The prayer book retained many portions of the traditional Hebrew language text, while adding concise and accurate translations in English. "Minhag America" eliminated calls for a return to Israel and the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem, the reinstitution of sacrifices and the restoration of the priesthood and the Davidic dynasty. References to resurrection were changed to reflect a spiritual immortality. When the Central Conference of American Rabbis released the "Union Prayer Book" in the 1890s, Wise had his own congregation abandon the siddur he had formulated and adopt the "UPB", an act that Philipson described as "a remarkable act of self abnegation". Wise's example led many other congregations that had been using "Minhag America" to accept the switch to the "Union Prayer Book".