The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-10-10
YcM K!P?pR.
Ths J.wish Day of a,onemen!
Came 10 Ga EL- Yesterday,
4 Short Histcr. Of ihs Holiday, its
Origin, Observance and Other
Facts Connected With II.

Last evening closed the Jewish holida
known az Yom Kippur, or the day Of atone
ment, which begun on Saturday evening q
sunset and ended last evening at ri,
O'Clock. A Hebrew writer in speaking o
this holiday Gays:
Thus we read in LevIticus concernin,
the origin and institution of this sacret
day: And it shall be unto you for stat
ute forever In the seventh month, on tn.
tenth day Of the month, you shall sfflic
your souls, and do no work at all, the eeni
zen, a. well as the stranger that sojourns Ii
amongst you, for on that day shall ye b
atoned for, TO purify you from all your sins
before The Lord shaIl ye b. purified. The
first among your S-bbsths shall this dsy be
unto you, and you shall affiict your souls.
This is an everlasting statute. And again
ir Lev. 1926, where the Lord directs Muses.
TO speak unto the children Of Israel, re-
garding the observance Of the a.on-rnen.,
we have that terrible threat, that every
soul not afflicted on that same day or fail
ing in its Observance, shall be cast off from
among his people, and every soul that does
any work on that same day, tha, soul shall
be destroyed Israel is furthermore en-
Joined that this takes precedence of all
other Sabbaths, and in its fearful obliga-
tions, from which none is exempt, We have
this day of penance handed down to US ac-
cordinp to tradition, even before the giving
ofthe Law.
Adam did penance ard was pardoned on
this day. Abraham entered the covenant
of the circumcision on this day. Moses, sf-
ter he had broken the first tables, ascended
the mountain again on the first day Of Elul
sixth month, 30 that the second forty
days expired with the Day of Atonemeni,
OH which day the LoId pardoned the peo-
pie and relieved his thirteen attributes.
The Hebre~, therefore, approached this
most important day with mingled feelings
of holy ave.
The PRAYERS consisted chiefly of confession
of sins and utter unworthiness, imploring
the divine mercy to pardon.
The affiiction of the soul BY means Of the
body, according to tradition, consists in ab-
staining from various indulgences, such as
eating and drinking, etc, and total abstin-
ence from evening till the next evening,
with continued prayers.
For the Jew is to divest himself of all
earthly passions, thoughts and considera-
lions, and is 10 prefgure to himself that fu- |
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