By Aaron's work within the holiest propitiation was effected, for the blood was sprinkled on the mercy-seat. Thus the claims of God's holiness were met. The action of the throne in judgment, with which the cherubim were associated, was stayed; and their faces being toward the mercy-seat, they gazed, as it were, on the blood, which never, that we read of, was wiped off or washed away. Provision, as we see, was duly made for the blood to be sprinkled thereon, but nothing was said or provided for obliterating all trace of it afterward. There it remained; and because it had been put there, propitiation was made, and God was seen to be righteous in dealing in grace with sinners :for the action of propitiation is Godward,-the making good the ground on which God can righteously deal in mercy and favor with those who have sinned against Him; but that being made, it is evident that, as far as God's character and nature are concerned, He can righteously deal in grace with all sinners if He can righteously deal in grace with one. Whether all will submit now to God's righteousness is another matter. Propitiation, however, having been once truly made by the blood of Christ, it can avail for the whole world, as John the apostle teaches us."-(From "Atonement as set forth in the Old Testament".)