Meditation ,for ,the New Year—From Union . Prayer. Book
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The solemn advent of the new
year calls Me, 0 God, to the quiet
of Thy sanctuary to commune with
Thee in fellowship With myibreth-
ren. Here, under the inspiration of
our sacred traditions, I !would
open my innermost self to those
deeper thoughts and feelings which
I have only too -often Shut from
my mind and heart in my day-by-
day preoccupation with worldly ,
pursuits and pleasures. May a real
responsiveness of spirit be stirred
within me and •may _ I be enabled
to consecrate my mood of the
moment by influences and senti-
ments that will outlast the mom-
ent:
Do Thou, Almighty, help me to
this end. Quicken my memory that
I may draw leisons from the past
before the old year is wholly gone.
Give me of Thy light that I may
see my varied- experiences in their
true meaning. As I look backward,
may there be revealed to me how
much richer, how much - more
abundant mere my blessingS than
my privations, and how even my
losses, my trials, my sorrows had
within themselves the possibili-
ties of higher gooli. And even
more, I pray Thee, teach, me how
small and insignificant were many
of the things ,, which at the time
seemed all impartint, and how
needlessly I permitted my soul
. to be troubled sorely and myyheart
• to be fretted by _cares which
proved to be of no moment. - Bring
home to me the folly and futility
of all this, and the nedd of 'ever
holdina before myself the stand-
ard of true Values—Let no self
deception hide from me the rec-
ord of sin 'and shortcoming, of op-
portunities neglected, of time mis-
spent, of abilities and powers per-
verted to lower purposes against
my own better impulses and know-
ledge.
0 Thou who knowest the secrets
of the heart, make all this to pass
in solemn review before my inner
vision. Arouse my conscience to a
deep sense of guilt and inspire
and strengthen my will to high
and ho_y resolves. Grant that, like
Jacob of old, wrestling with the
adversary in the dark, I may not
let the departing go from me un-
til I shall have wrested a. bless-
ing from kts trials and mistakes.
And 0 that I may also be en-
abled by Thy divine grace to turn
into blessing the possibilities of
the new year which stretches out
before me in solemn mystery! Let
its message of time and eternity
make me indeed mindful of the
uncertainity of human life and
the passing nature of all things
earthly—but let not the thought
of my frailty awaken unwhole-
some fear of death or unworthy
thoughts of life. Imbue me with
the conviction that my times are in
'Thy hands,. that Thou wilt be with
me withersoever I may go and
that, relying on Thy wise" and
loving providence, may face
the -unknown future with courage
and hope.
Trustfully' I confiee myself and
those dear to me to Thy keeping
for the year upon which we are
now entering. We are strangers to
it and know not the way which
we should go. We need Thy light
and leading. Guide Thou is in
paths of safety for : Thy name's
sake. Bless us in our home and in
all our wider relationship's, sanct-
ifying our affections, strengthen-
ing our loyalties and eplarging our
powers of helpfulness.
As I implore Thee to inscribe
me in the book of life, help me
Mosleyitee- Fascist
Meeting. Broken Up
LONDON (JTA) -- Three men
were treated in hospital, and one
man was arrested, after a crowd of
about 400 personk broke up a meet-
ing Monday of Sir Oswald Mos-
ley's Union movement, a Fascist
group, on the Brighton seashore.
The rostrum and loudspeaker equip-
ment were smashed and the speak-
er was knocked to the ground. -
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, August 28, 1964 51
CONGREGATION
13/NAI ISRAEL
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work of our hands—yea, the work
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Amen.
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