New-York tribune., 1891-09-27
,r,,rSv IyD CHRISTIANITY.

II is not our intention to minimize any oi ene
honest differences of belief ana pracuce 'I"O
must needs exist between Christianity ana Juua
ism. But we believe we do not go Deyohu uhe
facts when we say that these differences CO.
exist to-day along with most hearty goodwin
on both sides. Both Christians and Jews are
outorovinp that insensate enmity and anup-
atbv horn of ignorance and barbarism, which
once marked The intercourse Of tho two races
And each race is coming to understand the
divine truth of brotherhood which was taught by
Him who was not only the Son OF God DuU
the son of David. And so when our jewish
brethren erect magnificent temple IKE thtu
which was dedicated the other day on + hun
ave- the feeling Of the sincere Christian Is NOT
one of anger or of antipathy, but OF large ana
generous sympathy. He must regard the Jew as
mistaken. so far as Christianity is concerned anu
he may occasionally indulge in well-meano'
though rather bungling, efforts to LEAD MIN
from the error of his way. But at most ne can
not help respecting faith out of which MS
own was born and the ethical teachings OF
which so entirely dominate his religion. tic
cannot forget that the founder of Christianity
was a Jew after the flesh, that the larger nall
of the Book he deems sacred above every other
is read in the synagogue TO this day, and that
in large sense the existence and vitality or
Judaism are one of the best possible evidences
of Christianity. lie must perforce remember the
glorious history of the Hebrew people, for it
was taught to him at his mothers knee, how
God called Abraham to be the father OF a
peculiar people, how the Messiah, the saviour,
was to spring from Abraham's race, how all
through the ages the chosen people Of Jehovah
bore witness to the worship of one true God, IN
the midst of the grossest polytheism, and at
last how, when the Son of God came to the
earth, he appeared in the Holy Land, and
His ministry took It's tone and color from the
religion of the synagogue
Ages Of misunderstanding and hatred have in
tervened since then, and many pages OF Chris
tian history are red with Jewish blood shed
by Christian men. Even to-day great Euro
pean Power is striving to perpetuate this an
cient hatred. But the sentiment of the age
is against it. Jew and Christian will continue,
perhaps forever to differ in their theology, but
in all other respects they will come into closer
sympathy. They both strive for the same
moral ideals. ideals which were first
given to the Western world in the
Hebrew Scriptures. They both believe
that good life is the only true test of re-
igious profession for it was not only the Chris
tian James, but the Jew James, who declared
that pure and undefed religion is to visit the
fatherless and widows in their aflliction and to
keep ourselves unspotted from the world And
so far, therefore, as the prosperity and growth
of Judaism promote these things IT must call
forth the sympathy Of all people, whatever be
their religion who believe in righteousness and
goodness
Perhaps for long time to come there will
continue to be manifestations of race antipathy.
But its harsh and brutal character, especially
alien as it is to the spirit of Christs teaching,
will be gradually softened and minimized
through the influence Of better intelligence
and higher view of religion. There are some
even to-day who dream of universal religion
in the far-off time that is to come. Ii that
dream ever comes true, we may rest assured that
there will be room in it for the people who,
through all the ages have held closely to
faith that makes so much for a noble manhood
and an exalted ideal of citizenship.