The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-04
Christ to their brethren according to the

Christ to their brethren according to the
flesh. "--Lindnor.
In looking over tho broad field Of
the church ana the syuagogue OF to-day,
we note that the spirit OF intolerance
and Of Indifference OF past ages has given
place to one Of Kindness, sympathy ana
love on the part Of Christians for Gods
ancient people. Kindness, sympathy and
love are the most powerful forces known
to man. Thou shalt love thy neighbor
as thyselfo Is written upon the highest
peak OF the Hottest range Of Old Tesla
ment Hebrew thought, and is exceeded
only by "God SO loved the world as to
give His son to die"--tha sublimest SEN
tence found IN tho literature OF the race.
and written upon the New Testament
page In its simple grandeur, unapproach-
I'D and unapproachable by all the lam
guaEes OF men or angels, throbbing
and pulsating With that benevolence and
philanthropy which our common heaven
~ Father would have US to know fills
His heart for both Jew ana Gentle.
It Is only in recent years (since 1929
that the Protestant Church has irssA1csted
herself in behalf Of the ls5slelites. to
whom pertalnsd the adoption. and tho
glory, and the covenants, and the giving
OF the law, and the service OF God, and
the promises, whose are the fathers and
Of whom ~ concerning the flesh, Christ
came. who 10 over all, lGod-blessed for
ever" (saul Of Tarsus in Rom. ix:4,5).
For centuries, Zion. surrounded by gloom
ana darkness, has beHalled her rnlsfor-
tune In every land. She has wspt upon
every shore But now, IN our day. tho
watohmen upon her walls Dan surely
descry the dawn OF better day. Not
only IS the church turning to her In
Kindness, sympathy and love. but the
atransest Of al rnarvels Is the attitude
OF Russia and England. Six hundred
years ago-.l2sO, "A. D.-Great Britain
drove the Jews from the realm. and I'VE
centuries passed before the Daughter Of
zion set foot again upon the English
shore. To-day she offers ito colonize them
as a free State In South Africa. But divine
providence has assigned TO England the
nilsson Of colonzing and protecting the
Jews In the Holy Land. Already she mas
acquired the protectorate over the whole q
Palestine ("Berlin Congress Of Nations
1879. Soon and shortly, shooting star
atl1wart her horizon will upset all the
political astronomy OF her statesmen, and
they will see It to their interest to adopt
the line Of policy marked out for her by
the prophets OF Jehovah. The Jews Tor
Palestine And Palestine for the Jews. Ia
the Testimony Of Moses. and all the prop
hets.
But the Russian Bear! His paw still
dripping With the blood Of the Jew tn1as-
sacres Of 1888 and Reslnef, 1909. Offered
August 25th, through her Minister OF tho
| interior. Won P1ehwe. 10 the Zionist Con
gress, then In session at Basic. switzer.
land, to 'aId, with the moral and ma
terial support OF the empire, the Zionist e
reorsanike their State in Palestine" after
the misfortunes OF twenty-five hundred
years have swept over them. while they
were by the mandate Of the nations
exlled from Its shor4sl What Is behind
the paw Of this Russian Bear?
He reads the signs Of the times amiss
who does not see IN tho kind and beneYo
lent Spirit Of the Protestant Church TO-
wards the Jew. and especially In the att
tude Of Russia and OF England, and II
the general proninence Of tho jewish
Question In ali the Cabinets OF E1opo
| that the centuries Of dsfator Ter. xvl:1S,
| Is ending and the long-pronised "rsturr
Of favor to Gods chosen people i1ai
commenced. ''But thou. o, Jehovah. shalt
arise. and have mercy upon Zion; for the
time to favor her, yea. the set time Is
come."-The Prophet King, David. In p
- j, w. WILtIA1Ys.