The morning news., 1899-12-30
THE PASSING or THE YEAR.
Rev. L. p. Mendes on Departure of the
Old and Coming of the New.

Rev. L. +. Mendes on Departure of the
Old and Coming of the New.
In his lecture on another Year" which
was delivered last night the Rev. /. F.
Mendes reviewed some of the promises OF
the year so near its close. and admonished
his hearers of the duties and obligations
imposed by new year.
DR.. Mendes compared the light and
cheerful way of celebrating the new year
among Christians with the celebration Of
the Jewish New Year among the Jewish
people. With the jew he said, the New
Year is ushered in with eolemnity and a
reverental awe of Gods mercy and JUS
tice. While the Jews, who honor and love
their faith, cannot consistently join in the
religious ceremonies of which the Chris
tian celebration is part, yet
the advent of new year 10
the whole world appeals so strong
ly even to them that irrespective of re-
ligous meanings and religious differences
they cannot afford to overlook it.
The New Year which is celebrated and
observed by the world at large is ushered
in with joy and with social pleasures.
which represent the worldly side of 1t, but
its serious side Is summed up in that one
expressive word Resolutions"
The average business man at the be-
ginning of a new year reviews his trade
for the year. studies the weak points Of
his business and strives to strengthen
them. ] might be well for us to apply ihe
same principle 10 our lives and make a
YEARLY review of our individual as well as
national life to the end that though mis-
takes may have been made they may be
corrected, for wisdom is gained by exper-
fence.
DR. Mendes then spoke of some Of the
unfuIhued resolutions of the past year
from a national standpoint. The greatest
of these, he said, was that Of the Peace
Conference held at The Hague. This, ne
pointment OF the year so great
in promises, and pretensions, and
so small alas In results. The
New Year will begin with the United
States still playing hide and seek with
Aguinaldo while England. which may he
called the Mother Of Nations is making
desperate efforts TO retain her supremacy
in South Africa. AS the flower Of her
army is being moved down, France, Ger
many and Russia stand by and laugh at
the awful devastation. Again IN some
parts of the Austro- Hungarian empire the
unfortunate Jews are beaten and torture
TO crafty the wanton love Of blood which
actuates their inhuman tormentors and
upon these outrages civilized world looks
calmly on. And all this In spite Of the
Peace Conference.
If there Is any one resolution upon which
Jew. Christian and Mahommetan can
unite, said Dr. Mendes, II Is the resolution
for universal arbitration among all ma Ions
and the just and equable settlement OF all
questions which may from time to time
arise Until this shall be carried out the
so-called peace Is a mockery. Unti the
sword shall be made into a plough share,
and the spear into pruning-hook New
Years may come and New Years may 20,
but their duties, behests and resolutions
will remain unnoted, unheeded and un-
obeyed. Let US, therefore with one ac-
cord, raise a voice for arbitration, as II Is
the only way Ia which peace can be
brought into the world. and with its adj
vent there Will be some meaning In the
bells that ring out for a Happy New Year.