Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-28
JEWISH RABBI
CENS0RS SUNDAY
DOES NOT AGREE WITH EVAN.
GELIST's SERMON ON THE
AToNEMENT.
FOSTERS DlSSENSlON
Says Such Teaching is Dangerous tc
Society and Not as Christ Taught
Others Than Christians
to be Considered.

In a recent sermon at Spokane,
Evangelist Billy Sunday gave offense
by his remarks to a Jewish Rabbi,
who, not willing to let the thing go
by, takes up his pen and tells the
evangelist through the press of the
city what he thinks of the noted
preacher. HE should find more con-
vincing argument than fear of hell
and the devil" says Rabbi S. Roubin,
i'll his letter to the editor OF the
Chronicle" which follows:
To the editor of the Chronicle: =
Allow me some space of your col
umns to enter a protest against GER
tain utterances of Rev. Billy Sunday.
The revivalist speaking of the
atonement in his sermon of last Sun
day concluded with the following
statement: And it is Jesus Christ or
hell for every man or woman on COG
Almighty's dirt There is no other way
whereby you can be saved"
This is plain speaking and accord.
ing to this doctrine, the millions OF
Israelites, and the hundreds OF mil
lions of Mahommedans, Hindus, Chi
nese, etc, almost three-quarters OF
the earth's population, are condemned
to eternal damnation, forsaken OF Goa
and given over to the devil because
they do not believe in the saving pow
er of Christ. Even those among
them, and there surely be many, that
might lead righteous life, restrain,
ing themselves from drinking, gam5-
ling, cursing and all human evils, can
not escape their doom; for there is
no other way to be saved but in the
belief of Christ" states Mr.. Sunday:
Such a doctrine, besides that 1t is
contradictory to the teachings OF
Christ in the sermon of the Mount
is also dangerous to society, for II
breaches intolerance, and fosters dis
sension between citizens.
| On account of such theories incnl
Gated into the minds of the masses by
some fanatics are the Jews of Russia
Roumania and other backward coun
tries, prosecuted and outrageously
treated On account Of such teachings
was its inquisition established, and
auto da re kindled in the middle
ages; for such doctrines stamp mil
lions Of people as outlaws.
Not as Christ Taught.
Christ himself declared that God
is good to all and forsakes no one
Exhorting his disciples to love theil
enemies, l. e., those that deny Christ
says he: For God maketh his sun t.
rise on the evil and the good, and
sendeth rain on the just and the I'LL
Just" (Mat. " 45.) He says further
mot every one that saith unto NE
Lord, Lord, ii. e., who acknowledge
me as the son Of Cod shall enter
into the kindgom of heaven; but he
that doeth the will of my father
which is in heaven" (Ib., vii, FL
Peter says. "Of a truth | perceive that
God is no respecter of persons. But II
every nation he that feareth him ant
worked righteousness Is acceptable
to him." (Acts x, 34-35.)
l, for one, do not object to an!
mans religious opinions, be they thu
most absurd, If he keeps them FOL
himself, but to impress such opinion:
upon the minds of 10000 hearers ant
more than that number of readers, ev
cry sensible and righteous person
should rise in Indignation and strong
ly protest
Wish Sunday May Succeed.
I have no objection to revival meet