The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-01
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Neauttfnl letter FROM h"""i
c,,,.,,an rsl.nd Bishop neassrs ide'
- STRONG Religious Notes
Carefully Coiled.
The following touching letter was written
-, the late Rabbi Harris 20 a Christian
Iadv who had recently lost daughter
RICHMOND, Va, July ., 1884.
uadam-Allow NE, comparative
strsnger. 10 express % you my deep sym
''s,hy in tbc heavy affection that has be-
s,i,e1 Won and YOURS. The Kind and unre-
mifting attention which you all showed %
Dr. Cohen and his daughter concluSNeH
nroxei 10 me the lOny character OF your &C.
Ieion and humanity. That religion NiI'
Know. hold you up aud sustain You IN your
1eon rial / can fully realise the loneliness
II those first hours Of anguish when even
he best PRAYER that the heart can utter
seems little more than "A despairlng or! that
The one thing 10 alone desires, IL may mol
ask for and shall never on earih see lnoIe.
Ent presently there il a nearness OF Too
,,hich il never SO near as m the valley Of
the shadow, all doubt and hesitation OF me
sririt are stined by the one imperious want
~ The heart. some rod Of comfort some stan
IA suppOrt. some love on which TO lean,
s,me wisdom ia which 20 trust, some gleam
Of light through tbe perpieNlty "hich hiay
PRESENTLY develop into "a brighter ca!-loI
these we seek, these we ind. IN our pros
nerity we are often alone though we Aho"
II moi and when IN the time OF trouble our
solitude is greater than we can near' 10.
nur Father Is with Us. we emerge IRON
tho valley. IL NAV be- with It's shido" stil
resting on our face; there may re less elas-
ficity In Out step. smile may pe eloW w.
f.tf "a
sigbt into the meaning Of lie ana the bofi-
IN is frightened for MS by the glory Of "
great hope. t... Mil. .
costein rabbi was teaching in college biz
Two sons were Killed hy an accident. On
Ills return home he asked his vile where e.
children were and why Sic appeared 80
dOwnhearted.
u am downhearted." she replied, "be-
cause some time ago friend gave me some
costly Jewels % Keep for him, ana now Dc
returns and demands them back. Alas. J
did not expect 10 see him so soon! Should
return 10 him bis property
"My dear wife, this doubt h. sinful But
liked these Jewels so Well" They don't
belong - YOU" said he. They were So
dear 10 me-" she said perhaps even 10
you." Ny WIFE" cried the rabbi, perplexed.
"Wbat doubt. what thoughts, 10 keep back
goods entrusted to you.'
III il true" answered the wife. with
tears, "but il is necessary that you should
assist me In returning them. Come ana
look al the entrusted jewe.s;" and leading
him into room W lere lay the children
behold the jewels, she said. God has
demanded them"
"Oh. my children! my chiIdren!" ex.
claimed the stricken father. sweetness OF
my life, light Of my eyes. Oh, my chill
dren"
MY husband, have you not told me that
We are Obliged 90 return what has been
given in trust % as if the owner demands il
backY
ION. my God" said he, "dare ] murmur
against my WHIP Thou hast given me re-
igious and blessed woman for a wife," ana
the unhappy couple threw themselves on
their faces and exclaimed: "lhe eternal
God hath given. the eternal God hath taken
away; blessed be the name Of the eternal
God"
1t is related that there came one day wo.
man. who had lost her only Guild, o.
Buddha, who was deeply affected by
the ills Of human life. She wac
wild with grief and with discon.
ISOLATE sobs and cries, she called irlnticaly
on her prophet 10 give back her little one o.
life. lie gazed on her long and with that
tender sympathy which drew all hearts to
him. said "GO my daughter. get me mus
tard seed from house into which death
has never entered and will do AS thou hast
bid me-" Aud the woman took up her
dead child and began the search. From
house 10 house she went saying. "GNe ne
Al mustard seed Kind people, for the prophet
to revive my child,' and they gave hon
what she asked and when she had taken D.
Oh. Isf l4ar oil Il
about the hearth, father, mother and chill
dren, but the people would shake THEN
heads and sigh and she would turn on hes
way sadder than before, and as far as she
wandered In town and village, in tho
crowded thOrOughfare aud by the lonely
roadside she found not the house into which
death had never entered. Then gradually
as she vent on the meaning of the Buddhas
words dawned upon her mind. Gradually
she learned to know the great sorrOw OF Ga,
race everywhere around her, her heat wcul
out IN great yearning sympathy a.
the companions of her sorrow, tht
tears Of her pity fell free and
fast, the passion Of her grief became com
passion for her fellow sufferers; she had
learned the great lesson Of Remuneration
10 learn 10 give up TO Him what is dearest
20 our heart. this is the severe lesson ia al
God has set us poor mOrta,s. And after all.
III man mas HNeu one wear or Thousand
what matters IL in the end-Ours is The
sacred duty-tO strive 10 return our souls 10
God as nearly as we can in their original
purity. And heVe we not every reason o.
believe that the souls OF your daughter and
her young friend have returned to God in
such purity Are we not justified i'm be-
lieying that they have gone L. the overflow
ing fountains Of life and JOY without end :
Since tod has summoned them we cdnnOl
the hour too soon or their day too
short. Happy they who appear before
Gods throne with such innocence as theirs
free from iniquity, transgressiOn and sin
or them IL may be said as of David and
Jonathan: They were l0yahe and beloved
IN life and in death were not separated "
That Almighty God may send you and
your family aud the other stricken family
His comforting spirit; that He may cause
YOU - feel blessed are they that mourn,
Tor they shall b cOmlOrted;" that He may
spare you and your husband very manS
years % witness nothing but happiness in
sour childrer. Is the sincere PRAYER of,
Yours obedieutiy, 4. HARRIS,
Rabbi Congregation Beth Ahaba.