The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-28
TgE STORY OF THE DAY.
p. MENDEs DIsCOURSEs ON
THAT TIMELY TOPIC.

,,tcrestfnS Sermon on the Mean
ing of the Day.
rso first day of the Jewish New Year,
-. n,ssed and was observed with much
~ and solemnity. The next of the
Ff..,,l davs will be of Atouement, which
rin he observed Friday, Oct. 8.
Rev. I. P. Mendes preached at the
vi,kva Israel synagogue to a large au-
sisp,a at $50 O'Clock. The subject. The
sorry of the Day." being treated in a
e,bIirne and profound manner.
During the day all stores of Hebrews
mere closed opening at 6 o'clock. Rabbi
,fen5es was the recipient of numerous
callers at his residence in the after part
of the day 1t was a season of RETROSPECT
tion and repentance. The music was as
usual a special feature, and was much
enjoyed
Following is the discourse delivered by
Rabbi AIendes at the morning service,
which is a dissertation upon the day:
ITO those who take a living interest in
tbe events and occurrences of the day,
the many graphic descriptions of the hon
ors conferred upon the sovereign lady
Of England, Queen Victoria, by her loving
and devoted subjects, cannot but have
aroused their highest and most unquall-
fed admiration, not only for her majesty
herself. who was deemed worthy of this
substantial proof of their affection, but
also for the people themselves, who had
planned and carried out with such mar
velous success, this programme of the
diamond jubilee. 1t is safe to assert, how
ever, that the enthusiastic rejoicings were
not for a single moment sobered bX even
passing serious thought of the after eff
fects Of all this lavish magnificence, and,
indeed, these sights and pageants would
have gone down to history only as
memory of a pleasant holiday, had not
the master mind of that prolific and gift
ed author, Rudyard Kipling, taught the
valuable lesson of the whole occasion, in
his homilitic, devotional, and now justly
celebrated "Recessional." God of our
fathers known of old, Lord of our far
flung battle line, beneath whose awful
hand We hold dominion over palm and
pine; Lord, God of hosts, be with US yet
lest We forget, lest we forget"
1T needs no very great perceptive pow
ers to trace the groundwork and origin
of these sublime thoughts, in the words
of the Bible text. with which it has been
my privilege to greet you on this SOL
emn and God-given morn, neither will it
be difficult to connect their depth and
lessons with those of the Jewish new
year. The only difference that can really
be found in the whole connection is that
the great lawgiver, Moses, was anticipat-
ing the entrance of Gods own into the
Land of Promise and was diligently warn
ing them as to possibilities, which it
would be in their power to guard against,
whilst the immortal Kipling was warning
upon an event that has already occurred.
we, ourselves, can very readily combine
the good intentions of these two teachers,
Tor Thou shalt remember the Lord, thy
COD is but another way of Gliding us
not to omit the prayer, Lord God of
hosts, be with us yet, lest we forget, lest
We forget"
TO merge the past into the present that
these may to some extent provide for the
future seems 70 be a task more adapted
70 the New ear than to any other time
Tor 1t is then that we seem to be imper-
CeptoIy drawn closer to the Great Archi-
tecI or the Universe, and are more in
cHned to listen to the admonitions of the
hour, recognizing their worth and mean
ing The good wishes we extend one to
'le other very often awake memories
Mnch had long since slumbered the
aHanhah Tobah," which passes from lip
70 mp seems to bring the friend nearer
70 the friend, and the warm grasp of the
au' "hlch always accompanies these
assurances of our good will, never fails
10 convince us of the truth of BroWning's
sublime thought, Every wish is like a
prayer-with God"
mere Is no story of year that has
ever been written which does not per
- contain some chapters, which have
% tL Deen blotted out by the tears of
Wv reader or narrator, neither is there
ny mat Gods goodness has not graciously
u.5ISpersed with bright and happy ex-
PO'ieHces, in themselves well calculated
~ IeinoVe much of the rough and painful
80 from our thoughts and feelings. For
e. 's reason then, If for nothing else. it
WISE 10 raise the curtain of memory.
49, long enough to give the STORY teller,
~ opportunity of fully realizing the i'm
~ 'aHce OF his position, APPLYING his les
80 80, ana combining peroration with ex-
on, 'On Inc many illustrations of his
~ experiences are of more than passing
4'r.'i est provided of course, that thew
cb,ra oIousht out in their full light and
inert must be desire
So So upon his part to screen the tr7le
ot ana purpose of every thought or
o5 whether the leaves of memory seem
go TO- make a mournful rustic in the
tr, N' or whether they show that a good
ar., ut'oh clothes itself with sudden now
in lhey must be read and re-read to ms
ta,o ne deliberate tones of the impartial
me- ieI ana mentor whose very love for
AIM, "ouId have us make the refrain of our
E S"S prayer, Lord God of hosts. be with
II lest we forget lest we forget
bro', are. therefore, by this means
9n1 very near to the outcome of the
vi5na} years duties. both as private indi-
Is ,|- ana as public community. 1t
INV, TO be denied that whichever vol
tbas. we might feel disposed 10 peruse
tior - much of interest and of instruc
evar ~ ne found therein all leading. how
siroi e' me assure YOU to the one de-
uro,o eul-the betterment and the i'm
''rleht of the individual or of the com
one taking the individual first. each
rn9,,'i US hnds himself face to face with
diea' unpleasant recollection or dismal
ro.i,-,.,Ous failures in both the social and
boa- oS divisions of our duties. sons
etr,. vi another, the busy whirl of outside
sV,iff ,gS ana ambitions has been so very