THE SCAPEGOAT 



" And Aaron shall put on the holy linen coat .... and shall be girded 

 with the linen girdle .... with the linen mitre shall be attired .... and 

 he shall take two goats and present them before the Lord at the door or the 

 tabernacle of the congregation. 



" And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats ; one lot for the Lord and 

 the other lot for Azazel. . . . And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which 

 the Lord's lot fell and offer him for a sin offering. But the goat on which 

 the lot fell to be the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the Lord 

 to make an Atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat unto the 

 wilderness. 



" Then he shall bring the blood or the sin ofiTering and sprinkle it with 

 his finger on the mercy seat .... sprinkle the blood with his fingers seven 

 times .... And so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation .... 

 And he shall go out unto the Altar .... and he shall sprinkle of the blood 

 upon it with his finger seven times and hallow it from the uncleanness ot the 

 people. . . . And when he hath made an end or reconciling .... he shall 

 bring the live goat. And he shall lay both hands on the head or the live goat 

 and confess over him all the iniquities of the Children of Israel and all their 

 transgressions in all their sins putting them upon the head of the goat, and 

 shall send him away by the hand of a fit man to the wilderness. And the 

 goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities to a land not inhabited. . . . And 

 Aaron shall put off the linen garments. . . . And it shall be a sabbath of rest 

 unto you." — Lev. i6. 



SABBATH of rest and peace! 



Perhaps such a tragedy might bring rest 

 and peace in those old days when man's 

 limited life sought shelter, not under the 

 wide canopy of the Universe, but in his 

 own shadow cast upon that Universe. 

 But now, even in these days when only some few of 

 us brave elemental facts, the story of the scapegoat reads 



