THE K I N G ’ S BUS I NE S S 827 “ The Jews murmured at Him because He said, I am the bread of life.” 7:1, “ The Jews sought to kill Him.” 7:11, “ The Jews sought Him at the feast.” 8:52, 29, “ Then said the Jews unto Him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Then took they up stones.” 18:12, “ The band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus and bound Him.” 19:7, “ The Jews answered him, We have a law and by our law He ought to die because He made Himself the Son of God.” 18:35, “ Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me; what hast thou done?” After all, it is not material who delivered up onr Lord to crucifixion since it was according to the determinate counsel of God that He should be ‘ ‘ wounded for our transgressions ’ ’ (Acts 2 :23-24). In one sense every sinner of all time had part in it, hut the Scriptures plainly declare that the Jews were responsible for His delivery unto death* What is to be gained by.seek- ing to prove that they were not responsible? Certainly it will not remove prejudice, for the Jews today detest the name of Jesus Christ with the same bitterness as ever and would as quickly seek to crucify Him were He here today. Dr. Myers and his eulogizers are on the wrong track. Christ died for the Jew as well as the Gentile and instead of telling them they had no part in killing Christ, they ought to be telling them just what Peter told them in Acts 3:17-19, “ Now brethren, I know that through ignorance ye did it as did also your rulers, but those things which God before hath showed by the mouth of all His prophets that Christ should suffer, He hath so fulfilled. Repent ye therefore and be converted that your sins may be" blotted out. ” —K. L. B. E d it o r ia l a f t e r t h o u g h t s Pathfinder says when everybody has been supplied with ouija boards they are going to start turning out lumber for houses once more. No; they should have said— for insane asylums. Have you noticed that the loafers are the ones who are doing the most kicking about the cost of a loaf? Get busy! Those who believe in re-incarnation would do well to adopt the motto: If at first you don’t succeed, die, die again. Is there any bigger sham in the world than a Christless sermon? What an empty well is to a pilgrim in the desert, a Christless sermon is to a soul thirsting for God. Here’s a suggestion. Itr-is said that John Brentz who died in 1570 was at his own request buried beside the pulpit of his church, so that should his successor ever teach that'which was contrary to the Word, he could raise his head out of the grave and cry, “ YOU LIE.” Dr. Townsend has discovered that the phrase exploited by the critics, “ The Bible CONTAINS the Word of God,” was actually in the Universalist Confession of Faith in 1803. Nothing new from these fellows. Remember the fellow who said, “ Hath God said?” Let’s have a rest from these “ drives” for a while. What do you say? A writer in “ Life” suggests that if someone wants to get up a popular meeting, let the speaker arise and say, “ Ladies and gentlemen, this meeting was called for the purpose of starting a campaign to raise funds for the impoverished contributors to innumerable other campaigns.” Everybody fias been driving except the driven, and the drivers have been getting reckless of late. Let’s try the Bible method of money-raising for a while. — K. L. B.
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