ottes Segen fampfre mit ; 
 £>a brad) ber $a% jufammem 
 2$ir tteifyten unf're Xempef ein, 
 SBir bitrfen frei unb glitrflid) fetn ; 
 <Bo lafjt bte .fterjen flammen ! 
 
 £)a$ 2i^t tft 3«ba^ @$mucf unb tf raft ; 
 9RU ®ott, t()r Sriiber, wirft unb f^ajft, 
 2Me SBatjrfyeit gu entfcfytetern! 
 3a, Jag fiir Jag fei meh er^ellt 
 Surd) eudj bag £aus, burd) tu<$) bie 2Bett ! 
 (So lafjt un$ feiern, feiern! 
 
 9Kinna ^Teebcrg. 
 
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 2) a j o I a g i e n . 
 
 (Bini ber folgenbcrt ^tecen tft ju nefcmen anfiatt ber gjrebigt, wettit ntc&t fle- 
 Jjrttigt toirb, oter aui) jum <£d)tuf[e be3 ©<Mc3bienfie3. 
 
 35 o r B c t e r. (Einig=eht}ig btft £u, 2ttler(jetligfler 
 Jperr ber £eerfd)aaren ! Du btft bte ettng^nmfenbe Ur* 
 fadje after (Erfcfreinungen, btft Seben^qttelt unb £>a* 
 fetnSgrunb, Ueber 3^it unb 9ft a urn erfyaben fenfft T)u 
 bte <5onnen in ifyren 53af)nen, leiteft bie SMten unb 
 
108 
 guidest all the worlds, and rulest over all the 
 creatures, in Thine infinite wisdom, — that none 
 fail in its destiny, and each fulfill the laws of 
 Thy holy will; that they bear, support and 
 strengthen one another, and proclaim Thine 
 unlimited power and wisdom. 
 
 CHOIR. 
 
 To God the one eternal Lord and King, 
 The worlds shout praise, all angels sing. 
 
 Minister. The heaven is Thy throne and 
 the earth Thy footstool ; yet lookest Thou down 
 graciously upon all beings whom Thou hast 
 gifted with life. Water spouts from the rock, to 
 quench their thirst ; mountains and valleys are 
 clad in luxuriant verdure ; Thy blessing brings 
 forth the delicious fruit on the trees ; ethereal 
 balm and sweet melodies fill the air, flowers and 
 blossoms adorn the earth, and all is covered 
 over by the azure dome of heaven; that all Thy 
 creatures enjoy, in happiness render thanks un- 
 to Thee, and in joyous praises acknowledge Thy 
 paternal goodness. 
 
 CHOIR. 
 
 To God whose goodness smiles from land and 
 
 sea, 
 Let mortals sing with Seraph's holy glee. 
 
 Minister. In Thy boundless grace, O Lord, 
 Thou hast given to man an immortal soul, Thou 
 hast created him in Thine image, Thou hast per 
 vaded him with the rays of Thine understand 
 
109 
 
 fceljerrfdfyefl tie SBefett atfe iit Deiner unenbttcfyen 
 SSeUljeit, tag fte U)ren $reis(auf nacfj Detnen ©e* 
 fe£en »o(lenten unt nadj Dehtem fyeiltgen SMtfen 
 tfyre 93ejttmmung erfiiU'en; bag fie einanter tragen, 
 ffciitjen, ftarfen, ©cine 2Itfmadjt unt uuentlidje 2Bei$* 
 fyett ju tterfunben* 
 
 (5^ or. 
 
 2Bie grog, o £err, fmb Petite SBerfe ! 
 
 Der ©eift erftarft im ©cfyauen Deiner <5tarfe. 
 
 SBorBetetr. Der Jpimmet ijr Dein Sfyron, tie 
 (Erte Deiner ^ii§e (Sdjemet ; tod) fdjauft Du gnaten* 
 reidj fyerab auf atte SBefeit, tenen Seben Du gegebeu. 
 2lu3 ten f5effen fprutetn SSaffermogen, ityren Durft $u 
 li>fcfyen ; 33erge unt Xfyaler fleiben |ldj in iippig ©run, 
 Detn @egen belafiet tie 23aume rait fitter ^ruc^t, 
 33alfamtuft unt fiige 9JMobien erfuffen tie Siifte, 
 SBluraen unt £Hutfjen fcfymiicfen tie %luxtn, unt aflea 
 tecft Dein btauer Jptmraetsbom ; auf ta§ atfe Deine 
 ©efdjopfe gentegen, glucffeUg X5ir tanfen unt freubig 
 preifen Deine 23ater|u(b. 
 
 2Ber tji toie (£r, ter £err, 
 Den unfern <35ott mtr ^reifen, 
 
 Der feinen %t)von fid) fyocfygefiellt, 
 Unt tief X)txaWidt auf tie Selt? 
 
 5? o r b e t e r. ©en 9flenfd?en, o Jperr ! fyaft Du in 
 Deiner unenblicben ©nabe begabt mit einem uufterb* 
 ttcfyen ©etfte, gefefyajfen in Deinem (SbenbUbe ; Du 
 Ijajr tljn burcfytrungen rait ten ©tra^Ien Deiner 23er* 
 
110 
 ing, Thou hast crowned him with the panting 
 desire after knowledge, the restless yearning 
 after the highest, the perfect, even after Thee, 
 Infinite One ! Thou hast formed man for free- 
 dom and immortality, and hast impressed his 
 heart with the holy desire after noble deeds and 
 acts of charity, to advance the happiness of his 
 race. Thou hast appointed man, the end and 
 aim of all creation and the reflex of Thy glory, 
 to be the ruler of Thy sublunar creatures ; that 
 he discern Thee in Thy works ; that he learn to 
 know his human duties from Thy revelations of 
 grace and love; that he draw consolation, vigor 
 and courage from the immeasurable fountain 
 of eternal mercy; that he learn to be happy on 
 earth and happy in all eternity. 
 
 CHOIR. 
 
 To God, the gracious Father sing all praise, 
 He show'rs on man his love, his wisdom's rays. 
 
 Minister. Thou hast chosen Israel to pro- 
 claim the word of truth, the voice of everlasting 
 salvation, until justice alone shall reign supreme 
 among the nations, love sl^all unite the family 
 of man, truth and virtue shall be universally 
 acknowledged as the highest aim of man. 
 [*Thou hast appointed the Sabbath as a sign of 
 Thy covenant with Israel, to be a day of rest 
 and of sanctification, of joy and consecration of 
 the soul, of recreation and elevation of the mind, 
 a day of preparation to the eternal Sabbath in 
 
Ill 
 
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112 
 the realm of eternity.] Grant, O Lord, that all 
 men be enlightened in Thy holy law, that they 
 live for virtue, search after truth, and that all 
 be permitted to partake of Thy blessings and of 
 eternal salvation ; that all tongues proclaim Thy 
 glory, and all hearts find vigor and consolation 
 in Thee, Eternal One. 
 
 CHOIR. 
 
 To God, the Lord of hosts, all praise is due ; 
 Salvation's rock is always firm and true. 
 
 Xli.— The Threefold Covenant. 
 
 Minister. Lord of the Universe, Father of 
 all creatures, Thou great and incomprehensible 
 Elohim, hosts of angels sing Thy praise ; mil- 
 lions of suns, the uncountable host of the stars 
 shout hymns to Thy great name ; heaven and 
 earth proclaim Thy wisdom ; the sea trembles, 
 the mountains quake before Thy omnipotence ; 
 all creatures exclaim in one grand chorus, Thou 
 art the Creator, the Lord and the Preserver, all - 
 mighty and all-wise, infinitely great and incom- 
 prehensibly exalted ; Thou spokest, and it was ; 
 Thou commandest, and it exists. — ^But among all 
 the creatures of Thine immense worlds, it is 
 man alone whom Thou hast made in Thy image, 
 to inquire into Thy works, to comprehend there- 
 in Thy omnipotence and Thy supreme wisdom, 
 
 *If not Sabbath, omit this passage, and continue " Grant," &c. 
 
113 
 
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 40. !$ct SBmrt. 
 
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114 
 
 to behold Thy omnipresent energies, and to have 
 dominion over this physical world, in Thy holy 
 name. Only with man whose soul is the mir- 
 ror which reflects Thy wisdom, only with man 
 hast Thou made a covenant of love, that he have 
 dominion over this physical world, and in sub- 
 duing it he may enjoy the fullness of Thy pater- 
 nal blessings ; that this earth be changed into an 
 Eden and man become glad of his existence be- 
 fore Thee. 
 
 CHOIR. 
 
 The rainbow in colors bright 
 
 Proclaims the gracious covenant of G-od ; 
 He sends us from heaven's hight 
 
 The promise G-od has made to lowly sod — 
 That man should reign o'er nature's realm, 
 And worship God with song and psalm. 
 
 Minister. Perfect art Thou, Lord of Hosts, 
 Thine omnipotence is like to Thy love, Thy jus- 
 tice and Thy mercy are equal to Thine infinite 
 wisdom ; Thy paternal providence is ever activo 
 and is everywhere, Thy gracious hand bears the 
 universe ; Thou art the M-Shaddi, the ruler of 
 all, the preserver and supporter of creation's 
 immeasurable domains. So hast Thou revealed 
 Thyself to our sire, and Thou hast commanded 
 him, to walk before Thee and to become perfect. 
 Not to the sweetness of this earth alone, the 
 happiness of man and his duties are limited, not 
 for this earth alone, man has been created; to 
 
115 
 
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 toerbe. 
 
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 3n bitten 2Baffertt>ogen, 
 
 Die garoen ftrablen emtg gletd); 
 @$ fpricfyt bas SBunbeSjeicfyen: 
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 fcfyen Jpeil unb 23eruf, uidjt fur bie (Srbe allein fyaft £u 
 
116 
 long after perfection is the duty of man, to reach 
 it is bliss here and hereafter, to be enabled to 
 reach it, this is the essence of the gracious cov- 
 enant, which Thou hast made with our progeni- 
 tors, to whom Thou hast revealed Thyself as 
 the God of love and grace, and with whom Thou 
 hast made the eternal covenant of truth, for all 
 who shall search after Thy holy will. 
 
 CHOIR. 
 
 " Be perfect and walk before me," 
 
 The great El-Shaddi taught our sire ; 
 " To blessing on earth shall be 
 
 Thy seed," He spoke in words of fire. 
 This is the Father's covenant 
 To all who clasp His outstretch'd hand. 
 
 Minister. Thou O God, art the Father of all 
 mankind, and it is Thy will, that all Thy child- 
 ren truly know Thee, comprehend Thy will, 
 love and practice virtue and righteousness, in 
 light and in love pursue their earthly pilgrim- 
 age, and enter the kingdom of eternal life and 
 glory. It is Thy will, O God, that all nations 
 be redeemed, free, and united to one great fra- 
 ternity. Therefore Thou hast chosen Israel to 
 be the messenger of Thy will, hast called him 
 Thy people, hast made with him Thy covenant 
 of love, hast taught him Thy laws, and hast 
 promised him Thy paternal protection in all 
 his struggles against darkness, prejudice and in- 
 justice, and Thou hast commanded him to bear 
 
117 
 
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 ntit benen, bie nad) Deinem fjeiltgen SBitfen forfdjten. 
 
 (SI? or* 
 
 &g jauctyjt bie £ngelfd)aar 
 Urn £etnen 2id)taltar, 
 
 Do Deiner ©nabenfiitfe; 
 $>u jeicfyneft oor ben Pfab, 
 2Bie £ir ber 9flenfd) fid) na()t, 
 
 £e3 ^erjena ©efynen [title. 
 
 23orbeter. £>u, o ©ott! bijt 2>ater ber ganjen 
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118 
 Thy precepts through all zones and generations. 
 [*Thou hast given the Sabbath as a day of rest 
 and sanctification, as a sign of the covenant be- 
 tween God and Israel, O Lord God, whose 
 name is ineffable, every returning Sabbath re- 
 minds us anew, that Thou art the Lord and the 
 Creator, the Father and the Eedeemer ; it re- 
 minds us anew of our sacred duties as the mes- 
 sengers of Thy holy will ; it recalls to our mind, 
 O Father, Thy goodness, Thy love, Thy grace, 
 Thy mercy which Thou revealest a thousand- 
 fold over us.] Thanks and Halleluyahs to Thee 
 O Father! we pray for Thy blessings, O Lord, 
 to Thee our hymns and psalms resound forever 
 and aye. 
 
 CHOIR. 
 
 Israel shall bring the light 
 
 Of truth divine to all the lands, 
 
 Jeshurun redeem from night 
 
 And error, man in all his lands ; 
 
 And all in one great chorus sing 
 
 The praise of Isr'el's king. 
 
 XLI.- The Law oftlie Covenant. 
 
 Minister. The Law of God is perfect, quiet- 
 ing the soul. The commandment of the Lord 
 is luminous, enlightening the eyes. The reli- 
 gion of Israel is pure, lasting forever. Only 
 
 *If not on Sabbath, omit this passage and begin " Thanks,"&c. 
 
119 
 
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120 
 take heed to thyself, and guard thy soul dili- 
 gently, that thou forgetest not the things which 
 thy eyes have seen ; that they depart not from 
 thy heart all the days of thy life ; and that thou 
 makest them known to thy children and to thy 
 children's children — even the day when thou 
 stoodest before G-od, thy Lord, at Horeb. And 
 Sinai was burning with fire to the very heart of 
 heaven, the fire amidst clouds and thick dark- 
 ness. And God spoke unto you from out of the 
 midst of the fire ; and He told you His covenant, 
 which He commanded you to do, even the Ten 
 Words. And the Lord spoke all theso words, 
 saying : 
 
 I am God, thy Lord, who have brought thee 
 out of the land of Egypt and from the house of 
 bondsmen. Thou shalt have no other Lords be- 
 fore me. 
 
 CHOIR. 
 
 O truth of truths ! with harmony 
 Fill thou my heart, the Lord's to be* 
 One G-od alone — all human kind 
 Into one brotherhood to bind. 
 
 Minister. Thou shalt not make unto thy- 
 self any graven image, any likeness of anything 
 that is in the heaven above, or that is on the 
 earth beneath, or that is in the water under the 
 earth. Thou shalt not bow down unto them, 
 nor serve them, for I God, thy Lord, am a zeal- 
 ous Lord, visiting the iniquity of Fathers upon 
 
121 
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 CI) or. 
 
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 3d) l)ore Donner, leifes SBefyen — 
 3dj f)bV ein 28ort, ein gropes SBort, 
 XaS tout unb tottet fort unb fort! 
 
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122 
 children, upon third and upon fourth genera- 
 tions of those who hate me ; and showing mercy 
 unto the thousandth generation of those who 
 love me, and keep my commandments. 
 
 CHOIR. 
 
 Behold, the mountain wrapped in flames 
 The Lord's eternal grace proclaims. 
 
 Minister. Thou shalt not take the name of 
 God, thy Lord in vain, for God will not hold 
 guiltless him who taketh His name in vain. 
 
 CHOIR. 
 
 The Lord is sovereign truth alone ; 
 With truth approach his sacred throne. 
 
 Minister. Remember the Sabbath day to 
 sanctify it. Six days shalt thou labor and do all 
 thy work, and the seventh day shall be a Sab- 
 bath to God, thy Lord ; thou shalt do no work, 
 neither thou, nor thy son, thy daughter, thy 
 servant, thy maid servant, thy ox, thy ass, thy 
 cattle, nor the stranger who is in thy gates. For 
 in six days God made heaven and earth, the sea, 
 and all that is therein, and he rested on the sev- 
 enth day : therefore he blessed the seventh day 
 and sanctified it. 
 
 CHOIR. 
 
 To weary souls, to weary hands, 
 A day of rest His mercy sends. 
 
 Minister. Honor thy father and thy mother, 
 that thy days may be prolonged upon the land 
 which tho Lord, thy God giveth thee. 
 
123 
 
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 bie mid) tyaffen; ber aber ©nabe erjeiget bt^ in bag 
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 ©ebote fatten* 
 
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 @ein SBort (ft 2Ba^rt;eit, emig gteidj. 
 
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 ©otteg, md)t oergeblid) augfprecfyen: benn ber Stotge 
 ttrirb nic^t ungeftraft tajfen benjenigen, toetdjer feinen 
 Sftamen oergebtidj augfpredjen toirb. 
 
 £)er SGafjrtjeit leb\ oergeffe nid)t, 
 (Ste fitfyrt oor ©otteg 2lngeftd)t. 
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 tfyun, toeber bu, nodj bein (Sofyn, ober beine Softer, 
 bein $ned)t, beine 9flagb, and) ntdjt burdj bein 33iefy, 
 ober burdj beinen gremben, ber fidj in beinen Xljonn 
 auffyalt: benn in fedjg Xagen §at ber Smige £tmmel 
 unb Srbe unb atfes rcag barin ift, gemacfyt, unb gerufyt 
 am ftebenten Xage, barum fyat ber Sroige ben ftebenten 
 £<*£, gefegnet unb fyetlig tfjn erflart. 
 
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 £at ©ott ben Sag ber SHuty' gefanbt* 
 
 S3 orb* S§re beinen 23ater unb beine Gutter, 
 bamit bu lange tebeft attf bem (Srbreidje, bag ber 
 (Snuge, bein ©ott, bir gtbt. 
 
124 
 
 CHOIR. 
 
 Give thanks to G-od for parents dear, 
 Who teach, the Lord to love and fear. 
 
 Minister. Thou shah not kill. Thou shalt 
 not commit lewdness. Thou shalt not steal. 
 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy 
 neighbor. 
 
 CHOIR. 
 
 Let man to man a brother be, 
 His tears to dry, all wrongs to flee. 
 
 Minister. Thou shalt not covet thy neigh- 
 bor's house. Thou shalt not covet thy neigh- 
 bor's wife, neither his servant, nor his maid ser- 
 vant, nor his ox, his ass, nor anything which is 
 thy neighbor's. 
 
 CHOIR. 
 
 The heart be pure before the Lord, 
 To love my God's most precious word. 
 
 Minister. And it shall come to pass, in fu- 
 ture days, the mountain of the house of the 
 Lord shall be established at the top of the moun- 
 tains, and it shall be exalted above the hills ; 
 and all the nations shall flow to it, and they 
 shall say, go ye, and let us ascend the mountain 
 of the house of the Lord, that he teach us his 
 ways, and we may walk in his path. For out 
 of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of 
 God out of Jerusalem. O house of Jacob, go 
 ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord, 
 
125 
 
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 S3i« einjl ber Job mein 2htge kidjt. 
 
 3? or d. 5)u foCCft nid>t morben. £n fottjt nid)t 
 Unjust rret&en. Du f o U ft nicfct fteftlen. £u fotlfl 
 tviber beinen 9?ad)ften nidjts anefagen, aU tin falser 
 
 (£ ( o r. 
 
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 n?a^ bein 5^aci>ftcr oeftfjt. 
 
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 son 3ion gefyt au$ bie 2e(>re nnb ba$ SBort ©otte3 
 sen 3^nifa(em. 
 
126 
 
 CHOIR. 
 
 To light and truth devote thy life ; 
 Let virtue reign, and banish strife. 
 Let God alone the scepter sway, 
 And sing his praise for e'er and aye. 
 
 SEVENTH DIVISION. 
 
 The Conclusion of Divine Service, 
 
 Xlill.— Address to the Mourners before the 
 last Kaddish. 
 
 Minister. Brothers and sisters, who mourn 
 for the loss of a dear parent, a spouse, a child, a 
 brother, a sister, or a beloved friend, and all ye 
 who mourn the loss of the deceased brother . . 
 
 . . . . the deceased sister * 
 
 hear ye the Word of the Lord : — " The righteous 
 shall blossom like the palm-tree, like the cedar 
 of the Lebanon he shall sprout ; implanted in the 
 
 *Hereare to be named those of the congregation who died wi'hin 
 th ny rtayt>. Ti tli»»re nr*» poi»p, the uprs*^ is «'inittMl. 
 
127 
 6 | or, 
 
 2luf Sinai gliifyt ber £tdjta(tar 
 3um £eU ber ganjen Sftenfcfyenfcfyaar, 
 3u cincn etnft oor ©ott bem iperrn 
 £er 9ftenfcfyf)eit ^>erg in Subelcfyor'n. 
 
 ^djlufe btf ©ottegbtcufteg. 
 
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 bet Sraitetjdt, wt bcm lefcten @abbiid>. 
 
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 mctnbc^Stngctjbrigcn ju nennen. 
 
128 
 house of the Lord they shall blossom in the 
 courts of our God." — The memory of the right- 
 eous is to blessing " on earth, and " the spirit 
 returns to God who has given it," to receive the 
 rewards of his doings. The righteous and the 
 pious ones live in the presence of the Almighty 
 in the realm of happiness ; they live in the 
 hearts of their children and their friends ; they 
 live in the house of the Lord, as He has prom- 
 ised ; " In the place of thy sires there shall be 
 thy children." Rise ye, therefore, and praise 
 the Lord as the dear departed ones have done, 
 that their names live on in your hearts and in 
 the temple of the Most High, while they blos- 
 som anew in the courts of our God, in life eter- 
 nal. Rise in the house of the Lord, and in 
 memory of the lamented and dear ones, taken 
 from your sides, praise the Lord with me. 
 
 The mourners rise and repeat the kaddish after the 
 minister. The congregation remains seated. 
 {Here follows a short preludium.) 
 
 XL.III.— Silent Devotion for the Mourners, 
 
 JFi 
 
 ROM the depth of my soul I look up to Thee, 
 
 God, who art nigh to every afflicted heart. It 
 is thy hand which, in unfathomable wisdom, has 
 taken away my beloved Humbly 
 
 1 bend my knees at Thy holy will. O God of 
 Life, Thou givest and Thou takes t away. It is 
 
129 
 
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130 
 
 Thou who killest and revivest. O, let me find 
 consolation in this consciousness, to worship 
 Thee and to do homage to Thy wisdom. Praised 
 and glorified he Thy name by the happy and 
 by the afflicted, in our smiles and in our tears be 
 praised, O Lord, for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 XlilV.— Silent Devotion for the Jahrzeit, 
 the Anniversary of a Parent's Death. 
 
 gf remember thee my dearly beloved .... 
 . . . whom the just and wise God has called 
 away from this world too soon for me and my 
 love. Again a year has passed over thy grave ; 
 but I have not forgotten the love which thou 
 hast felt for me, and the joys which I felt in thy 
 presence. I will remember thee while I live on 
 earth. I thank Thee, O Lord, who preservest 
 the departed ones in our memory. 
 
 XI/V.— Prayer of Conclusion on Sabbath 
 
 Eve.* 
 
 Minister. O God and Father, Thou Eternal 
 One, Most High and Most Holy ! Who hast 
 created the worlds and all the creatures thereon 
 in Thy infinite wisdom and unlimited power, 
 
 "*The minister should deliver extemporaneous prayers at the con- 
 clusion of Divine Service, and mention therein whatever time, 
 clace and circumstances may require to be remembered in prayer. 
 The following are to be considered a mere formula on common oc- 
 
131 
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 (Etr-igfeir. 2tmen. 
 
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132 
 
 and governest them in mercy and in grace and 
 in unutterable benignity, Thou incomprehensi- 
 ble source of all existence, cause of all causes, 
 eternal fountain of life and love, of light and 
 truth, of goodness and benignity, — reveal Thy 
 glory over this house in this solemn Sabbath- 
 hour, let shine Thy refulgent light over this con- 
 gregation of Thy children who approach Thy 
 holy presence with praise and adoration, with 
 thanksgivings, with psalms and psalters, 
 with song and music, to thank Thee, Father, 
 that Thou hast called this world into existence 
 and that Thou prcvidest for all that live on it; 
 to thank Thee for life and health, for the thou- 
 sandfold blessings which Thy bounteous hand 
 has bestowed on us again during the past week ; 
 to thank Thee and to render praise unto Thee 
 for joy and affliction, for smiles and for tears, for 
 sweetness and |for bitterness, for light and for 
 shade, for sunshine and for dark clouds, for ail 
 that comes from Thy hand, Thou merciful Fa- 
 ther, all is ordained by Thy love, Eternal God 
 of grace, to our blessing, to our eternal happi- 
 ness, "We approach Thy holy throne, King, 
 most high and most exalted, to thank Thee for 
 this precious gift, for the Sabbath, this day of 
 rest, of recreation, of holiness, of communion 
 with Thee, Spirit of all spirits and Light of all 
 lights ; — and to pray unto Thee, to bless us with 
 Sabbath joys and Sabbath gladness ; to remove 
 from our hearts and from our memory the cares, 
 
133 
 
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 mit unausfprecfytidjer £ulb fie regiereft, 2)tt unfcegreif* 
 
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13-i 
 
 the troubles, the anxieties and the vexations of 
 our worldly affairs, the pain, the grief and the 
 affliction of perished wishes and disappointed 
 hopes ; to elevate us above the dust of this per- 
 ishable nature to Thy eternal light and truth, to 
 everlasting goodness and happiness. Let us be- 
 hold light irom Thy light; permit us to hear the 
 heavenly melodies of Thy blessing, Thy love, 
 Thy goodness, and Thy paternal kindness. 
 Send consolation to those who mourn, strength 
 to the feeble, hope to the sinking, light to those 
 who walk in darkness, and bid the messengers 
 of Thy grace to encompass us with joy and glad- 
 ness, with Sabbath thoughts and Sabbath bless- 
 ings. Praised for ever and ever be the glorious 
 name of the One and Eternal God, the Creator, 
 Preserver, and Governor of the universe, the 
 Father of mankind, the Lord and God of Is- 
 rael. 
 
 {Congregation rises.) 
 
 The minister reads one of the following canticles, sup- 
 plications, thanksgivings, or invocations, the choir and 
 congregation repeat, then the minister blesses the congre- 
 gation in /Scriptural words, as Nwnbers vi, 2-i to 26; 
 Deuter. xxvii, 6; Psalm iii, 9 / Ibid , xvill; Ibid, xxviii, 
 9; xxix, 11/ xxxiii, 22; and the like. 
 
 £[XLi VI— Prayer of Conclusion on Sabbath 
 Morning. 
 
 vi? God, Thou Immutable One, Infinite and 
 Eternal Life and Light, Wisdom and Power, 
 Justice and Grace, before whom all the stars are 
 
135 
 
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136 
 but sparks, and all the suns but rays from Thy 
 throne — Thou incomprehensible and unutterable 
 Source of all existence and Cause of all causes — 
 with awe and trembling we approach Thy holy 
 presence to thank Thee that we are conscious of 
 Thee, of Thy boundless goodness, Thy endless 
 mercy, Thy everlasting grace and Thy loving- 
 kindness, as Thou hast revealed it to Israel, and 
 as thou revealest it perpetually in all Thy 
 works, in the progress of the human family, in 
 the protection of every individual, and in the 
 soul of every one of Thy humble servants who 
 seek Thee and long to abide in Thy tabernacle 
 of peace and goodness. We thank Thee, O God 
 for the Law, for the light and the truth which 
 Thou hast graciously revealed to Israel, to sal- 
 vation and happiness, to righteousness and 
 peace, to life and blessing in time and eternity. 
 We thank Thee, O G-od, for the progress of the 
 human family to justice, freedom, truth, univer- 
 sal peace and universal salvation. We thank 
 Thee, O Father, for the blessings of peace, jus- 
 tice, freedom and prosperity, which Thou be- 
 stowest on our country, that she may become 
 the pride of humanity and the light of nations 
 before Thee. We thank Thee, O Lord of hosts, 
 for all the goodness, which Thou hast bestowed 
 on us and each of us during the past week ; we 
 thank Thee for Thy love and Thy mercy, Thy 
 paternal kindness, Thy protection, and Thy ever 
 vigilant faithfulness. 
 
137 
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 fiir bie ©iite, bie Du StUen unb Sebem fjafi ju £l)eit 
 n?erben laffen in ber serflcjjenen 28od)e; anr banfen 
 Dir fiir Deine Siefte, Deine Sarmkqigfeit, Deine 
 SSaterrreue, Deinen &d)u$, Deine euug n?ad)enbe 23or* 
 fetyung, 
 
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138 
 We beseech Thee, O God, on this holy Sabbath 
 day, to be with us in life and in death, our lov- 
 ing parent, our shield and our rock, our king 
 and our God, as Thou hast promised us through 
 the messengers of Thy holy will, and as our 
 hearts and our souls re-echo, " God is my help." 
 We beseech Thee, O God! to bless the congrega- 
 tions of Israel and to enable them to fulfill speed- 
 ily their holy mission to Thy children. We en- 
 treat Thee to bless our country, to bless the hu- 
 man family in all climes and zones, and to unite 
 them before Thee to salvation in justice and 
 peace, in virtue and freedom, in love and truth 
 everlasting. 
 
 For parents in behalf of a child named. 
 We beseech Thee, O Lord, to bestow Thy 
 
 special blessing on our brother and 
 
 his wife and the little child with 
 
 which Thou hast blessed them, and whose name 
 
 shall be called in Israel Accept 
 
 graciously the thanksgiving of the blessed 
 mother, which she utters before Thee this day 
 in Thy holy temple, for help in the hour of 
 need, for support in the moments of danger. 
 Accept graciously the thanksgivings of the pa- 
 rents for the blessing Thou hast bestowed on 
 them, and grant them Thy paternal assistance 
 
 to bring up their child in joy 
 
 and gladness, to blessing and happiness, to Thy 
 service, and to the blessing of humanity. 
 
139 
 SfGtr flefyen £i& an, o ©ctt, an biefem kiltgen 
 ©afcfcattytage, mit nng $n fein in saterltcfyer ipufb im 
 Sekn nnb im $obe. Set nn3 (Scfyilb nnb g^ unb 
 $onig nnb ©otr, trie ©n tut* serfiei(jen t> a ft bnrci) bie 
 SenbMen Reined fteiligen SBitfenS nnb rote £erj nnb 
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 £itlfe!" 23ir fletyen ju £ir, o ©ott, urn £>einen @e* 
 gen fitr biefe ©emeinbe in 3sraet; gefce tt)r $raft nnb 
 $flutf) ifyre Sftifjton an ©etnen,ftinbern tren $u erfittfen. 
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 aflitberaU, einige fte sor T>ir $nm Jpeile, jn ©erecfytig* 
 felt unb grieben, Sugenb nnb greifceit, in £tebe nnb 
 etoiger SBafyrfreit. 
 
 (gur etn neugeborneS £inb.) 
 
 2Sir ffetjen, o £>err, nm ©einen Segen fitr nnfern 
 
 ©enojfen nnb fitr beffen (Efcegattin ♦ ♦ . ♦ ♦ 
 
 nnb fitr bas tfinto, bag Tu tfynen gefdjenft, bejfen 
 9?ame ift in 3^ael ♦ ♦ ♦ . 5^imm gndbtg anf, o ©ctr, 
 ben ©an! ber Gutter, mtt bent fte fiente biefe Beilige 
 ©tatte Betreren, nm T\$ fitr ben 33eiftanb jn preifen, 
 ben Tu ifcr gnabtg sjcrlieften ftaft in ber (Stnnbe ber 
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 tyett, $n Xeinem Xienfte, o $ctr! 
 
140 
 For newly married people. 
 
 We beseech Thee, O Lord, to bestow Thy spe- 
 cial blessing on our brother and 
 
 his wife who have been united 
 
 before Thee in the holy covenant of love and 
 matrimony. Bless that sacred covenant, God, 
 which was made in Thy name and in Thy holy 
 presence. Let them live in love and fidelity, in 
 happiness and gladness of heart, and let their 
 house be blessed before Thee like the home of 
 Abraham and Sarah, of Elkanan and Hannah, 
 and shield them in Thy loving-kindness. 
 For a sick person. 
 
 We beseech Thee, O Lord, to look down in 
 Thy mercy upon our sick brother . . . . ♦ 
 
 our sick sister ♦ the sick son or 
 
 daughter of our brother Hear 
 
 graciously the supplication of his (her) friends, 
 in his (her) behalf; respond, in Thy loving- 
 kindness to the cry of woe, and distill the Balm 
 of Gilead in his (her) wounds, alleviate his (her) 
 pains, heal, restore and preserve him (her), to 
 praise Thy glorious name in the land of the liv- 
 ing, among the congregation of Thy servants. 
 
 For all who escape a great danger or out-live a danger- 
 ous disease. 
 We beseech Thee, O Lord, to listen graciously 
 to the special thanksgivings offered up to Thee 
 
 on this day by our brother by 
 
 our sister whom Thou hast pro- 
 tected so benignly in the hours of disease (of 
 
141 
 
 (ftiir Steubermafjlte.) 
 
 SBir fleljen, o Jperr, urn Deinen (Segen fitr unfem 
 (Uenoffen ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ unb fur bejfen (Sfyegatttn . . ♦ ., 
 tie ftdj jum Jjetfigen 23unbe ber Stye »or Dir ttereintgt 
 fea&en* ©djaue fyerafc auf btefed SBunbnig, bag in 
 Deinem Harnett, (Swtger, a,efd)Tof[en roarb. £a§ bie 
 Siebe nie erfatten unb bie £reue nie rcanfen, bie fte 
 einanber gefcfymoren ^aben. Sag Deinen grieben »ci* 
 len ufcer ifjrem 23unbe, unb lag fern t§r $au$ ein 
 Xempel beg <Segeng fur pe unb ifyre Slnge^origen. 
 
 ($ur einen ftranfen.) 
 
 2Cir flefyen Did) an, o iperr, urn Seiftanb unb $ulfc 
 fiir . . . ., ber (bie) son fdjrcerer £ranf$eit nieber* 
 ^emorfen an bie Sagerfiatte gefejfelt tjl. (Exhort gna^ 
 fcenreidj bag ftltfytn feiner (ifjrer) 3fngef)6rigen, fHffe 
 bie SBefyeflagen, tyeile ben @$mer$, erfyebe xfyrt (fte) 
 t>om ^ranfenlager unb er^alte i^n (fie) ben ©eintgen 
 (3brigen), Did) $u preifen im £anbe ber Sebenbigen 
 unb Did) anjubeten in Deinem £eiligtf)ume. 
 
 (9tac^ einer $ranft;eit ober einer uberftanbenen Oefatjr.) 
 
 S3ir flefyen Did) an, o £err, gnabenreidj entgegen* 
 gune^men bie Ijeigen Danfgebete beg (ber), ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 
 ben (bie) Du fyutbreidj befdjii&t fyajt in ben <Stunben 
 ber .ftran^ett, am £age brofyenber ©efaljr, uber ben 
 (bie) Du offenbart ^aft Deine 23atertreue, Deine enuge 
 
142 
 
 danger and peril) over whom Thou hast revealed 
 Thy paternal goodness and Thy tender mercies. 
 He (she) glorifies Thy holy name in the midst 
 of the congregation, and proclaims Thy gracious 
 wonders which Thou hast done to him (her) in 
 Thy house, that all may hear and know, that 
 Thou art our God, our Bock in time of afflic- 
 tion. 
 
 Send consolation to those who mourn, strength 
 to the feeble, hope to the sinking, light to those 
 who walk in darkness, and bid the messengers 
 of Thy grace to encompass us with joy and glad- 
 ness, with Sabbath thoughts and Sabbath bless- 
 ings. Praised for ever and ever be the glorious 
 name of the One and Eternal God, the Creator, 
 Preserver and Governor of the universe, the 
 Father of mankind, the Lord God of Israel. 
 ( The congregation rises. ) 
 
 Conclude as in the evening with a canticle, supplication 
 thanksgiving, or invocation and a scriptural blessing. 
 
 XI/FII.— Cantiele 1. 
 
 Immortal life, Immortal light 
 
 The Lord bestows on thee with zeal ; 
 
 " I am thy God," from Sinai's hight 
 Proclaimed his voice with thunder's peal. 
 
 From death's domain, He saves Thy soul. 
 
 To live in Him, and Him extol — 
 Halleluyah ! 
 
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 unfc einem bibftfaen gegen. ^ 
 
 47* (Santat. 
 
 i. 
 
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 £apt uus preifen, (apt uni ebren 
 Oottben §errn in 3ubeldu>ren, 
 
 Sieber ftngen, taufenbfadjes QaUtiujafyl 
 
144 
 XL VIII Canticle 2. 
 
 The Lord of hosts, the Great I Am 
 Be praised from now for evermore ; 
 
 Let suns and moons, ye creatures all 
 "With awe, His glorious name adore. 
 
 Ye mountains sing, ye nations shout 
 
 With Seraph's fire, like thunders loud — 
 Halleluyah ! 
 
 XlilX.— Canticle 3. 
 
 The Lord is merciful, 
 
 O soul, in Him rejoice ; 
 Lift up with songs and psalms, 
 
 To Him the grateful voice. 
 His mercies never fail, 
 All hail my soul, all hail I 
 Halleluyah ! 
 
 Lu— Canticle 4. 
 
 On the wings of devotion let's rise 
 To the Lord, the All-good and All-wise 
 Whose goodness leads us 
 To heaven's treasures ; 
 Whcse manna feeds us 
 With Eden's pleasures. 
 Like the angels eternally bright 
 Let us worship with joyous delight. 
 Halleluyah ! 
 
145 
 
 48* latitat* 
 
 IT. 
 
 £en tie (Btemen^cere Bang eroeknb preifen, 
 Urn beffen Sfyron bie Sonnen nnroelnb freifen, 
 
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 49. latitat. 
 
 in. 
 
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 3^r £>immel janc^jt bem .Ronig ber (Sfyre! 
 
 £)a$ 2111 ertbV oon feiner £errlicfyfeit! 
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 £em (5in$ig=£inen, £nug*2Baf)ren, 
 
 3$raeP$ $rei$ in alter Snrigfett, 
 £attelnjaf)! 2lmen! 2lmen! 
 
 50. <£antat* 
 
 IV. 
 
 £)er Jperr ijt metneS £eoens Zifyt, 
 3n tfym ift mein 23evtrauen, 
 
 3n ©nabe ftraf)U fein 2tngeftcfyt, 
 (Sr lafjt nnr £nlb nn3 fdjauetu 
 
 (So tone benn mit 3«Be(f(ang 
 
 3sraeP$ £ort mein Sobgefang. 
 ^aUeluja^! 
 
146 
 LI.— Canticle 5. 
 
 Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of. hosts on high, 
 Power, wisdom glory are the rays of His 
 name ; 
 Hosts of angels worship, and announce His 
 majesty, 
 Mercy, grace and goodness to all men they 
 proclaim. 
 Glory to God and praise to Him alone, 
 Our Lord is He, all light surrounds His throne. 
 Halleluyah ! 
 
 IjII.— Canticle 6. 
 
 Resound ye worlds of Shaddi's praise, 
 His glory sing, His truth proclaim, 
 
 Rejoice in Him, the God of grace, 
 Ye mortals all adore His name ; 
 
 He is our God, His word is true, 
 
 To Him alone all praise is due. 
 Halleluyah ! 
 
 Iilll.— Canticle 7. 
 
 To God, the One Eternal 
 
 He is and was forever true — 
 Who's grace and love paternal, 
 All glory meets, all praise is due. 
 Let angels sing 
 Of Judah's King, 
 
147 
 
 51* i&antat. 
 
 v. 
 
 Der ©ott ber Sfcre tterHaret 
 
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 52* (Santat* 
 
 VI. 
 
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 Sobftnget, ©onnen, ©d) abbess 3^u^m! 
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 2Bie fyeilig, £err, trie grof Mft £)u! 
 
 53. <£antat- 
 
 VII. 
 
 @g jancB^en bic £eere 
 £er fyimmlifcfyen ©djaaren, 
 
 S$ braufen bie s 3fteere 
 £em (Botte, bem ttaljreiu 
 
 3Bm tonen bie Sieber 
 
 £er Sanger ber Siifte, 
 (Sein 2htge fd)ant nieber, 
 
 23e(ebei bie ©riifte. 
 
 SBeleBet bie gluren, 
 
 £>ie .fteime nnb £riebe, 
 5?ernufcfyet bie (Spnren 
 
 2)eg iobes mit Siebe. 
 
 23efe(igt bie £er$en, 
 2)ie (iebenb ibm fcMagen, 
 
148 
 
 Seraphim shout with glee 
 All glory, Lord, to Thee ! 
 
 L<IV.— Supplication 1. 
 
 O God, incline Thine ear, 
 Thy children's prayer hear, 
 
 Grant life and peace, Eternal Eock ! 
 Let shine on us Thy face, 
 Bestow Thy holy grace 
 
 And mercy on Thy faithful flock 
 Amen ! Amen ! 
 
 I/V.— Supplication 2. 
 
 To the fountain of life, to the bountiful One, 
 Let us pray, O forget not Thy creature, Thy 
 son, 
 And attend to Thy flock's supplication ; 
 From the dust of this earth, to Thy throne let's 
 
 ascend, 
 To immortal delight in the heavenly land, 
 To the life of eternal salvation t 
 Amen ! Amen ! 
 
 liVI.— Supplication 3. 
 
 Console, O Lord, we pray, distill 
 Thy balm on mourning souls ; 
 
 O Father, may it be Thy will, 
 To heal all wounded hearts ; 
 
149 
 
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 dxhoxtt bie .ftfagen. 
 
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 54* ©efret* 
 
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 (SrfittT bag iperj mit iptmmelgwonne. 
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 55. ©efcet* 
 
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150 
 Bid depart 
 From the heart 
 The woe, and send relief 
 To ev'ry soul in grief. 
 Amen ! Amen ! 
 
 L»VII.— Supplication 4. 
 
 Redeem my soul, my sins forgive, 
 O God, enthroned above ! 
 
 Forget my guilt, O let me live 
 In Thine unbounded love, 
 
 With angels pure to praise 
 
 The blessings of Thy grace. 
 Amen ! Amen ! 
 
 L.VIII.— Supplication 5. 
 
 The Lord thy God enthroned on high, 
 Beholds each tear and hears each sigh, 
 
 The tear one weeps in silent night. 
 O bless the Lord, my soul, and pray 
 To Him whose hands the scepter sway 
 O'er nature's realm with sovereign might. 
 Behold He lives — 
 The Father gives 
 To contrite hearts the richest store: 
 Confide, my soul, for evermore. 
 Amen ! Amen ! 
 
151 
 
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 Unb (HIP, o ©ott, bet $inber ®cfymer$, 
 ©elette ung auf atltn 2Begen, 
 £) ©ott unb £err! mit £)efttem ©egen- 
 2hnen! bitten! 
 
 IV. 
 
 £ein 9tame, £err, atlein ijT* ttertf), 
 
 Daf ifyn ber 5)Zenfc^ mit Stebern efyrt 
 
 Unb enriglid) erfyofyet, 
 
 2Co()I bent, ber frozen .iperjeng ftngt, 
 
 Unb X)ir ein reined Cpfer bringt, 
 
 Da^ ©ott, sor £ir befieljet. 
 
 Sefyr' mid), £err, £>tdj miirbig preifen; 
 
 ipeitige SCeifen 
 
 ©teb bent 9ftunbe 
 
 23ig gur le^ten geterjhtnbe* 
 
 &men! 2lmen! (Berlin.) 
 
 v. 
 
 (SieJ), eg fc^Ioft unb fd)lummert nidjt 
 
 ©otteg SSatertreue, 
 
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 Unfer £uter fdjmmmert nid)t (©afelbft.) 
 
152 
 IilX.— Supplication 6. 
 
 My sweetest dreams, all hopes below 
 My fondest wishes I commend 
 
 To Thee, O God, whose grace, I know, 
 Refuses not what love can grant. 
 
 Submission to Thy holy word, 
 
 Is law to me, my only Lord, 
 
 Give vigor God, support my will 
 
 With heaven's strength, that I resign, 
 
 Without a tear submitting still 
 
 To Thy command, Thy law divine. 
 
 When wishes die and hopes decay, 
 
 Then teach me, Lord, to Thee to pray. 
 Amen ! Amen ! 
 
 IiX.— Supplication 7. 
 
 O King of Glory exalted high ! 
 How great art Thou, how small am I ! 
 Thou art the light and I the beam, 
 Thou art the life and I a dream. 
 The suns are sparks of heaven's fire 
 Beneath Thy throne, Eternal Sire ! 
 The hosts on high, the worlds below 
 Thy wisdom teach, Thy power show. 
 
 And I the dust, a shadow trace, 
 How could I sing my Maker's praise ! 
 How comprehend His holy name, 
 Or utter well His boundless fame ; 
 
153 
 
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 3n ben frommen ipersen ein, 
 
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 28enn una 9?otf) unb Sritbfal bro^t, 
 
 Sftag bte $3elt une 2ltle* ravben, 
 Du bleibft ung treu bis in ben £ob* 
 
 60. ©efcet* 
 
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 (3Iu$ bent Ije&r. Slfcon DIom.) 
 
 £err ber 2Be(t, (£r fjat regiert 
 55or ber 3^^en ^nbeginn; 
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 SBanbett fte nacfy feinem 8tnn* 
 
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154 
 
 I kneel, in dust I humbly kneel 
 And stammer what my heart does feel, 
 This throng to weep and sing, to flee, 
 God of love and life, to Thee. 
 
 IiXI.— Thanksgivings. 
 
 God. 
 Thank ye the Lord. 
 
 1. We thank Thee, O Lord, whose goodness 
 crowneth the earth with gladness, whose grace 
 outlasteth time's eternal change. 
 
 2. We thank Thee, O Lord, who manifested, 
 in mankind's morning, His truth and love to 
 man's observing mind. 
 
 3. We thank Thee, O Lord, who art so holy 
 enthroned in heaven, and lookest on creatures, 
 trodding lowly sod. 
 
 4. We thank Thee, O Lord, who like a Father 
 Thy children lovest ; with grace and kindness 
 supportest Thou all. 
 
 5. We thank Thee, O Lord, who workest won- 
 ders ; Thy grace renew eth each morn the prom- 
 ise : G-od forsakes Thee not. 
 
 Man. 
 
 6. We thank Thee, O Lord, that Thou hast 
 formed, so wonderfully, in Thine own image, 
 man, the child of dust* 
 
 7. We thank Thee, O Lord, who blessest rea- 
 son with might and power, to walk the path 
 which leads to heaven's bliss. 
 
155 
 
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156 
 
 8. We thank Thee, O Lord, that thou hast 
 implanted, with sovereign goodness, eternal 
 hopes on man's immortal soul. 
 
 Divine Revelation. 
 
 9. We thank Thee, O Lord, who marked to 
 virtue the path of justice, revealed His doctrines 
 full of wisdom's light. 
 
 10. We thank Thee, O Lord, Thy doctrines 
 comfort all hearts with manna from heaven's 
 glory, heaven's light and truth. 
 
 11. We thank Thee, O Lord, if mountains 
 tremble, and planets totter, Thy word, O Father, 
 stands unchanged and firm. 
 
 Sabbath. 
 
 12. We thank Thee, O Lord, for Sabbath bless- 
 ing, the day appointed a sign of cov'nant, God 
 with Isr'el made. 
 
 13. We thank Thee, O Lord, for Thou wilt 
 guide us to higher regions, to Sabbath-rest with 
 Thee in holy hights. 
 
 14. We thank Thee, O Lord, for freedom's 
 promise to men in bondage ; oppression ceases, 
 man returns to Thee. 
 
 15. We thank Thee, O Lord, that Thou alone 
 art our Lord and Father. Proclaim with glad- 
 ness, G-od is sovereign King. 
 
 Sabbath before Purim. 
 
 16. We thank Thee, O Lord; whose eye is 
 watching, it never closes, creation's ruler guides 
 the human heart. 
 
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 ©ott geboten, foil feines 33unbe$ ero 1 ge3 gtifym fctn* 
 
 13. SBir banfen bem £errn! 3 U Went SBetten 
 witt ©ott un3 teiten, brum $ab bie geier er gu unferm 
 
 14. 2Cir banfen bem £errn! an biefem £age foil 
 aud) ber Sflaoe, befreit oom 3o$e, fro§ gum £immel 
 fdjau'n. 
 
 15. 2Bir banfen bem iperrn! 2Bir atfe beugen oor 
 i^m bie $ntee, befennen freubtg: ©ott nur ift ber 
 £err! 
 
 (Saofcatf) » or $urtnu 
 
 16. 2Bir banfen bem £errn! <5etn 2luge toatytt, eg 
 fdjttejt ftdj nimmer; er tenft bie %Qt\ttn, Unit bag 
 Sflenfdjenberg. 
 
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 17. We thank Thee, O Lord ; the wicked per- 
 ish when Thou rebukest, presumptuous malice 
 digs its own dark grave. 
 
 18. We thank Thee, O Lord, Thou great pro- 
 tector of right and justice ; Thy light illumi- 
 nates the darkest nights* 
 
 Sabbath Hanukah. 
 
 19. We thank Thee, O Lord, who guards His 
 people in times of darkness ; His light dispels 
 the clouds of error's night. 
 
 20. We thank Thee, O Lord, who sends His 
 angels with power girded, to crown with glory 
 truth's immortal cause. 
 
 21. We thank Thee, O Lord, who hast pre- 
 served us, Thy chosen people, to see this day of 
 light in Isr'el's tents, 
 
 22. We thank Thee, O Lord, whose grace is 
 visible in Isr'el's temple ; He fills with splendor 
 Jacob's house of pray'r. 
 
 Translated from the German. 
 
 IiXII.— Invocation. 
 
 Minister. I invoke the One, Eternal and 
 Sole God, the Creator of the universe, whose 
 exalted name is Elohim, to look down upon His 
 children, the whole family of man, with His 
 gracious blessings. Amen. Halleluyah ! 
 
 Choir. Amen. Halleluyah ! 
 
 Minister, I invoke the Almighty and All-good 
 Preserver of man, and of all these worlds, who 
 
159 
 
 17. $Mr banfen bem £errn ! (Sr ftitrjt bte greater 
 son jbfjen £ol)en; bte freeze 23ogfyeit grabt ftdj felfcfl 
 bag ®rab. 
 
 18. 2Btr banfen bem .Sperm! £r fdjtrmt bie ^rom* 
 men; er fdjii£t bte Unfcfyutb; in bnntlen *ftacfyten 
 (Ira^Iet iijx fein Sidjr. 
 
 J e m p e I » e i fr e. 
 
 19. SMr banfen bem £errn! SBenn ftnftre 9ftadjte, 
 koenn SBa^n unb 3rrt()nm bag £aupt erfyeben, rnft er: 
 SBerbe 8t$t! 
 
 20. 2Bir banfen bem £errn! Sr fenbet 23oten mit 
 $raft gegiirtet; er lagt bag £eiPge feiern nenen ©teg. 
 
 21. 28 tr banfen bem £errn, ber nns erfyalten fammt 
 nnfern .ftinbern, ba§ nur erleben biefeg Sages £tdjt. 
 
 22. SBir banfen bem iperrn, ber feine ©nabe in ret* 
 $er ^iitte anf biefem ipanfe fynlbsofl rntyen lafjr. 
 
 62* £He 3ttt>ocatum« 
 
 S3 o r fc e t e r. 3$ rufe an ben eimo/einjtgen unb 
 enrigen ©ott, ben Stopfer beg SHPs, bejfen f)odjerf)afce= 
 ner Sftame ift £ I o fj i m, ntebeqnfcfyanen anf feine 
 ^inberfdjaar, bte 9Jtenfc^r)ett in all ifyren ^reifen, mit 
 feinem fceften Segen. 5lmen. £atfelnj;afj! 
 
 (£ f) o r. Slmen. #atlelnjaf) ! 
 
 23 o r fc. 3$ ™fe <*n fc«i attmad)tigen nnb atfgitti* 
 pen Srftafter ber 9ftenfd)ktt nnb ber 2$eften atte, ber 
 
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 revealed His name El-Shaddi, to our ancestors, 
 to look down upon the people of Israel, with 
 His gracious blessings. Amen. Hallelujah ! 
 
 Choir. Amen. Halleluyah ! 
 
 Minister. I invoke the All-wise and All-just 
 Providence, the One and Sole God of Israel, 
 whose name is Adonoi, to look down upon this 
 our beloved country ; that health,, prosperity, 
 peace, freedom, and justice be her portion before 
 God, the Lord of the universe. Amen. Halle- 
 luyah ! 
 
 Choir. Amen. Halleluyah. 
 
 Minister. I invoke the unutterable, incom- 
 prehensible, and ineffable Eheyeh asher 
 Eheyeh, the Great I Am, the infinite cause of 
 all causes, being absolute and endless, the immu- 
 table and unchangeable One — to look down upon 
 this congregation with His paternal blessings. 
 Amen. Halleluyah ! 
 
 Choir. Amen. Halleluyah ! 
 
161 
 fldj aU (£t-(5djabbat unfetn SSatern offenfcart 
 \)ai, nieberjufdjauen auf 33raet nut fetnem gnaben* 
 reic^cn ©egen. 2Imen. £attetuj;a:(j ! 
 
 (£ X) o r, 2lmen* Jpatletujaty ! 
 
 SSotfc* 3$ tufe an t>ie aflmeife unb atfgetedjte 
 SSorfc^ung, ben cinig^ein^igen ©ott 3$™elg, beffen 
 9kme ift 21 b o n o t, niebequfcfyauen auf unfer getieB- 
 te$ Eatettanb, bag ©efunbfjeit mtb 2BoJ)lftanb, ftrte= 
 ben, fjireifyett unb ©eredjttgfeit fein 2lntfyeil fef uor 
 ©ott bcm £errn* 2lmen» £aMuja$ ! 
 
 (£ J) o t* 2hnem ^aMujatj ! 
 
 S3 o r B* 3$ *ufe an ben unausfptedjlidjen, unfce* 
 gtetfltdjen, unnennfcaren (Sfjeje^ afdjet (Sfyejelj, 
 bas ettn$e <5ein atte$ <Seins unb alles SBerbenS, ben 
 Un»ergangttdjen unb Umjeranberlidjen rufe tdj an, 
 ntebequfdjauen auf biefe ©emetnbe mit fetnem sater* 
 lt$en ©egen* 2lmen. ipatfelujaty! 
 
 (5 X) o r« Wrntn. fyaUtluial) ! 
 
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162 
 
 EIGHTH DIVISION. 
 
 The Holy Seasons. 
 
 PESACII 
 
 IiXIII.— Introduction to Divine Service on 
 the Eve and Morning of Passover. 
 
 Minister. Glory and adoration to the One 
 and eternal God, the Eedeemer and Benign 
 Father of Israel, the God and King of all na- 
 tions, the Governor and Preserver of all the 
 worlds ; — to the Almighty Elohim who has pro- 
 tected His flock during the past winter ; " For, 
 lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone, . 
 The blossoms appear in the land, the time of the 
 minstrel has come, and the voice of the turtle- 
 dove is heard in our land. The fig-tree driveth 
 its green buds, and the vines with young blos- 
 soms emit sweetj>erfume." New life courses 
 through nature, and all things shout songs of 
 praise to the God of love. 
 
 ♦Besides the weekly Sabbath and the New Moon, the Bible ordains 
 five holy seasons or feasts, 1. The feast of Passover or Pesach, in 
 memory of the departure of Israel from Egypt ; 2. The Feast of 
 Weeks, Shabuoth, in memory of the revelation on Mount Sinai ; 3. 
 The Feast of Booths, Succoth, in memory of Israel's sojourn in 
 the wilderness and a season of general thanksgiving; before this 
 latter feast is the Newyear Rosii HA8HANAH and Vom KjPPTJB.the 
 Bay of Atonement. Vide Exodus xii ; xxxii, 12 to 17; xxxiv, in to 
 24- Leviticus xvi, 2f> to34 ; xxxiii; Numbers wviii, ij to 81 ; Deu- 
 teronomy xvi, 1 to 17. 
 
163 
 
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 63* ©tnfeititng $um 9Ma<t)=©Ptte£- 
 bienfte. 
 
 SlbenbS unb SftorgenS. 
 
 55 o r b c t e r» $>reig unb 2Inkhmg bent eimg* 
 einjigen unb ewigeit (Sottt, bem SrBfer, bem atl^ 
 (jutigert SSater 3graelg, bem ®otte unb Jlonige after 
 9tationen, bem 33e^errfc6er unb Scatter beg 2Beltaftg ! 
 5>rets3 unb 2tnktnng bem aflmadjtfgen (51 o t) t m, 
 t>er fcefdjii^t fyat feine Jpeerbe maljrenb beg tterflojjenen 
 SBtnterg- „£enn ftel), ber 28inter tfl bafytn, ber $e* 
 gen »oru6er unb »or&eu £ie 33tiit()en erfcfyetnen tm 
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 ber Xurteltaube ertont im Sanbe nueber* £er ^eigen- 
 fcaum tretfcet jiunge $nogpen, ber SBeinjtotf serbrettet 
 feinen 53tut&enbuft." 2Weg tebt unb iaufy$t frofye 
 2ieber bem ©otte ber Siebe, 
 
 *) 2Iu§cr ©abbatlj unb SReumonb fdVeifct bit Stbcl funf gcfltage fcor: 
 
 1. Da3 g> c f a t^> f eft, jum Slnbenlen on S^raete SluSjua. au$ Ggopten. 
 
 2. Da3 <3d)ab uo tlK ober SBodjenfefi, jum Slnbcnfen ber £>ffenbarun£ 
 auf ©inai. 
 
 3. Da* -fcuttenfeft ©uccotlj, jum SlnbenTen ber ©anberuna. 5«racl* 
 burd) bie 933ufh, unb aU jdf)rlid>e3 £)anf- unb Srntefeft. 
 
 33or bem lectern $efte finb 5ft ofd) Jpa fdjanafc „9teujatyr", unb 3cm 
 tftppur „SerfiJbnuna<Jtafl". ©ief>e 2. S3ud) Soft's xii; xxxii, 12— 17; 
 xxxiv, 18—24; 3. 8ud) aftofte xvi, 29-34; xxxiii ; 4. «ud) *0tejl3 xxviii, 
 11-31 ; 5. »ud) 9fteft* xvi, 1-17. 
 
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164 
 
 Glory and adoration to Him, who revealed 
 himself in Egypt, to our ancestors, as the God 
 of freedom and justice, the Savior of the op- 
 pressed ones, the Eedeemer of those who, by 
 human wickedness, suffer in bondage; — who 
 sent His messengers, Moses and Aaron, to Re- 
 deem the children of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, 
 and to lead them from servitude to freedom and 
 glory, to Horeb, where they were consecrated to 
 a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. Let 
 us sing a new song of praise, on this Day of 
 Passover, to the great I Am, the immutable and 
 infinite Deity, no mortal being can comprehend 
 Him ; in memorial of His redemption let us 
 sing new songs of praise ; for He is the Rock of 
 justice and the Fortress of freedom ; He is our 
 refuge and our hope, our God and Redeemer for- 
 ever. / 
 
 CHOIR. 
 
 In the land of bondage 
 
 He raised a glorious sire, 
 Everlasting homage 
 
 For freedom's cause to inspire, 
 Announce to ev'ry nation 
 The theme of God's salvation. 
 
 Minister. " I know that my Redeemer 
 liveth," let each soul proclaim His glory. He 
 alone is God, He leads all nations to redemption^ 
 and will extend the scepter of justice and free- 
 
1G5 
 
 $rei$ unb 5mbehmg tym, ber fid) in Sgtypten nnfern 
 latent offenbart aU ©ort ber greifyeit unb ber ©e- 
 rcc^ttgfett, ber ba ift S?efreier ber Unterbriicften, unb 
 (Srtofer berer, bie unter bent Scepter ber Sprannen 
 feuften ; ber ba gefanbt 9ftofeS unb 2laron, feme 53oten, 
 m befreten bie .fttnber Slbratyam'S, 3faflf'S unb 3a= 
 fob'g, unb fie m fiibren au£ ber ©Ha&erd jur greifyeit, 
 aus (5d)tnadj s u ^ufym, nadj £oreb, tto \k gen>etf)t 
 irnrben m einem 3tetd)e fcon ^rieftern nnb einer f)eili= 
 gen Nation, Sajfet urtv fingen einen nenen Jofcgefang 
 an biefem *Pefad)fefte bem grojjcn, f)od)erf)abenen, un= 
 tt?anbel6aren nnb unenblid)en ©ott, ber fidj genannt 
 m 9ftofe3 3d) bin, nnb fetn eterMieber fann ifjn 
 fajfen; mm 5lnbenfen ber Grlofung lajfet ung fingen 
 neue Sobgefdnge; benn er ift ber gels ber ©ered)tigfeit 
 nnb ber greibett fefte 23urg; er ift imfere 3 u ^ftdjr, 
 nnferc Jpeffnung, nnfer ©ott nnb (Erlefer, in 3tit 
 unb Swigfeit. 
 
 <£ I) o r . 
 
 ©ott, ber iperr, ift unf're 3uoerfidjr, 
 ipulbsou' ftral)lt fetn btmmlifd) ©nabenltdjr, 
 
 I'teBenb fcbaut er auf uni nieber; 
 ©ibt uns Seben, gtfrt uns ?eoen£luft, 
 ©ibt ntit Stebe jeber ?0tenfd)en6ruft 
 
 greifyett, gritting, 3wbetlteber» 
 
 Sorbeter. „3d) tteif , bag mein (Erlofer lebt," 
 
 ntoge jeber serHmben bes £erm Sftufjnu (Sr ift ©ott, 
 
 er leitet mr Srtofung atfe 9mtionen, unb ausftreden 
 
 toirb er bas Scepter ber ©erecbtigfeit unb ber greifyeit 
 f3 
 
166 
 doui to all tribes of Adam. Let all hearts be 
 raised to Him, every knee be bent before Him ; 
 let all tongues proclaim His grace and loving- 
 kindness. To Him alone adoration is due ! He 
 hears our prayers, listens to our petitions, in- 
 clines His ear to our supplications, heals our 
 wounds, shows forbearance to our weakness, and 
 pardons our iniquities : He is our God, our ever- 
 lasting Father, and eternal hope, To Him let 
 us pray in this festive hour, that He may speed- 
 ily redeem all who are oppressed, release all who 
 suffer in bondage, and proclaim freedom to all 
 the inhabitants of this world. " For, God, He 
 is the Lord in heaven above and on the earth 
 beneath ; there is none beside Him," 
 
 CHOIR. 
 
 All the earth revealeth, 
 
 The suns to Zion proclaim — 
 
 Thy Eedeemer liveth, 
 
 The Lord of Hosts is His name. 
 
 Creation's Hock most holy, 
 
 He is, He was, He will be. 
 
 liXI V.— Freedom. 
 
 m 
 
 Song after the Sermon on Passover and the Fourth of July. 
 
 t^f^ purest azure brightness 
 
 The Lord of Hosts appears, 
 To shower loving-kindness 
 
 On hearts bedimmed with fears. 
 
167 
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 erfyofcen toerben, jebe$ $me oor ifyrn ftcfy kugen, unb 
 atle 3una,en oerfitnben feine ©nabe unb feinc unenb* 
 Itdje ©iite, 3fynt aflein ge^temt SlnBetung, benn er 
 nur $ort unfer ©eBet, oernimmt unfere 33itte, tteigt 
 feitt £)fyr imferem ftkljtn, ^cilet unfere SBunben, tyat 
 9tadjftdjt nttt unferer @djtr>ddje, ttergiot ©itnbe unb 
 9fltffett)at. &r attein ift ©otr, unfer enriger 55ater unb 
 gufyrer, unfere fceftdnbtge £offnung, $u tfym tajfet unS 
 rufen in biefer ^eftesftunbe, bag er ertofen moge atle, 
 bie ba fcebrittft fmb, befreien atte bie in SBanben 
 fdjmadjten, unb taut oerfimben grettyeit fitr atte 33e* 
 ttotjner ber (£rbe + ^^Denn ©ott ift ber £err int £im* 
 met often unb anf (Srben unten, feiner aujer it)nu" 
 
 <£$ or. 
 Sobt ben SSater, f<$mu«ft ben geftattar, 
 £arre fetner, fromme $itgerfc§aar! 
 
 Sftittjmt ben £errn in frot)er 9ftena,e; 
 ©ott ift naif, ber iperr ift unfer £ort, 
 3§m erfdjatte unfer 2)anfestoort, 
 
 Sonen freubig geftesftange. 
 
 64. $Jefa#* 
 
 3?a$ t>er gJreMgt. 
 
 v&g tout ein fcetter 3ufcetfdjatt 
 
 £)urdj biefer £emfcets Jpatten; 
 
 Unb 3ubel mufj im 28ibert)att 
 
 Xurcfy unfre £er,$en flatten. 
 f4 
 
168 
 
 No more restrain, 
 
 Let freedom reign ! 
 He bids, and freedom is, 
 To bless each soul with bliss. 
 
 Unfurl thy banners, freedom, 
 
 Thou daughter from on high ! 
 Proclaim thy Father's kingdom, 
 To brothers far and nigh ! 
 All men unite 
 In heaven's pride, 
 To shout o'er plain and hill, 
 His law is sovereign will ! 
 
 Let freedom's trumpet thunder 
 With heaven's mighty peal ; 
 The fetters breaks asunder 
 The Lord with holy zeal. — 
 Let nations sing, 
 The Lord is King, 
 He breaks the tyrant's sword, 
 And G-od alone is Lord. 
 
 IiXV.— Conclusion of Divine Service. 
 
 On Passover JEve and Morning {After Kaddish Yathom.) 
 Minister, O Lord God, benign and merciful 
 Father, with filial confidence in Thine unlimited 
 grace, Thy children approach Thy glorious 
 throne with praise and thanksgiving, on this 
 Day of Passover, which Thou hast ordained as 
 a memorial of Israel's redemption from Egypt- 
 
169 
 
 (Sinft I)at ung ©ott mit jtarfer £anb 
 (Erloft aug ©ftasenfcanben; 
 3m Srobug am SWegftranb 
 ©inb n>ir jum SSolf erftanben, 
 
 £)teg geft gtng mit ims manbellog 
 £)urd) Ianger 3 e ^ e " ^eifie; 
 9tim gefct auf freicr (Erbe @d)00J3 
 £)er greityeit gefl bie SBetye! 
 
 3u 53oben (litrjt bie Xyxanntx, 
 S8o 3uba 1 g ©terne fd^einen; 
 Der Sftenfdj ift fret, son gejjeln fret, 
 3ft $riefter beg Meinen! 
 
 X)urd) langer 3citen £uaf unb Drud, 
 3n ^ampfen unb in <2djmeqen 
 SBar greifyett unfreg ©eifteg <Sd)mud, 
 28ar 2eucfyte unfern ^erjen. 
 
 Srtumpft, Srtumpf)! 2jte $ette tricot! 
 £eg ©eifteg (Stiirme toefyten, 
 53i5 burd) bie SSolfen brad) bag Sidjt — 
 9lun laft ung beten! beten! 
 
 3« 23oben ftitrgt bie $t)rannei, 
 28o 3»ba'g Sterne fdjeinen; 
 £er 9ftenfdj ift fret, son geffetn fret, 
 3ft ^riefter beg Meinen! 
 
 SRiuna ^Iceberg. 
 
 65- S4tf*£ be$ tyeiatf)-<Sf>tte$bienfie#. 
 
 SlbeufcS unb 2ftorgen$. 
 
 SSorbeter. D £err unb ©otr, attgiitiger unb 
 
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 £eine unbegren^te ©nabe nafyen ©eine ^inber 2)ei* 
 
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 f5 
 
170 • 
 
 ian bondage, and a gracious manifestation of 
 Thy holy will, that man whom Thou hast crea- 
 ted for freedom, be Thy servant only, the faith- 
 ful servant of truth, justice, virtue and holiness. 
 Accept graciously the sentiments of gratitude, 
 which we offer up at Thy sacred shrine, with 
 childlike devotion to Thy paternal goodness, for 
 redemption and freedom, for mercy and grace, 
 for the everlasting and boundless benignity 
 which Thou hast revealed over Israel, in all the 
 days of our pilgrimage on earth. Accept the 
 thanksgivings of our hearts for the approach of 
 spring with its verdure and its blossoms, its 
 smiling rays and its refreshing breezes ; for the 
 thousand sweet joys of spring, accept our thanks, 
 Thou great and omnipotent God, who blessest 
 nature's secret avenues with youthful vigor and 
 productive energies, to smile again under Thy 
 paternal hands, a happy Eden to Thy children. 
 Let it be Thy will, O God, that we enjoy, with 
 gladness, Thy paternal gifts, on this feast of re- 
 demption ; that every heart may rejoice in Thy 
 blessings. As nature smiles in youthful beauty, 
 so may all oppressed ones awake from the dreary 
 winter-sleep of affliction and misery to freedom 
 and gladness, to prosperity and happiness before 
 Thee, Thou God of love and freedom. 
 
 CHOIR. 
 
 Let freedom's feast bring gladness 
 To Judah's tents, to ev'ry home ; 
 
171 
 jlunbgefrung Teine*? fietligen SBiffen*, bag ber 9ftenfcfr, 
 ben £u jur ^reibett gefcfrajfen, Xir attetn btene, ber 
 treue Diener ber SBafyrfyeit, ber ©erecfctigfeit, ber $u* 
 genb unb ber £eiligfeit fet. 9ftogeft £u too^tgefalltg 
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 2Utare Ijeute barbringen, fur Srfojung unb greifyeit, 
 fiir S3arm6erjigfcit unb ©nabe, fiir bte unregren^te 
 ©iite, bte Du in alien Jagen ber 2>ergangenf>eit it&er 
 3srael ojfen&art t)a\t. 5^e^me gnabensoll auf, o ©ott, 
 ben :Danf unfereS £er$en$ fiir bie ©ieberhtnft be3 
 griifyltng^ ntit alien 33liit6en unb 53lumen, ntit ben 
 errcarmenben 8trat)len unb ben erqutdenben Siiften; 
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 £tr, Xu groger unb atlmcicfyttger ©ott, ber Xu fegneft 
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 ©ott, bag nur freubensotl geniejjen 2)eine saterlicfyen 
 <3aktn an biefem gcjlc ber Srlofung, unb alle £eqen 
 frol)li$ 2)ir entgegenjuoeln. 2Ste je{3t bie 9tatur in 
 jugenblicber ®d)6nf)eit lafyt, fo mogen alle unterbriicf* 
 ttn 9ftenfd)en ertoacfyen au3 bent langen unb peinlidjen 
 SBinterfcfylafe ber 2eiben, $ur greifyeit unb jur greube, 
 gu 28ot)l(tanb unb ©liicffetigfeit, sor £ir, o ©ott ber 
 Siebe unb ber greityeit! 
 
 2Cuf! tr)r ^inber ©otres alle 
 Sfreifei laut ben £errn ber (E§re; 
 
172 
 
 And banished be all sadness 
 
 From hearts upraised to heaven's dome. 
 With joy and praise 
 To heaven's grace, 
 With harps and flutes proclaim 
 The glory of His name. 
 
 Minister* Vouchsafe, O Lord, Thy choice 
 blessings upon Thy children, the whole family 
 of man, and let all be united before Thee, in 
 truth and love, in justice and freedom. Strength- 
 en the hands of Israel, Thy servant, to bear the 
 banner of divine truth and glad tidings to all 
 nations and tongues, till Thy sun of salvation 
 shall brightly shine over all habitations of man, 
 warm every heart to kind affections, and en- 
 lighten every soul, to appreciate and to love 
 truth and virtue, righteousness and piety. Be- 
 stow Thy gracious blessings, O God of Israel, 
 on this our beloved country ; let her be a taber- 
 nacle of peace, justice, freedom and philanthropy, 
 united and prosperous before Thee. Look down 
 in mercy upon this congregation. Remove sor- 
 row and affliction from every heart, let joy and 
 happiness satisfy every soul ; that we may wor- 
 ship Thee in gladness all the days of our lives. 
 Inspire us with the hopes and expectations of 
 the righteous and pious ones who before us re- 
 turned to the land of everlasting life. Bless us, 
 Father, on this day of Passover with everlasting 
 
173 
 
 gullet fe|Ht$ 3ubay« £atfe, 
 greubcnflange, 3ube(d^ore! 
 Oott erftetlt bie 3ffai?enttadjt, . 
 ©ott befrett son Sttenfcfyenmadjt 
 
 55 o r fc e t e r» (Senfc nieber, o iperr, £>einen befkn 
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 tionen unb atle 3un$tn f tug bie Sonne beg $eitg atle 
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174 
 redemption from oppression and human might, 
 from sin and error ; that all souls may rise to 
 Thee on the silvery pinions of devotion and 
 harmony, of peace and joy, to freedom and 
 everlasting glory. Reveal Thy sovereign ma- 
 jesty over this holy temple, let thy glorious pre- 
 sence be reflected in the souls of those who ap- 
 proach Thine exalted throne ; that thine ineffa- 
 ble name be glorified in Thy children for ever 
 and ever. 
 
 {Congregation Rises.) 
 CHOIR. 
 
 To God the One Eternal- 
 He is and was forever true — 
 Who's grace and love paternal, 
 All glory metes, all praise is due 
 Let angels sing 
 Of Judah's King 
 Seraphim shout with glee 
 All glory, Lord, to Thee. 
 
 THE L.AST DAY OF PASSOVER. 
 
 IiXVI.— Introduction to Divine service 
 Evening and Morning. 
 
 Minister. When Israel went out from Egypt, 
 the house of Jacob from a people of foreign 
 tongue, then Judah was his sanctuary, Israel his 
 dominion. The sea saw it and fled ; Jordan 
 
175 
 
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176 
 started back. The mountains skipped like 
 rams, the hills like lambs. The Lord saved that 
 day Israel from the hand of Egypt. And Israel 
 saw the Egyptian dead upon the shore of the sea. 
 And Israel saw the mighty hand which God had 
 shown over Egypt. And the people feared the 
 Lord, and they believed in God and in Moses 
 His servant. 
 
 Recitation. 
 
 Moses then and Israel's 
 Children sang their song to God, 
 Unto the Lord Eternal, — 
 And thus they spoke and sang ; 
 Chorus. 
 
 Come, now let us sing, 
 To God our praises bring t 
 Several voices. 
 God is my strength, my song, and bliss I 
 
 Who is as great as He ? 
 The wicked sink into th' abyss, 
 
 The foe into the sea. 
 Chorus. 
 
 The right hand of God its power shows, 
 The right hand of God the foe o'erthrows f 
 
 Solo. 
 
 The foe did say : I run for prey ; — I'll over- 
 ride, 
 
 Spoil divide, — I'll extirpate them, — annihilate 
 them, — 
 
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178 
 E'en on the spot, — destruction's their lot ! 
 
 Thy storm didst Thou send, — then sank h© 
 
 below, 
 Then found in the waters his grave the foe ! 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 What mighty one can compare with Thee ? 
 Thy wonders daily do we see. 
 
 Solo. 
 Thus Thou didst lead Thy chosen nation, 
 
 A gracious living guide, 
 Unto thy holy habitation ;— 
 
 The nations startled, terrified.— 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 Until this race, redeemed and free, 
 Thy voice had passed to security. 
 
 Several voices. 
 Oh ! lead us further, God of all, 
 
 To ever higher stations, 
 Till at the highest goal shall call 
 Aloud with us all nations: — 
 
 " The Lord above, th' Eternal One, 
 Shall be our God and King alone ! " 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 The Lord above, th' Eternal One, 
 Shall be our God and King alone ! — 
 
 Translated byM. M. 
 Conclusion of the evening service, as the first evening. 
 Hymn after sermon to be selected from the Sabbath col- 
 lection. 
 
179 
 
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 teamen. 
 
180 
 L.XVII— Conclusion of the feast. 
 
 Minister. I invoke the One, Eternal and 
 Sole God, the creator of the universe, whose ex- 
 alted name is Elohim, at the conclusion of the 
 feast, to look down upon His children, the whole 
 family of man, with His gracious blessings. 
 Amen. Hallelujah ! 
 
 Choir. Amen. Halleluyah ! 
 
 Minister. I invoke the Almighty and All- 
 good Preserver of man, and of all these worlds, 
 who revealed His name El-Shaddi to our an- 
 cestors, at the conclusion of the feast, to look 
 down upon the people of Israel, with His gra- 
 cious blessings. Amen. Halleluyah ! 
 
 Choir. Amen. Halleluyah ! 
 
 Minister. 1 invoke the All-wise and All-just 
 Providence, the One and Sole God of Israel, 
 whose name is Adonoi, at the conclusion of the 
 feast, to look down upon this our beloved coun- 
 try, that she never lack dew or rain in due sea- 
 son ; that health, prosperity, peace, freedom and 
 justice be her portion before God, the Lord of 
 the universe. Amen. Halleluyah ! 
 
 Choir. Amen. Halleluyah ! 
 
 Minister. I invoke the unutterable, incom- 
 prehensible and ineffable Eheyeh asher Eheyeh 
 the Great I am, the infinite Cause of all causes, 
 being absolute and endless, the immutable and 
 unchangeable One; at the conclusion of the 
 feast, to look down upon this congregation with 
 His paternal blessings. Amen. Halleluyah ! 
 
 Choir, Amen, Halleluyah ! 
 
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182 
 SHABUOTH. 
 
 liXVIII.— Introduction to Divine Service 
 Evening and Morning of the Feast of Weeks 
 
 Minister. " The Eternal God cometh from 
 Sinai, He shineth forth from Seir upon them, He 
 glareth over from Mount Paran, and holy He 
 approacheth from among the myriads of His 
 luminaries ; He giveth from His right hand the 
 fire of the Law unto them! — the Law which 
 Moses commanded us, the holy heritage of the 
 congregation of Jacob." 
 
 It came to pass on the sixth day of the third 
 month after the departure of Israel from Egypt, 
 " when it was morning, that there were thunders 
 and lightnings, and a heavy cloud was upon 
 Mount Sinai, and the voice of the trumpet was 
 exceedingly loud ; so that all the people that 
 were in the camp trembled. And Moses brought 
 forth the people out of the camp to meet with 
 God ; and they placed themselves at the foot of 
 the mount. And Mount Sinai smoked in every 
 part, because the Lord had descended upon it in 
 fire ; and the smoke thereof ascended as the 
 smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount 
 quaked greatly. And the voice of the cornet 
 went on, and waxed louder and louder; Moses 
 spoke and God answered with a loud voice." 
 
 And when the Lord revealed to Israel the 
 Law of the Covenant, " all the people perceived 
 
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184 
 
 the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the 
 sound of the cornet and the mountain smoking ; 
 and when the people saw it, they removed trem- 
 bling, and stood afar off." Then and there our 
 sires exclaimed " Behold the Lord has caused 
 us to see His glory and His greatness, and His 
 voice have we heard out of the midst of the fire ; 
 this day have we seen that God can speak with 
 man, who nevertheless may live." 
 
 CHOIR. 
 
 From heavens high the thunders roar, 
 
 The trumpets sound with might, 
 Through clouds condensed the lightnings soar, 
 
 The darkness dreads the light ; — 
 The Lord of hosts reveals His word, 
 To man He speaks — Creation's Lord. 
 The idols reel, their temples shake, 
 
 Despotic Fate rebounds, 
 "With awe the mountains hark and quake — 
 . The voice of God resounds ; 
 From Horeb's Light descends His word, 
 To man He speaks — Creation's Lord. 
 Salvation's sun from Sinai rose 
 
 To guide the doubting mind 
 To righteous deeds and sweet repose, 
 
 In life and death to shine. 
 Obey, ye mortals ! know His word ! 
 To man He speaks — Creation's Lord. 
 Let Judah's harp resound His praise, 
 
 The Father's glory sing ; 
 
185 
 
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 SSater unb Gutter Itefce ! 
 <5djone Ut ©rubers IMut! 
 
186 
 For truth and light, for heaven's grace, 
 
 Eevealed by God our King. 
 Extol His name in one accord — 
 To man He speaks — Creation's Lord. 
 
 Minister. Give glory to the Great I am, the 
 Lord of all lords, the Cause of all causes, the 
 great, the mighty and incomprehensible God 
 whose name is ineffable and whose glory fills the 
 the universe, that He revealed His law to His peo- 
 ple, and that he selected Israel to be unto Him a 
 kingdom of priests and a holy nation. How, O 
 God, can we, sons of the dust, worthily thank 
 Thee and praise Thee ! " And were our mouths 
 like the sea full of song, and our tongue shout- 
 ing praise as the roar of the waves, and our lips 
 full of glorification as the expansion of heaven, 
 and our eyes brilliant with adoration like sun 
 and moon, and our hands stretched forth to 
 Thee like the pinions of a soaring eagle, and 
 our feet quick in Thy service like the hind's ; we 
 would still be unable to render due praise and 
 to extol properly Thy name, O God and Lord, 
 and God of our fathers, not even for one ten- 
 thousandth part of all Thy goodness, which 
 Thou hast done to our fathers, and which Thou 
 always doest us." Thou hast redeemed us from 
 bondage, hast led us through the wilderness with 
 Thy mighty hand and outstretched arm, hast 
 called us TI13' chosen people, hast res T ealed to us 
 
187 
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188 
 Thy Law and Thy commandments, hast ap- 
 pointed us to be the teachers of mankind, hast 
 led us, guided us, protected us, to this day, with 
 infinite goodness and love, and art with us in 
 life and in death, How shall we duly praise 
 Thee with words invented by man ! how shall 
 we utter our feelings of thanks, of veneration, 
 and filial devotion, which are unutterable ! The 
 heavens and the heavens of heavens can not 
 contain Thee ; uncountable worlds announce 
 Thee; the hosts of angels adore Thee; what 
 can we, a band of mortal beings utter, to reach 
 only a ray of Thy glory ! — But Thy loving kind- 
 ness is as infinite as Thy wisdom, Thy power, 
 and Thy holiness ; and in Thy boundless grace 
 Thou hast taught us, that Thou, O Holy One, 
 art enthroned among the praises of Israel. 
 Therefore on this day of revelation we adore 
 Thee with a thousandfold Halleluyah, all Israel 
 sings of Thy paternal love and exclaims in one 
 grand chorus "Praised be the Eternal God for 
 ever and aye." 
 
 Choir. " Amen and Amen." 
 
 Minister. " Praised be the Eternal God, He 
 who is enthroned in Jerusalem." 
 
 CnoiR. " Halleluyah." 
 
 Minister. " Praised be the Eternal God and 
 Lord, the God of Israel who alone worketh 
 wonders." 
 
 Choir. " Halleluyah." 
 
189 
 
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190 
 
 Minister. "And praised be His glorious 
 name forever* And may His glory fill all the 
 world." 
 
 Choir. Amen and Amen. 
 
 LXIX.— Conclusion of Divine Service of 
 Skabuoth. 
 
 Minister. O God, Eternal and Almighty, 
 Thou infinite and absolute One, who hast chosen 
 Israel to be the banner bearer of eternal truth, 
 who hast redeemed us from earthly bondage and 
 savest our souls from corruption, — give ear to 
 our feeble voice of thanks and adoration, listen 
 graciously to our prayers, enlighten our souls 
 in Thy Law, and incline our hearts to do Thy 
 will. Let us on this festive day be re-united be- 
 fore Thee, and bestow upon us Thy blessing, to 
 be servants worthy of our mission, and children 
 becoming the image of our Maker. Elevate us, 
 O Father from the lowly dust, to behold Thy 
 glory, as our fathers on this great day of reve- 
 lation heard Thy voice from heaven's high, and 
 pronounce once more over us in the eyes of all 
 living creatures, " I the Eternal God am your 
 Lord." We beseech Thee, Thou Great and Om- 
 nipotent Father of mankind, to reveal Thy 
 glory over us, as Thou hast done on Mount 
 Sinai, that all men may see and understand that 
 Thou alone art God, on earth and in heaven, 
 there is none beside Thee ; that our hearts be 
 
191 
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 Thine alone, and our souls be sanctified and de- 
 voted unto Thee. Be enthroned in our midst, 
 O Lord, and let this be "a feast of regeneration 
 and heavenly gladness. Eeveal Thy glory in 
 our souls, in our houses, in our temples ; let us be 
 enlightened with Thy light, and gladdened with 
 Thy paternal blessings. 
 
 CHOIR. 
 
 O Feast of Weeks bring gladness 
 To Judah's tents, to ev'ry home ; 
 
 Let banished be all sadness 
 
 From hearts upraised to heaven's dome. 
 
 With joy and praise 
 
 To heaven's grace, 
 
 With harps and flutes proclaim 
 
 The glory of His name. 
 
 Minister. Vouchsafe, O Lord, Thy choice 
 blessings upon Thy children, the whole family 
 of man, and let all be united before Thee in 
 truth and love, injustice and freedom. Strength- 
 en the hands of Israel Thy servant to bear the 
 banner of truth and glad tidings to all nations 
 and tongues, till Thy sun of salvation shall 
 brightly shine over all the habitations of man, 
 warm every heart to kind affections, and en- 
 lighten every soul, to appreciate and to love 
 truth and virtue, righteousness and piety. Be- 
 stow Thy gracious blessings, O God of Israel, 
 upon this our beloved country ; let her be a tab- 
 
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 ernacle of peace, freedom, justice and philart-, 
 thropy, united and prosperous before Thee* 
 Look down in mercy upon this congregation. 
 Eemove sorrow and affliction from every soul, 
 that we may worship Thee in gladness all the 
 days of our lives. Inspire us with the hopes 
 and expectations of the righteous and pious ones 
 who before us returned to the land of everlast- 
 ing life. Bless us, Father, on this Feast of 
 Weeks with Thy everlasting light and truth, 
 and protect us against sin and error ; that all 
 souls may rise to Thee on the silvery pinions of 
 devotion and harmony, of peace and joy, to 
 heavenly truth and everlasting glory. Eeveal 
 Thy sovereign majesty over this holy temple, 
 let Thy glorious presence be reflected in the 
 souls of those who approach Thine exalted 
 throne ; that Thy ineffable name be glorified in 
 Thy children for ever and aye. 
 
 {Congregation rises.) 
 CHOIR. 
 
 To God, the One Eternal- 
 He is and was forever true — 
 
 Who's grace and love paternal, 
 All glory meets, all praise is due. 
 
 Let angels sing 
 
 Of Judah's King 
 
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 All glory, Lord, to Thee* 
 
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 IiXX.— The Confirmation. 
 
 The anniversary day of the revelation on Mount Sinai 
 is the most proper time for the solemn rite of confirmation, 
 Divine service in the morning to open with the same intro- 
 duction as the evening previous, and to be conducted as 
 usual on holidays, the sermon excepted. After olenu and 
 kaddish the rile of confirmation closes the divine service as 
 described hereafter. If no confirmation takes place, ap- 
 propriate pieces before and after reading the Law, and 
 after the sermon will be found in their respective places, 
 and the divine service may be closed as the evening previ- 
 ous. 
 
 After olenu and kaddish, Vie two highest officers of 
 the congregation retire, to introduce the co?ifirma7ids. 
 The preludium to the following hymn is played, and 
 then while the choir sings the hymn, the confirr>iand3 
 headed by the officers enter the sanctuary and proceed 
 by the middle aisle to the tabernacle in the East, the 
 girls go to the right t the boys to the left of the platform, 
 which they surround in a semicircle, facing the ark. 
 
 In the temple of Cincinnati, the confirmands are requir- 
 ed to be dressed alike, the females in white, and the males 
 in black ; no jewelry of any kind is tolerated ; each 
 bears a bouquet. 
 
 Introductory Hymn. 
 
 Hail, all hail, ye happy band, 
 Zion's children, Jacob's seed ! 
 
 Come, receive from heaven's hand 
 Happy angels' bliss complete; 
 
 Truth and light for evermore, 
 
 Faith and love from heaven's store. 
 
 Glory sing with Seraph's fire, 
 God receives His children all j 
 
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 Worship Him, our gracious Sire, 
 
 Worship in this sacred hall ; 
 God's eternal grace is nigh, 
 God whose name is El-Shaddi. 
 
 Before the close of this hymn, one of the co7\firmands 
 appointed to this function, mounts the reader's stand, 
 and facing the congregation at the close of the hymn 
 speaks his prayer. 
 
 First Prayer. 
 
 iwOOK down, O God, in Thy loving-kindness, 
 upon Thy children who approach Thy holy 
 shrine in this solemn hour, to give utterance to 
 the innermost feelings of their hearts. As in 
 time of yore, our ancestors on this very day 
 stood at the foot of Mount Sinai, to listen to Thy 
 gracious voice, when Thou didst teach the path 
 of life, of truth and of salvation ; so, even so, we 
 stand before Thee with joyous trembling, to ex- 
 claim like them Naaseh Tenishmah ! we will do 
 Thy sacred will, as Thou hast revealed it by 
 Moses and the Prophets ; and we will hearken 
 to Thy eternal voice, which continually reveals 
 itself in the mind and conscience of Thy faithful 
 servants. 
 
 We beseech Thee, our Heavenly Father, to 
 bless us in this solemn hour with a pure under- 
 standing and a holy vigor, in order to be en- 
 abled to utter distinctly our love to Thee and 
 Thy holy precepts; the trust and confidence 
 g3 
 
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 which we place in Thine endless benignity ; 
 that we may glorify Thy name on earth, and the 
 impressions of this sacred moment be always 
 our pillar of fire on the path of life. 
 
 "We render praise and thanksgiving to Thee 
 O God, that Thou hast preserved our lives, to 
 stand now before Thee in the midst of the con- 
 gregation, whose faith shall henceforth be also 
 our faith, and whose hoj>es be also our hopes. 
 
 BORUCH ATTOH ADONOI ElOHENU MELECH HO- 
 OLOM, SHEHECHIONU, VEKIEMONU, VEHIGGIONU 
 
 laz-Zeman HAZZEH. 
 Confirmands. Amen ! 
 
 The one who prayed resumes his former place, and 
 the choir sings : 
 
 Bow down Thine ear, O Lord, and hear 
 
 Thou me, for daily will I call on Thee — Be 
 
 gracious, Lord to me, give ear O Lord 
 
 to my prayers, and I will thank Thee, Lord, 
 
 my God, and I will praise Thy name, O Lord ! 
 
 for evermore. 
 
 While the choir sings these lines the confirmands as- 
 cend the steps, deposit their bouquettes at the steps lead- 
 ing to the ark, and passing it and bowing before it, re- 
 turn to their former positions, except one who is ap- 
 pointed to recite the following prayer, remains at the 
 reader's desk and the choir being through recites the 
 following prayer : 
 
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 Second Prayer. 
 
 'RACIOUSLY accept, Lord, this feeble tok- 
 en of our childlike devotion, the faint expression of 
 our hearts overflowing with gratitude to Thee, 
 Thou Love supreme and absolute. 
 
 Our ancestors worshiped Thee on this day, 
 with a sacrifice made of the first cereals, Min- 
 chath Biccurim, to acknowledge that it is Thy 
 blessing which ripens the golden fruit. — We de- 
 posit these flowers at the steps of Thy sacred 
 shrine, in which Thy words, the expression of 
 Thy will is kept, to worship Thee, O God, with 
 the first fruits of our youthful hearts, to acknow- 
 ledge that it is Thy blessing which gives us 
 youth and the joys of youth. 
 
 Our lives and our best sentiments be devoted 
 to Thee, O God, even as these flowers have been 
 laid down at the steps of Thy footstool. 
 
 May Thy name be glorified by the holy feel- 
 ings of our juvenile hearts which, like these 
 flowers, we offer up to Thee, Most Gracious 
 Father, that Thy glory and Thy might be pro- 
 claimed even " Out of the mouth of babes and 
 sucklings," that all the world in one united 
 chorus proclaim one joyous Halleluyah ! 
 
 Choir and Confirmands. Amen. Hallelu- 
 yah ! 
 
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 The confirmand returns to the former position. The 
 Minister welcomes the confirmands, bids them be seated in 
 the house of the Lord, addresses the congregation and at 
 last also the confirmands. At the close of the discourse 
 he calls upon them to perform an act of divine worship in 
 the congregation of Israel, in expression of their holy de- 
 sire, to be attatched to the congregation. The confirmands 
 rise, take their former positions around the Platform, and 
 while the organ preludes one appointed ascends and 
 opens the ark, takes out one of the /Scrolls of the Law and 
 
 Third Prayer. 
 
 vJ/HE Law of God is perfect ! This is the Law, 
 Israel's consecrated banner, with the sublime in- 
 scription, " Hear, Israel, God is our Lord, God 
 is One," This holy gift from on high shall be 
 our guide and our light in life and in death, in 
 time and eternity. 
 
 The Preacher (taking the Scroll,) Let us extol 
 the One, All-wise, All-mighty and Most Holy 
 God! 
 
 Having read the second hymn, he returns the scroll to 
 the confirmand who bears it around the platform fol- 
 lowed by all the confirmands, all passing the ark un- 
 til the law is laid down on the reader's desk and the 
 choir has concluded . the second hymn. All confir- 
 mands resume their positions, only four appointed thereto 
 remain and open the Scroll of the Law. 
 
 Second Hymn. 
 
 (H/EINE, O Lord, is the greatness and might, 
 Thine the beauty eternally bright, 
 Thine all things in heaven, on earth, 
 Thine, dominion o'er heaven and earth j 
 
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 Thine alone is in truth exaltation 
 O'er the heads of each people and nation. 
 
 Extol the Lord at heaven's sacred shrine, 
 And shout aloud, all holiness is Thine ; 
 Bow down at His holy mountain, 
 Soar aloft to all wisdom's fountain. 
 Extol the Lord in angels' fiery tone ; 
 Holy God, my Lord, art Thou alone! 
 
 1st Confirmand. Hear ye children of Israel, 
 give ear, ye sons and daughters of the covenant, 
 to the Word of God, which is purer than the 
 crystal waters from the rock, and full of light, 
 even as the heavens are decked with luminaries 
 and brilliant stars. Unfold this sacred banner 
 of truth, and read its ancient and everlasting in- 
 scriptions. 
 
 All confirmands in chorus speak the benediction before 
 reading the Law. Borechu, &c. 
 
 2nd Confirmand reads from the Thorah 
 Deuter. v 1 to 18 and vi, 4 to 9. 
 
 3rd Confirmand. Give glory to the Lord on 
 high for this precious word of salvation ; for the 
 Law of truth, for life everlasting, and for the 
 sacred promise " Israel is saved in the Lord an 
 everlasting salvation," 
 
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 All confirmands in chorus speak the benediction after 
 reading the Law. Boruch attoh, &c. 
 
 The three confirmands leave the platform, one remain- 
 ing. Here follows — 
 
 THE EXAMINATION, and alter it :— 
 
 THE CONFESSION. 
 
 4th Confirm and. Before Thee, O G-od, who 
 art One, Almighty, All-wise and Most Holy, we 
 make confession of our innermost conviction, 
 that Thou alone art God and none beside Thee ; 
 Thou alone art the Cause, Preserver and Gov- 
 ernor of all things ; Thou alone art Eedeemer, 
 Savior, Father and King ; eternal Love, infinite 
 Mercy and absolute Goodness art Thou. 
 
 All men are Thy children, Israel is Thy first- 
 born son, Thine image, Thine agents on earth, 
 to whom Thou revealest Thyself and Thy holy 
 will, that we may reach perfection and become 
 happy here and hereafter in Thy glorious pre- 
 sence, which we shall behold on awaking from 
 the dreams of this earthly life. 
 
 True art Thou, Eternal God, and true is Thy 
 Law, which Israel carried through all lands, and 
 all ages of authentic history ; and it shall carry 
 the same, as Thou hast ordained, until justice 
 and peace shall forever unite the human family 
 and love shall entwine all human hearts, to be a 
 unit before Thee ; until truth shall triumph, vir- 
 tue hold dominion, and light prevail. 
 
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 We confess before Thee, O God, that Thou 
 forever art our hope, our consolation, our banner 
 of victory, our Lord and our Father, in happi- 
 ness or adversity, in life or in death, " The Lord 
 shall reign forever, Thy God, O Zion, from gen- 
 eration to generation, Halleluyah ! 
 
 The choir repeats this concluding verse : Yimloch in He- 
 brew. The preacher then tells the confirmands, that as a 
 token of their full consent to the confession just made, each 
 of them should kiss the Scroll of the Law. While the organ 
 plays a symphony, the one who spoke the confession hands 
 round the Swoll of the Law, each confirmand speaks an 
 appropriate motto from Scriptures and kisses the Scroll of 
 the Law, until it is finally handed back to thepreacher, who 
 deposits it in the ark. The symphony closes, the preacher 
 declares the confirmands initiated into the congregation of 
 Israel, and gives them 
 
 THE BLESSING, 
 
 in this manner : Two and two of the confirmands, while 
 the choir sings the priestly blessing Yevorechecho, &c, in 
 Hebrew and repeat it as often till the preacher is done! — 
 always two at the time, ascend the pulpit, and receive the 
 blessing, audible only to the confirmands, and then depart 
 on opposite sides to resume their former positions. 
 
 One of the confirmands remains on the Platform and re- 
 cites the following prayer. 
 
 Fourth Prayer. 
 
 212UE thank Thee, O Lord, for the blessing 
 and the instruction of this solemn hour of con- 
 firmation. Grant, heavenly Father, that it be 
 always present to our mind, to guide us to vir- 
 tue and piety, that we never forget the holy 
 
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 promises made here before Thee and before Thy 
 people ; that Israel become glad of our fellow- 
 ship, and the hopes of our parents and our 
 friends be fulfilled in us. We beseech Thee, O 
 Lord of Hosts, to bless our parents and our 
 teachers, for all the goodness and forbearance, 
 all the instruction and parental advice which 
 they have lavished on us. Let them live a long 
 and happy life, and grant us the ability to 
 sweeten every day thereof. 
 
 We beseech Thee, Father, to vouchsafe Thy 
 grace to the congregation of Israel who gives 
 us our religion, and to our blessed country 
 which protects our liberty and our rights. 
 Hear us, God of our fathers, be nigh unto us all 
 the days of our life ; write Thy precepts in let- 
 ters of fire upon the tablets of our hearts ; let 
 our souls be Thy messengers, the harbingers of 
 truth and virtue on earth, and ministering an- 
 gels around Thy throne hereafter, when from 
 time we return to eternity. 
 
 Glory to Thee, Eternal God, all the world 
 shall proclaim Thy greatness and Thy holiness, 
 all the suns and stars shout one Halleluyah to 
 Thee, Infinite Love, Everlasting Adonoi Elohim. 
 Amen. 
 
 The confirmands are admonished to return to their pa- 
 rents and receive their blessings. While they do so, the 
 choir sings : 
 
 AdONJI SECHORONU, «fcc. 
 from Psalin 115. 
 
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 The Conclusion. 
 
 ( The congregation rises. ) 
 
 Minister. I invoke the Almighty One, whose 
 name is Elohim, the Creator of the universe, 
 the Father of mankind, the Sole and Eternal 
 God, to look down with His benign blessings 
 upon the human family, in this solemn hour of 
 sacred devotion. Amen. Halleluyah ! 
 
 Choir. Amen. Halleluyah ! 
 
 Minister. I invoke the All-good One, whose 
 name is El-Shaddi, the benign Preserver of the 
 universe, the bountiful bestower of all that is 
 good and true, to look down with His benign 
 blessing upon the congregation of Israel in this 
 solemn hour of sacred devotion. Amen. Hal- 
 leluyah ! 
 
 Choir. Amen. Halleluyah ! 
 
 Minister. I invoke the All-wise One, whose 
 name is Adonoi, the ever watching Providence, 
 the Sole Sovereign of all nations and the All- 
 mighty Disposer of their destinies, to look down 
 with His benign blessings upon this our beloved 
 country, in this solemn hour of sacred devotion. 
 Amen. Halleluyah ! 
 
 Choir. Amen. Halleluyah ! 
 
 Minister. I invoke the infinite and absolute 
 One, whose name is Eheyeh asher Eiieyeh, the 
 Great I Am, the incomprehensible and eternal 
 Cause of all causes, the only Lord, and God, and 
 Father of all, to look down with His benign 
 
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 blessings upon this congregation and the confir- 
 mands we have Messed in His glorious presence ; 
 to reveal His heavenly majesty over us and over 
 this holy temple in this solemn hour of sacred 
 devotion. Amen. Halleluyah! 
 Choir* Amen. Halleluyah ! 
 
 LXXI. — Hymn before the Laying of tne* 
 Corner Stone of a Temple* 
 
 JgflS mercy, Lord, incline thine ear 
 
 To Zion's faithful band ; 
 In love and grace our prayer hear, 
 
 .Reveal thy mighty hand. 
 
 Eeveal once more celestial light 
 
 O'er Salem's holy tents, 
 Dispel the clouds and end the night, 
 
 Let truth pervade all lands. 
 
 To truth be laid this corner stone, 
 
 Ee rear'd the massive walls ; 
 To Thee, Most High and only One, 
 
 Be arched these sacred halls. 
 
 Pour down thy grace in sunny ray 3, 
 
 Let Judah's temple be 
 The house of praise to teach thy ways, 
 
 Devoted, Lord, to Thee* 
 
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 LXXII. — Hymn after the Laying of the 
 
 Corner Stone of a Temple. 
 
 »LeT Pious hearts combine 
 To rear a sacred shrine 
 To Isr'el's Kock a structure proud 
 That speaks of him aloud ; 
 Of him the One alone, 
 The heavens are his throne, 
 The sun and stars proclaim 
 The glory of his name, 
 
 Unite each heart and hand 
 
 To form one pious band, 
 
 One chorus grand, to rear the walls 
 
 And arch o'er sacred halls 
 
 A dome to heaven's light, 
 
 Eternal truth and right, 
 
 And Isr'el's harp resound in praise 
 
 Of God, the Lord of grace. 
 
 Let angels tune the lyre, 
 
 And pour celestial fire 
 
 In human breasts to shout the praise 
 
 Of God, the Lord of grace; 
 
 Of God who thrones on high, 
 
 The Lord whose love is nigh ; 
 
 Of Isr'el's Bock, Jeshurun's King, 
 
 Seraphic hymns to sing. 
 
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 SUCCOTH. 
 
 IjXXIII.— Introduction to Divine Service 
 Evening and Morning of the feast of Booths. 
 
 Minister. %t O house of Jacob, go yc, and let 
 us walk in the light of the eternal God." 
 Through nature's productive energies, the All- 
 good Father of man reveals His providential 
 care to His confiding children. On this joyous 
 Feast of thanksgiving, for God's infinite good- 
 ness, revealed in bountiful harvests, in the bless- 
 ings of peace, freedom, health and prosperity 
 let us render praise and adoration to the One and 
 Eternal God, the Eock and benign Father of Is- 
 rael, the Sole Sovereign of the universe, the Gra- 
 cious Preserver of all the creatures that populate 
 the world, which He made and governs in His 
 incomparable wisdom — to the All-good El- 
 Shaddi, who has showered His blessings on field 
 and meadow, who crowns the hills with delicious 
 sweetness, and the valleys with plenitude, to 
 gladden the heart of man. " The eyes of all wait 
 hopefully upon Thee; and Thou givest them 
 their food in its due season. Thou openest Thy 
 hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living 
 being. Eighteous is God in all His ways, and 
 beneficent in all His works." 
 
 CHOIR. 
 
 Give thanks to nature's Lord, 
 His goodness, soul, proclaim; 
 
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 Sing all in one accord 
 
 The glory of His name : 
 Thy God in bounteous love appears, 
 His blessings crown with joy all years* 
 
 Behold, His love distills 
 
 The blessed dew and rain 
 On mountains, plains and hills ; 
 
 Their stores, unfolds His main. 
 The winds, the orbs, conducts His hand 
 For man and beast, to bless the land. 
 
 The verdure speaks aloud 
 
 Of God's eternal grace, 
 The blossoms sing and shout 
 
 A mighty strain of praise, 
 Delicious fruits of golden hue 
 Announce, His love is ever true* 
 
 Eejoice, in G-od rejoice ! 
 
 With hymns and psalms divine, 
 With trumpets' mighty voice 
 
 Approach His sacred shrine* 
 With Judah's harp the Lord adore ; 
 His goodness lasts for evermore. 
 
 Minister, " O give thanks unto the Lord, for 
 He is good ; because unto eternity endureth His 
 kindness." As in days of yore He revealed His 
 glory over the tents of Israel in the wilderness, 
 the Eock who protects His own, with His 
 mighty arm, against the violence of the elements, 
 
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 ber ©nabe, 2lmen. £aflelujal)! 
 
212 
 the wrath of ferocious beasts and venomous 
 basilisks j who sends manna from His heavenly- 
 stores, and streams of fresh water from the rock 
 in the wilderness ; the Shepherd of Israel who 
 slumbers not and sleeps not, who bid the pesti- 
 lence not to hurt, and the augel of destruction 
 not to approach the habitations of His chosen 
 people : — So He, the One and Eternal God, al- 
 ways reveals His loving-kindness, His infinite 
 goodness and boundless mercy to all who wait 
 for Him and put their trust in His grace. " For 
 He giveth charge to His angels concerning thee, 
 to guard thee on all thy ways. They shall bear 
 thee upon their hands, that thou dashest not 
 thy foot against a stone. Thou shalt tread upon 
 the fierce lion and asp ; thou shalt trample un- 
 der foot the leopard and dragon. For he de- 
 lighteth in me," says the Lord, "therefore I 
 will rescue him ; because he knoweth my name." 
 Let us adore the Eternal God of salvation. 
 Amen. Halleluyah ! 
 
 IiXXIV.— The Feast of Booths. 
 
 After the Sermon. 
 
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 HEOUGH desert land, conducts Thy hand 
 The children of Thy choice, 
 In booths they hear, " Thy God is near," 
 They hear Thy soothing voice. 
 
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214 
 Thy pillars guide, with heaven's light, 
 
 The children of Thy choice ; 
 The serpents flee, as did the sea 
 
 At Thy commanding voice. 
 
 The manna falls, from heaven's halls 
 And water spouts from rock ; 
 
 The quails come down, to feed Thy own, 
 Sustain Thy chosen flock. 
 
 The wilds report, Thy glory, Lord 
 
 Yon Sinai sings Thy praise, 
 And Eden's plain resounds the strain 
 
 In nature's mighty lays. 
 
 O nature's God, Thou art our rod 
 And staff, our hope and light ; 
 
 Thy voice commands, the seas and lands 
 Proclaim Thy grace and might. 
 
 IiXXV.— Conclusion of Divine Service on 
 the Feast of Booths. 
 
 Eve and Morning. 
 
 ij? God, One and Eternal, infinite and absolute, 
 give ear to our prayers, grant our petitions, be 
 pleased with our adoration, accept graciously 
 our thanksgiving ; for Thou art our hope, our 
 rock, our light in time and eternity ; Thy Law 
 is our pillar of clouds in the pathless wilds of 
 our earthly pilgrimage, and Thy heavenly 
 promise is our pillar of fire in the dark hours of 
 
215 
 
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216 
 trial, misery and death. ; Thy loving-kindness is 
 our tabernacle of peace, Thy light and truth are 
 the mighty pinions, under which Thine humble 
 children seek shelter and protection. Shield us, 
 protect us, in Thy majestic power, as Thou hast 
 shielded our sires in yonder wilderness. Feed 
 us with Thy heavenly manna, let us drink from 
 the pure water of Thine eternal truth, as Thou 
 hast deigned to prepare a table for Israel in the 
 wilderness, and let water spout for them from 
 the rock. Bless us with plenty, O God, as Thou 
 hast showered Thy goodness upon us in days 
 past ; for we are feeble and ignorant ; if Thou 
 givest not, we can not take ; with all our wis- 
 dom we can not make a leaf, a blade of grass ; 
 with all our power we can not command a ray 
 of the sun, a drop of dew to suscitate the plants. 
 We depend on Thee, we trust in Thee, and Thou 
 wilt not forsake us ; for Thou art nature's Lord 
 and Kuler, the heaven is Thy throne and the 
 earth Thy footstool, Thou art the gracious 
 Father of man, Israel's banner and rock, our 
 Preserver, Supporter and Protector for ever. 
 
 CHOIR. 
 
 O Feast of Booths brings gladness 
 To Judah's tents, to ev'ry home ; 
 
 Let banished be all sadness 
 
 From hearts upraised to heaven's dome. 
 
 With joy and praise 
 
 To heaven's grace, 
 
 With harps and flutes proclaim 
 
 The glory of His name. 
 
217 
 
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218 
 Minister. Vouchsafe, Lord, Thy choice 
 blessings upon Thy children, the whole family 
 of man, and let all be united before Thee in 
 truth and love, injustice and freedom. Strength- 
 en the hands of Israel Thy servant to bear the 
 banner of truth and glad tidings to all nations 
 and tongues, till Thy sun of salvation shall 
 brightly shine over all .the habitations of man, 
 warm every heart to kind affections, and en- 
 lighten every soul, to appreciate and to love 
 truth and virtue, righteousness and piety. Be- 
 stow Thy gracious blessings, O G-od of Israel, 
 upon this our beloved country ; let her be a tab- 
 ernacle of peace, justice, freedom and philan- 
 thropy united before Thee, Remove sorrow and 
 affliction from every heart, let joy and happiness 
 satisfy every soul, that we may worship Thee in 
 gladness, all the days of our lives* Inspire us 
 with the hopes and expectations of the right- 
 eous and pious ones who, before us, returned to 
 the land of everlasting life. Bless us, Father, 
 on this Feast of Booths with gladness and happi- 
 ness, and let each tear be dried from the eyes of 
 mourning humanity ; that all souls may rise to 
 Thee on the silvery pinions of devotion and har- 
 mony, of peace and joy, to happiness and ever- 
 lasting gladness. Eeveal Thy sovereign majesty 
 over this holy temple, let Thy gracious presence 
 be reflected in the souls of those who approach 
 Thine exalted throne; that Thine ineffable 
 name be glorified in Thy children for ever and 
 aye. 
 
219 
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220 
 
 {Congregation Rises.) 
 CHOIR. 
 
 To God, the One Eternal — 
 
 He is and was forever true — 
 Who's grace and love paternal, 
 All glory meets, All praise is due. 
 Let angels sing 
 Of Judah's King, 
 Seraphim shout with glee, 
 All glory, Lord, to Thee ! 
 
 L.XXVI.— Feast of Conclusion. 
 
 Shemini Atsereth. 
 
 In the evening, introduction and conclusion as the first 
 evening. 
 
 In the morning, select introduction and hymn after the 
 sermon from the Sabbath collection, and conclude with the 
 invocation No. 67, page 180. 
 
 If the Torah has been read through, take out three 
 Scrolls of the Lav) ; read in the first Wesoth Habberachah 
 to the end, 
 
 CHOIR. 
 
 "Hark what sounds," No. 36, page 100. 
 
 Then read in the second Scroll Bereshith to laasoth. 
 
 CHOIR. 
 
 " From heavens high the thunders roar," No. 68, 
 page 184. 
 
 Head in the third scroll the Maphtir section. 
 
 CHOIR. 
 
 " < Let there be light ' a second time," No. 27, 
 
 page 67. 
 
 While this hymn is sung, return the scrolls to the ark. 
 
 For the Prayers, hymns and the whole order of wor- 
 ship on Newyear and Day of Atonement Rosh Hasho- 
 nah and Yom Kippur see " The Divine Service" for those 
 days in the Minhay America books. 
 
221 
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 NINTH DIVISION 
 
 Solemn Occasions. 
 
 I*XXVII.— The Burial Service in the House 
 of the Deceased. 
 
 After the coffin is closed and placed in the largest room 
 of the house, the lights are lit, the mourners and their 
 friends assemble around the coffin to the Burial Service. 
 
 The minister reads in Hebrew Psalm 90, Tephillah Le- 
 Mosheh, <&c. 
 
 Minister. Brethren: " A good name is bet- 
 ter than precious oil, and the day of death bet- 
 ter than the day of one's birth. It is better to 
 go to the house of mourning, than to the house 
 of feasting ; inasmuch as that is the end of all 
 men; and the living will lay it to his heart." — 
 " The heart of the wise is in the house of mourn- 
 ing, for the end of a thing is better than the 
 beginning thereof." " At the end of a thing the 
 whole is heard. Fear God and keep His com- 
 mandments : for this is all that is left of man. 
 God' bringeth every deed to judgment, con- 
 cerning all that is hidden, whether it be good or 
 whether it be bad." — "And the dust returns to 
 the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to 
 God who has driven it," 
 
223 
 
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224 
 
 Therefore, Brethren, we are congregated in 
 this house of mourning, at the coffin which en- 
 shrines the bodily remains of the deceased 
 (brother or sister so and so, or child so and so) 
 to show the last honors to a beloved person who 
 has lived among us, who hoped and prayed with 
 us to the Lord in whose hands is the life of 
 every living being and the spirit of every man, 
 and who died in the fear of God who com- 
 mands His angels, to guard thee on all thy 
 ways. 
 
 "We are congregated in this house of mourn- 
 ing, to weep a tear with our bereft friends over 
 
 the loss of their beloved ; to 
 
 shed with them a tear of sorrow at this coffin ; 
 and to bring them the consolation of religion 
 and the condolence of sympathizing brethren. 
 
 To the Mourners.* 
 
 All who mourn and weep, hear you the word 
 of Holy Scriptures : 
 
 Dominion and fear are His who maketh peace 
 in His heavens high ! 
 
 Is there any number to His heavenly hosts ? 
 and on whom does not shine His light ? 
 
 How then shall man judge with God, and how 
 can he be pure who is born of woman ? 
 
 Look up as high as to the moon — its light is 
 imperfect, and the stars are not pure in His sight. 
 
 *From here to the Hebrew passage may be read to the mourners 
 during the days of mourning before kaddisb. 
 
225 
 
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226 
 f How much less man, a grub ! and the son of 
 man, a worm ! 
 
 May one venture a word to Thee, wilt Thou 
 be offended ? 
 
 But who can forbear speaking ! 
 
 Lo, Thou hast admonished many, and hast 
 strengthened feeble hands. 
 
 Thy words have supported the faltering, and 
 sinking knees Thou hast made strong. 
 
 But now, when it cometh to Thee, wilt Thou 
 faint ! 
 
 When it toucheth thee, wilt thou be con- 
 founded ? 
 
 Is not thy religion thy confidence ? 
 The uprightness of thy way, is it not thy 
 hope ? 
 
 Now a word was stealthily brought to me, and 
 my ear caught the whisper thereof — 
 
 In thoughts from visions of night when deep 
 sleep falls upon man ; 
 
 Fear came upon me and trembling which 
 made all my bones to shake — 
 
 Then a spirit passed before me j the hair of 
 my flesh rose up. 
 
 It stood still but I could not discern its form j 
 an image was before my eyes; 
 
 There was silence ; and I heard a voice — 
 
 IS MAN MORE JUST THAN GOD ? 
 IS MAN PURER THAN HIS MAKER ? 
 
 Lo, He trusteth not in His servants, and to 
 His angels He imputeth folly ; 
 
227 
 
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228 
 
 Much more to those who dwell in houses of 
 clay, whose foundation is in dust, who are 
 crushed like the moth." 
 
 Therefore when mother Sarah died our woe- 
 stricken sire, father Abraham, came to mourn 
 for Sarah and to weep for her, the pious and 
 faithful partner of his life. But then " Abraham 
 rose up from before his dead ; " he rose up with 
 pious resignation in the just decrees of heaven 
 and wept no more. 
 
 Therefore when David had prayed and 
 fasted many a day in sackcloth and ashes be- 
 fore God, that He might spare His sick child, 
 and it had pleased the Almighty to call the 
 child away from this sublunar world ; he ceased 
 to mourn and to fast and to weep before the 
 Lord, and he said to His servants : — " While 
 the child was yet alive I fasted and wept ; be- 
 cause I said, who knoweth, but that the Lord 
 will be gracious to me, and the child may live? 
 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast 
 then? can I restore him again? lam going to 
 him! but he will not return to me." 
 
 Therefore, when Job was told that he had lost 
 all his wealth, and had been suddenly bereft of 
 all his children, he fell down to the earth and 
 worshiped, "And he said, Naked came I forth 
 from my mother's womb, and naked shall I re- 
 turn to the grave. God hath given and God 
 hath taken away ; blessed be the name of God." 
 
229 
 
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 Deren Urpoff Staufr mir i fir, 
 
 £)te jerjHe&cu mujfen, ben iOiirmcm pretg." 
 
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 war, ba fain 2>/ter2lbraljam ju trauern unb ju meinert 
 urn bie fromtne unb treue ©attttt. 5X6er balb „erfrob 
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 afyttrufen aug tern Sante ber Sebenbigeu, ba fyorte 
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 rnfen? 3d) werbe il)in folgen, aber eg mirb nid)t ju 
 mir juriidfefyren." 
 
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 Sum ©rabe, ©ott Ijat gegeben, ©ott bat genommeu, 
 gepriefen fet ber ?iame beg §errn." 
 h3 
 
230 
 
 Congregation and Mourners: 
 
 tniis " db> »rp np*> *i ?ru M 
 
 | 1 ; T: " • : I ~ t t: * I - t t; 
 
 .nDgnjHTp-i 
 
 And thou, deceased son (daughter) of the 
 Most High, (beloved child of mourning parents) 
 (beloved mother in Israel) (beloved father of 
 this mourning family) (thou virgin daughter of 
 Zion) (beloved son of woe-stricken parents), the 
 image of God, the immortal soul, has left this 
 body of clay, to return to the region of ever- 
 lasting light and life, to the fullness of joy 
 which is at the right hand of the Eternal God 
 of all the spirits of all flesh — May the God of 
 mercy receive thee in grace and admit thee 
 among the souls of our departed ancestors to 
 everlasting happiness. May thy sins be for- 
 given, and thy guilt be forgotten. May thy 
 righteousness go before thee, and the glory of 
 the Lord encompass thee. Go home to thy 
 eternal abode. Be thou laid down to everlast- 
 ing rest, sleep in silent repose with kings and 
 counselors of this earth, who have built them- 
 selves monuments ; or with princes, who 
 amassed gold, and filled their houses with sil- 
 ver. There the wicked cease from troubling, 
 and the weary are at rest. * The prisoners art all 
 at ease, they hear not the taskmaster's voice. 
 Small and great, both are there ; and the ser- 
 vant is free from his master." Forgive us if we 
 offended thee, and look down in love upon those 
 
231 
 
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 cntgeaengefefcten ©eitc. 
 
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 h4 
 
232 
 who mourn and weep. Console them with heav- 
 enly Manna, and be nigh unto them in the 
 hours of affliction, to soothe the aching hearts 
 and to distill the balm of Gilead into the bleed- 
 ing mound. Go home to thy eternal repose, 
 thou beloved soul. 
 
 Congregation and Mourners'. 
 
 ii )&u?8i X7 ! vn M. ^ # 9A 1 nils 
 
 FUNERAL ORATION. 
 
 Prayer. 
 
 viz Lord my God, Thou hast created this uni- 
 verse, Thou preservest and governest it in Thy 
 wisdom. Everything therein is so reasonable, 
 so wisely placed, so harmoniously excellent, and 
 Thy goodness reigns over all things. No crea- 
 ture, no mote on this immense creation is sub- 
 ject to annihilation or misses its proper aim. 
 Thou bestowest a thousand joys on the irra- 
 tional creatures, and showerest endless delight 
 on fields and groves. Man alone, Thine image, 
 can not be destined to suffer and struggle, to 
 disappointment and pain, for death and corrup- 
 tion ; man only, whom Thou hast gifted with 
 
233 
 
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 bem Unenblid)en, mit bem raftiofen 9iingen nad) bem 
 h5 
 
234 
 reason and free will, to whom in Thy paternal 
 goodness Thou hast revealed Thyself, can not be 
 born to an aimless existence. Thou art su- 
 preme goodness, O Lord, Thou hast not gifted 
 us with this mighty yearning after Thy light, 
 this indomitable panting after the infinite, this 
 restless longing after unattainable and indefina- 
 ble ideals, this eternal dissatisfaction with tho 
 world, its treasures and charms, to disappoint 
 us at last, and to deliver us to the worms of the 
 dust, after a life of struggle, anxiety and pain. 
 Thou hast inscribed our souls with the flaming 
 characters of immortality, Thou deceivest not, 
 Thou art the God of truth. Supreme justice 
 art Thou, O Lord ; there must be a reward to 
 virtue, which suffers on earth, and a punish- 
 ment to wickedness which shouts with gladness 
 on this sublunar world; those who struggled 
 and prevailed, renounced, overcame, and sacri- 
 ficed — Thou crownest them with the refulgent 
 rays of victorious virtue in life everlasting, for 
 Thou rewardcst, and renderest every creature 
 its due. Thou art our Father, Thou destroyest 
 not Thy children. Supreme reason art Thou, O 
 God, Thou eufferest not reason to perish or in- 
 tellect to be wasted, " Thou abandon est not my 
 soul to the grave." Thou art supreme love ; 
 there can be no death, it is eternal birth, "Thou 
 sufferest not Thy pious ones to see corruption." 
 Thou art our rock, Lord, our confidence our 
 
235 
 
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236 
 
 trust, the life of our life, our light on earth and 
 our hope in eternity, " Whom beside Thee 
 have I in heaven, and with Thee I desire none 
 on earth." 
 
 O Eternal and Incomprehensible God of life, 
 we bow down with contrite hearts and childlike 
 devotion to thy just decrees, and we glorify Thy 
 holy name in life and in death. Be with us O 
 God in this painful hour, and receive from our 
 hands this sacrifice, which we lay with our 
 tears upon the altar of our faith and our eternal 
 hopes in Thee and Thy holy promises. Let the 
 gates of eternal happiness be widely opened to 
 this returning soul, and look down in mercy 
 upon those who mourn and weep ; heal them, 
 Father, console them, merciful God, and comfort 
 their hearts with the benign rays of Thy lov- 
 ing-kindness. " May He expunge death in eter- 
 nity, and may the Lord our God remove the 
 tear from every face." 
 
 Close with the hymn from Master Neshomoth. 
 
 At the burial ground the service is concluded as usual. 
 
 IiXXVIII.— The Dedication of a Synagogue. 
 
 While the procession beariny the Scrolls of the Law 
 enters the building, the choir sings from Psalm xxiv, 
 
 " Lift your heads, O ye gates ! " 
 
 in Hebrew Seu Sheorim or in the translation page 56 No. 
 20 to the end of the Psalm. 
 
237 
 
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 3n ^rieben mofynen 2Itte 
 3n ©ottes Eater^afle. 
 
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238 
 
 The procession having arrived at the Platform, stops 
 there ; and when the choir has closed the psalm, the minis- 
 ter delivers the introductory prayer. Then he reads 
 Psalm 100 in the original and in the translation. While 
 the choir sings Psalm 100 in the original, the first circuit is 
 made in the sanctuary. 
 
 On returning to the platform the choir having closed the 
 psalm, the minister reads appropriate passages from Sac- 
 red Scriptures in the vernacular. Then he chants Shema , 
 Echod, Gaddelu, the choir responds and closes with~Lecho y 
 Adcmoi hag-gedulloh in Hebrew, during this time the 
 second circuit is made. 
 
 On returning to the platform the 'minister reads the first 
 three verses of Genesis, in the original and in trans- 
 lation. The choir responds, 
 
 " And the Lord said, Let there "be light, and 
 there was light." 
 
 Meanwhile the perpetual lamp and all other lights 
 around the Ark are lit. Then the minister reads the 
 hymn on the Law : 
 
 " 'Let there be light ' a second time," fee. page 
 76 No. 27. 
 
 While this hymn is sung, the third circuit is made, the 
 scrolls of the Law are deposited in the Ark, the congrega- 
 tion is seated 1 . Then follows — 
 
 THE DEDICATION SERMON, 
 
 The Sermon closes with 
 Tlie Invocation. 
 
 ( The congregation rises.) 
 
 Minister. I invoke the One and Eternal 
 God, whose name is Elohim, the Almighty Crea- 
 tor of the universe, to consecrate this temple by 
 His holy presence, now and forever. Amen. 
 Halleluyah ! 
 
 Choir. Amen. Halleluyah ! 
 
239 
 
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240 
 
 Minister. I invoke the One and Eternal God, 
 whose name is El-Shaddi, the bountiful Pre- 
 server of the universe who revealed His glory 
 to our fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to 
 consecrate this temple with His infinite good- 
 ness, now and forever. Amen. Hallelujah ! 
 
 Choir. Amen, Halleluyah! 
 
 Minister. I invoke the One and Eternal 
 God, Whose name is ADONOi,the Sole Sovereign y 
 the All-wise Governor, the Omniscient Provi- 
 dence of the universe, to consecrate this temple 
 with His sovereign wisdom, now and forever. 
 Amen. Halleluyah ! 
 
 Choir. Amen. Halleluyah ! 
 
 Minister. I invoke the One and Eternal* 
 God, whose name is Eheyeh asher Eheyeh, the 
 Great I Am, who redeemed our fathers from 
 Egyptian bondage, to consecrate this temple in 
 His everlasting justice, now and forever. Amen. 
 Halleluyah ! 
 
 Choir. Amen. Halleluyah ! 
 
 Minister, I invoke the One and Eternal 
 God, whose name is Yahh, who is "my might 
 and my music," and who revealed His mighty 
 arm to our forefathers on the Eed Sea, to con- 
 secrate this temple by His paternal care, now and 
 forever. Amen. Halleluyah ! 
 
 Choir. Amen. Halleluyah ! 
 
 Minister. I invoke the One and Eternal, 
 God, whose name is Lord Zebaoth, who re- 
 vealed His light and truth through Moses and 
 
241 
 
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242 
 
 the prophets, to consecrate this temple with His 
 eternal light and truth now and forever. Amer. 
 Halleluyah! 
 
 Choir. Amen. Halleluyah ! 
 
 Minister. I invoke the great and Ineffable 
 One, the Most High and Most Holy, who alone 
 is God and none beside Him, the eternal and in- 
 comprehensible cause of all that was, that is and 
 that will be, the omni-present and invisible One, 
 I invoke to consecrate this temple and this con- 
 gregation with His heavenly majesty and reful- 
 gent glory, now and forever. Amen. Hallelu- 
 yah! 
 
 Choir. Amen. Halleluyah ! 
 
 Minister. Thine, O Lord, is the greatness 
 and glory for ever ; no lips can utter all Thy 
 majesty. Glory to the Lord God of Israel. 
 Amen. 
 
 {Congregation is seated.) 
 
 The Consecration Hymn. 
 
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 ESOUND ye domes, with holy hymns, 
 
 Break forth in joyous lays, 
 To Him whose glory suns bedims, 
 
 Whose Love outlasts all days ; 
 Ye gorgeous pillars sing 
 The praise of Isr'el's King ! 
 
243 
 
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 am roerbe rings tternommen 
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244 
 
 Ye lofty portals, ye massive walls, 
 
 Proclaim in one accord : 
 He deigns to dwell in earthly halls, 
 
 Our God, Creation's Lord. 
 Let Zion shout and sing 
 The praise of Is r'el's King. 
 
 The Father's mercy is revealed 
 
 In Isr'el's holy shrine ; 
 He's Salem's everlasting shield, 
 
 Jeshurun's rock divine; 
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 His word resounds with might ; 
 
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 It speaks in glaring light. 
 
 He consecrates this place 
 
 With light, and truth, and grace. 
 
 Let Zion shout with holy glee, 
 
 The Great I am is nigh ! 
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 The heavens shake on high. 
 Let's all one chorus sing, 
 In praise of Isr'el's King. 
 
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 [From the Charleston Collection. | 
 SCHOOL. HYJIXS. 
 
 LXXIX. 
 
 vl/H ! fill our hearts, Almighty King! 
 
 With gratitude to Thee, 
 That we Thy praise may gladly sing, 
 
 In all humility. 
 
 May we instruction now receive, 
 With willing heart and mind, 
 
 And all Thy laws, O God ! believe, 
 Who art so just and kind ; 
 
 Who watchest o'er our actions here ; 
 
 And guardest us from ill ; 
 Oh! teach us humbly to revere, 
 
 And bow before Thy will. 
 
 And when our souls Thou callest hence 
 
 To life beyond the tomb, 
 May there our youth we recommence, 
 
 For Everlasting bloom. 
 
 LXXX. 
 
 CliullTH grateful hearts of song and praise 
 And filial love to Thee we raise, 
 For all that Thou hast ever done 
 For us, Thy children, Holy One ! 
 
 To Thee our life and health we owe, 
 And ev"ry competence below ; 
 Our soul immortal Thou hast given, 
 To dwell again with Thee in heaven. 
 
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248 
 
 Our tender age by parents dear 
 Is watched with never-tiring care ; 
 May we with joyful willingness 
 Their counsels on our hearts impress* 
 
 Our teachers, true in deed and word, 
 Instruct us in Thy law, O Lord ! 
 May we this law before us set, 
 And their monitions ne'er forget ! 
 
 Do Thou assist us, while we strive 
 On earth with all in peace to live ; 
 And grant us, after death, O King ! 
 With angels joined, Thy praise to sing ! 
 
 M. M. 
 
 JLXXXI. 
 
 ^LMIGHTY God ! we pray to Thee, 
 
 To lead us with paternal hand, 
 In paths of truth and piety ; 
 
 And teach us well to understand, 
 Tho' young in years, Thy holy will, 
 And all our duties to fulfill. 
 
 Bestow Thy blessings, holy Lord ! 
 
 On .those who, with untiring zeal, 
 Teach us Thine everlasting word : 
 
 A guide through life, in woe and weal, 
 A shield against the snares of sin, 
 A help Thy j:>leasure e'er to win. 
 
 May we in wisdom. Lord ! progress — 
 
 By daily practice ever show 
 That truly we Thy law profess, 
 
 And strive by all our toils below, 
 To gain, at last, the choicest prize — 
 Eternal bliss beyond the skies. • , m. m. 
 
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250 
 RITUAL, NOTES. 
 
 Most all the ritual notes are added to the respective 
 divisions of this book ; to which is to be added : 
 
 1. Let the congregation rise to Kaddish and Borechu, 
 to the Seven benedictions of Shacharith, when the ark is 
 opened till the Thorah is laid down on the reader's desk, 
 to the Einheben, to Musaf, till after Kedushah, to Olenu 
 till after Koreim, and to the conclusion. 
 
 2. All so called Mitsvoth are to be performed by the 
 officers who are placed next to the minister. 
 
 3. The Friday evening service should take place at a 
 time most convenient for the members of the congrega- 
 tion, and the minister should not fail to deliver a brief 
 address. It must not necessarily be at the time men- 
 tioned in the calendar. 
 
 4. Ten adults, male or female, are a congregation for 
 public worship. 
 
 5. The Talith is unnesessary on any occasion. 
 
 6. The minister, facing the congregation, should read 
 aloud every prayer, except only those marked for silent 
 devotion, and the seven benedictions of Shacharith. 
 During every silent devotion the organ preludes to the 
 next following piece. 
 
 Abbreviations oi Writers' Names. 
 
 M. M Maurice Mayer. 
 
 N. M Nathan Mayer. 
 
 I. K Isidor Kalisch. 
 
 L. S Leopold Stein. 
 
 M. S Michael Sachs. 
 
 W. R Wolf Jtothenheim. 
 
THE READING OF THE LAW 
 
 DURING DIVINE SERVICE. 
 
 On the HOLIDAYS. HAXXUKAH. PL- 
 RIM and NEW MOON DAYS read the sections 
 of the Law, according to the ancient rule, ex- 
 cept on SHEMINI ATSERETH (see end of the 
 table) and on BOSH HASHOXAH and YOM 
 KIPPUE, (see the Machsor). 
 
 On Sabbath MIXCHAH, Monday and 
 Thursday, read the first Paresah of the current 
 Sidderah as in the calendar. 
 
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 a section as marked in this table. When two 
 Sidderoth are marked in the calendar, read the 
 two sections marked opposite those respective 
 Sidderoth. 
 
 Read the Maphtir sections according to the 
 ancient rule, except on the abolished Arba 
 Parshoth. 
 
 The section from the prophets (Haph- 
 thorah) to be selected by the minister and 
 read in the vernacular, before the sermon or 
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 CONTENTS. 
 
 Introduction Pasje 3. 
 
 Directions for the minister, " 10. 
 
 FIRST DIVISION. 
 
 Prayers for Silent Devotion. 
 
 The Tabernacle, Page 12. 
 
 Peace of the Soul, » 14. 
 
 Truth and Faithfulness, " 16. 
 
 Hopes and Wishes, " 18. 
 
 Sabbath » 20. 
 
 Feast of Pesach, " 22. 
 
 Feast of Shabuoth " 24. 
 
 Feast of Succoth, " 26. 
 
 SECOND DIVISION. 
 
 Introductory Pieces. 
 
 Introduction I, Page 30. 
 
 36. 
 40. 
 40. 
 42. 
 44. 
 46. 
 48. 
 50. 
 52. 
 
 Introduction II,. 
 
 Introduction III, 
 
 Psalm 134, 
 
 Sabbath hymn 1, 
 
 Sabbath hymn 2, , 
 
 Sabbath hymn 3, , 
 
 A morning hymn,.... 
 Psalm 19 (Addison),. 
 
 Psalml50, 
 
 Psalm 42, 
 
 THIRD DIVISION. 
 
 Taking Out and Reading the Torali. 
 
 Aus-heben 1, Page 56. 
 
 Aus-heben 2, ' 02. 
 
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 FOURTH DIVISION. 
 
 Before the Sermon. 
 
 Psalm 29, Page 66. 
 
 Psalm 98, " 70. 
 
 Israel's duty " 72. 
 
 Israel's hope, " 74. 
 
 The Law of God, " 76. 
 
 FIFTH DIVISION. 
 
 After the Sernion. 
 
 God, Pago 80. 
 
 The Attributes of God, " 84. 
 
 Shema Israel 1, " 86. 
 
 Shema Israel 2, " 88. 
 
 Mai!, " 90. 
 
 The Creation of Man, " 92. 
 
 Sinai, " 94. 
 
 Revelation " 98. 
 
 Threefold Revelation, » 100. 
 
 Holiness, » 102. 
 
 Hanuukah, " 104. 
 
 SIXTH DIVISION. 
 
 Doxologies. 
 
 The Cardinal Doctrines, Page 106. 
 
 The Threefold Covenant, " 112. 
 
 The Law of the Covenant, " 118. 
 
 SEVENTH DIVISION, 
 
 The Conclusion of Divine Service. 
 
 Address to the Mourners, Page 126, 
 
 Silent Devotion of Mourners, " 128 
 
 Silent devotion for Jharzeit ' L30. 
 
 Prayer of Conclusion on Sabbath eve, 130. 
 
 Prayer of Conclusion on Sabbath morning, " 134. 
 Canticle 1 " 142. 
 
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 Canticle 5, 6, 7, " 14^ 
 
 Supplication 1, 1 
 
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 Thanksgivings, " 154. 
 
 Invocation, , " 15$' 
 
 EIGHTH DIVISION. 
 
 The Holy Seasons. 
 
 Pesach— Introduction, Page 162. 
 
 Freedom, " 166. 
 
 Conclusion „ " 168. 
 
 Pes ac h— Last Day, 
 
 Introduction, " 174. 
 
 Conclusion, " 180. 
 
 Shabuoth— Introduction, " 182. 
 
 Conclusion, " 190. 
 
 The Continuation, " 196. 
 
 Succoth— Introduction, " 208. 
 
 After the Sermon, " 212. 
 
 Conclusion, " 214. 
 
 Feast of Conclusion, " 220. 
 
 XIXTH DIVISIOX. 
 
 Solemn Occasions. 
 
 The Burial Service, Page 222. 
 
 Hymn before lajing the Corner Stone of a 
 
 Temple, " 206. 
 
 Hymn after la3'ing the Corner Stone of a 
 
 Temple " 2<>7. 
 
 The Dedication of a Temple, " 236. 
 
 School hymn 1, " 246. 
 
 School hymn 2, " 246. 
 
 Scnool hvmn 3, : 248. 
 
 Ritual Notes, " 250. 
 
 Table for the triannual cvcle of the Reading 
 
 of the Law .. " 253. 
 
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