Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-14

ali our misdeeds must be brought
70 our memory through the sounding and
/ tremulous notes Of the Shofar. Hear
what importance was attached to II, hear
what great part It takes in to.day's
service. We read in the book Of joel,
second chapter; "Blow ye the trumpet
In Zion and sound the alarm In My holy
| mountain, let all the inhabitants OF the
earth tremble for the day OF the Lord
cometh, for Il is nigh at hand"
Even so, my friends, you cannot
hear II without bethlnking It's import.
Amos asks, "Shall a cornet be blown in
city and the people not become afraid2"
| No, IL must mean something IL must
| foretell an event. IL calls 20 us Main
monldes Hilchoth Teshuba) awake, ye
who sleep. arouse yourselves, ye who
slumberl remember vour CREATOR inves-
tIgate your conduct and repent Oh you,
VINO, fcrgetful Of the true aim of the
! truth, squander away the precious time,
and spend the whole year in worthless
and foolish pursuits, and grasp at that
which is folly,--look but once after the
welfare Of your souls, and mend your ac-
tons let each Of you look to your deeds
and pursuits, and forsake your evil
course, and suppress your evil desires"
That is the warning Of the Shofar, my
friends. Do not let It's s5und fall dead on
your ears. Let II make you tremble TO
think that you are being judged at that
moment by your Maker. Let your slum-
bering conscience awake, and let the re-
suit be an Improvement In your souls.
You have sinned-we all have. Tears are
useless DO not go deeper and deeper
into transgressiOn. Stop right there!
The solemn tones OF the Shofar
must be q check and stay to
all your misdeeds. There will be yet
another day when the Shoiar will sound.
A day prophecied by Isainh--the day of
the restoration of Israel He says "On
that day the great trumpet shall sound,
and those that are wandering about the
land Of Ashur, and the outcasts from the
land of Egypt, shall come and worship
the Lord on His holy mountain at Jeru-
salem" All these connecting links must
be brought to our minds on this, your
Hazikoron-this day OF memorial. /
ask of you 10 have faith In God, and
know that he will do ell that ne
has promised-that this restoration will
surely come to pass. TO haYe faith even |
as Abraham had when told to offer up his /
son Isaac as an Offering to God, the ac- |
count OF which IL set aside TO be read on |
this festival. Let me tell you that all the |
prayers you read, that all the supplica-
lions you make on this Rosh Hoshana,
will go for nought, without your heart
goes with them. AS you would look in
mirror TO see If you are outwardly
clean, so you must truthfully examine
your heart TO see II you are in
wardly pure. BE not satisfied that
You are In good standing with your fellow
man! You must be in good standing
with God, You must do your share to-
wards His works, instead of throwing
-FOUR time aud money away in bsuble. |
mplore you once more from the inmost
-ecesses Of my heart, as your friend and
pastor; settle your account with Goi be-
ore 1t is too late Tread the broad road
o virtue! Profit by the experience of
he past, but try not to repeat any of It's
inns; then your account will be settled,
md then you will better be able TO
answer to the sound OF the great Shoiar,
when called to the realms Of the hereafter
Amen.