The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-05-05

above. Everything that was done
was done in order that the Scrip
lures might be fulfilled" Take this
proposition from the New Tesla
ment, and the scheme of salvation
is gone. Whoever wrote the Cos
pei according to St. John" realized
this, and these words are there cred
tied TO Christ:
LAS the Father knoweth me, even
so know | the Father; and / lay
down my life for the sheep. No man
taketh it from me, but | lay it down
myself. / have power to lay it down,
and / have power to take it again.
This commandment have l received
from the Father"
The Jews refuse to believe that
their ancestors crucifed the Son of
God. They are told that those who
believe shall be saved. while those
who doubt shall be damned. They
conform to the Mosaic law, and on
this point they are beyond contra
diction They did not believe, and
do not believe, that Herod slew all
the male children "that were in Beth
lehem and all the borders thereof
from two years and under" They
have not as yet been able to make
this story in Matthew agree with
that of Luke, who says that Jesus
was taken to Jerusalem a few days
after His birth. They say they can
not understand why, if Joseph was
not the father of Jesus, His mother
should say to Him when He was at
the age of thirteen, found in the Tenn
pie, "Son, why hast thou thus dealt
with me? Behold, Thy father and /
have sought Thee, sorrowing.
To the Jews of nineteen hundred
years ago and the Jews OF today, the
New Testament did not and does not
duce belief. The miracles did not
convince them. The Christian creed
was very indefinite for centuries. St
Paul said:
IF thou shalt confess with thy
mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt be
lieve in thy heart that God has raised
him from the dead, thou shalt bt
saved"
The Jews could not find the re-
deeming quality in this belief. They
answered: IF Christ was God, or
the Son of God, and was crucihed
and was raised from the dead, O
what consequence is it whether VIZ
| believe it or not?"
When the Christians, IN the early
DAYS. auarreled about their creed
the Jews were not aided. In the
! fourth century the creed was settled
Constantine, having embraced Chris,
tianity, called or suggested council
of bishops. 1t is not to be charged
against the council that Constantine
was one of the vilest murderers that
ever disgraced the name of man. The
council promulgated a creed. The
Jews said, and yet say, that this creed
is beyond human comprehension. The
trouble with them is that they lacked
and vet lack faith, and it is sure that
no one without faith can clearly un-
derstand that creed. To anyone with
faith it is as clear as the Book OF
Revelations. Not having faith, the
Jews have not understood, and not
understanding they have not accept
ed. 1t might have been better II
something had been presented which
would have allowed comprehension
to precede belief; but it was and is,
nevertheless, according to those who
did and do understand, most repre-
hensible for the Jews to remain OBJ
stinate. Let this be admitted. Is
not their punishment prescribed
Are they not to suffer in hell ever
laStIng. Are lney not TO DC DOiIcu
and baked and burned through count
less trillions of years? This will,
as | understand it, be sufficient to
satisfy an offended God.
Whey. then. should the prospect
not be sufficient to satisfy those who
believe in peace on earth, good will
to men. and the possibility OF hell
hereafter? Let the church OF Rus
STA speak. Let the car speak, He
is the head of that church. Not one
in thousand Russians knows that
Christ was Jew The Russian Greek
Church has in its possession many
bushels of relics 1t has sticks and
stones and bags and rags. 1t pro- !
claims that it has garment worn :
by Christ; that it has some OF his !
blood; that it has a picture of the !.
Blessed Virgin drawn by ST Luke, /
that it has the hand of St Mark ana .
the bones of the. Prophet Daniel.
That there is any efficacy in these
relics is not believed by any one out
side of the Russian Church, but with :
N that church they can be made. in
struments of command Let the
churches Of Russia resound with the