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To the Rev. David M. Isaacs of
Liverpool.
It
is gratifying to find that our congregations at length have become aware
of the services of their spiritual guides who have within the last few
years done such good service in the cause of our religion. The subject
of the subjoined extract from the Liverpool Albion is brother of the
Rev. S. M. Isaacs of New York, with whom our readers have had the
pleasure of becoming acquainted, and who himself has received a similar
token of tribute from his own congregation for his administration of the
sacred office conferred on him. We can truly aver that the whole
transaction is equally honourable to the recipient of the tribute,
and the discerning donors who have so worthily bestowed it; and we trust
that the connexion existing between them may long continue for the
mutual satisfaction of minister and congregation, and for the
glorification of the sacred Name which we worship.—Ed. Oc.
We
understand that a very splendid Hebrew Bible and a handsome and elegant
silver salver were presented to the. Rev. D. M. Isaacs, lecturer to the.
Hebrew congregation, Seel Street, by a considerable number of his young
Hebrew friends. At a full meeting of the subscribers, held yesterday,
Mr. Sylvester L. Samuel, to whom the pleasing duty had been assigned,
presented the memorials to the reverend gentleman, whom he addressed in
the following words:—"Reverend Sir, having been appointed by your
young Hebrew friends, here assembled, as their humble representative,
allow me to express to you their sentiments and feelings. It has been a
source of considerable satisfaction to us that, in carrying out our
design, we have been met in a very proper spirit, and our endeavours
seconded every where and at every point. Reverend Sir, we fervently hope
that you will continue to enlighten us by your spiritual instruction,
still giving us a knowledge of our holy religion, inculcating pious and
moral principles, and thereby training us through this transitory life
to blissful immortality. We feel, nay, we boast, Reverend Sir, that we
have in you a champion of our faith; a sword, like unto those guarding
the gates of Paradise, turning all ways; a shield and a bulwark to all
within its pale; a terror to skepticism, apathy, and infidelity; a
defender of our holy faith, handed down to us by our forefathers;
holding yourself ever in readiness to take up the gauntlet in the cause
of the oppressed, and to attack the giant of infidelity. In conclusion,
we present you with the Holy Hebrew Bible and a silver salver, in
testimony of our respect and esteem for your highly valuable ministerial
services; and you have, herewith, our sincere and heartfelt wishes for a
long, prosperous, and happy life." The reverend gentleman replied
in a lengthened and feeling address, expressive of gratitude and hope.
He slightly adverted to the past history of his people, exhorted his
youthful and valued friends to attend punctually to the exposition of
the hallowed gift with which they had honoured him, and concluded by a
prayer for the progress of spirituality and peace in Israel. The
following is the inscription on the salver:
Presented
To the Reverend D. M. Isaacs,
By a his young Hebrew Friends,
in testimony of their respect and esteem
for
his highly valuable Ministerial Services.
Liverpool, Dec. 14th, A. M. 5604. |
