An Impossible Substitution

And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Oh, this people have Sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin, -- and if not, blot me, I pray out of thy book which thou hast written. And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sin­ned against me, him will I blot out of my book. Ex. 32:31-33 Amazing prayer! Blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book! Some such prayer as the apostle to the gentiles, cen­turies after, could conceive of sending to the...