The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-29
Jewish Mission Representatives, Ask
That Christ Be Given Back to
Them in Their Talks Yes
tsrday.
MANY APPEALS MADE
PuIpits Were Occupied by Members
Of the Mission and Mass Meet
ing Was Held in the After
noon.

Members of the Christian Mission
Ito Israel at Chicago spoke in the
pulpits Of keokulS churches yester-
day and at a mass meeting yesterday
afternoon 10 the Westminster Pres
byterian church. The vital status OF
the Jewish question was discussed by
the. speakers and their plea co re
turn Christ to the Jews" was echoed
/ in all OF the churches where they
spoke yesterday.
/ The Jewish men and women who
talked in the churches OF the city
yesterday spoke to the gentiles on
| the need of arousing the christian
people to preach the gospel of the
Lord Jesus Christ to the Jews.
Everything that the christian
!, church has, came from the Jews,
the champions of their cause said
Yesterday, and then proved it. the
written word in the Bible, the preach
! ed word and the living word. All OF
1.-THE writer's of the old testament and
practically all of those in the new
testament were Jews; the apostles
who preached the gospel were Jews,
and Christ the living word, was a
Jew.
z uc JcWlon PCopAC VSAC SON -
| chosen people, they were the ones
who heard the cry of the Macedoni-
ans, the gentiles, of come over and
help u.s. and responded to the call.
Is it not right that the christians OF
today give back the message to the
Jews? was the question asked yes
terday.
! ut is not the ghetto class Of people
rly IT,, I, al TN,yt hn
stated in the churches Sunday, but
for the middle and upper classes.
People in the ghetto districts of our
cities are being taken care of in the
missions, but the other Jewish people
are left to their own resources. In
world without living Christ
The persecution suffered by Jews
who had become christians and the
struggles they endured in their own
hearts and consciences when they
wanted to believe in Christ and were
afraid TO, were related by the speak
|ers who told Of such instances which
had come under their observation at
the mission.
Besides speaking in the Keokuk
churches there were rallies in the
churches at Warsaw and Hamilton
ldSk tCyCuiuS Lie +SPConOio 1Cpl
senting the Jewish Mission. All Of
the speakers are eloquent and their
message was soul stirring.
Mr.. SoIin,s Talk.
At the mass meeting yesterday
afternoon Mr.. Solin told the story of
his conversion. He was born in New
York in 1871 and at the age of six
went to California with his parents.
It was there that he became acquaint-
ed with the Rev. G. E. Mathena, a
Presbyterian minister. Telling the
story Of his belief he said:
"At about twenty years Of age l
became seriously convicted of sin
and eagerly DESTROYS of knowing the
truth about religious matters. Of
course saw Immediately that there
was a great gulf fixed between Juda-
ism, the religion Of my fathers, and
christianity, the religion of my new
friends. But I was Jew and not a
christian. MY parents were orthodox
Jews. My friends were sincere chris
tians. But why was Jew and not
a christian? We're the Jews reject
ing Gods Messiah, and would they
be lost? Or were the christian idola-
tors (worshfpping man as Cody and