Arizona silver belt., 1899-11-02
JEW AND CHRISTIAN.
May They be Brought Into Closer
 Touch and Greater Harmony.

tPil tOlllillutttN Niiil Aiio NAatNiNa'f '''''N that, when;he hasa message to convey, he chooses his messenger and sends us his word in his own inscrutablc way writes Henry Welnstock in the Oak land Enquirer. When God felt the hour had come to reveal hlmsell 10 man, he chose for his messenger the patriarch, Abraham, and gave to him the courage to proclaim, in the midst of idolatry. the belief in an unknown able and unseenable God. When the Almighty felt the time was al hand to uplift the people, he chose Moses as his messenger and touched nm with the spark of divinity, and the children of Israel became the poSseSsor of the immortal Ten Commandments, When the hour arrived for these com mandments to be spread among the nations of the world, Jesus was choSen' who, through his disciple, Paul be- came the herald of Gods word, and thus brought to the benumbed and benigned minds of the heathennatlonS a moral joy and spiritual bliss there tofore to them unknown.
 Had there been no Abraham there would have been no Moses.
 Had there been no Moses, there would have been no Jesus, there would have been no Paul,
 Had there been no Paul, there would have been no Christianity.
 Had there been no Christianity there would have been no Luther
 Had there been no Luthers, there would have been no Pilgrim Fathers to land on these shores with the Jew ish bible under their arms.
 Had there been no Pilgrim Fathers, there would have been no civil or re- ligiouS liberty; tyranny and despotlsm would still rule the earth and the hu- man family would stiil live in mental moral and physical bondage.
 Had there been no Jesus and no Paul, the God of Israel would still be the God of handful, the God of q petty, obscure, and insignificant tribe of Jews.
 Had there been no Jesus and no Paul, the magnificent moral teach ings of Moses would still be confined to the thinly-scattered believers in Judaism. and the great world of men and women would have been left 50 much the poorer because of their ie- norance of these benign teachings
 Let those of us who are Jews be thankful there was asIesus and Paul, Let us more keenly appreciate that, through the wonderful influence of these heroic characters, the mission of the Jew is being better fulfilled and his teachings are being spread to the remotest hooks and corners of the world by Christianity. "a religion by which millions have been, and still are, quickencd and inspired. " Let us not forget that, through the influence of Jesus and Paul. the ten command ments of Moses, the sublime utter ances of Isaiah, of Micah, of Jeremiah, the proverbs of solomon, and the psalms of David. have brought and are bringing, and win continue to bring, balm and comfort, joy and hap pnesS. spiritual bliss and moral sun shine into untold millions of homes.
 Thus is the Christian, through Jesus and Paut, deeply indebted to the Jew, and thus is the Jew, also through Jesus and Paul, deeply indebted to the Chris tian. The Christian and Jew of to- day. each in his way, is manfully striy- ing to perform his part in preaching the belief in a God whom they have in common. and who is all-just, ali wise, and all-knowing. Each is try ing to do his share to fulfill his mis- sion by spreading among his follow men love for morality and right eOuSness.
 Christianity and Judaism are sup. plemental to each other. Had there been no Judaism. there would have been no Christianity Had thcra been no Christianity. the message of Juda' ism could not have become so speedily universalized. There is ample room in this broad world for the follower, of both beliefs to accomplish, side bl side. most heroic religious and mora work. A difference in the matters ol theology need in no way interfere with Jew and Christian preaching anc teaching the fatherhOOd of God, anC living in the spirit of the brotherhooo of man. So tO teach and so to live whether born under the influence o church or synagogue, whether looking upon the Nazarene as a man or God. l! io win moral happiness in this work and the world hereafter.
 It is not necessary that Jew shall be come Christian, nor that Christian shall become Jew. Each in his owl way can he true to his faith, and cal continue tO observe the laws of God d he understands them, to worship hi Creator in accordance with the die tates of his own conscience. Both ma, continue to live side by side in peace