The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-10-24
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ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA, SATURDAY OCTOBER q. ISL
The Day Il Atonemert.

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Hicnyunc IT Thursday the 22d nlt.--
,)nr ISrnelite friends here celebrated
the day vi h great solemnity. 4
This the most solemn day of tb(
Jewish year. commenced At sunset
N Sunday, and coutinued until
Monday, at the same time. that is
from sunset ON the OH dav Tish,i Il
s,.,,se. IN lie 10 Il. during whicll
time the faithful ci'iltlren Of Israel
,bse,s I'd she Cs,rictext fast, Iseitl,e,
en,in. nor drinking anything during
the, entire. ,wemty-funrs hours. s.,...
The institution of. the day. with
'he rules and ceremonies, may be
found in tile 10th chapter of Levi
.ic,,s IL "a .gt2 H103>s @f
Some Writer'S assert that it wae
originally meant a. 4 temp rary day
,fcxpintinn f,r the sin of the golden
calf. zee Exodus xxxiii, bnt il was
permanently y instituted by Moses as
:. day ofa'oneneut for all sims, III.
great nntionnl day of humiliation,
tne only one commanded in the Mo-
snic has. 4'''s '''' ..''
Other days cf faasing have since
been instituted, winch are nb>erved
~;t', almost ma much rigor bnt thu.
~ the first ordained and the most
',n,mrian'.
S ,n,e consider II rs a commemorsi
si"n Of th" day on wl,;ch Mosel
came down from the ,nnnnt with the
second tables of the law. 5-.t.
In ancient times 'he ceremonies II
hi. day were very a richly observed.
md were very Inbori"us, +s;"c,nlly
i'r the high priest, who had TO pre-,
pare himself during the prevtm.
seven days in solitary meditations
and prayers, keeping away all that
might disturb his devotions. These
.h,s.-rvanres have been much sin,pli
led by the changed circumstances oi
the "ch''>en people" and have also
been modified by the advance If l,b
t,rnl ,dens in The world, ns will be
observed by those who have attend
ell the SERVICES IF the or hotlox aud
the reformed synng"gnes.
1t is kept Ivy alt Isrneli.es ns q sol-
r,nn Sabbath !; all work IL set aside,
aud they ar.. c.'.nnm.4r1ed "tO afflict
'h.,r souls. "'nnhtr p.ii, If being" chi
IT fr"'" among the people" l, isos
his day only that the ,..i.,h priest is
permitted to enter INTO the Holy ot
Hn.lts. ;1 @e+
In u" city il, the United States is
tie fast more r,g"l'y o. more "a, pro-
observed tI,nn by. nr fellow
:it.ze.. "f ia" Jewish faith .EmIy
evening they gathered 10
heir different places of Worship, the
i'd and the young, until each synn.
,";,ne Was cr"w.icd will, the desont.
the rere,u"nies, .'h. procession, fro,u
he II '!y "f Ho'.i.'s to the choir,
x,,h the tablet "f Moses, and their
'et"r" to the ve~try place, the psalms
md prayers, with "rni instruction by
he rnhbl>, we're all observed With
he most profound devotion, an,l all
!ay lony yesterday the attendance
sas tqnal TO that Of the evening pre-.
lions. hl
TO the Israe'ites who observe their
'elig.on, and follow the light wbic,
las guided th.i f"refa,lsers through
lges past, the occasion is one for tin.
discipline Of self-,estraint III regard
=" worldly ininIstnres, and for
bringing home to their minds the
ruth that man does not live by
'read alone, bnt BY whatever God is
'leased I" appoint.
The prayers proper for the day are
nr the forgiveness 1T sns past and
IT life in the :nture. and
re SAID, not with any vainglorions
nel'n: "f st.lf-imporiance, but solely
n aet,-nl,nce on the 60 ,dnes, Of
I'D. II il OF u broad aud national
!"rac;er, aud is properly regarded
> II Fl preparat'o" for the rejoicing
: the inga,hering Of the fruits Of the
arth in the Feast of the TaberLa-
les, VIII Ct, occurs few days later.