The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-07-23

nW! Iou have not tried them.
t You have sent missionaries to
others-oh why not 10 these? Ill
tell you why. 1T is for the lack
Of Fdith in God. You DO not be-
lieve the sublime aud immutaUle
promises Of Jehovah :; you disobey
the commission Of your Lord !:
''Go preach the gospel to ecery
creature p You preach to the
Chinese, but not to the Jews. The
Chinese don't know the Bible; the
Jews DO. | tell you, brethren in
the name Of God. only teach the
Jews their own Bible and they
will find the gospel themselves.
They don't know their own
Scriptures. Lead them into, first,
, the law, tn en- tn c prophets,
then readily will they follow you
into the gospel, and clearly will
they see the Holy One of Isreal
in the despised Jesus The Bible
| IS fuIl Of assurance to this end. 1t
il does not assure us Of the convcr-
! sion of all the GentiIes: but We do
read: "AN Isrcnl shall be saced,"
Is their conversation hard? So is
that Of all the heather. Is their
conversion possible! Appeal to
facts. In Great Britain there are
two hundred Jews preaching the
gospels Of the Messiah, and sever
al thousands trusting in Jesus
Christ: and why? Because they
have missionaries. In Berlin there
are two thousand converted Jews
bankers, officers Of State, doc
tors Of universitles--of all classes
of society ; and not for n0ney, else
why was it not so before? ? but BE-
cause Mey hare missionaries Chris
tians, brethren, you do not trust,
you do not obey the word of your
Master. Why do you not begin at
Jerusalem i" Did Paul ever dare
30 to a city and preach the gospel
without preaching it in the syna-
goguc ?-"to the Jew first" then,
not till thcn, to the Greek. Initiate
him. Oh, brethren in Christ!
preach the good news to my poor,
neglected, but still beloved peo-
pie"
Mr.. Jeager then left the stand,
after saying his heart ':too full to
dwell on the state Of his people"
But he was called back aud re-
quested to give his experience Of
his conversion to Christianity. He
then proceeded about as follows:
Il Was brought up 4 Jew, to
think of the word Of God-the
lag-as my only hope. l expect
cd salvation from 10 other source
than my own obed'encc-the work
Of the law. TO do the law, | must
kno,r it. Then HA5p the law and
be saved was my motto, My re-
ligior was in the brain. But in
the course Of my searchings was
at last led to feel that I had just
as well try TO love the air in breath
or the steam that moves the loco
motive as God (now do not mean
CHRISTI for God is q Spirit. You
can't l0ce God as a Spirit! Now,
TO find Sati$Jactton-peace in doing
the will Of God-that was my con-
stant longing and effort. But new
or, never could l find it. 1t was
like trying to fill a barrel without
a bottom. Man is just spch q
thing, with no good motire-no
principle Of l0ra-as bottom for his
works. At last l became wearied,
worn, tired out of this. Ny re-
solutions aud my works were all
in vain. | conceived a distaste, q
disgust, Tor the Jewish law, as un-
able to inset my wants. Here,
brethren, let me say, the law-the
Pentateuch is surrounded by
wrappings and warpings Of tradi-
tions which not only conceal but
60 contrary to the Will Of God.
So l soor found no reason for not
rejecting tie INV oI tic t&Obis. |
lost all respect for this, and so also
for the law of God. But at the
same time ! voice within-the
voice Of eternal truth-told me it
was still the word Of God, / could
not blot out or get over the his
tory of Isracl-that wonderful,
wonderful history Of Gods dealing
with his chosen r4oo. This per-
picked; I was sorely troubled; |
knew not what to do. | tried TO
master and explain it all-all the
wonderful history and the sublime
doctrines Of the scriiptur9s. yut
these we're mysteries too high for
me, l couldn't reconcile the free
dom Of man 2nd tho sovereignty
Of God. [ tried to make it out
God does it all, and hence l am
not responsible.' But oh! the
mysteries, the impossibilities, that
met me! And right here, breth-
rem, let re say, nothing now
seems to me more inconsistent
than what Judaism is holding,
that nothing is to be 5eZiered that
cannot be coup1ehended. [ tried
rationalism, that curse ofGermany
to-day; tried TO make out of the
New testament (for | had read it