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sketch of the Jewish people, we fail to see where it can be applied. When Henry F ord started his articles against th e Jews, it certainly could not be said of them th a t they “ opened not th eir mouths.” The fact is, the Jews have always been hypersensitive people, un able to bear criticism or correction, w rithing when found fau lt w ith 'an d re tu rn ing sharp answers to those w ith whom they do not agree. Isaiah 53 can be applied to bu t one man we know of, and th a t is th e Lamb of God. Speaking of th e un fair treatm en t m et ed out to certain orthodox m inisters by higher critics who have voted them unceremoniously out of th e associations for preaching the old time Bible doc trines, a w riter in th e Biblical Record er says: “We speak of w hat we have experienced and witnessed in 25 years, and we Say th a t th ere is not a P ro test a n t in the hands of a ju ry of Papists who could get less of fair trea tm e n t than a loyal evangelical m inister will to-day receive a t the hands of th e trium ph an t modernist. We say deliberately th a t th ere is not a w harf laborer or a jockey who would no t command among his peers a fairer show.” Henry Ford has done something for m issionary work in China a t any rate. The following is from a recent le tte r from Reuben Torrey, Jr. of Tsinanfu, China: “The introduction of th e Ford was watched w ith g reat in te rest and a good deal of skepticism. It has, how ever, proved a thorough success from every standpoint. It has now been operating in all kinds of w eather, over all sorts of roads, for eight consecutive months. Even during the weeks of un usual snow and thaw during the past W in ter it bumped and lurched and splashed its way over frozen and melted roads, up steep banks, across fields, and through seas of mud. It kept going when other means . of country travel were impossible and only once was it necessary to borrow a passing mule to be draw n out of an oozy mud hole. A trip th a t form erly required a full day of steady pushing can be made in from two to th ree hours. Untold streng th is con served for the work in hand. A num ber of helpers and Christians Can be carried along to preach to th e inevitable crowd th a t g athers wherever th e ma chine stops. On arriv al a t a village to make a pastoral call th e curious flock around th e car and leave th e mission ary free to have the desired quiet and
personal visit w ith th e Christians.” I t is in teresting to note th a t the Gid- eon organization of Pennsylvania have handed the higher critics a warm re buke in the recent public rejection of th e advertising of certain books pub lished by the Methodist Book Concern (Abingdon P ress). Through an over sight, one such advertisem ent did ap pear in the Gideon magazine, bu t by action of the S tate association, resolu tions were, promptly published explain ing the m atter. The following statem ents appear in the resolutions: “Resolved T h at we recommend th a t all advertisers of books in our National Gideon Maga zine shall be required to furnish guar- antee th a t the books advertised are ab solutely orthodox and untainted with higher criticism. Resolved, T hat we deplore the fact th a t th e g reat publish ing house here mentioned is in charge of men w illing to assassinate the church they rep resen t by publishing semi-infi- del literatu re. It is our belief th a t g reat p eril confronts this g reat church by perm itting these authors, book edi tors and publishing agents to rem ain in charge of Christian institutions. Re- soived, T hat this resolution be published n our National Gideon Magazine and in church papers.” , AN INFIDEL ’S REBUKE In a conversation between a church member and an infidel, the infidel ob served to his friend, th a t they might as well drop the subject of conversation; for, ’ said he, “I do not believe a single word you say. And, more than this, I am satisfied th at you do not really believe it yourself; for, to my certain knowledge, you have not given, for the last twenty years, as much for th e spread of Chris- tianity-^-such as the building of churches, foreign and domestic missions—as your last Durham cow cost. Why, sir, if I be lieved the one-half of what you say you believe, I would make the church my rule for giving, and my farm the excep tion.”
One of the most needful arts is to know when to accomplish most by doing noth ing.
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