Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-05
JEWISH NEW YEAR.
1T II BEING CELEBR aTED WITH
RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE HERE.
RABBI CALISCH'S FINE SERMON.
His subject Last Night Was ~The
Flowing Stream--Tbc PenftentfaI
NcaSon - services AT the Mayo-
street Synagogue.

street Synagogue.
The Jewish rear 5ss9 was ushered IA az
sunset last night The festival q Rosh
Hoshonah. the most solemn q oil the
red-letter Gays in the Hebrew calendar
Is being celebrated throughout al Jcwry
The feast n the New Year r. followed
by ten DAYS Of penance. ending with the
Day y Atonemcnt or T5n Riupur which
is a day o fasting and abstinence.
The FIRST service Of the New Year was
held a. Beth Ahaha synagogue last night
There was an immense congregation, and
{ tie services were extremely interesting
Rabbi Causch took as The subject q
+ DIS sermon THE Flowing Stream" a
subject which be illuminated with much
beautiful thought Re took h.s text from
Ecclesiastes g.. r. "An che rivers run
+ into the sea and the sea is never fun"
I He spoke In part az follows:
Dear f1en0s. we stano tonight as by
a moving stream our presence n this
house 20 our prayer. our service here;
our moment pause % our carly avoca-
lnns, are to us o bridge wherein we
stand % watch the GAYS anc the years
as they flow hy in the river q Time We
gaze INTO stream. ano we are moved hy
the spectacle OF IT'S ceaeciess ana un-
weared uiCnL Wavelet arter wavelet.
water uucn water. on and Oh ~ lis steady
course does the stream - fow-past farm
and meadow. forest and city. the haunts
90 fr nr hr ~ 80 ra f.ssr.r f~rf
barren field or fertile eleoe unoer the
cool cover o. leafy shade, under the
pan o. faclOrvs smoke on and on 10
flows as the refrain Of the brooks song
gives IT,
i chatter. chatter as ] Cow.
TO join the trimming river.
Toy men may coae anl men may 20.
But I 60 Oh forever, '-Iennyson.
Rut as we stand and watch the steady.
ceaseIcss. uuremitteut 1ow. @ moving
thought comes home O. Us-''not wave
roIs back AGAIN. on ana GA. from its
mountain birthplace. on and on into the
oceans arms. but not q wave rolls back
again, how IatnruI q picture Of the
river OF Tme How the GAYS and the
months and the years now Dy. ever and
ever emp-yiuc INFO the ocean # eternity.
but never @ wave rolls back again. not
O day not an hour ever comes hack % rs
again. AND how long. and how eno-essly
il has rolled. on. ne iuterDinatle length
o. the ages iu which the silent river -
Time has held its n0iseless course. And
the uncou1tao.e mvrlads Cf men that 0n
Us r0WuC breast nave Deeu hurried from
the cradle % the grave each generation
wave lmre'uuE rne wave before 80.
eacn man an lnCisr1u rulsnanle drop. HOW
well the sage ~ Old had voiced IT, a
generation r0eth and generation
cometh. All the rivers fow into The ssa,
and the sea IS never full" And how close
iv hath the poet copied the spirit OF tie
scripture:
"And draw them al along and fow
20 JOIN the ur1mmng uve-.
Tor men may come and men may 20,
But 60 on forever
PANORAMA OF HUMANITY.
Ana now me wori1 mas changed as Il
has grown oder How the panorama q
mum MY anC oI human en0eavCr ras
varied as the circling years swept by. A
stream that has It's source in some rub
Ce1 cle-t oI cloun-c1mpemng peak. leav-
ing fne awru. grandeur or me untameo
mountain. flows through the hillside for
est. then circles me scarce-cleared field.
then skirts che nftie village. then waters
the well-orcered farms enricnes The sue
nuleut orchard. divides the p0Qulous city.
and finally rrrs SIS troaccled waters 20
Dc the busy pcfnway Tor the EeeIs of The
mighty metropolis Thus TIE flowing
stream o. Time has found The scenes Of
human history shifting upon rs banks
as 10 passed through the stored ce-tu-
ries Nations empires and dynasties have
shrugged into existence ana Crumhleu
away. hevoluuons nave swept over INC
face Of the EARTH cities have risen and
sunk as ~ q night. races and peoples
have come and gone civilizations have
n0urished and faded away % make room
for newer Civilizations. culture has sue
ceeded culture. and the wisdom = one
age becomes The folly ~ its successor. as
ume. the tomo-uuuoer. no-us MS fierce
career
Dark stern. an-pitiless. and pauses not
amid the mighty wrecks that strew lis
path"
we to-day ask Where arc Egypt.
Phoeuicia. and Syria? What IS eft. be-
von1 few crumblinc monuments. n the
mighty glories 4 Babylon. Greece. and
Rome And the historian q the future
generation viii in hts turn. query what
has become % spain and France" And
"a later one VII osk fcr Russia and Ger
many and England and America; and
there VIII but The fading memories q or
present nacuifcance 20 De read hy The
curious sch00lh0v Of the unborn ages
But there is this 70 Dc noticed THIS
endless change has not been purposel@as
or urmotivel II has all been growth
The mighty mutations q The ages have
marked the successive steps q ium-l
development. as the race STROBE On its
perffctlnc way. The stream q time has
flowed from the chaos q mans -ncA9a-
tive strivinrs. throush the eras q DIS
cultural struggles rl to-day il pours
around the mighty metropolis Of This
rineteenth centurys unsurpassed achieve
nent. The Transformations have been
one triumphant progress The transll0n
has al been ufW
with this lesson 81 the ages before rs,
~ f. applied 70 our single lives do we
stand here tonight gazing for one BRIEF
moment upon the flowing stream OF time
Another year has gore-Eone iTreNocahly
from our liVes<-ard we are one step neaf-
e- The inevitable grave The great world
drama is re-enacted upon the little stage
Of or individual lives. There have been
chanees-ruany changes among us. win
Us. and everywhere around Us They are
emphasized by the changed conditions OF
our communal life. There are changes