Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-01
JEW SAYS JESUS
 THE TRUE MESSIAH
Mark Levy of London speaks at Christ Church in Little Rock ga Relation of Gospel to He-
 brew Customs.

F~Fchll oC A0t " tIb lC Ill bht 1iLJ tDi t' few days, delivered an address at Christ church, corner Fifth and Scott streets, in Little Rock Sunday taking as his subject The Gospel ot Christ and the Customs Of Israel.
 He spoke in part as follows:
 My earliest recollection of names and things Divine was the lullaby the Christian nurses sang in our Jew ish home:
 Gentle Jesus, meek and mild
 Look upon a little child
 "So far as memory served, my childish mind regarded the One of whom they sang as good man, whose special object was the care and protection of little children, and instinctively my mind went out to Him in love But at an early age, on being sent to school and having to undergo on our British streets the ordeal of taunt and scorn as q Jew, principally at the hands of strange boys, whom I was taught to regard as followers of Jesus, my love for Him quickly turned to dislike and deepen ed into positive hatred Of His name when the terrible prosecutions of the Jews, at the hands of protesting Christendom, was subsequently, brought to my knowledge.
 Tn early manhood, having failed to find spiritual consolation in the synagogue, commenced attending church and reading the New Testa- ment. Quickly realizing the glorious beauty of the character of Jesus, came to the mental conclusion that He was truly the Messiah. At that time there was living in England scores Of Jewish ministers of the Gospel who had practically become Gentilized and with drawn their light from the eongrega- tions of Israel Thus the racial re- sources of spiritual aid were hid- den for despairing brother in Is- rael, because the Jews who had found Christ did not become as Jews to the Jews to gain the Jews.
 Misunderstanding Arisen.
 Great misunderstanding has arisen because the Abrahamic and Mosaic covenants are so often linked to- gether. St. Paul distinctively de- clares that the law which came 430 years after does not disannul the covenant Of circumcision made with Abraham. which is a seal of the righteousness of faith One of tho first acts of St Paul, after leaving the council of Jerusalem, where he had pleaded so nobly for social free dom for the Gentiles was to circum- else Timothy
 With equal truth we can say that the Sabbath was instituted at the creation, and the Passover celebrated before leaving Egypt. American Christians do not dishonor their faith when they celebrate Independence day at home or abroad nor are Scotch or Irish Christians unfaithful when they observe St Andrews and St. Patrick's day Why, then, should Hebrew Christians De forbidden to observe the Passover as their nation al celebration? And Hebrew Chris tians have as clear a right to cele- brate the Feast of Tabernacles, which festival all Christians will be com- pelled to observe in the millenial age. as American and English Chris tians have to keep Thanksgiving day and their harvest festivals. When missionaries of the cross go to the Orient, do they not become in na- tlonal and social customs as heathen to heathen. to gain the heathen, even going 90 far in China as to shave their heads, wear the queue, eat with chopsticks, and wear the national costume Why, then, not exercise the scriptural wisdom commanded by Paul and become as Jews to the Jews, to gain the Jews?
 When the apostle declares that in
 
 Greek, bond nor free, male nor fe- male. it is obvious that he no more intended to un-Jew the Jew than he did to unsex the Gentle. Did he not declare himself years after his con- versation a Hebrew of the Hebrews, Jew, an Israelite?' He writes to the Roman Christians, I speak to you that are Gentiles' and salute and thank all the churches of the Gen tiles Can the distinction be clearer? 4 Jew always remains Jew, and a Gentle never ceases to be Gentle; both can become American elt'zens and be followers of Jesus the Ncs- siah.
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