The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-03
PEOPLES
Sermon by |
CHARLES II
RUSSELL.
Pastor Brooklyn
Tabernacle

Brooklyn. n. Y. october 2.-Pastor
Russell of the Brooklyn Tabernacle
addressed large and very attentive
audience today Mt the Academy OF Mu-
sic from the above text He said
Ours is a day in which, more than
ever before. the statement of our text
Is disputed -disbelieved-by Jews, Gen.
tiles and Christians. The great Chris
tfan author, St Paul, agrees exactly
with the words OF Moses in our text,
saying. without the shedding OF
blood there is no remission of sins"
hebrews tx, 22,. The orthodox Jew
and the orthodox Christian. therefore,
are In substantial agreement as to the
foundation OF things and the unortho-
dox are In agreement of opposition.
The latter agree that there is no neces.
sity for Sin Atonement-that the later
thought OF all the wise men Of the
earth, the greatest ministers and rab-
bis, is that there Is no snch thing as
Original Sin; hence could be no such
thing as necessity for cancelling it-of
making an atonement or satisfaction
TO Justice on behalf OF it. Two things
have contributed to these unorthodox,
unscrlptural views.
~ The agnostic jew not only dis
putes the Bible as an authority on the
subject but, in addition, admits to
himself that II the shedding OF blood.
Eif the sacrifices commanded by the
Levitical code for Sin Atonement be
admitted to lie right and necessary. II
would Involve the thought that the
Jewish people have had no Sin Atone.
ment In any sense OF the word for
more than eighteen centuries. because
, Sin Atonement must be made accord.
ing 10 certain specified conditions or
d else It couthy poi -beh made at all. The
loss of ;he Ark OF the Covenant con.
tsinlng the Law, and covered by the
mercy seat. -was one of'these disasters.
The destruction OF Jerusalem, the City
OF the great King, was another. and.
above all, the Law required that the
sacrifices should be killed. and the
presentations sacriflclally made TO God.
only by priest who could show his
lineage as a son OF Aaron.
(2) Since the destruction OF Jerusalem
A. d. 10, the Jewish nation has been
scattered and devastated by their foes
home of these, alas. claiming to be
Christians and dishonoring the name
or Jesus! As result all official rec
ords and genealogies OF the Jewish
people are broken. yitiated. destroyed
Undoubtedly there nre numerous de-
scendants from Aaron living today; but,
since they cannot prove their descent,
they are absolutely forbidden 10 at.
tempt 10 make Sin Atonement on the
Atonement Day. Viewing the matter
from this standpoint the unorthodox
Jew feels all the more inclined TO re.
pudiate the necessity for any Sin
Atonement. Alas, indeed. many Of
them seem not only 10 have lost con.
ndence Ia the Mosaic arrangement, but
, TO have lost faith entirely in personal
God. We hope and believe that many
OF these are sincere and will be blessed
and assisted back 10 faith shortly and
to better understanding of the holy
Scriptures and OF Gods dealings with
tneir nation.
Jewish tAtonement a Farce.
In view Of what we have said. all
must see that 1t would be impossible
toV the Jews properly to observe the
Atonement Day. having no priest nor
other facility necessary to the require.
lnents Of the Law. Nevertheless, an out.
ward show of ceremony is kept up. On
the proper Atonement Day of their year,
the Tenth Day OF the Seventh Month.
the Jew hguratively acknowledges that
the merit of the previous sacrifice has
expired. He fasts. He prays, accord.
Ing TO the original program. But he
has no priest No bullock IL slain for
the sins Of the tribe OF Levi. No goat
Is slain for the slns of the other tribes,
And no blood Is taken into the Most
Holy to make an Atonement. Not
7 only have they no priest 10 otllciate,
but they have no mercy.seat. Some
Of them wiring the neck Of rooster,
swinging IL over the head three times.
But this was not the sacrifice OF the
Day Of Atonement and could not take
= its place.
We should not be misunderstood as
holding up the Jew TO ridicule. Quite
70 the contrary, we sympathize with
him. We appreciate his reverence for
the Divine Law and his desire for fel.
lowship with God In the cleansing of
Ills sins. We would. however, suggest
10 them that nothing Is 10 be gained
d, by deceiving themselves and each 9th
N or Into the suppositlon that their
Atonement Day brings them any relief
or harmonizes them IN any sense OF
q the word with the Almighty. What
they do IL a mere farce. The sooner
this be acknowledged the sooner will
their honesty 10 the matter bring them
lsto the proper condition OF heart to
recognize that the sins Of more than
eighteen centuries rest npon them IN
cancelled and that this Ia the explains.
tion OF the calamitles that have hr
fallen them
When lsraeliles come properly 10 IN
defstand the situation. they VIII see
fllet all their hopes cenler IN Mes
siah's Kingdom. Messiah IL nor only
the great King typlned BY David and
eOlomon. hut he In also the great