Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-11-21

dirine being on earth. The idea that the
Savior had taught his followers to hate the
Isrselite was the greatest misconcepiion that
any theology had ever been guilty of. His
| hearers would search the Scriptures in vain
il they attempted 10 find a passage that
would justify any such conclusion. The
words placed in the mouth of the great Nsz-
| arene had gone down the dark centuries to
b. miscons;rued against the medieval Jew,
causiug untold misery and bloodsbed. 1t
was not until the American Revolution oc-
Cured that the people began to understand
| what the Bible meant, and il remained for
| modern Christians 10 wipe out the last
vesiige Of middle-sge theology. The Jew
was not naturally revengeful, but was
full Of gratitude and admiration
for his Christian friends In the United
States they were treated with a sympathy
that had almost extinguished the last ray OF
prejudice that existed against them. Reli-
giously the Jew and the Gentle would al
ways be separated, but the former would
treat the latter as friends and neighbors
'.Aaied. They would eventually
All De one family, ana w. .-;,b ana .c.
cord" Here is Language such as many eVvI
to-day think no Jew would use; il is the
language of that love which il 'the bond OF
perfectness," and comes from justice and fair
usage being accorded to q race whose Sons
and daughters have manifested mere geniuP,
in proportion 10 their number, than any
other race upon earth. There have been
missionaries and societies "ior the con-
version Of the Jews" among nations in
whose streets the Jew was openly
ieered and tsunted, and the Jew was
Obstinate" obslinat- SIS the experience OF
hatred and wrong could make him. When
this is changed, and the good Jew accorded
that respect and regard due 10 the good oil
every race and creed, we lind that il he can
not adopt our belief he can respect il and
speak with reverence and admiration OF its
author. Jesus gave one test, and only one,
as that by which His real followers we're to
be known, and that was their "fruits." The
fruit TO the Jew was bitterness, and woe and
death; and he justly said such a religion
was not OF God, and it was not, for as the elo
quent rabbi whose words We have quoted
shows, they were the exact opposite OF what
WAS taught by "the most truthful and divine
being on earth" The lesson contained ia
the Gaze OF the Jews is the effect of Chris
tianIty that manifests justice and does what
is right, opposed to a Christianity that
deals out musket-balls, whisky, opium, OPP
preston, exIortion, Invasion and conquest.
The latter may send its missionaries to talk,
talk, talk, aa tell Indians iu our own bor-
ders and in The Eastern jungless the c linese,
and the heather in general, what pure and
beautiful religion we have, but when they
see that religion accompanied by Injustice,
wrong and covetousness, they will do as the
Jews did, and with equal justice-they will
judge not by the talk but by the "fruiIs,"
and they will have none of it. Livingstone,
the Christian missionary, opened up the in
terror Of Africa but few years ago. Already |
one Christian nation is preparing TO push a
claim of possession into the realms of King |
Makoko, on the Congo. How long will 1t be |
before muskets and cannon are sent to make |
the claim good? How long will it be before
the whisky barrel and the opium package
are sent to the Africans, aud white traders
go among them and cheat, and lie, and rob?
Will the sufferers accept the religion on the
talk of the missionary, or reject it on the
'fruits" they see associated with that re-
ligion7 The great Nazlrene has taught US
the folly OF undertaking to pluck the mote
out of our brothers. eye while we have
beam in our own eye. That folly has been
repeated over and over again with the Jew
aud other non-Christian people, and the re-
'ult has always proved the great Nazarene
% have been right, and it will still do so
Until we shall show fruits that shall lead
men on seeing them TO glorify our Father
v no is in heaven. The jews sermon from
which We have quoted is we'll worthy of the
Christians study. 1t expresses and implies
ruths that are usually omitted in Christian
0ulpits.