Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-10-15

Of the Brooklyn Tabernacle today adj
dressed Jewish Mass Meeting, in re-
Spouse to a request sent to him by a
Jewish Mass Meeting Invitation Com
mittee The invitation was signed by
many prominent Hebrews Of New
York City. The invitation and Pastor
Russell's response TO the same follow
New York. September 90 1910.
Pastor c. r. Russell. Brooklyn, N. Y.
Dear Sir-Your sympathetic interest in
the Jewish people for years past has
not escaped our notice Your denuncia
tons of the atrocities perpetrated against
our race in the name OF Christianity has
added TO our conviction that you are
sincere friend. Your discourse on "Jeru-
salem and Jewish Hopes has struck re-
sponsive cord in the hearts of many of our
people. Still we doubted for a time If any
Christian minister could really be interest
ed In a Jew as a jew and not merely from
a hope of PROSECUTING him. 1t is because OF
this feeling that some of us request you
to make public statement respecting the
nature of your interest in our people and
we desire you to know that the statement
you did make was very satisfactory In
n you assured us that you are not urging
Jews to become Christians and join any
OF the sects or parties of Protestants OF
Catholics. That statement Pastor Rus
sell, has been widely published In the
Jewish journals. We feel, therefore, that
we have nothing to fear from you as
race. On the contrary in that statement
you mentioned that the foundation OF
your interest in our people is built upon
Your faith In the testimonies OF our Law
and the messages of our Prophets. You
may well understand how surprised We
are to flgd Christian minister acknoWl-
'edsing that there are prophecies OF the
Bible still unfuflled, which belong to the
jew and not to the Christian, and that
these prophecies, according to your
studies. are nearing a fulhllment of mo-
mentous interest to our Jewish race and.
through Us as a people, to the nations of
the World
: These things. Pastor Russell. have led
to the formation of Jewish Mass Meet
ing Committee, which, by this letter, re-
quests you to give a public discourse. es
pecially to our people. If you will kindly
accept this invitation. viii you permit us
to suggest topic for your address. which.
we believe will be very interesting to the
public and especially to the Jews namely.
''Zionism In Prophecy"
As for the meeting: We suggest Sunday
afternoon at three O'clock october 9Th
We have secured an option on the Hip
podrome. New York's largest and finest
Auditorium. for that date. and we hope
that this date and the place will be agree
able to your convenience. We assure you
also of a large audience of deeply inter
ested Hebrews. besides whoever may come
of the general public.
Trusting to hear from you soon. We sub
scribe ourselves.
Yours respectfully
JEWISH MASS MEETING COMMITTEE.
Brooklyn, n Y, Sept D. 1910
Jewish Mass Meeting Committee. New
York City.
Gentlemen Your kind invitation TO ad-
dress the Jewish Mass Meeting In the
New York Hippodrome Sunday. October
9Th, at p NJ, came duly.
i thank you for the confidence which
this invitation implies. The date you
have selected is not only appropriate in
its relationship to the Jewish New Year
but IL is very suitable to my own ar
engagements, as leave on October 18TH for
appointments in London and elsewhere in
Great Britain.
Amongst the several prominent mem
bers of your race suggested for Chairman
of the Mass Meeting. / select Mr. John
Barrondess because have had the pleas
ure personally of conference with him
and because | know him to be very loyal
to the interests Of your people and be
cause l believe him to be very highly es-
tesmed as such in the counsels of your
race. "-~
Faithfully and respectfully yours,
c. r. RUSSELL.
The H:ppodrome is really an i'm
mense and elegant Opera House with
a capacity of about five thousand. 1t
was crowded today and many failed
TO gain access. The Jewish people Of
this City, who number more than q
million. have become deeply impressed
by various discourses which Pastor
Russell has recently delivered and were
alert for today's mceting-to hear his
presentation of Zionism as foretold by
the prophets The speaker held his
immense audience spellbOund for near
ly two hours. all apparently as uncon-
scious of the flight of time as was the
speaker himself After the service the
Hebrews could be seen in little knots
and groups here and there in the COrri-
doris and in the streets discussing the
subject. The speakers views were evi-
IDENTITY shared by the majority. Alto
gether the meeting was something
unique. Never before did Jews give
such attention TO the message OF a
Christian minister And never before
did Christian minister give such a
message TO the Jews.
What Pastor Russell Said.
The speakee read to his audience
many quotations from the prophecies
of the Bible relating to Zionism, the
first one OF which was Psalm eli. 1915
-"rhou shalt arise and have mercy
upon Zion; for the time 10 favor her
yea, the set time is come. For thy
servants take pleasure in her stones
and favor the dust thereof Then shall
the Gentiles fear the name Of Jehovah
and all the kings OF the earth thy
glory. When the Lord shall build M
Zion, he shall appear in his glory"
Pastor Russell declared that while
once he had been inclined to discard
the Bible as unreliable along the lines