"On this great and tearful day the angel Samal finds no blots, no sins
on Israel." Thus he addresses the Most High:--
"'O Sovereign Lord, upon the earth this day one nation pure and innocent
exists. Even as the angels is Israel on this Atonement Day. As peace
exists in heaven, so rests it now upon this people, praying to Thy Holy
Name.'
"God hears this testimony of His angel, and pardon's all His people's
sins."
But though the Almighty thus forgives our sins, we may not repeat them
with impunity, for "to such a one as saith, 'I will commit a sin and
repent,' there can be no forgiveness, no repentance."