The Jew is again seeking the Messiah. His dropping of age-old creeds and dogmas which satisfied his forefathers signifies this fact. Unconsciously he is seeking the fulfillment of the promises of the Bible, salvation from the ills of daily life, the Comforter,—in other words, the Messiah. But in what direction shall he look? Where shall he find the truth, which leadeth to all things good? Long years I sought to know God, to know man, to know life, to know the Messiah. My search finally ended with satisfaction, full to overflowing, in Christian Science, which is daily teaching me to walk the way of true life, peace, happiness on earth, here and now. I have found the key to salvation from every earthly trouble. I have found the incorporeal Messiah. As Ruth of old gleaned in the field, so have I gleaned in the rich field of Christian Science, and the longing is most sincere to present the sheaves of my abundant gleaning to my dearly beloved brethren, the Jews.
From my own experience, as well as through much investigation, I have learned that there are certain specific objections which the Jew holds which must be satisfactorily answered before he is ready to look into Christian Science. These objections are not against Christian Science per sc, so much as against so-called orthodox Christianity as a whole; but since these objections prevent the Jew from investigating and ultimately accepting Christian Science, it seems but fair that they be met and overcome. The immeasurable good which Christian Science holds for the Jew as well as for all mankind encourages me to take this attitude. I would fain make straight and clear the path to the Messiah, which lies through Christian Science.
First let us touch lightly upon the Jewish thought. In the last analysis the Jew has always lived in the past. He has adhered to and revered the traditions of the past, never stopping to ascertain the justice or truth of these traditions. Thus, because the Jew of the past hated Jesus for rebuking materiality, he first crucified Jesus, then heaped calumny upon his name. He left to future generations his hatred and execration of Jesus. This ill feeling the Jew has accepted as part and parcel of tradition, neither investigating its source nor questioning its validity; but to-day, because Christian Science in the name and nature of Christ, Truth, heals the sick, redeems men from the troubles of daily life, the Jew is beginning to break away from the apathy of generations of sluggish indifference and is asking what Jesus did to be so hated. Because the Jew is seeking with an honest purpose, the answer he will get will finally acquaint him with the Messiah. When the Jew learns that Jesus was hated because he was incarnate good rebuking evil, he will admit that this reason redounds to the credit of Jesus. Finding this answer so contrary to his preconceived and hazy opinions, he may begin to question other traditions which heretofore he had accepted unchallenged, and thus will he break the bonds of Judaic creeds and dogmas.
