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“WATCH WITH ME ONE HOUR!”

—MATT. 26:40—

Little did we suppose, when writing for our last issue the article, “Watch and Pray, Lest Ye Enter into Temptation,” that the admonition was so greatly needed by you all, and especially by the Editor and his faithful co-workers in the service here. Suffice it here to say that the Adversary has been busy concocting a dark conspiracy in the hearts of some who should be “true yoke-fellows,” but who are proving themselves to be “false brethren,” similar to some mentioned by the Apostle in 2 Thes. 3.

Brethren and Sisters, watch and pray yet more earnestly for yourselves and for us; for assuredly the Adversary opposes us all, more and more, at every step. In all probability the Church’s path will grow narrower and more difficult as the Master’s did, until, like his, it shall reach a Gethsemane and a Golgotha. The same thought is illustrated in the career of John the Baptist—pointed out in M. DAWN, VOL. II., pp. 260-262.

The severest feature of the present trial is that it is the work of “false brethren.” It enables us to appreciate our Lord’s “contradiction of sinners against himself”; and we are not weary nor faint in our minds. We have not yet resisted unto blood—death. We are looking away to Jesus, the author of our faith, who in due time, we trust, shall be the finisher of it.—Heb. 12:2-4.

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A JEWISH VIEW OF JESUS

It is becoming quite popular with all sorts of people—religious and irreligious—to point to Jesus of Nazareth, our Redeemer and Lord, as a great and wonderful teacher; and therefore it need not surprise us to find that a similar sentiment is springing up amongst the Jews. It will prepare the way for their ultimate acceptance of him—when the Kingdom is his, and he is the governor among the nations.—Psa. 22:28.

The following extract from The Overland Monthly is by a Jew—Jacob Voorsanger—and gives evidence in the direction named. He says:—

“Shorn of all theological attributes, divested of his Greek garments, disrobed and appearing in the strong light of history, the majestic character and figure of the Nazarene are intelligible enough to a Hebrew. A son of his people, his heart aflame with great intents, his ambition wholly to restore the law, his dream that of the prophets, to bring the kingdom of heaven to the children of earth, he preached a Millennium to men engaged in quarrels and contentions. If he failed, if his life paid the forfeit, it was the sorrowful consequence of troubled times. But his teachings, as they appear upon the face of his book (not as they are interpreted by metaphysicians), are the genuine echoes of the holy things propounded by old prophets. A life led in harmony with such teachings, the same teachings given to Israel in the law and the prophets, must needs be pure and holy. This much we understand. Why cannot all the world thus read these teachings, and thus, to quote the great words of Sir Moses Montefiore, ‘remove the title page between the Old and New Testaments.'”

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— April 15, 1894 —