The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-03
REMAIN FAITHFUL
TO THEIR IDEALS.
Or. caIisch. Makes Eloquent APP
peal to His People.
The HOMAGE OF The. ACES
Discussed This subjec, at Beth Ahaba
Yesterday The Jewish New year
Generally Observed in the
City Yesterday.
The HOMAGE OF The ACES
- s,.hiec, at Both Ahaba

~, ohso,,vanee OF Rosh IIashanah
the Jewish New year, ended Sesie' ' d''s
aft.lsloon Services were hcia a.i A',s'
the day in all the ssnasosues ana w
piaces 81 business OF Jewish scsioeii's
" the city were closed
DIR. #CALISCII,S9 SERMON
A., 5s..th AhaDa Or. +. y. callsch
pr..,clcd in the morning at 10 e!och,
Ills subject was Homage OF the ages
and was treated IN q most 1nfefesNils
manner. ia.
The speaker began b saying may
Though ie earth and the hs;lAeiss ia - J.
NOT. in5 themselves. changed, ~, .pes
have been transformed in their reianoiis
r. MAJ, For man has mounted on the
tings Of the flNiilg years 70 eyer ~
rIolJs OF knowledge has Ilpiued me
earth, @ana explored the fiiIlaneiltaa
realms. l'iaas with almost" each genera
lion The heavens and :he earth haae ! ot
him been changed. as each succesShlls
age enlarged the territory. kno"lenSe AM
vear1anged the map of cosmlc a cae '4
tai,ccsilip. But through all changes ii'aii
ba s come 10 recognize the one unchanee-
able source of all life the ete1alai sou
wiitsc wears are without end
GIVE HOMAGE AND PRISE.
II is to this immutable One that the
children Of Israel. ali over the ~otiu, ia ~
every cline and under every government.
ccme to-day 10 give honase ana i'id iis's.
fThcre is something sinEllarlY solemn IN
This time defining loyalty 1T tokens d
binding tie, stronger than Inc caHii-
fueal forces Of widely scattered and d.
,,arsi.e.i interests. stronger than the dis
integratfng influence u varying tongues
ideals and cultures. What is This spirit
fhat like wireless tcleGraphy. leaps from
continent to continent 10 unite on TINS
day in ono carth-embracing melody the
chants of the dispersed OF lidah il MAJ
marks him. separate. and as the re-
liRiously understandable element oil modSn
times
j ssas. adviscdly .,rcligiously unassimal-
nfie. " because in all other directions of
human thought and feeling and activ-
ity the jew IS q component part of So
Getty In his religion alone is he sepa-
rate.
The speaker then spoke of the unNary-
ing persecution to which the jew has
been subjected the contumely. the scorn
and the insult which We're their daily
bread. the rack, the giblet and the stake,
their terror by day. He spoke of the
age long and unanimous effort that has
been made TO eNtil-pa,e them. from the
lCgyptian Pharaois. through Assyrian
kings Roman cmperois. crusaders,
princes, holy inquisitors. down to the
present Russian and Roumarian cruel
ties.
In view of these facts can one speak
of the homage Of the agcs2 Yet this
very persecution was and is homage. 1T
Is the compliment one man pays to
another whom he processes to despisa.
hut whom he secretly admires and fears.
THE hatred OF the nations against the
Jew is the hatred of ngratitude. F'or
in spite OF the aiituperatlon and psrsec,i-
ton with which the world has treated
the Jew himself the world has been
tb.nefitted by he jew 10 an extent which
neither he nor they realize. The litera-.
lure. the art, the music, the commerce,
the legislation. the prayers and the
hopes of5the5 civilized world are all taken
from Jewish sources. It's codes and
law betray everywhere the Mosaic in-
5luence. The psalms of David are
1ntoned in every church in Chrstendom.
The words of tile Jewish prophets are.
the hope of its millions of believers.
The wisdom OF Solomon is on the lips of
even the lowest peasant Throughout
Europe and America men cease their
nNocations and rest one day in seven.
MS Moses taught. The stories of David
md Jonathan. of Ruth and Naomi, Of
5oseph and his brothers are the pos
SESSIONS Oh peoples ignorant OF their
Dwn litcratures.a And when the high
7st thinkers of the age wish to sum III,
in a ierse sentence the whole duty#of
9nan. they quote the ever sublime pas
sage of the prophet Micah. wi 81
THE NEW YEAR.
And how docs the Jew observe his New.
Year,, the despised. so-called sordid, ma
terialistic and commcrcialized Jew. how
does he note in his peculiar way this
honor of the birtli-throes Of Timer
Though it is a business day and he
knows that his Christian competitors are
open and doing business. the stores kept
by Jewish merchants are all closed for
ne recognizes that this is a solemn and
Facred occasion. The momcnt4o birth
md death is ever sacrosanct For him
the passage of the year is an appeal to
his deeper and nobler emotions 1t is
an hour for the balancing of the books
Of life. for searching the ledger of the
heart to see If the year has been one of
moral gain or loss. He assemblies in his
house Of worship, makes conscience his
expert accountant and places the record