Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-29
AN ALL-nAY SERVICE
The Jewish Day Of Atoremtn! Observed
With Impressive Ceremonies.
DIR. cALIsCH DISCUSSES GROWTH
He Reviews the Slow Development
of the Past and Pictures the Bet
ter Futurc-Progrcss of CiviIixa-
ton and Changes In Nations.

and temples In the city yesterday. The
stores and other places OF business Of
Hebrew citizens we're closed, and che
day was generally observed as a day OF
fast and abstinence.
At Beth Ahaba there vas a succession
OF services from 1920 IL the morning un.
I'll sunset At times-during the two ser
mope delivered by Rabbi Cellsch and the
impressive memorial serylce-the syna-
gogue was crowded 10 suffocation. while
all during the day II was we'll filled. The
solemn ritual which Is used upon this
holy day was at all times impressive. and
was listened 20 throughout with rapt az
tention by the congregation, which In
Guided many star gcrs. impe.led hv
curiosity 10 witness the ceremonies.
The musical portion Of the service was
traditional and particularly attractive,
and was, moreover, well executed by the
quartette choir. with Nr. Reinhardt at
the organ. The first service was con-
Quoted by Mr. +. Botughemer. offer
which the scroll were taken out ard
read by Rabbi Calisch. Then followed
the HYMN, and, shortly before 1890. the
Atonement-Day sermon. His subject was
Growth" and he took his text from EXC
dus Xxx. and C.
Visiting the iniquity OF the fathers
upon the children TO the third and fourth
generation OF those that hate Me, ana
showing kindness to the thousandth gene
ration of them that love Me and keep
| Ny commandments"
my friends" began DR.. Calisch, the
| familiar lesson OF the great day has JUST
| been read TO you. From the hour thar
| first you came to the house OF God TO
participate IN the service in His name,
| you have always known the portion
| of acharay moth Q4evlticus, XVII TO be
| identified with AtOnem6nt-Day. In II We
| are told Of the mannG~ In which the cay
was Of old observed The mind conJures
up the scene, and as the brush or imagl-
nation places Il upon the mental canvas
we are carried back Ger the years unto
| that period when the sacrihc!al cult was
| at its best in Israel. We see the robed
| high-pr.est standing before the assehpi-n
CONGREGATION. The spotiess linen OF his
| sacerdotal garments typiiies the pure ilfe
| which should be his, who stands at the
| spiritual head OF Israel's hosts. BEFORE
him are brought the two goats, one Oh
which. laden with the confessed sins OF
the people. Is hurried 10 Azazel, and the
| other Is slain, and its blood sprinkler
! within the veil above and before the
| mercy-seat, 30 make atonement FOR the
| holy Mace. because OF the uncleanness o.
| the Children Of Israel, and because OF
| their tyansgressions and sins
Put. to my mind, the portion acharay
moth Is citing only when IL j. taken with
its following portion. kedoshim. 1t IS
no slight coincidence that these two pas
| sqees of Scripture are thus linked to-
! gether. They represent the length or
! splritual progress The sixteenth chapter
OF Leyitlcus is the type Of an IDEAL SER
vice of 800 years ago. when men served
| God with the blood OF beasts. The nine
| teenth chapter OF Leviticus Is an ideal
| service that has not been reached even
to-day. but that shall De reached some
day. when men shall serve God with a
| clean life and pure spirit"
THE HIGHER GROWTH.
Rabbi Calisch spoke OF mans gradual
| development, discussed evolution briefly
| and continued:
But the world grew not physically only.
| When upon the apex Of created grandeur
was placed man. there was put within
! him the germ Of another, and a higher,
| growth. Into his nostrils was breathed
the ruach chaim of the great Creator,
the breath Of the possibility OF diyinely
lived lie That. TOO. has grown. To II
also came there Il gradual development,
an evolution from rudimentary moral
weakness and Ignorance. upward toward
the heights OF spiritual strength and Wis
dom. But this growth was not alike to all
men. The nations % the earth had been
gifted with varying possibilities whose
realization was a contribution TO the sum
total Of human progress. Each In turn
has realized its possibilities, and when
realized, has slipped from the stage OF
history as Il player who has spoken his
part and makes his exit Each nation. each
race. each class Of men, have been tho
successive steps upon which mounted the
genius of the race. Each civilization has
been az the chambers Of the nautilus,
in which humanity has dwelt for time
but
GAS the spiral grew,
Left last years dwelling for the new.
stole with soft steps its shining archway
through,
Built up It's idle door,
Stretched in bis last-founl home, and
knew the old no more
Thus has each civilization OF the past
given way when humanity grew beyond
il and entered another. Thus rose Id pt
and fell Thus Media, Persia, India, anC
Macedon have been passed. Greece anC
Rome were left behind Arabia fell with
Granada, and Mohammedan culture lin
! gercd not when the Alhambra lay IL
ruins. The period OF Spanish ascendancy
was comparatively short. Then upon the
brawny shoulders of Northern European
savagery was laid the mantle Of southern
civilization. Greek. Italian. and SpanlarC
Welded to TeutOn, Gaul and AnglO-SdXOn
and through the succeeding centurie:
these advanced TIL to-day Germany
France. England and English-speak.ns
America are In the van OF human pro
cress. and constitute the civilized world
Yet for them there IS no standing stu
There must be advance or there viii b
retrogression. D'lo mosib yosb. said Hi
lei. He who does not increase de
creaees." II there be no growth deca,
will inevitably superveae. Higher an
. ever higher strides the human race 10
wards it's ultimate destiny. laying stratum
upon stratum, with each new generation
standinc upon the achievements OF IL
, predecessor.
MANS MORAL KNOWLEDGE.
, .But through all the mighty mutation
~ mans mental march there has eve
boen one phase OF his knowledge who's
= principles have been unchanged, who's
= scope has wiiencd, but imperceptibly
; whose struggle has been not so much on
Of ACQUISITION as OF practice. Mans mora
. knowledge has grown but little. TIL
= oternal principles OF right and wrong. o
Justice. truth. and liberty. Numbered fror
SInai's summit, have since ever bee
mans possession. TIE immutaSls attri
hntos Of God Himself have been IN
. characteristics OF those unchanSins truth
which the Heaven-kissed lips OF Israel