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144 A Plea for tlie Six Million Jews in Russia .
the trial of Jesus of Nazareth, it has long ago been revised, Jesus of
Nazareth is soul of our soul, flesh of our flesh and bone of our bone."
And then he made a challenge: "If the people of Israel have not
rendered homage to the sublime beauty and moral teachings of Jesus,
it is because their tormentors have tortured and persecuted them in
His name."
Soon after a little book was published by a Jewish rabbi who said:
"Let the Christian go on admiring Jesus the Divine who lived hu-
manely, and let the Jew go on admiring Jesus the human who lived
Divinely." Of course, that is all very beautiful language, but it means
a great deal to Christendom. Soon after that a new synagogue was
formed in London, England, under the presidency of Mr. Claud Monte-
fiore, who has a very strong following. In there synagogue they use
part of the New Testament. Still later Rabbi Silverman comes and
tells us that there is not a leading educated Christian minister who
believes in the Trinity. He says: "Since we have taken up our
liberal attitude towards Jesus, claiming Him as our own, we have
discovered something new."
Christianity’s Greatest Antagonist
Now, it is this modern Judaism which is the greatest antagonist to
Christianity. Therefore, I have come to view the rational Christianity
of today, styled under the so-called name "Reformed," as the greatest
stumbling block to true evangelical Christianity. I do not mean to
reflect on the honest searchers after truth, who are endeavoring in
humble faith to establish the authenticity and bring to light facts
relating to the testimony of the Scriptures. These are men of God,
to be admired and loved. But men who irreverently, through their
own conceit, are trying to bring down Christ to the level of the
ordinary prophets are robbing us of the dearest, best and holiest that
we cherish in our Divine Master, Jesus the Christ of God. It is the
Divinity of Christ that holds the church and gives her life and inspira-
tion, and this is the only foundation of her existence and continuity.
Under the guidance of Moses Mendelssohn and his followers, Judaism
has embarked upon the stream of modern life and culture, and the cur-
rents have carried it to lengths and in directions of which it scarcely
dreamed. Even if we admit that the modern liberal tendency has
opened new avenues of contact, remember that it is still Jesus Himself
whom the Jews must accept or reject. The gulf between them and
Christianity is practically as wide for the reformed and radical Jews,
as that which must be crossed by the orthodox, before they acknowl-
edge the Lordship and Messiaship of Jesus of Nazareth. But we must
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