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thousand years have already passed, and how many revolutions
have taken place in the world, yet these priests have remained
what they always were, because God, the one true God, protects
them.”
So spoke the Brahmin, believing that he had convinced them
all. But a Jewish money-lender, who was present, answered
him.
“Nay,” said he, “the temple of the true God is not in
India. And God does not protect the Brahmin caste. The
true God is not the God of the Brahmins, but of Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob; and the true God only protects His own
people, Israel. From the beginning of the world God has
continually loved and does love our people only. And though
our people are now scattered throughout the whole world,
that is merely to try them, and God will, because He
loves us, gather His people again in Jerusalem, and once
more rebuild that wonder of the ancient world, the temple
at Jerusalem, and raise Israel to the lordship over all other
nations.”
Thus said the Jew, and burst into tears. He would have
gone on with his speech, but an Italian who was there broke
in on him.
“You do not speak the truth,” he said to the Jew, “you do
not describe God rightly. God cannot love one nation more
than another; on the contrary, if He did in former years
protect Israel, eighteen hundred years have now passed by
since God’s wrath was kindled against His people, and as proof
of this wrath of His, He cut off their existence and scattered
them over the whole world, so that their faith is not only no
longer spreading, but only exists in a few places. God shows
favour to no nation, but He calls all who wish to be saved into
the bosom of the Roman Catholic Church, outside which there
is no salvation.”
So spoke the Italian; but a Protestant clergyman, who was
among the company, changed colour and answered the Catholic
missionary.
“How can you say that salvation is only to be found in your
religion? Learn to know that they only can be saved who
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