s everywhere proclaimed a Prophet of God and His Book the
Book of God. Shall we consider this Personage an enemy or a friend of
Moses?

Justice is needed; we must render fair judgment upon this question. Had He
been an enemy, He would not have allowed the name and teachings of Moses
to become widespread in the world. He would not have promulgated the law
and principles of the Torah. Would there have been any mention of Moses in
America? Could even the name of Judaism have reached this part of the
world through any other instrumentality? Undoubtedly, it was owing to the
blessed agency and influence of Christianity that Judaism became
established in this western world. Moses had no better friend and
sympathizer than Christ. Consider how the illiterate among the Israelites
conceal the reality of these facts and continue the delusion that Christ
was an enemy of Moses. All Christians believe in Moses. They declare that
He was a Man of God, the Interlocutor and Prophet of God, that His Book
was the Book of God, that the people of Israel were the people of God and
that all the prophets of Israel were valid and true. They offer unlimited
praise, sincere eulogy, and manifest unlimited love for the religion of
Moses. What harm comes from this? And if the Jews should say that Christ
was also the Word of God, the Spirit of God, what harm could follow this
statement? Just these few words would be the cause of reconciling the
Christians and Jews. The Christians accept Moses and His Book. What harm
have they suffered on account of this belief? Have they lost anything
because of it?

In answer to all these questions the rabbi answered, "No."

We continued: What harm could result if the Jews were in a similar
attitude toward Christianity, declaring that Christ was the Word of God,
that the Gospel is the Book of God? Such an attitude as this would cause
the enmity of many centuries to pass away. If we declare that Moses was
the Prophet of God and that His Book was the law of God, does it harm our
religious standpoint? Not at all. Furthermore, every nation is proud of
its great men and heroes even though those great ones may have been
atheists or agnostics. Today France glorifies Napoleon Bonaparte, saying,
"He was a French military genius," whereas, in reality, he was a tyrant.
They say, "Voltaire was ours," although Voltaire was an atheist. "Rousseau
was a great man of this nation," and yet Rousseau was irreligious. France
is proud of