i n g—"To straddle with the feet too much to one side, and so deeline towards it a declining ordeflection from duty and t r u t h ." The word is rendered "falsehood" in Job 21:34. This word makes sin yet blacker. It is employed to describe the sin of Achan (.Joshua 7:1), for he was unfaithful to his trust in tak- ing to his own use what Jehovah had consecrated to Himself. Under the law, if an Israelite sinned, committed a tres- pass against the Lord, ignorantly, in the holy things (Lev. 5:15, 16), or if he tres- passed against the Lord i n deceiving his neighbor (Lev. 6 4 :2-7), then he had to make amends according to the Lord's directions, but in each case there had to be a trespass- offering, by means of which the priest had to " m a ke an a t o n eme n t" for the offender, and then, when atonement was made, his trespass " s h a ll be forgiven h i m " (Lev. 5:16; 6:7). No atonement, no forgiveness. VI—OFFENCE, OR SINS OF OMISSION. The one sentence which sums up the meaning of the word "trespassed" (Lev. 5:19), and which is rendered "offend" (Hosea 4:15), "found guilty" (Hosea 10: 2), is, "Though he wist it not, yet is he g u i l t y" (Lev. 5:17). Ignorance does not free the offender from guilt. The word
is rendered "trespass-offering" twenty- one times in the book of Leviticus, and is translated " s i n" in speaking of Christ being made " a n offering for sin" (Isaiah 53:10). These words remind us of the New Testament sentence, " H e hath made Him to be sin for u s " (2 Cor. 5:21). We can not understand. the deep mystery of Christ being made sin for us, but we ac- cept its reality. VII—BURDEN. The Hebrew word '"amal" gives the consequences of sin, rather than its na- ture. It is rendered " t o i l" in Genesis 41:51, "wickedness" in Job 4:8, "trouble" in Job 5:7, "miserable" in Job 16:2, "mischief" in Psalm 10:7, "pain" in Psalm 25:18, "labour" and "travail" in Ecelestiastes 1:3; 2:10, 11, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24; and "iniquity" in Hab. 1:13. All this goes to show the toil and misery of sin; the pain it ministers to and the sorrow it causes. The word is applied to Christ in speaking of " t h e travail of His s o u l" (Isaiah 53:11). Park- hurst says of the word, "Afflictive labour, toil, travail, weariness, irksomeness, which one endures oneself. Also what occasions toil or irksomeness to another, or, in our old English phrase, what irketh h i m ."
O l ) e Ì S M b l e C o n f e r e n c e ,
The Third Annual Bible Conference was by f ar the best we have ever held. There was strong helpful teaching at every session. The topics for considera- tion at the afternoon conferences were ably presented and practically discussed. Dr. Marsh gave us ten addresses on the Atonement, illumining that glorious theme in a masterful manner. Mr. Hurl- burt burned his message into the hearts of his hearers as he opened to us the First Epistle of John. There was not a single message that was not scriptural, spiritual and helpful. Brothers Sherman of Sacramento, and Buell of Santa Paula,
and our own brethren, Kellogg, Davis, Habbick, Prichard, Tucker, P r a tt and Hadden ministered to us blessed messages which will bear fruit while the Lord tarries. Wm. Sloan, our oil field evangelist, in an illustrated lecture, brought the field before our eyes and gave us new inspira- tion for prayer for the many men who are without the Gospel save as our brother bears it to them. We rejoice in the bond of fellowship that united so many hearts during these days of privilege and are already planning for a greater and better Conference next year.
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