Graham guardian., 1897-10-22


ment Of the Day ofatonement.
KNOWN & the class of men hs
bad 10 deal with Moses could not
help taking the most vigorous,
, awe-lnspiring and fearereating
measures. Would they else have
minded his advice? Indeed mot.
Hence the terrible Injunction in al
most every law that an unforgiv-
ing Jehova would d cal out instant
death to those who disobeyed his
commands.
oRIGrAE or THE CONFESSION or SIN.
Mental fear ofthat unseen Entity
ana OF Its supernatural dolngs
which a primitive mind could not
grasp, were Moses most powerful
aiiies for the observance of that
most awe-inspiring of all days of
contrition, the Yom Kippur.
But he had to give them some.
thing tangiable, whereby they
could see the purport of their CON.
fessions, and that their sins were
lifted from their shoulders and
loaded upon some cursed object. so
he chose an animai-a sacrifice to
Jehoya; in this instance a kid.
which after beng burdened with
Its terrible load, was by the priests
cursed and turned loose into the
desert and to perdition.
Though very primitive, this
purging of sins is in purport and
principle the same as the confession
OF SINS OF to-day, The forerunRer
and origin of which lt was. Long
ages and theis civilizlng inglaeneo
have merely wrought a change
more appropriate 70 civilized.
mentally more elevated, thought-
full, minds.
OBSERVANCE OF THE pAr.
Denuded from its nntiouated
ceremoniais and customs. the OH
servance OF the day is almost hike
it was thousands of years ago. OF
course there is no holy temple. mo-
altar of sacrifice with its franklin
,ense and myrrh, no holy Of holies
With its gorgeously robcd high
priest and has assistants. Bot il
S picturesque none tho less; pleas
ng to the eye here, awful there.
md the impression the service
reates is SO different from what
'ur daily routine and enstomes
would suggest that upon entering
n orthodox synagogns one thinks
himself transplsntca 20 some mytkr
cal sphere of the long ago.
To begin with, ths orthodox
ew spends the entire swcnty-four-
ours from SUNSET until
unset at prayer @ the
ouse of worship. and the
ltra orthodox pet only remain,
here all night and aM day, but
hey remain standing sa their feet
he entire time. The foo&gear iss
iscarded, and the xfrsmss and
rayer mantle fTaeAEiiim sisG
'allith, both q pnezus to the
rthodox bridegrpeza fren hiss
ride on their weaaszg dayY are
onned. For on THIS day above
u others the tras beEssysr- has
yer in bis mind aha -me~eutsg
lori"--from dasl TO auxx-
PRAYING m EEazx szssasnS
You may we'll ba surpwssad suai
wc-struck when, en4a1ng IN apon,
ne congregation, ySR kahold the
undreds Of wbileSxsk.na. skIss-.
lpped MEN, listening Arssshlessfy
the words OF zhS esmfor, audn
any fearful fsce issysifaed inn
70 3ehgEs- when to-
le almost thunderSng times of
rgan and choir sSe -Kna Eidrehs
ngs through the Az1se, or the
rrible reminder rrsessns their
Irs from the AizsezzH ~On Roshs
ashana thy fats n rrrzxdra and
Yom KsPPur a N Sraled.
neither at be lite 20 tAss ar death.
neither a natural sssah or one by
re, water, fsmxre gx war;, OF
hen the organ Prss2s scrth the.
Ne-anachno Korrxsa. usnishiacbe-
m, umoudim," xra al present
ice and only ouce flzzxgAoat the
EAR, mind yos--staaw sAesaselvcs
their knees BRsE 1Esii faces.
UGH the ioor ans EnAa, like .,
'omise offorgisrnSSrnna sxbalant,
70 "Lifneh Mehgsr&r' Elds them
Sc, prayer and resaaxse having
lined the victnIy WAX more.
Such is the tale al Youa Kippur-
II has long bsca sn! sgen ques-
On with the mnsE srE6rzned ele-
emit among the Jess whether the,
m mand to s'pzrgs my sour
cans also 10 do Nahcxt food and
ink for twensy 4sanrr hours,
here are those agraaays who
II it an ansipnsand eaFsmonial to
} without food. yrs by long odds
e majority docs Roa allow any
ing to pass thsST Ers and spend
9 day in prayer and eoAsFtaion.