A Jubilee Address.

Evening Star, Issue 7259, 9 July 1887, Page 4

A Jubilee Address.

The Jewish community of South Australia are about to present to Her Majesty a jubilee address of a novel and beautiful character. It is in the form of a " syphar " or scroll of the Hebrew law, but instead of parchment and wooden cylinders the whole la of silver. On the open part of the scroll is neatly engraved the following inscription :—" We on behalf of the Jewish inhabitants of South Australia, reverently and loyally beg to offer your Gracious Majesty our humble tribute of congratulation on the auspicious and happy occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of your accession to the Throne of Great Britain and its dependencies. The strong attachment of love towards your royal person, deeply rooted in the hearts of a great nation, animated by noble aspiration and by the love of real glory, speaks louder than the trumpet sound that will announce the Jubilee of your Majesty's sovereignty. Not only as English patriotic subjects of your Majesty's mighty Empire we in this distant land hail most joyfully the arrival of this Jubilee of your benign and august rule over us, but also as members of the ancient House qf Israel we lift up our hearts in earnest gratitude to our Heavenly King for having spared your precious life till this day. Your reign has been a glorious era in the history of the present century, an era in which the gates of religious ' liberty and political emancipation were widely opened throughout your dominions,'and wherein, as a mother among nations and as a faithful shepherdess watching over her flocks, you have evinced an unceasing solicitude for the well-being and happiness of the millions of your subjects of all creeds and nationalities whose fortune and privilege it is to reside in your Majesty's vast Empire. We pray that Almighty God, the Omnipotent Ruler of Heaven and Earth, may grant you the full blessings of a serene old age to show forth your noble disposition and queenly virtues, the presentment of which tend so greatly to the welfare and advancement of your subjects. May He permanently establish peace throughout your dominions and cause to continue the greatest of all your earthly glories—the loyal love of a free people. Signed on behalf of the Je *s of South Australia—Maurice Salom, J. M. SolomoD, W. J. Gollin, M. J. Solomon, Lewis Cohen, A. T. Boas (minister)." At the head of the scroll are the words in Hebrew " Pray for the welfare of the ruling power." .On the left hand cylinder is engraved in the same language " He who giveth victory unto kings and dominion unto princes," and on the other side of the scroll " Blessed art Thou, 0 Lord, who hath imparted His glory toman.'-' Near the bottom of each handle column is a royal crown in Teetulpa gold. The rest of the scroll is colonial silver. The address was to have beeu forwarded to England by last mail, but at the special request of the Exhibition Commissioners it will remain in the Exhibition for a month.