Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-22

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Wesley Churches.
With the setting of the sun on next
Sunday evening the Hebrews all over
the world will commence the celebra-
ton of the Hebrew New Year festival,
the great time Of rejoicing, when all
believers in that faith gather together,
sing the praises of God and commingle
religion with festivities. 1t is the one
time in the year when all Israelites,
both of the orthodox and the reformed
denominations, gather at the temples,
unless they are out Of the church abb
solutely, and celebrate. The occasion
corresponds somewhat to Christmas
and, after the religious services are
over, there is an exchange Of pres
nets and a Notification such as occur
but once year.
According to the Hebrew faith and
history Rosch Haschanan, as this fes-
the first day of the seventh month.
which is called Tischri, and. accord
ing to their calendar, this year will
be 1858. The Hebrew year has had
a number of changes in the date at
which it is supposed to have begun.
There is a national year, dating from
the month of Nisau. which comes in
the spring, and is the time when the
national life of Israel began with it's
deliverance out of Egypt. The former,
however, is called the religious year,
and the 1858 years are the length of
time supposed to have elapsed since
the Creation.
After sunset next Sunday will COM
mence what is known as Memorial
Day. This will be the big service and
it will be interesting in many ways.
The service is continued again on
Monday morning at 8 o'clock and the
Israelites remain in devotion the
greater part of the day.
Ten days after Memorial Day falls
the Day Of Atonement, which is also
mentioned in the Bible. On that day
services will be held from 9 o'clock
in the morning until sunset. Four
days after that is the Feast of the
Tabernacle, or the Harvest Feast.
Every Hebrew, no matter how sell
dom he visits the synagogue during
the year, is to be found there on New
nor'C hn ~ hA
Atonement.
When the services begin at sunset
on New Years Day the synagogues
are filled in all parts. All who do not
own pews rent them just before New
Years Day. AS no collections are
taken up in the synagogues, the only
sources of revenue for the mainte-
nance of the synagogues is from the
pew-holders and members, with the
exception of memorial donations made
on the Day of Atonement
The first of next week the Methodist
ministers of this city will depart for
the annual conference of West Vir-
ginia, which cC>venes at Morgantown
on Wednesday morning. Much inter-
est will be centered on this confer
ence by Methodists, as it will decide
where the various ministers are to
be placed during the coming year.
With two exceptions there will hard
ly be any changes in the local
churches. These probable changes
will be Zane street and Wesley
churches. Rev. B. B. Evans, pastor Of
the Zane street church will likely be
stationed at some other point, and
Rev. L. w Roberts, of the Wesley
church, will also ask for change.
He has served for four years faithful
ly and with splendid results among his
congregation, who regret that he does
not think it best to remain for the
last year. The other ministers and
their congregations all expect them to
be sent back. A change will also be
made in the Benwood church, as Rev.
]. S. Robinson desires it. He may be
sent either to Weston or to the Wesley