Testimony of Christ to the Old Testanient 207 pretensions much above the others, far less claim exclusive d u i a v l in n e a s tu a r n e c , tio a n s ; m al o l ld o e f d th b e y m b h e is ing his th to e ry pro a d n u d ct e o n f vi m ro a n n m 's e s n p t, iri i t n different nations and ages. This is the view under which the study of comparative religion is prosecuted by many t e h m e i i n r en ch t a s r c a h c o t l e a r r is s t . ics A a l n a d rge his a t n o d ry g -en t e e r n o d u s s , s it tu i d s y h o e f ld r , el t i o gio b n r s in g them into closer fellowship with each other; and only i gn rance or prejudice (say these unbiased thinkers) can isola o te the religion of the Old Testament or of the New, and refuse to acknowledge in other religions the divine elements which entitle them to take rank with Judaism or Christianity. The utterances of Jesus Christ on this question of the t d a i k v a in b i l t e y ; o a f n t d he n O ot ld le T ss est c a le m a e r nt an re d lig d i e o c n id a e n d d i c s ul H ts is are lan u g n u m a i g s e respect-ing the writings in which this religion is delivered. God is the source in the directest sense, of both the religion and the records of it. No man can claim Christ's authority d fo h r ism cl , as a s n in d g P J a u r d s a e i e s i m sm. wit T h he C r o e nf i u s ci n a o n t i h sm in , g, H i i n n d d e u e i d sm , , in Bu th d e Lord's teaching which forbids us to recognize anything that is good in ethnic religions-any of those elements of spiritual truth which become the common property of the race and which were not completely lost in the night of heathenism; b is u h t, f o a n ith the is o , t t h o er o h u a r n L d, or it d, is th ab e u o n n da e n t t r ly ue ev f i a d i e th n , t t a h n a d t t t h h e at Je t w fie Jewish Scriptures have a place of their own-a place which cannot be shared with the sacred books of other peoples. Samaritanism, even though it had appropriated so largely from the religion o f Israel, He will not reco gn vation is of the Jews." ize. "For sal Almost any reference of our Lord to the Old Testament will support the statement that He regards the Dispensation and its Scriptures as from God. He shows, e. g., that Old Testament prophecy is fulfilled in Himself, or He vindicates
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