The age-herald., 1901-09-24


 English, and a discourse by Rabbi Morris Newfeld. "The Highest God" was the rabbi's theme and the essence of his dis cussion was that man must work out his own atonement; that this atonement was not to be accomplished by fasting and prayer, or by faith alone. These things, the rabbi said, must be accomplished by acts of kindness and righteousness.
 Afternoon Services.
 The afternoon services began with the reading of the scrolls-the 33d chapter of Exodus and the book of the Prophet Jonah. After this came the solemn offices In commemoration of the dead. Mir Cal man playing as a prelude a beautiful violin solo-a Mendelssohn adagio. The rabbi, with a voice full of sadness, read the sublime anthem beginning: 70 Lord what is man that thou takest knowledge of him. or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!" This was followed by versicles and responses. taken from the book of Psalms.
 Then the rabbi continued: 70 Lord, God of the spirits of all flesh, who dis penseth life and takest it away, who lowerest to the grave and leadest the soul unto eternal life, Thou has appoint ed this Day of Atonement that we may sanctlfy our lives on earth and prepare ourselves for death and the life eternal Thou hast ha1lowed this day as a Sab bath of the soul, so that, disengeged from worldly thoughts, we may rise to thoughts of eternal life and taste of the bliss which awaits the sanctified and the pure.
 Man is feeble and perishable His best-laid plans and purposes are subject to disappointment and failure. Scarcely come into life. he begins his pilgrimage to the SCI hre. Through trial and suf- fering he hastens to the darkness of the grave. Human life is a continual struggle against forces without and pas sions within. Man prevails only to sue cumb; he fails, only to renew the combat the next moment"
 Here thhe choir sang the anthem, 70 What is Man. the Child of Dust7 What is Man, o Lord7' The music was adopt ed from Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. !"
 The rabbi: '"The eye Is never satisfied with seeing; endless are the desires of the heart. No mortal has ever had enough of riches, honor and wisdom when death ended his career The master and the servant the rich and the poor the strong and the feeble, the wise and the simple, are all equal in death; the grave levels all distinctions and makes the whole world kin"
 ha hof Al ifa rabbi read the lection, We are strangers before Thee. o God, and sojourners as were our fathers" This was followed by silent devotion-the twenty-third Psalm
 A grand old hymn with a traditional melody was sung. The rabbi offered an invocation befitting the solemn hour Then, after dirge-like music, the rabbi read the devotional office in memory of his own father, concluding with the prayer. May our merciful Father re- ward thee the faithful kindness thou hast ever shown me; may He grant thee eternal peace. Amen"
 In silent devotion sorrowing members of the congregation read similar offices in memory of father, mother, husband. wife, children, brothers, sisters and other relatives, as suited the particular be- reavement.
 Roll of Departed Souls.
 Next came roll of departed souls the rabbi reading: We remember with sor- rowing hearts those whom death has taken from us during the past year, members of this congregation:
 Edmund Caheen, Moses Wise, M. B. Mayer, Michael Lobman, Bertha Mayer. Michael and Albert Adler, who had been members of this congregation; late rector of St. Mary's Episcopal church, Rev. Dr. O. P. Fitzsimons; the great persons of all lands, without regard to race or creed William Mckinley, Prof. F. Max Muller Charles D. Warner, John Sherman, Philip D. Armour, Prof. Elisha Gray, G. F. Verdi. Benjamin Harrison, John Fiske. Joseph LeConte, Sir Walter Besant, ex- Governor H. s. Pingree, Queen Victoria Empress Frederick, Prince Hohenlohe; eminent Jews-Baron Wilhelm Roths- child, President Joseph Blumenthal of the New York Theological Seminary and E. Manuel, inspector-general of education of France.
 70 God, send Thy heavenly comfort to them who are bowed down in mourning and aff1iction. May they rest their troubled hearts, may they find consola- tion in their faith in Thee, mercifu Father, and may Thy love be with them and announce peace. to those who art
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