impostor, not
even a good man.'
"But, mamma, I have been asked by another, a professed Christian, 'Why
do you trouble yourself about the belief of a devout Jew? he is not
seeking salvation by works, but by faith; then is he not safe, even
though he looks for a Saviour yet to come?' How should you answer that
question, mamma?"
"With the eleventh and twelfth verses of the fourth chapter of Acts:
'This is the stone which was set at naught of you builders, which is
become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other;
for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we
must be saved.'
"That name is the name of Jesus of Nazareth, the crucified One. He is
the only Saviour. We speak--the Bible speaks of being saved by faith,
but faith is only the hand with which we lay hold on Christ.
"'A Saviour yet to come?' There is none; and will faith in a myth save
the soul? No; nor in any other than Him who is the Door, the Way, the
Truth, the Life.
"'He is mighty to save,' and He alone; He Himself said, 'No man cometh
unto the Father, but by Me.'
"And is it not for the very sin of rejecting their true Messiah, killing
Him and imprecating His blood upon them and on their children, that they
have been scattered among the nations and have become a hissing and a
byword to all people?"
"True, mamma, and yet are they not still God's own chosen people? Are
there not promises of their future restoration?"
"Yes, many, in both the Old Testament and the New. Zechariah tells us,
'They shall look upon Me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn
for Him as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for
him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born;' and Paul speaks of
a time when the veil that is upon their hearts shall be taken away, and
it shall turn to the Lord.
"Let me read you the first five verses of the sixty-second chapter of
Isaiah--they are so beautiful.
"'For Zion's sake will I not hold My peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I
will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness,
and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
"'And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy
glory; and thou shalt be called by a new name which the mouth of the
Lord shall name.
"'Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a
royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
"'Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither sha
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