The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11

At sunset yesterday evening. the Day Of Atonement, the most solemn of Jew ish holidays began.
 The store of every Jewish merchant in the city closed promptly at o'clock and not until that hour this afternoon will they be re-opened.
 Today the Hebrews of Montgomery and of the world fast. Nothing passes their lips, not even water until tonight and the day is spent by them Tn prayer and spiritual improvement
 The Day of Atonement Is the day set aside by the Jews in each year. during which they repent of the sins they have committed during the proceeding year and pray for anaendment.
 Five services are held In the synagogue The first was last night. A large con gregation participated in the service.
 The subject of Rabbi Messng's sermon was the. Bread of Tears" An immense congregation was present. The follow ing is a synopsis of the minister's ser mon.
 70 Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me-. Though your sins be as scarlet they shall be white as sonw, though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool" It is the cry of a father who loves his children most when they least deserve his love. The daintiest flower, once plucked from it's parent stem must die; naught can save 1t to life. We tear ourselves away from our Heavenly Father. flee from Him and avoid Him, the whole year through; tonight we creep back within the cover of the old home no reproaches. no rebuke. no threat no punishment, awaits or apalls us. The doors are open. We who have been morally dead are summoned to life in the words The sacrifices of God gre a broken spirit" We who have been feed ing gluttonously at the banquets of the world and who yet are spiritually starved, have felt for a moment the grooming tables and come until Him. whom the Psalmist says, 'feedest us on the bread of tears.
 Many were the varieties of food God gave to Israel in it's wandering through the desert. At times he fed them with the bread of joy and quietness. They had the palms and springs of Film. At times he fed them with the bread of Iadversity-the waters of Mara was their .drink. Again at times he fed them with the bread of tears"
 That which God so wonderfully exem- pIified in lives of His ancient people He is working today in the lives of all who commit themselves to His guidance This would is vale of tears. Tears with all their freighted meaning come into every hour of our lives The days of youth, of preparation and discipline, of marriage, of struggle of sickness of death--all are bedewed with tears.
 Psychologists tell us that in the natural world tears perform a high and noble function. They form for humanity a river of relief. When-the pent up anguish of the broken hearted bursts forth in a torrent of weeping we say the bereaved one will be strong to carry the burden of care. But we stand in awe of dry eyed sorrow for we know that 1t has taken hold of the roots of the soul and that long time must pass before its poignant bangs can be mitigated. In the spiritual world, too. tears sustain the noble function of life and growth. They are bread to the soul.
 Consider the tears of affliction. There are many people who never know God until the darkness comes and they say like Jobs wife, Curse God and die." Job didn't do that. He had too deep reverence. He said The Lord hath given the Lord hath taken away. blessed be the name of the Lord" And when Job got through he said Now my eyes see."
 There are thousands of men who in one year of sorrow become surer of God than in the thousands of days of uninterrupted life. In your business affairs, in your home with your friends and children, you do not know much about God. But one day you were laid helpless. You sat by the side of one dearer to you than life Down, down you went. You said. 'is there nothing real?" and you found that there was something real-God, the father ne everlasting arms were under you and made you sure that something, some where, there you'd be brought again to you the loved one and great sense or deep peace came into your heart. The tears that came from that grief were helpful and life-giving. Thou God the Father feedest them-they that trust thee, the bread of tears.
 These and kindred tears and born or Goo and are bread. They prepare the soul making it ready for the new life or purity and love-
 There Is the story of an Italian nobieman who took a terrible revenge on one whom he hated. He set him alive in niche in the palace that he was building ana