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Eev. S. B. Roliold 151
led him away to the Jewish Mission Hall and he said to him: ’This
Jew is also a Christian and he will explain to you how I was not a
Christian when I wronged you. Now I am a Christian, and I must
love you.’ " The Jew could not but see that this man’s heart was
changed and that he meant what he said. The result was, the Jew
also accepted Christ.
A Personal Experience
Another incident comes to my mind: An old Jew coming from
Odessa was afraid of the new immigration laws. He had lost every-
thing in Odessa. I made his acquaintance, and said to him: "You
need not be afraid I will get you through, I will take you under
my protection." I did get him through, and made myself responsible
for him. I took him to a Jewish boarding house, and found the poor
man had not a cent, and thought, "I will begin my first business with
this man." I said to him: "Here is five shillings take this in the
name of Jesus." As soon as he heard the name of Jesus, he threw the
money on the floor. He said, "You are a Jesus man, I will have noth-
ing to do with you, I would rather starve than take a half-penny in
His name." He had lost everything in the name of Christianity. He
thought Christianity was something hideous. Now, dear friends, I
felt it was my duty to go after that man and redeem the character
of my Lord with that man, and I went after him I think fully six
months. One day there was an hour of grace. He listened to the
message, and I succeeded to point out to him what true Christianity
is; what Jesus has done for the salvation of men; and he found in
Him a Saviour and a Redeemer.
Dear friends, if you love the Lord, especially you Russian people
who know what an idea the Jew in Russia has about Jesus, it is your
duty to redeem the character of our blessed Lord among those six
million Jews of Russia, and you can do it. It has been proven that
the Russian is a kind person. I am not here to flatter my Russian
brethren. I only say it because it is true. If these Russian people
would be taught to be at peace with the Jew, then there would be no
barrier to lead the Jew to the Gospel, and then if the Jew is con-
verted the whole of Russia will be converted. Therefore, dear friends,
I appeal to you this day, particularly to our Brother Fetler, and those
who are associated with him, to remember, if you really have Russia
at heart, then the six million Jews in Russia must be first on the
program; not because I am a Jew, but because it is the Divine order:
"To the Jew first," and you cannot go against the Divine order and
plan of God.*
See foot-note on page 141.
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