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and .other places. In Berkeley, Oakland,, San Francisco, Sacramento and Stockton, continuous class work has been pursued for several years, sometimes in two or more places in the same city. An average of five classes each week for forty weeks each year have been con ducted, an average of thirty, of each of these classes taking definite instruction along doctrinal lines, dispensational lines and topical study, with special lectures given at Christian Endeavor Conventions and Conferences' afid pulpit supply work in numerous towns and cities. Besides this it has been the privilege of the writer to minister to a church each Sunday for nearly three years, besides the many individual I N dealing with the Jews we are fre quently asked this question, “Why. do yoti not go and talk to the Jewish rabbis instead of coming here to talk with an unlearned man like me?” It has been our desire to have such an interview and recently God opened the way for a visit with Rabbi g------ , a very liberal Reform Jew. In the course of the conversation that followed the question was asked what he thought about Jesus Christ. A look , of disgust swept over his face and turning away his head in an impatient way, he said “O, that old question; how often have I answered it. You should know what a Jew thinks of Jesus Christ.” The worker replied that though be did know what many Jews thought about Jesus Christ, he did not know what he (the Rabbi) thought. The Rabbi’s answer was “I believe Him to be a good man, and a great teacher,~ but I do not believe in His Deity.” The worker then began to show him the proofs of the Deity of Jesus Christ, first pointing out the inconsistency of hold ing the opinion that Jesus Christ was a good 'man if He was not God. One of two things must be true—either He was God
and private interviews and conferences. Now that a change in the location of. the writer’s field of labor is’anticipated, it is pleasant to look back over the work and see where it has been really worth while, and while there are many places where an improvement could be made, yet it is grat ifying to feel that the work has in some measure been a - factor for good in the lives of so many people. The prayers of God’s people are earnestly craved in this new and enlarged oppor tunity, for with the new opportunity there will be also new and greater problems, and therefore the need for wisdom and under standing must be met by way of the Throne. . manifest in the flesh as He claimed to be, or He was not a good man, but the great est impostor of the ages, for a good man would not claim to be God and receive the worship of men which belongs only to God, unless it were true that he was God. The inconsistency of his position must have become apparent to him, and with ris ing anger he said “I suppose you have come over here to save my soul, but I want to tell you I consider your coming the greatest insult you could offer me.” We told him of the; awful eternity into which he was rushing blindfold, and that we had come as a faithful friend to warn him of his danger and point out the way of escape;.that he was as a man asleep in a burning building, all unconscious of his danger, and as one would not hesitate to arouse such a sleeper even though one incurred his momentary displeasure, so we had risked his displeasure, knowing the end justified the means. The Rabbi rosé and thanking the worker for his interest,, said “I absolve you from all responsibility for my salvation,” and with that signified that the interview was at an end. A booklet entitled “The Jewish
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