The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-10-07
PEOPLES
Sermon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL.
Pastor Brooklyn
Tabernacle

Brooklyn, N. Y, October 2--PaStor
Russell of the Brooklyn Tabernacle
addressed a large and very attentive
audience today at 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
tan 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 such 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,
unscriptural views.
Q) The agnostic Jew not only dis
putes the Bible as an authority on the
subject, but, in addition, admits to
himself that If the shedding Of blood,
If the sacrifices commanded by the
Levitical code for Sin Atonement be
admitted to be right and necessary, It
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 to certain specified conditions or
else 1t could not be made at all. The
loss of the Ark of the Covenant con-
tanning 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 specifically made to God,
only by a priest who could show his
luctkc dS u sui VI AuIOu.
C2) Since the destruction of Jerusalem
A. d. 20, the Jewish nation has been |
scattered and devastated by their foes
some of these, alas. claiming to be |
Christians and dishonoring the name
of Jesus! AS a result all official rec
ords and genealogies Of the Jewish |
people are broken. vttiated. destroyed. |
Undoubtedly there are numerous de-
scendants from Aaron living today; but, |
since they cannot prove their descent
they are absolutely forbidden to at
tempt to make a 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 to have lost con-
f1dence In the Mosaic arrangement, but |
to have lost faith entirely In a personal |
God. We hope and believe that many
of these are sincere and viii be blessed |
and assisted back to faith shortly and |
to a better understanding of the holy
Scriptures and of Gods dealings with |
their nation.
Jewish Atonement a Farce.
In view of what we have said, all |
must see that II would be impossible |
for the Jews properly to observe the /
.Atonement Day, having no priest nor
other facility necessary TO the require
ments 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 iguratively acknowledges that |
the merit of the previous sacrifice has
expired. he fasts. He prays, accord
ing to the original program But be |
has no priest No bullock is slain for |
the sins of the tribe Of Levi No goat |
is slain for the sins of the other tribes /
And no blood is taken into the Most
Holy to make an Atonement Not |
only have they no priest to oficiate,
but they have no mercy-seat Some
of them wiring the neck Of a rooster. /
swinging IT over the head three times.
But this was not the sacrifice of the |
Day Of Atonement and could not take
its place.
we buOuAu uoL DG ulLsuuueIcbUOu Us Il
holding up the Jew 10 ridicule. Quite
TO the contrary, we sympathize with |
him We appreciate his reverence for
the Divine Law and his desire for fell
lowship with God In the cleansing of
his sins. We would. however, suggest
10 them that nothing is TO be gained
by deceiving themselves and each 9TH
er into the supposition that their
Atonement Day brings them any relief
or harmonizes them In any sense Of
the word with the Almighty. What
they do is a mere farce. The sooner
this be acknowledged the sooner VIII
their honesty in the matter bring them
into the proper condition OF heart 20
recognize that the sins Of more than
eighteen centuries rest upon them IN
cancelled and that this is the explana-
ton Of the calamities that have be
fallen them
When Israelites come properly TO IN
derstand the situation. they VIII see
that all their hopes center IN Mes
slabs Kingdom Messiah r. not only
the great King typihed By David and
Solomon. but he f. also the great J
d. s---Eac.a - A,r~, 1~a Nora urr.