The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-10-02

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Lord began the sacrificing. and IN ac-
ceptihg believers as his members. Il is
ON condition that they will be sanctl-
feed. separated from the world, aud
present their bndies living sacrifices
Thus the saints throughout this Gospel
Age h1vr been suffering with their
Lord aud Head aud. as 81. Paul de
clHrpS. "illing IN that which Is be-
hind If the afli tlonS Of Christ (Colos-
SLAMS i. III. The merit is In the sacrifice
OF their Lord. but he passes that merit
through the believers OF this GOSPEL
Axe. 10 the intent that they may share
i'm the glnrieS and hOnOrs Of his Mil
lennial Kingdom, which will be estab-
llshed as soon as the last member OF
This Body" shall have finished the suf-
feringS Of the Christ.
ST. Paul. after pointing out the typ
ical Sln-utferings under the Jewish ar
raagemept. shows US that the sacri-
fees NJ Christ and the Church are the
antiques of these sin-offerings-Oner
ed year by year under the Jewish econ
omy. Those he styles the "better sac.
ri6ceS than these" Hebrews TX. 23l.
The Day Of Atouement.
We are at the time " the year when
Il Hebrew fellow-citizens are accus-
toned to celebrate their great bay Of
Atonement. They celebrate II. how
ever, in Il meaningless manner Those
of them who are acquainted with
the facts know that the whole proce-
dure is a farce. In the confusion
which God has permitted to come upon
them they have no Priest. Since their
rejection of Messiah their priestly rec
ords are lost. so that no jew In the
world can make claim to the position
of High Priest Or dare to perform the
functions Of High Priest in connection
with the Day of Atonement sacrifices.
They have no Tabernacle or Temple,
nor dare they erect one; for if one
were consecrated, an unauthorized
priest would risk his life In attempting
to pass through the Second Vel into
the Most Holy.
As a consequence our Hebrew
friends deserve our sympathy. The
tenth day OF the seventh month was
their appointed Day of Atonement. BY
the sacrifices of that day. properly per-
formed. reconciliation for their iniqui.
ties was made for the ensuing year. at
the end Of which they would again be-
come unclean aud need anoth Atone
ment Day, As the Apostle saCs, the
arrangement God made for them for
the forgiveness Of sins was year by
year continually" and the yearly repe-
tition indicated that the sins were not
really cancelled, but merely covered
for the year.
II is a part of Divine providence that
our Hebrew friends have no Priest
and that no sin-atonethent sacrifice is
possible. Now when the anniversary
of the Day Of Atonement comes they
bemoan their sins and fast and pray;
but they have no Priest to offer the
bullock Of a sin-otfering and then to
take IFS blood into the Holy and Most
Holy and to sprinkle the same for the
cleansing of the priestly tribe. They
have no Priest later on to come and
take the goats s%iD-oGering and do with
il as he did with that Of the bullock,
taking its blood into the Most Holy
and s%prinkling the Mercy Seat for all
the other eleven tribes Of Israel. The
Priest does not com out of the Holes
to bless them, as of yore. and to tell
them that their sins are forgiven
through the merit of the sacrifcial
blood. No. After waiting the entire
day. and knowing that they have no
Q.eviticus xvii. When he assembled upon
Priest. no Advocate. no lnt%ercessor, no
S%im-bearer. ut the close Of their Atone
ment Day they endeavor to be cheerful
and happy and to suppose their sins
forgiven; or, rather, they eudeavor to
forget all about the matter in worldll-
ness.