Sermon Delivered at the Great Synagogue, on the Occasion of His Installation Into Office as Chief Rabbi of Great Britain, Tr. by B. Van Oven (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1845. Excerpt: ... "Fani quidcm Advena, Religionis autem Indigena." Apuleius.--Met: Lib. xi. "O socii (ncquc cnim ignari sumus ante malorum) O paisi graviora: dabit Deus his quoque fincm..... Revocate amnios, mcestumque tiuiorem Mittitc: forsan et one olim meminisse juvabit. Per varios casus, per tot discrimina rcram, Tendimus;.... sedes ubi fata quietas Ostendunt: Dante, et voemet rebus serrate secundis." Vwo: enbid: Lib. i. lin. 202, &c. TO THE DEACONS AND TO THE CHURCH, ASSEMBLING IN THE INDEPENDENT MEETING-HOUSE, &tepnej?, THIS SERMON, PREACHED AT THEIR MOST UNEXPECTED INVITATION, AND NOW PRINTED AT THEIR MOST OBLIGING REQUEST, IS DEDICATED, 13 Y THE AUTHOR. ADVEETISEMENT. Having been requested to preach at the Bicentennial Commemoration of one of our oldest and most interesting Independent Communities, I was obliged to seek the particular information which the Service involved among very widely scattered sources. I was overwhelmed with engagements when the request reached me: but though I could do the office little justice, the honour was too great to be declined. The celebration of Jubilee and Centenary (by the by, the latter includes no necessary idea of years, but no more does Century, though custom has established its use, ) may fall to the lot of a few, --it is almost to be doubted whether more than two men of our Order had ever assigned to them this task before. My associate in such honourable fellowship is the Rev. Andrew Reed, A. B., Norwich, successor of William Bridge, who has published an excellent Record of the Two Hundred Years of Dissent in that city. The Historical Memorials relating to the Independents, by Benjamin Hanbury, Esq., my friend and kinsman, furnished me much help. I cannot too heartily recommend these, at once profound and fascinating, Volumes...