The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-19

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siudo Of tho trees.
a,JUDAISM.'
Dr.. Young Discusses the Religion
of Jews.
DR.. Young, OF Centenary, preparatory
Ito discussing .Judnism., In the scrIcs on
I the Great Religions OF the World" read
az his text the first verse OF the tenth,
chapter OF Romans: "Bretlren. my
henrt's desire and prayer to God for
israel Is that they might be saved
Among other things lie sud: In the
spirit or these words written byEn Jew
concerning his brethren, 1 approach the
subject o. the hour mindful that IN these
the Hebrew people elmo need OF SALIVA
ton other than TINT OF which they srcad
m the law and the prophets. Tie world
has never duly appreciated its debt to
for religion. n As t the Creek had for sure art
n:1d pfilosopliyian the Romans for gov
crnment and for civil law. we who nre
Christians owe more than hnlf our
spoke as they were proved by tho Holy
Ghost; while tenderly do we remcnl-
Der; that our Master was a Jew,.as We're
also Ills apostles who founded the
define from the Old observation-disclosures
unity of God, the divine worship Of
man, spirituality OF God. the ethical !
Gods servant, often a suffering servant.
In tho days OF our Lord we find the
Jews divided into various scots. but not |
more radically different one from an
of the Christian Church to-day.
The Judaism of to-day is divided into
Orthodox and Reformed. though like
many other religious distinctions, the
ground of difference is to be found III
the conception OF Israel's destiny. Ac- /
.cording to the Orthodox the Holy Land
| Is mot only the cradle, but is destined
to be the ultimate home of Judaism"
All the law is to be observed except the
part conditioned or the existence of the
Temple md the occupation OF Palestine.
The impossbility Of observing these lat.
ter laws is a punishment on account OF !
sins. Israel Is in exile, praying for the
coming OF the Messiah who Will lead the |
ibanished ones back to the Land OF Pro-
mise. when the temple will be rebuilt.
justice and peace will be established on
the earth and the prophetic predictions
be realized In all their glory" With
Reform Judaism the destiny of |
Israel is mot bound up with Palestine.
and does not involve return to that
country nor the reign of Messianic |
King. It DOGS not believe that the peo-
pie are in exile. and under SIN because
they cannot observe some of the. laws. |
to the spread of truth rs held by the |
Hebrew nation. Israel itself Is n Mes
s1ah, a Messanic people. appointed to
spread the truth of AIonotheism aud to |
be an example OF righteousness to the
nations of the earth. Sacrifices and |
priesthood have served their day, and
are now forever done away witlI THE |
goal of Jewish history. is not Il national |
MpSCn M ~ "a
realization In society and stats or the |
principles OF righteousness. MS, 9enun-
ciated by the prophets and sdges Of
To the Christian thinker II sometimes
seems strange that so few of Our He |
brew brethren become Christians. There |
have been. and are, more than some of |
us perhaps think. According 10 the |
past century eo4.640 converts. The names
of many famous Jews who became
Christians during that time might be
G,ys give only few Benfey the
Dutch historian: DIssalli. the English
statesman: Edenhcin. author of the |
famous Life OF Christ: IIessie. tho Ger
music composer; Neander. the Church |
historian: Rubinsteia, the great per-
former: Ricardo. the political economist.
The Hebrew will tell you that he is
contentcd with his faith and prefers II |
to our Christian teaching Sometimes
one notes a misrepresentation OF some Of /
the great doctrines of the Christian |
Ghurch-the trinity. the ;,toncment,
sin, tho divinity of our Lord 40 admira-
bly, tpresented by that noble Jew, Eden
helm. IN the best of the lives of the Man |
Of Galilee. One Is not surprised ut the I
difficulty all Observation-Disclosures have when
they come face to face with the dog
matism and sectariansm of Il divided |
Christendom. The gross nlisreprcscnta-
tion, as IN Shakespeare's ShylocI and |
the horrible prosecutions even down to
the present tilre. carried on In the name
Of Christianity. but not in It's spirit, are
sufficient to have caused an aversion to |
all things called Christian.
10 the sincere Christian 1t is pathetic
to mote the expectation Of u Messiah by |
the. orthodox Jew, and almost equally
pathetic the surrender of the hope by |
the reformed Jew. To us there seems
an incompleteness In Judaism. except |
as it Is completed in Christianity. AS Il
distinguished Jew has said himself. it is
Christianity that has given ,universality !
to Jewish teaching and has spread the
good in, 1t through the world, But to us
of the Old Testament find their fulfill |
nlcnt nowhere else but in Jesus of Ma ga
5retll. The cry OF every heart that comes
from a study of, the Old Testament to
Him, of whom Moses in the law and
the prophets did WRITE, And how
meaningless to JUS all the sacrifices, and |
how strange the sudden doing away OF |
them, except as we believe In the atone
ment of Calvary! And how are We
to bring God out Of the darkness into I
which human thought has driven Him,
with Ills uapronounceables name unless
we. listen to Hlmswho has said. Gle that |
hath seen Me hath seen the Fnther,,?
Disraeli. himself a Christian Jew, has
said, Tie IS the fairest flower and the
eternal pride Of the Jewish race 3 lie
Is more. He is the Son of Man. the /
Son of God. He is "the Lamb OF God |
that taketh away the sin of the world.nf
FOR THE WEAK.