Dedication-Hymn, by Felix Adler (1868)
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Last Updated: 2025-02-18
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Excerpt: "Dedication-Hymn" is a hymn written by Felix Adler and published in Hymns, for Divine Service in the Temple Emanu-El (1871), hymn №37, p. 71. We have tentatively dated this hymn to 1868, since another hymn by Adler ("School-hymn, no. 36") can be found appended from another unattributed work in A Guide to Instruction in the Israelitsh Religion (Samuel Adler, trans. M. Mayer, Temple Emanu-El, 1864, 4th printing 1868). That date does match the year that the then new building for Temple Emanu-El's synagogue was dedicated, 11 September 1868. . . .
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Dedication-Hymn.
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Praise ye the Lord, our King!
Let all the nations sing
In one accord.
His glorious might and fame,
His great and holy name,
Unto the world proclaim—
Praise ye the Lord!
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Eternal, High and Great,
To Thee we consecrate
This sacred shrine.
Our heart, our soul to Thee
We hallow reverently,
A sacred shrine to be,
Sovereign divine!
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What tongue is formed so well,
Of all Thy power to tell—
The fathomless.
Yet Thou art ever near,
Kindly to bend Thine ear,
Thy children’s prayers to hear,
To hear and bless.
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Here the glad truths reveal;
Here let the people kneel
From nigh and far,
Blessing the Lord on high.
Maker of earth and sky,
Him, One in Unity!
Hallelujah!
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“Dedication-Hymn” is a hymn written by Felix Adler and published in Hymns, for Divine Service in the Temple Emanu-El (1871), hymn №37, p. 71. We have tentatively dated this hymn to 1868, since another hymn by Adler (“School-hymn, no. 36”) can be found appended from another unattributed work in A Guide to Instruction in the Israelitsh Religion (Samuel Adler, trans. M. Mayer, Temple Emanu-El, 1864, 4th printing 1868). That date does match the year that the then new building for Temple Emanu-El’s synagogue was dedicated, 11 September 1868.
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Contributor: Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
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Name: Felix Adler
Bio: Felix Adler (August 13, 1851 – April 24, 1933) was a German-Jewish American professor of political and social ethics, rationalist, influential lecturer on euthanasia, religious leader, and social reformer who, in 1876, founded the Ethical Culture movement. Felix Adler was the son of Rabbi Samuel Adler of Temple Emanu-El, the most prominent reform synagogue in New York City.
Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Adler_(professor)
Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/felix-adler
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Name: Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
Bio: Aharon Varady (M.A.J.Ed./JTSA Davidson) is a volunteer transcriber for the Open Siddur Project. If you find any mistakes in his transcriptions, please let him know. Shgiyot mi yavin; Ministarot naqeni שְׁגִיאוֹת מִי־יָבִין; מִנִּסְתָּרוֹת נַקֵּנִי "Who can know all one's flaws? From hidden errors, correct me" (Psalms 19:13). If you'd like to directly support his work, please consider donating via his Patreon account. (Varady also translates prayers and contributes his own original work besides serving as the primary shammes of the Open Siddur Project and its website, opensiddur.org.)
Website: https://aharon.varady.net
Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/aharon-varady-transcription
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Title: Dedication of the Hebrew Temple Emanu-El 11 September 1868 (interior)
Caption: Dedication of the Hebrew Temple Emanu-El, corner of Fifth Avenue and Forty-Third Street, New York City, Sept. 11, 1868
