July 1930
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A Day In a Jewish Mission Field B y A gnes S cott K ent * (Toronto, Ontario)
grateful for getting an appointment to discuss this matter.” And here is a wonderful letter from the Reverend S. B. Rohold of Haifa, Palestine, a Hebrew Christian mission ary to his" own people in the homeland. He has sent us a report of his recent trip throughout the stricken areas of Palestine where he ministered material relief to suffering multitudes o f Jews as a means of entrance with the Gospel. The morning work proceeds apace. Correspondence and reports and manuscripts are dictated; packages of
HE Superintendent of the Toronto Jewish Mis sion concluded his prayer in the Mission Office at the beginning of a new day, and he and his staff arose from their knees. After a few mo ments of happy, informal fellowship and of mutual conference over the day’s program and problems, the five coworkers betook themselves to their respective tasks. The Superintendent, Mr. David T. Cant, formerly of
Gospels and tracts in Yiddish and English are prepared for mailing to Jews or to Christian friends who will distribute them among the Jews in their com munity. We are trying to prepare our monthly Mission Letter and our Jewish Gleanings, the latter be ing a little folder which we as “ watchmen” send out each month to give to our Christian friends “ a brief survey of the Jewish Mission Field and of world-wide current events which have direct bearing upon the Jews and the fulfillment of Bible prophecy.” The writing is uphill work be cause of the many interruptions. Six times at least the telephone rings. V arious P roblems A re P resented And callers! Seven deep! Mr. Abraham is in trouble again and; must see Mr. McLean. Moses wants a job. Could Mr. Cant find him one? Our Mission Treas urer comes in to s i g n some checks. Our President is passing and drops in for a word of cheer, which always does cheer us im mensely. Two pastors drop in for a friendly chat, as well as two or three missionaries. Then our David runs in dur ing a spare half-hour to get some more Bible instruction from us. This dear Jewish lad, redeemed through the testimony of our Mission from a life of deep sin, is now indeed “ a new creature in Christ Jesus.” One of the evi
Biola Hall, Los Angeles, sat down at his desk before the morning mail. Miss Shunk, the office secretary and accountant, started her routine duties. Mr. McLean and Miss Leader, the faithful visiting missionaries, left for their respective rounds of calling. The writer, a Biola graduate, now happy in her ap pointed corner of the great Jew ish field, turned to her desk. Her task, in addition to giving the direct witness to Israel wherever possible, is to send forth the tes timony through the printed page. Letters to Jewish people; and letters, Jewish news reviews, and magazine articles addressed to Christians to stimulate t h e i r sense of responsibility toward the Jews—all these must go forth from her pen upon their God-di rected mission. T he M orning M ail The day’s work begins. The mail fills the first hour, with let ters from near and far, a cosmo politan and inspiring array. Here are letters from friends express ing their continued interest in the Jewish work and assuring the missionaries o f t h e i r prayers. Here are some containing ma terial gifts. Here is a letter from a Jew ish man, angry and sarcastic. The stories we are writing are anti-Semitic and anti-Christian. If we do not stop publishing them at once he will see that steps are taken to make us stop! But here is a message from an
Jewish Recessional B y A gnes S cott K ent God o f the ancient Hebrew race, Lord o f the Abrahamic line, Illumine us that we may trace Through Holy Writ Thy vast design. God o f the Jew! Remind us yet, Lest we forget—lest we forget: These are Thy Chosen People, L o r d - In them all nations shall be blessed When Israel, redeemed, restored, Within the Promised Land finds rest. Thou Hope o f Zion, rouse us yet, Lest we forget—lest we forget! To them adoption doth pertain, The covenants, the glory too; The promises for aye remain; The law was given— to the Jew. God o f the fathers, guard us yet, Lest we forget— lest we forget! The Holy Ghost moved men o f old, And they with far prophetic view, God’s great redemptive plan foretold: The Book was written— by the Jew. Spirit o f Truth, 0 teach us yet, Lest we forget—lest we forget! God’s love, eternal as His Name, On them abides, unchanging, true — O f David’s seed Messiah came, For Jesus Christ was born—a Jew! Thou Son o f God, forgive us yet, That we forget— that we forget! —Sunday School Times.
dences of the fact that “ old things are passed away; all things are become new” with him, is his hunger for the Word of God. This hunger is insatiable, as is his zeal for prayer and for missionary witness to his own Hebrew people. ( Continued on page 342)
other Jew which revives our dropping spirits: “ I am a - Jewish physician from the Old Country . . . and deeply wish to join the Christian faith, a decision to which I came after a long and thoughtful meditation. I should be ♦N ote — Since Miss Kent’s graduation from the Bible Institute of Los Angeles in 1921 she has been a member o f the staff of the Toronto Jewish Mission.
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