Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-03-02
An Open Letter.
To the Editor OF ne Rsoastes:
WHEELING. Marchi. 1892.
Rabbl Bornhcin1:

Rabbit Bonnhetnl:
DEAR BRoTHER:-My attention has
just been called to your questions into-
days REGISTER. When preached the,
sermon last Sabbath evening On the
"Past, Present and Future OF the Jews"
l had no thought of in any way offend
ing your people. Almost the entire
sermon was complimentary to the Jew,
and the intention was TO induce Christ
ians to treat him with love. Only few
disconnected thoughts were published
in the paper. l will answer your ques-
tions in order:
First-"What did he (Mr. Az mean
by saying he has preserved his religion
without Worship" .afterward ex-
planned what 1 meant by worship" |.
e., Temple SerUtce, with sacrifice, priest
hood, etc.
Second-"His hopes without foun-
dation." l also explained this sentence
in this way-that from Christian
standpoint hope for eternal life has no
foundation unless it rests on Christ.
Third-"Did Mr.. A say Judaism
is religion of the past, with everything
connected with it yelled in the mist of
antiquity|
Answer-I did. I based this state
ment upon paragraph Tin Public
Opinion, January 9th, 1922 clipped
from the JelUiSh VI ssenger. The follow
ing is q part Of il: at is often alleged
against Judaism that it is religion OF
and for the past, that its customs, insti-
buttons, traditions, prayers, are all
yelled in the mist Of antiquity, and
that it has neither significance nor
practical utility for to-day. This
is a grave accusation and
one not to be treated with uncon-
Germ. It's force is l1LhGpptLU intensified
by the fact that to q large number Of Jelcs
Judaism is really only religion OF the
past" If, according to this Jewish
writer, large number Of the Jews be-
lieve that Judaism is religion OF the
past, you could scarcely blame Chris
tian for feeling the same way, and for
stating that a religion of types and
shadows was not practical for day
when the anti-type and substance had
come.
also made the last statements, viz,
''The day will come when it will be an
honor TO be a Jew" / believe this,
don't you? Also, said, "Now, like a
dead branch, Israel has been cut
off from the true vine, while the
Christian world has been grated in, but
the day will come when they (the jews
will be grated in again" The Apostle
Paul is responsible for that thought in
my sermon. 1t is based on Romans
11:17 and "a. My statement was merely
a condensation of the whole chapter.
To use medical term, it was the fluid
extract. If l was wrong, then the
Apostle was wrong; if he was wrong
the Holy Spirit must have been wrong,
for he spake by divine inspiration.
Allow me to ask you questions: Why
did you not ask if / said the good, com
mendable things that were reported in
my sermon, viz: THAT the Christians
were indebted to the Jews more than any
other peoples" ''that the Jew had I'M
Justly suffered" "that God would some
day restore his chosen peoples" that
the Jew was loyal to his adopted coun-
try;" land that Christians ought to deal
with the Jew In the spirit Of lOveY'
lam Christian. accept both the Old
and the New Testaments aS the word OF
God. The one is a prophesy OF Christ
and his salvation: the other Is history
OF the same thing. To me the religion
OF the Old and New Testaments, with
out Christ, Is a hollow shell, a sham and
delusion Take Christ out, and you
take the keystone out OF the arch OF
salvation, and all falls 10 the ground.
believe ia Christ's statement, John IA
g: 81 am the way, the truth and the
life: no man comet unto the Father but
bv Me" n that means anything at all,
10 means that the man who does not be-
lieve iu Christiso out of the way, has lost
the truth. ie ia darkness, and will never
reach he Father unless he enters the
way. grasps the truth, and gets illumi-
mated with the spiritual light of the
world. 4 Jewish Rabbi has
right TO believe the Christian re-
nglon is false, and he is at
liberty to tell his congregation so.
So Christian minister can believe that
Judaism is obsolete, and can tell MS
CONGREGATION so. This blessed Ameri-
can Christian liberty took on last Sab
hath evening. l entertain the best
feelings toward the Jew, and do not
wish TO harm him in any way. My SEN
timents are best expressed by Paul, In
Romans ID: Brethren, my hearts
desire and prayer to God for Israel Is,
that they might be saved"
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