Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-09-16
TRUTH, VIRTUE, LOVE.
THESE THREE FORM THE CREED OF
THE FUTURE.
The Rabbi Discusses Lessons OF tho Now
Year. and Talks of the Two Sides
of Man.

Tho celebration Of Rosh Hoshanna The
first day of the month of Tishri. was begun
Sunday evening by Hebrews all over the
world.
This was the first day of the Jewish year
5Gjl, dating from the creation, and was OBJ
served everywhere with religious services.
There was preaching in all four Of the
synagogues in Richmond, and services
were held yesterday, both morning and
afternoon, and will be again this morning.
1 Yesterday was observed as a holiday and
tho store of nearly every Jewish mer-
! chant IN Richmond was closed. There
were only two or three exceptions. SeYe-
raj, however, opened their places OF busl-
ness after sunset.
DE. HARRIss NEw YEARS sTnToN.
Rev. DR.. A. Harris preached to large
congregation Sunday evening at Betn
/ Ahaba Synagogue, on Eleventh street.
/ Speaking Of the Hebrew New Year he sad
I'VE divide the short span Of our exist
ence into parts. and TO each OF these parts
we give the name year. The beginning OF
each OF these. parts IL called New hear;
Such a beginning we have now assembled
to celebrate. There are great and
enlightened minds that do not accept the
religious idea. They believe they can lead
good, useful, and practical lives with
out it. And again there are great and en-
lightened minds who fully accept the re-
ligious idea and who believe that without 1t
their lives must necessarily be imperfect.
If all great minds were in opposition to the
religious idea and oil ordinary minds IN its
favor ! would readily admit that tins was
a strong evidence against 1t. But this ls
far from being the case.
CARDINAL NEWMAN.
"There died recently in England Cardi-
nal Newman. q man recognized on all sides
rs having wonderful power Of intellect.
His fame was greatly enhanced bv hvmn
which he wrote while travelling in foreign
lands-a hymn which fired tens % thou
sands of hearts in England and Auerca.
The enthusiasm which the hymn created
was caused by the deep and abiding faith
in a Higher Power which nothing on earth
could shake. And the fact that this hymn
caused such a widspread enthusiasm shows
that the religious idea still lives with full
force among tens Of thousands. The hymn
| G Lead. Kindly LightD is undoubtedly
very beautiful. bu. It was not ts beGuty-
il was the depth of faith and abiding trust
in God that il displayed that sent p thrill
Of admiration through two countries.
"What IS man? What is his life: What
il his place in nature? Has he = future be-
vond this earthly life? Is he more than an
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Is there being far greater than man. 20
whom the soul will have to render On ac-
count for deeds done on EARTH These,
my friends. You will admit are vital ques-
tiOns. They are questions which every
thinking mind will ask itself and endeavor
"a best IL can to solve tor itself. They are
questions which otght and oft do present
themselves to the thinking mind on tho
close of the old year and the commence
ment of the new. Judaism has very rightly
and very wisely made the New Year u day
of solemn import to the lsraeiite.
ADAY OF DEEP THOUGHT.
at is n day Of deep and serious thought
on the most solemn and the most impOr-
tant Of all questions. Whosoever on the
New Yenr has no deep and serious thought
with regard TO himself, his life, his des
tiny, and the aim and object Of his being
on earth will pass through life like an AMI
NAL, needless of everything but bodily
iovs aud pleasures. A new year breaches
in forcible language the feeting, change
able character Of all earthly things. Who
that is NJ all given 10 observation has not
noticed how many great and unlooked-tor
changes occur within q year even IN his
own limited circle? Every day IN II from
its beginning to its close can bring some
great unlooked-for, thoroughly unexpect-
ed change. The sorrows of life make re-
lig1on indispensablv necessary 10 man. IL
man passed through life without any sor-
rows | doubt If there would be such
thing as religion. Many at the present dav
ask. Is man more than an animal? and this
question is not new. 1t has been asked in
all ages.
MANS TWO srDEs.
because. my friends, man is an animal
on one side of his nature, a side which
strikes the eye of the observer first, 1t -
hot tt..t 20. mo- fpa "a
an animals
The Doctor then pointed out in what
man resembles the animal. and IN what
he will ever differ from it. He showed
that mans moral sense. his religious In
etincts, his erect. heavenward-lo at
titude. his conception of justice and essen
tial right, his self-consciousness. his power
of introspection, his power of the ideal,
his conception of abstract truth separated
him bv an impossible gulf from all other
life on our planet.
Tbelearned Rabbi argued that only n God
could have implanted in man His divine
powers powers which prove Him not only
different in degree, but different in kind
from all living beings on the face OF the
earth.
tinued. OUGHT ever to exercise them.
How TO do this was pointed ont 10 him
thousands Of wears ago. He has told thee.
on. man. what Is good savs the prophet
Micah. and what does the Eternal thy God
require of thee but to do Justice, 10 love
deeds of benefcence. and TO walk humbiy
before thy God. Professor Huxley, no
great friend TO revealed religion, saws this
sums up what religion IL and should he.
ANYTHING added to il weakens II anything
subtractcd from it destroys 1t as defini-
tion of true religion.
THE BRoADTR SPIRIT.
let ne thank God for the broader spirit
! that is growing up everywhere IN religious
matters. Only the other day on the ocean
two Catholic priests. after nursing and
tending q diving brother, an lsraelitsh
rabbi. PRAYED for him, at his request. If
this spirit had existed in past centuries,
| how much sorrow would humanity have
| been epared. Let us celebrate the New
| Year by striving to Danish from our hearts
/ every evil passion and base emotion. Let
rs celebrate II by cultivating our minds
more. Let US celebrateit by actions GUIDED
/ by love and aiming TO promote the welfare
/ of mankind. Let us take as our motto INTO
| tho New Year truth. virtue, and actlvo
/ love- These three form the creed of thetu-
/ ture. and the greatest of them IS truth.
| Enlightenment flowing from truth leads 10
/ self-control and to self-denying deeds; IL
| alone is able 10 keep man on the path ot
moderation and 10 secure through virtue
his inward peace and happiness"
THE HOLY NAME OF MARY.