The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-10-23

~ III one Would appreciate the full
force of this argument, he should read
carefully my Quarterly article. As very
few of the readers of THE UNIVERSAL
IsT land the same of the LEADER, have
access to the Quarterly, will repeat a
few of my arguments. First, it is alb
solutely certain, that in the latter part
of chapter nine, the author of Hebrews
is discussingt The relation of the Jewish
high priest to Christ, the one the type,
and the other the antique; and is
comparing the services OF the high
priest, at the~annual atonement, with
the death of Christ, his ascension to
heaven, and his second advent. The
high priest, entering the most holy
place, represents the death and Assem-
sion of Chr;st-the first by "blood not
his own )" the last by His own blood"
This comparison is kept up till we
reach verse 81, and is resumed after
verse 28. l insist, therefore, that the
same subject is contained in these two
verse s; and that, unless the author
reasons very awkwardly, the men ap-
pointed to die were the high priests
for the entering of the high priests into
the most holy place, by the blood of
the sacrifices, as it represented the death
of Christ by his own blood, was consid-
cred kind of death, and this is the
kind the men were appointed to die.
This death was a kind of Offering;
hence the comparison so Christ was
offered; an absurdity, if the other was
not an offering; and the common death
of men is not such, be it natural or
moral death.
(5) Not only is the comparison of
the high priest and Christ kept up to
the 9th verse, and resumed after the
2Sth; but certainly one side of the
comparison lis continued in the two
verses, thus: $50 Christ was once Of
fered," etc. And every particular here
brought to view-the offering-the of
feriDg for sins the sins of many-the
looking for him-the temperance
withouta sin offering-uptos salvation
was attended by similar things, on the
atonement day, in connection with the
duties of the high priest. Can it be
possible, then, that the men appointed
to die were not the high priests And
with equal emphasis l would ask, Can
it be possible that, in the next verse,
the words ''they offered" referring to
the annual atonement, and the duty of
the high priests, have any other refer
ence than to the men appointed, alluded
to in the preceding passage
Perhaps it may be objected, that the
antecedent is far from the pronoun that
stands for it. Better be far before the
pronoun than shorter distance after.
for an antecedent should antecede, when,
if placed after, it does not. And be-
sides, there is nothing between 'tthey
offered" and "the men appointed"
that can possibly be the anteeedent;
and hence no ambiguity arises from the
distance. And again, that which comes
between does not admit of any less
space for the whole of verse % is oc-
cupied by passage that could not well
be shortened. The circumstance here
alluded to may be urged as one of the
proofs that Paul was the author Of this
book, for he dictated his letters so rap
Idly that near related words and clauses
are often far separated.
t6) But that the author continues
the same subject, after the 2Sth verse,
he has indicated by the word a'for -
For the law having shadow of good
things about to come," etc. The things
mentioned and implied in verse 2z, are
matters Of the law that make the shad-
ow and verse 2S describes the good
things about to come, thus Swallowed
forth. The appearance of Jesus the
second time, the principal of these, is
often said to be about 10 come.
NtJ DCAUAc jcdNlllS Iu0 WOfuS, -tuty
offered" l wish the reader to notice
one important circumstance, to show
that this clause could not refer to the
worshipers, but must refer to the high
priests. 1t is the effect that was ex-
pected to follow the service alluded to
by the words, 'they offered" 1t was
to make perfect the worshipers, or, as it
is expressed in the next verse, to purge
or cleanse them. What the people did
in furnishing the animals, could do
nothing toward this result. The priests
must be clad with their pontifcal robes
must die the saeriicial death by blood
not their own--must enter the most
holy place, and come out again to those
looking for them-must place the sins
of all the people on the head of the
scape-goat, and send it away into the
wilderness this was necessary to
the result. How preposterous to sup
pose this accomplished by simple
mention of the worshipers
That the priests are meant, is further
indicated by the mention of bulls and
goats, which were the animals sacri-
feed at the annual atOnement and