836 ever, when the ten tribes were lost, and what was left of them, including the tribe of Benjamin, became assimilated with the tribe of Judah, that part of Palestine inhabited by Israelites became known as Judea and the people as ‘Ju deans,’ of which ‘Jew’ is a correct con traction. Technically it is correct to speak of the Hebrew language, the Jew ish people or the Jewish religion.” Thoughtful men have realized that immense preparation will be needed to get the Holy Land ready for any great influx of immigrant Jews. While there can be no doubt that returning Jews face great labors and trials, it may be hoped that the way will be prepared for a more rapid settlement of Jews in Pal estine than the writer anticipates. Oth erwise there will be terrible disappoint ment to the hordes of Jews in1Europe who are even now buying tickets on the instalment plan for a speedy journey to the Land of Israel so soon as peace is signed and the way opens.—Thos. Chal mers. A NATIONAL MESSENGER BOY The North West Lutheran has the courage to say what many pastors have been thinking. ‘‘The surest way for a state to coerce the church into political conflict is to infringe on its liberties. There has been a growing tendency to assume offhand that the church is an agency which stands at the beck and call of any government commission. Is there a Liberty Loan? Assign the churches their task and order them to preach a Liberty Loan sermon. Is there a War Stamp sale? Order a stamp ser mon and give directions for organiza tion. Is there a social evil and vice campaign? Let some clerk get out a circular letter to the preachers with directions for sermons and lectures be fore the church organizations. How about jobs for the enlisted men return ing from service? Nothing simpler,
T HE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S order a “job sermon.” And so the tiresome appeals come pouring in. The church is treated as the national mes senger boy whose mission in life is to fetch and carry for any little martinet that an appointment or an election has temporarily given charge of a desk with the added service of a stenographer. It is but natural that some churches begin to feel, that they are as such an essential adjunct of government.” gs» a» DR. SNOWDEN’S LOGIC Dr. J. H. Ralston of the Moody Bible Institute, in reviewing the recent book of Dr. Snowden on the Second Coming of Christ {or rather “against” the Sec ond Coming of Christ) gives Dr. Snow den a taste of his own logic. Dr. Rals ton says: “Dr. Snowden stresses ‘logic’ and ‘tendencies’ in opposing premillennial- ism. On page 196, he says: ‘All through this book we are not dealing with the personal motives of premillennarians, much less are we imputing to them unworthy motives; but we are dealing with the logic and spirit of their sys tem.’ It is well for Dr. Snowden to decline to deal with concrete cases of individ uals as to the effects and results of premillennial views. His argument as a whole intimates that logically the adop tion and practice of premillennialism would check, or entirely stop, the great work of giving the gospel to the world; or, probably, as he would prefer to put it, to stop the winning of the world to God. He would probably insist that he is a pragmatist, and it is to that point we would like to draw his attention. The world needs, and the church is calling for, Christian beliefs that work. The great body of evangelists are, almost to a man, premillenarians. Three-fourths of all the missionaries are pre-millenarians.”
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