The Day of Atonement; Bible Herald; Application of the Red Heifer As a Type

I do not at all accept the exposition of the Bible Herald. You might as well say the great day of atonement was for those already cleansed. Besides, the anointing the leper was not recalling the sealing of the Holy Ghost to mind, but doing the thing when he was cleansed: he had never been anointed before, and the blood put upon him was the ground of its being done. It is an old interpretation, I judge, and a false one. Besides it confounds everything, imputation and uncleanness with loss of communion. The red heifer is the rite that refers to restoration, nor is it a question of discipline - which is for restoration, not for cleansing by blood.
Dublin, June.