The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-29

.'" .'A fA"'N az tNAtAl'f'tA A'tft'i N't'
mcnccd yesterday morning at Z O'Clock.
Ihcy were particularly impressive, ana
were attended hy large audience
The congregation Of ber4 Shaiom wor-
shipped n Lee Camp Han yesterday. me
exercises were conducted Doe AN Impressive
manner
A large audience attended The services
al Sir Moses AlOutch0Tc during the Ndy.
Tho Rabbi began hy referring TO the
passage OF Scripture uat ha1 ntcn itao,
VIZ. lNe AkI chapter az LeNlirus, Wllich
contains the description OF ne H'dnloI
a sacrifice ou thc Day oi Aiontmcnt
while tle Trmule stood az Jerusalem.
Z IS chapter Must ia taNen IN connection
with the next division of the scripture.
beginning with the Mn chapter OF the
same books said ne. These TWO
chapters represent the length OF
spiritual prugrcss. Inc NNl thap-
ter is The ideal Of service OF 800
years ago. when ruen served God with
the blood OF beasts. The Nix chapter SIS
the ideal OF O. service that has not nccn
should serve COD with clean lie ana a
- re- spirit Between these two lies the
moral growth. whose fun COnsulnma-
ton is yet 20 bee reached.
lIe then went Ou 90 speak OF evolution
as the most daring romance OF science.
III is tho history Of the steps 10y which
The world ana man have come TO be what
they are. But the world has not grown
physically only. When upon the apex Of
created grandeur man was placed there
was put within him the germ OF Their
and . grander growth. Into his nOstrils
was breathcd The breath OF the possl-
buity OF d divinely lived life. There has
also been moral evolution upward from
Tudimentary moral weakness and ignO-
rance toward tAe heights OF spiritual
strength ana wisdom But this growth
was not alike or equal in all men.
Zach nation has been gifted with vary
hg possibilities. whose realization was a
contribution 20 the sum total of human
lrOcrtss. Each nation has realized It's
possibilities, ana when realized. IL mas
Slipped from the stage Of history as
player that has spoken his part and made
his eAit. Bach civilization Of the past has
been as. tho chambers Of the chamhered
nautilus. ia which humanity has dwelt
Tor a time. hut
AS Tie spiral grew,
Left last years dwelling for the new.
stole With SOFT STEPS IT'S shining arch
way through.
Ruilt up its idle door.
Stretched u its new found home, and
knew the old nO l'Or-.'
THU pfRisHiD NATION.
The speaker then briefly skotched the
passing of the persisted nations. Thus
rose Egypt and fel. Thus Media, In
dia. Persia, and Macedon have been pass
e.. Greece and Rome were ieft behind.
Arabia fell with Granada and Mohamne-
dan culture fingered not when the Al
llmbra 10y in ruins. The period OF span
ish ascenIancy was comparatively short
Then uIcn the orawny shoulders OF
northern European saVagery was ldii the
mantle of southern civilization. To-day
IIlAHy' rance I-li9i,l4i- 'I.t ~ 81,
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eternal principles Of justice truth. ami
s',l'., on Ilsn, "n. WlOss ,.l- et,,.s
49,. - -....'i,,, Nh s,',,rebef'-
Sion of them has leen nossible 10 every
see. no make life lived I'm accordance
with them has been the unmastcrei
mount duty OF our generation.
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Because human civilization has been
T8ther "a march Of arms and of intellect
than Of morals has "a been that those
nations which stood for conquest and IN
teAectual achievement have succumDeQ
10 20" lnntlftNle, when greater conquest
aud greater knowledge superseded their
exploits Because Israel has stood for
faith and not for intellect, because IL has
head, because 3D. struggled for God and
not for dominion has Israel occupied
unique place in the history Of man Is
laeIs in lestrletfbilitv h. I'm striking con-
trast 10 the perishing of the people of
TIE past he has stood az the cradle and
tho grave of the nations OF old has seen
the colossal empires OF history rise,
flower. and fade away. and the mightest
monarchics oi men crumhle INTO nothing
ness. yet he the woaklng has SURVIVED,
t"o,tL h ~, "s.alAei JACOB nas ben
r,r~ ana viii inc lfa has b9lted Inn
the Ckcttocs. and llnpcl along mo lanes.
lie has lynt ms head beneath the ludig-
mites and barred his back before the
burden OF the nations hate. But though
CaptOrs persisted. the CAPTIVE survived.
because the growth for which me stands
has not yet been consummated
worm or ,nv,.,
""'" OF ADNltl'
The speaker continued 20 say that the
lie and character of the Jews to-day,
their adinlltt0 virtues Of Loyalty and pa
trlotism OF maj affection and domes-
Tic sancuNltf, tncr power of endurance,
their humanity, tlcir honor Tor the AGED,
their chaiitN' thrift and keen mentality
were an lhe sio"tn resulting from the
conduct ana eia'ipHne or thclr fathers
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an ivote.'sa oi "Ir ara the absence OF
"ish i9e".-.
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