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A&TIGUS HL A Sermon pleached at the Great Synagogue , Duke ' s Place ^ on the 14 Kislav , ( A * M . ) 5565 , answering to Thursday \ December 5 , 1805 , being the Day of General Thanksgiving . By the Rev . Solmnom Mirschel presiding Rabbi ( erroneously styled the High Priest ) of the German Jews in JLondon . —Arranged and rendered into English by a Frien d- *
Richardsons , 4 to . pp . 16 « . One good effect of the late fears of invasion * and the welcome victory of Trafalgar , has been the amalgamation of all classes of British subjects into one uniied , patriotic body . Th » most discordant sects—the Jew , the Roman Catholic , the
Protestant Dissenter and the Churchman , have all agreed in the necessity of defending the country , and have all mingled theii shouts of exultation on occasion 6 f our naval triumphs . May the inhabitants of this favored island ever display the same unanimity , whether in defence * of their liberties against a venal parliament , an insidious minister , or an encroaching
princeor , in opposition to an invading foe ! A Sermon presented to the English public by a Jewish Rabbi is a curiosity . We wish the Jews would more frequently lay their sentiments and wishes before us ; by this means , many of our errors concerning them would be corrected , and some of their prejudices against the Christian religion would ; it may be hoped , be cured .
2 Chronicles , xx . 21 . " And when he had consulted with the people , he appointed singers unto the Lord , and that should
praise the beauty of holiness , as they went out before the army , ( ' and' Eng . Bibl-e ) to say , give thanks unto (* Praise . " Eng * Bib . ) the Lord ; for his . mercy endnreth for ever /' After alluding * to the historical passage connected with the text , the Rabbi observes , that iC it is onlv by trust in the
Almighty that we can hope for success in our undertakings / " and then adds , . " ** in this view we ought to be particularly happy in being under the government of a wise and pious King , who suitably impressed with these holy sentiments , occasionally calls upon his subjects to assist him in imploring the aid of the Supreme Creator , for the subjugation of his enemies , in order to effect a lasting peace /'
The Rabbi asserts " the superintendence of a Divine Providence over all sublunary creatures , " but contend ? , at the satn * tinie ^ that u it is not our duty , at present , with folded arms to wait for God's interference / ' He laments that their sins have hindered his nation from the enjoyment of miraculous protec-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1806, page 155, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1722/page/43/
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