The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-18
Letters to the Editor.
The Jews in Russia.

Editor The Advertiser:
 For centuries this inoffensive people have been cruelty persecuted in this country, protesting to be a Christian nation; but the recent outrages, if the account we have of them be true.' Is enough to excite the just indignation of every human being on earth. There Is an unjust prejudice against the Jews by protesting Christians in all nations, but, thank God, 1t is to a very small degree the case in the United States. The Jews, on account of their sobriety, good con duct and orderly obedience to the laws of the State, are justly considered among our best citizens. As to sobriety, who can say we are troubled in our criminal courts on account of drunken Jews, whilst there are thousands of Gentiles in this condition fighting and killing each other every day and thus filling our criminal courts and heaping up expenses to be paid by sober people. Drunken Jews are very scarce indeed. l never saw one in my life. On account of so- briety 1t Is just that the Jews should be considered among our best citizens. As to good conduct and fair dealing, some think that they gre more disposed to cheat in trading than the Gentiles are, but this is not the case. Cheating is a ma common to all races of men and only to be extirpated by the grace of God. As far as my observation extends, 1 think this Is an unjust opinion of the Jews.
 TUT AOIly ScdISJ as u AhcfCHdHlJ traded with both Jew and Gentle and found one as free from cheating as the other. If such be the character of the Jews, the question arises, why should they be unjustly treated by Christian people. The recent massacre in Russia is out of the question, for these vile murderers are not true Christians, but wicked hypocrites; the most diabolical beings the imagination can conceive. The disposition among Christians to treat the Jews unfairly arises from the fact that their ancestors caused the death of Christ and were guilty of His blood. But when We remember that God had or dained from the beginning that He for the sins of the world, we must not be too severe on the Jews for the death of Christ. As he died for the sins of the whole world. of the Gentiles as we'll as the Jews. and if there had been no sin, He would never had died; therefore, we say that all. both Jew and Gentle. are under condemnation for the death of Christ. One great reason why defend the Jews is because when converted to Christ they become and remain faithful Christians all their lives. You rarely find one of them falling from grace. We have great encouragement to preach to the Jews, for we can ask them the same question which Paul asked Agrippa, be- lieveth thou the prophets, with the same assurance which Paul had we know they believe and as they are now free from the danger to which Agrippa was ex- posed they should be consistent and act according to their faith. If Agrippa had become altogether a Christian, his life, like Pauls, would have been in danger from the enemies of Christianity. The Jews know there is no such danger now, so we can use this argument from the prophets with more effect that it had on Agrippa.
 When I remember our Saviour was a Jew, with very little Gentle blood in his body, I shall always desire their welfare and salvation. As Christian nation. we should encourage the Jews to leave Rus sia and come to our country, where they will be protected from all persecution.
 c. E. Crenshaw.