Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-10-09
Day of Atonenent.


which was filed to its utmost capacity,were
very impressive. The Introductory hymn,
20 day of God! thou com'st and my he art
is alarmed" was rendered beautifully by
the choir, and melted many in the audience
to tears. After the recital of the prayers,
partly in Hebrew and partly in English,
Rab' / Schrieber preached the Service OF
the high priest in the holy of holiest," in
English. The sermon, couched in elegant
language, delivered with great force and en-
thusiasm, stirred the hearts of the devout
worshippers and was generally pronounced
masterpiece of eloq uence. Although 1t is
impossible to do justice to the Doctors
grand effort in short synopsis, we will en-
deavor to point out some of the most strik
ing ideas. The SACRIFICED and saceido
service in the Temple of Jerusalem is a
thing of the past, never to be restored, but
the lessons it conveys are still important.
The whole community of Israel is the high
priest, and like him each Israelite should
enter at least "once year. into the "holy
OF holiest," into the innermOst recesses of
his heart and remove the thick veil which
hides them from the eyes OF man. The
high priest had to atone at first for his own
slust tucu lOI thOoO Vi his houSShoiut
and then for Israel at large. He
was not considered free OF foibles
or infallible; thus each Is,ae!ite
should bear in mind that he Is in need of
atonement, no matter how good and righte-
GUS he may be. But the consciousness of
guilt, and even confession are not su fficient.
Repentance, that is sorrow and pain on ac-
count Of sin, are the frst steps towards
atOnement. 1t would not do to compromise
with our evil doings, to excuse every wrong
committed by ourselves and to condemn the
same acts in others. stricken conscience
is far:preferable to no conscience. AS the
ary had to remove his golden garments and
put on linen cloth, the white garment of in
nocence and humility. SO we too should
throw away the outward splendor, the gilt
ence and standing in the exercise outside of
the sanctuary in worldly and social affairs.
but which are of no avail in the Holy OF
Holes" s, The most 6Iv ferven' prayers the
outward, snowy piety and SO called
righteousness are OF little value and mere
lip-service, when tley cannot bring to the
candor, truth, openheartedness, humanit.
morality, in short the essence and kernel of
religion, or, as the Bible poetically puts it,
"the image OF God in man," He who thinks
that fasting and praying without q thorough
reparation and amendment of conduct will
make better man of him Is not unlike that
good patient, who, instead OF taking the
medicine prescribed for him kept the pre- |
quently read it. Deed, action, good work
are the only means of true atonement. The |
Prophet Isaiah defines atonement thus: |
Wash, purify yourselves, put away your |
i6 But This is only the negative side, for
not to be criminal does not yet constitute |
OF ethics Therefore the prophet |
continues in pointing out the positive side |
tice, relieve the oppressed, plead the cause
of the orphan and widow" Learn to do
good" for virtue must be taught and often
practicee, in order TO become, as 1t were.
second nature. What an important
example win teach not mere words and les
sons in the Sunday-school. Relieve the
raise him before he has fallen
into the abyss of degradation; before he has
become beggar or criminal.
The last ceremony of the High Priest con-
sisted in the offering OF the incense in the
Holy of the Holiest." One Of the eleven
lngredl lents of the incense was the poisonous
gaIbanum, whic made the service in the
= Holy of the Holiest" dangerous for the
High Priest The galbanum explained the
ralmud. was typical OF the wicked, who
were also forgiven and atoned, when they
repented and amended their conduct, and
therefore in spite of its bad odor it could
not be dispensed with in the preparation of
the incense, Even SO the service OF all
hose noble High Priests In HOLY OF the
Holiest" of mankind. of all the courageous
apostles of truth and justice. who had bold
" dared to enter into the sanctuary OF the
temple of humanity. Aye, and to
work in the cause of human pro.
gress, sof liberty, of alleviltion of
,he human race, has been from time imme-
mortal aud always will be a most dangerous
one, full of .perils and disappoint'
nent. For poisonous arrows of .des-
potism, tyranny and fauaticism.
ne galbanum OF hatred, envy,
malice, alumny-in short, all the danger
1us weapons of the powers of darkness
we're and are still used against them. Oh,
how many of those high priests of human
ty, perished while performing their holy
service, have suffered martyrdom and
leath. And yet the galbanum is also
needed; it helps indirectly towards estab-
ishing the Kingdom of God on earth; 1t
,rouses the better elements to action, an
IN, on they move in the great car of pro-
yress.
To-day the service begins at 9 o'clock, p
w. In the forenoon Dr. Sch -eiber will lee
ure in English on the text: "behold the
ire, behold the wood; bit where is the
amb for the burnt offering?"-Gen. XXI. z.
After the sermon memorial service for fhe
lead will be held. At 4 O'Clock the Doctor
will lecture in German.