Excerpt from Fidelity to the Dead: A Sermon Preached at the New Synagogue on February 9th, 5655-1895 How is this end to be accomplished We have heard this day the words Of Moses' song annsjibs or, This is my God, I will glorify Him, or, as this last verb may also be rendered, I will erect a habitation unto Him. The great purpose of our assembling for divine worship is to recall us again and again from the cankering anxieties and searing frets Of earth by communion with God, by sincere thanksgiving, by humble and heartfelt adoration. The sanctuary should become a quiet resting-place amid the heat and burden Of this great city, its wearing labour and its strife Of tongues. The services should be even like a cup Of cold water to the thirsty, dusty wanderer in the desert, even like unto the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.