The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-01
THANKS FOR MANY THINGS.
DR.. Mendes' Sermon at the Temple
MicISva Israel.


Rev. I. P. Mendes preached at Temple
Aiickva Israel yesterday morning an elo-
quent sermon Of Thanksgiving. II was
such a sermon as that learned cleric Is
accustomed 10 deliver on special occasions
in the sanctuary Of his congregation, and
was listened to by large audience with
close attention
The text for the discourse was taken
from First Chronicle: %: Il, u and 10:
Thine. o Lord, is the greatness, and the
power. and the glory. and the victory, and
the majesty; for all that is in the heaven
and in the earth is thine; thine is the
kingdom, 0 Lord, and thou art exalted
as head above all. Both riches and honor
come of thee, and thou reignest over all;
and In thine hand is power and might; and
In thine hand it is to make great, and
TO give strength unto all. Now, therefore,
our God, we thank thee, and praise thy
glorious name"
DR.. Mendes began his discourse with a
reference to the fact that but two months
since the Jews celebrated the Feast of
the Tabernacles the great feast of
Thanksgiving of their people. That they
celebrated as Jews; the national Thanks
giving they celebrated in their capacity
of American citizens. IF there had re-
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the loyal patriotism of the Jews to the
American government, of their pride in
its successes or their sorrow in its pass
ing and occasional failures, the presence
here of so large a number of our people
on such an occasion as this would serve
TO remove the doubt at once and for all
time"
What is that we are met here to give
thanks for?' inquired the speaker us it
that there is no war in the land and that
we are al peace with the world? Is it thai
there is no sorrow, or suffering or want2
Is 1t that there is overburdened heart to
sheer or hapless one to comfort? Alas, mol
The blood of loyal Americans is still flow
ing, want and misery stalk abroad in the
land, and there is more than one heart
oppressed with woe that needs the touch
of plying hand There is hunger and
suffering, and room everywhere for those
who would do their part for the amellora-
tlon of the condition of the doWntrodden
of the human race.
And yet we sim have cause for ma
tlonal and individual thanksgiving. We
have the blessings of liberty vouchsafed
and guaranteed by the constitution, we
have health and strength and the fitness
TO do good If we will We have benefits
and advantages and blessings which can
be claimed by no other people on earth
and there are a thousand other things for
which we should return our thanks to the
Great Giver of all. 1t is this devotional
duty we ere met to do"
Our city has especial cause for graft
tude in that we have been spared the
presence of the dread yellow fever that
devastated 50 many Of our sister cities
during the past summer. We have not
escaped the dire forebodings of disas err.
accumulated in our case by the memories
of the summer of 1876, but by the bless
ing of God we have escaped The presence
of the fever itself. We have accomplish
ed some part of the good work and we
have 1t in us to do more. Let every man
and woman in the congregation take
some part of it on his or her shoulders and
during the year TO come eVince in this
practical fashion appreciation of The bless
ings we have had vouchsafed to us
DIR. Mendes alluded in passing to the
celebration Of Thanksgiving a year ago
when 1900 soldiers were Toasted by the
good women of Savarnah,- an act of gra-
cious hospitality scarce paral,e ed in the
history of The world. The discourse close l
with a prayer for hose in authority, the
Mayor and aldernlen of the city, the Gov
ernor of the state and the President of
the United States, with further prayer
for the repose of the soul of the late
Vice President Hobart and for the COM
fort and consolation of the bareaved mem
bers of his family