Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-09-25

THE VEILED FUTURE.
ON the dividing line of Time we stand,
Meath Thy Eternities, Great Lord OF all!
Thy ministering Love on either hand,
Where shadows loom, or blessed sunrays fall.
The teaching Past guides to the Failure yelled,
The souls that oft In signal victory failed,
To this worlds knowledge many wrought in
Yielding to stress of worldly circumstance;
Yet they were conquerors in the Souls do
Spreading the glory Of our Times advance,
Only by Kindred great and true hearts hailed,
Thee chosen few "lead to the Future veiled"
They onward press "to music OF the spheres"
In dauntless march OF song, triumphantly!
Life 3 inner peace kept mid the battle years,
The hearts best service vowed to Liberty;
The humbly Great, the unknown True. be-
OF blinded crowds. lead to the Future veiled...
Lift up to God your hearts in this great hour!
Then woodward turn In loving sympathy;
With lavish hand give the enriched souls
dover,
The New Years grace Of faithful Israel hailed
Leads In high trust uAto the Future veiled!
Peace, In holy name of Thine,
WELD the scepter's might divine,
Ger Thy new creation wrought
Out Of Loves divlnest thought.
Higher aim be undereto0d
OF the human brotherhood;
Justice, Mercy, Tenderness.
Find Thy haven's blessedness!
God, our Father evermore!
Bid all saddened spirits SOAR
Hopeful Of their destiny,
For religious trust to Thee!
Thy light of guidance by the seeker hailed.
Lead on and upward past the future veiled.
Rev. A. w. Edelman has written the
following address:
LH-sHo-NoH To-voH TI-Ko.sBwU.
Can you read these words7 Do you know
what they mean? They. contain the wishes
Israel. on the coming Rosh- -Hashanah or New
Year. With the setting Of the sun begins the
Hebrew New Year, $3.50 A. NJ. (after the crea.
elogy). It will be celebrated all over the world
With the same solemn rites and ceremonies ~
dia our forefathers OF old: In Europe, Asia.
place handful of the scattered tribes of Israel
have reared their tabernacle, there will be OBJ
served the solemn observances of the Divine
= saying, speak unto the children of Israel In
the seventh month, on the nrst Of the MONTH
shall ye have Sabbath, a memorial Of blowing
do no servi work"
These words are the authority for the obser-
ya.ion Of the festival. It is TO the strict obedi
ence of our forefathers to this command that
We owe In great measure the preservation OF
the unity and integrity. Of our people during
the gloomy centuries Of the past. And it is to
settuted f0rmalities and customs that we still
exhibit to the world our s!eadfast devotion to
our imperishable religion, pure. compact, CO.
herent and peculiar people-a spectacle to his
torians and statesmen OF the greatest interest
And while the world continues to marvel at
fucn TemsT1sos tSa we pIiater
which command almost unconsciously their
observance, we turn with especial reverence
70 our Father In heaven, and amid voices of
homage and remembrance We send forth the
glad sound of the hhofor.
According to the expression of our Rabbis
the New Years day is called Yom Hazekran, q
day Of remembrance, or q day Of memorial.
They say that we are compared to traveller who
has long journey before him; he often halts
has gone. and to consider the way yet before
him. Thus is the period Of memorial to be
eonsidered The New Years day is the hslting
the terminus Memory should be consulted to
reflect how far we have gone from the direct
path, to strive and find q better road. IRE.
has Just receded" Have ysu done your duty
to Gods To your families, to yourselves and to
your fellow men? Have you. like Daniel Of
Have you moistened the tree of Judaism by in.
fusing strength into its withering roots, or have
you permitted the tree planted by the Divinity
portf,
We feel happy and delighted when our men
tal eye rests upon the hours In which we fol-
lowed the better impulses of our divine nature,
in which we raised ourselves above our lower
appetites and conquering the tenn mptations
that beset our way, proved ourselves In the
men Of honor and moral integrity as Israelites
Of enlightened piety, and we feel unhappy and
degraded, when, In reviewing the past we dis
cover moments which cast a dark shadow upon
the light OF our conscience, in which we fol-
lowed the inclination of our hearts, in which
our moral strength was subdued and fell a VIC
Such recollections whether elevating or
humtiiating our pride, arouse in us all the
sncseG wish t 70 % be In the coming year trper to
nature. truer to our sacred religion, truer to
Oh, blessed day, appointed by divine love.
70 receive thy blessings; we welcome and hail
thee a. an angel Of heaven, charged by Him
sen. q snes to DTng Tight 70 our intellect
and exaltation to our lives, and new hopes,
new strength, and new endurance, in our
binger Of brighter days, Of better future. Of a
1tgher civilization, Of purer conception of
religion and duty, Of deeper reverence Of
ooneratulating and offering our best wishes to
Sach other with feelings Of sincere friendship
4ee az pledge our lives to be true and faithful
4graelites, men and citizens; trLe to the mis-
Ion which God has laid upon our shoulders
md faithful in the work 1t requires of uA true
n our devotion to truth justice and humanity.
1Q faithful in our aspiration to all that is great
nd noble and glorious in man; true in our 10y
NY to our great commonwealth, and faithful
~ our duties as patriots and citizens. Let us
may that our Heavenly Father support US in
ur endeavor to live good and virtuous life
xotect our homes and families, bless our chill
xen to thrive. to flourish and prosper in bodily
~ mental vtg0r, ennobled In their minds
nnotifed in their feelings, and devoted with
eart and soul to virtue and goodness. And
~ you all be inscribed by the hand of our
1od, loving and merciful Father in the book
everlasting life and everlasting happiness,
fhc sincere wish of your humble but true
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