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The Southern Israelite
Faye 47
•*Leshonah Tovo Tekosevu"
By RABBI ISAAC MARCUSON
Beth Israel Temple, Macoti. Georgia
I t _h'nah tovo tekosevu: May you
•ribed in the book of life for
a happv and beautiful year was the
ancient wish of our forefathers on
,. af h recurring New Year Day. They
realized well that if the year was to be
happy for them, it must be a year
iful and rich in spiritual bless-
\nd while they prayed that God
»u!d grant them such a year, they
nont , the less knew that it was their
j uty t > make the year happy and
autiful for their fellowmen. And
they felt the nearness of God in
their own lives, they realized that
must make some contribution
• A huh would bring the realization of
i;,,d into the lives of others. So the
\ew Year Day became a real day of
, . nsecration and from this consecra-
tj,> n came the happiness for which
they prayed and for which they real
ized they need not pray in vain. May
the year be rich in blessings for all
f us, made rich by our own devotion
to the highest and finest in life.
RABBI ISAAC E. MARCUSON
Rosh Hashanah
By RABBI ALEX. ALAN STKINBACH
Both El Temple, Norfolk, Yirginiu
The Day of Memorial! What a flood
f mingled emotions it stirs within
us! The questioning countenances of
the worshippers form a human mosaic
’hat no pen can etch. Here we behold
the pain-lined features of men and
women who have known deep agony
°f the spirit during the past year.
There we see the tell-tale traces of
remorse in faces laved with hot tears,
nute evidence of grief stoically borne.
Here and there we hear a stifled sob,
md in many eyes, stripped of their
ake-believe, we can read the sad tale
f foiled dreams and of broken hopes.
The deepest fathoms of man’s being
are laid bare on this solemn day.
Throughout the year we are a group
f struggling mortals, hurtled from
tale to tide in the manifold streams of
hfe. But today the soul’s white pin-
s propel us all into the same spir-
waters—the Stream of God. Here
^he outspread sails of our spirit are
wafted forward by gentle breezes that
"the us like the seraph-breath of
angels. \\ e feel that life’s precious
is being towed by a higher pow-
into its own home port, and our
gaze searchingly for the light-
c that will illuminate the path to
otul’s strand. Tensely, unyield-
*ng as the oak, we steer our bark into
the channel that leads to God’s harbor.
Lr 1 when it seems that adverse winds
arc driving us back, we cry out: God,
"" , we are frail, we are weak; alone
are helpless, groping, rudderless.
• God, God, help us, answer us. . . .
Verily, He never fails to answer the
soul’s deep longing for spiritual fel
lowship with Rim. O Seeker, the quest
for God is never in vain! The soul that
pleads for the clasp of His eternal em
brace is never left empty. In search
ing for the Divine, O Seeker, thou wilt
become divine. Light comes to the
God-hungry spirit in precisely the
same manner that the radiant dawn
comes to the bosom of the star-stud
ded night. Imperceptibly, softly, out
of the cosmic silence it flows into our
being, and the eye which a moment
ago could not penetrate the dark
gloom now beholds a tiny grey streak
which grows whiter and broader as it
marches down from heaven to earth.
The human heart that needs God will
never find that need unfilled. As He
comes on wings of light to ope a
highway for the sunrise, so He opens
the portals of our spirit with His spir
itual light and makes the shadows
recede.
Rosh Hashanah! Another year gone
into the caravan of the past. Ah! may
the new year be like the dawn that
follows the night! May it enable us to
guide our bark into God’s harbor! The
swan song of the fleeting years holds
no dread for us if we string them into
a necklace to adorn us when we stand
before the throne of God. There are
no dying years for hearts that reach
out for the Eternal Spirit. They are
merely stepping-stones on which we
march from the dim haze of earthly
existence to the blue heights of life
eternal.
D. T. Sutherland Machine Works & Foundry
Long Distance Phone 114
BAINBRIDGE, GA.
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New Year Greeting*
The Citizens Bank & Trust Co.
BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA
OFFICERS
II. L. (JANS, President MAX KWILECKI, Vice-President
J. B. EHRLICH, Vice-President
E. F. VICKERS, Cashier \V. N. HILTON, Asst. Cashier
Capital ... . ... SUM),000.00
Surplus 20.000.00
Stockholder!*' Additional
Liability $100,000.00
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,\eir Year Greetings
First National Bank
BAINBRIDGE, GA.
Capital and Surplus Over $200,000.00
Depository for
United States Government Bankruptcy Court Funds
United States Post Office Funds
United States Postal Savings Funds
Depository for the State of Georgia
Depository for the City of Bainbridge
WE WELCOME YOUR ACCOUNT
E. J. PERRY, President J. M. SIMMONS, Vice-Pres.
J. J. WALTERS, Cashier
E. J. PERRY. JR.. Asst. Cashier
Bainbridge State Bank j
Capital $100,000.00
Surplus and Pro fils $ 100,000.00
BAINBRIDGE, GA.
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New Year Greetings
PHONE 36
Austin Auto Supply Co.
TIRES — DIAMOND —TUBES
Batteries — Gulf Products — Accessories
Cor. Broughton & West Bainbridge, Ga.
Netv Year Greetings
CALLAHAN THEATRE
WALTER J. BRACKIN, Owner
BAINBRIDGE, GA.