Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-25
DAY OF ATONFMENT
 OPENS THIS EVENING
BeaEtiful Service .rI.asesi for Tvn,- pie Anslie- Emeth '!hi# Evening.
 Tuesday Morning aLa ttferno3n.

Pc AHSHt-EtH1lH THE EN"HIlg.
 Tuesday Mornlng aIa .Atfernoan. This evening at sunsn. will be ushered i'll Yom Kippur, tlc Dar of Atonement. which will be observed to the letter throughout tho world of Judaism: the day closes tomorrow evening at the same hour In keep Ing With the custom, the services at the Temple Alshe- Emeth, second ave nue and Poplar street, will be of 2 most solemn and impressive nature. Special song programs have been ar ranged and the public is most cor dlally invited to attend every service. The song this evening will begin at I:4o o'clock. The subject of Rabbi Goldenstein's sermon will be Jus tice.% Tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, the subject will be Cod" and the subject tomorrow afternoon at o'clock, will be Immortality" No collections will be made at the temple.
 All the Jewish business houses will be closed all day Wednesday.
 Following is the song program for this evening:
 Quartet Consider and Hear Me- Pflenger.
 Tenor solo, after sermon. selected Dolph Kastor.
 Wednesday Morning.
 The program for tomorrow morn. ing's service Will be as follows:
 Organ prelude, Prayer Mason.
 Anthem, "The Lord of All Did Reign Schlesinger.
 Contralto solo, "Why Art Thou Cast Down." Miss Ethel Schl0ss.
 Soprano solo after sermon, Lead Kindly Light" Miss Lucy Hearn Broadstreet.
 Quartet, Ets Haymer, Sc1lesiDser.
 Wednesday Afterncon.
 For tomorrow afternoon the fol lowing program has been arranged:
 Anthem "Redeemer Israel" Croir.
 Duet, "To Thee We Give" Misses Broadstreet and Schloss.
 Memorial service.
 Contralto solo, "Adonoi Mo Odom." Schlesinger, Miss Ethel Schloss.
 Anthem, q Set the Lord Before Me-"
 Benediction, "The Lord Will Give His Holy Angels Charge Over Thee
 The Day of AtoMenNn:.
 The following interesting sketch of | The Day of Atonement, was prepared | by the tract commission, central con- ference of American Rabbis union of 1 American Hebrew congregations:
 "September 26, is observed as Yom Kippur, the Day of Atoncment, by the Jews throughout tho World. This is the greatest fast of the Jewish year. From sunset Of the 25th til sunset of the 26th the observant Jew neither eats nor drinks but devotes the day to fervent worship. Yom Kip bur is distinctive among Jewish holi- days, for it is not associated with nature or With their history. 1t is q day for the searching of the heart to find union with the God of the world.
 "The fast originated with Biblical times, and is described iE the 18th chapter of the book of Leviticus. Ill those days the people lasted them selves, while the high priest made for the entire house of Israel. This atonement was made in ancient fashion by sacrifices, and by the symbolic rite of driving the scapegoat into the wilder ness to bear away the sins of the peo- ole.
 Now, prayer takes the place of sac 'ifices. In modern Judaism prayer is he right form of approaching God. Jews devote the Day of Atonement o prayers for the forgiveness of their sins. They avoid all ordinary and .ordid interests on this Sabbath of sabbaths. The fasting is abrogatod, however, for children, old reople and he sick, or in times of famine and 1estilence, or such contingencies as Ire incident to the deprivations of var.
 '"rhe aim of Yom Kippur is atone nent through prayer and repentance. These contain no element of media ion through either redeemer or a sacrifice. The only true repentance ,omes through a change of heart and m effort to do better. Each human being stands before his Maker seeking II honesty to make his record clean.
 "A feature of Tom Kippur is the service. Men and women hink of their dear departed and of he great and good who served man. Iind. Especially in times of stress when many brave men are offering ID their lives, fervor animates these prayers by which their memory is and their ideals are pre- erved."