I BECAME acquainted with a very intelligent Jew in the city of Montreal. His father, I am informed, was a wealthy banker in Germany. I heard this Jew relate his Christian experience in a fellowship meeting, the substance of which, in his broken English, was this:—"The Spirit of de Lord take hold of my heart in my fader's house in Germany. He make me feel so bad, I could not eat my food or take my rest.
“My fader said to me: 'Why you no be happy? You mope round, just as miserable as can be. Plenty of money, why you no be happy?'
“I say: 'Fader, I find no place for my soul. De money won't buy a place for my soul. I lay down and die some day, and den what good de money to me, and where go my poor soul?'
"By-and-by I reads in a paper about one Dr. F., a Jewish Rabbi, in Canada, dat find Messiah. I says to myself; I go to find dat Rabbi dat find Messiah. When I come to Canada, I ask de first thing: 'Where is Dr. F.? ‘and dey tell me dat he live in de city of Hamilton. When I go to the city of Hamilton, he not at home. I no find him for two weeks. Then one man skew him me at a public meeting, and I look at him till de meeting was out; and as he came, I say to him: 'You Dr. F.?'
“'Yes.'
“'You Jewish Rabbi?'
“'Yes.'
“'You find Messiah?'
“'Yes.'
“'Will you give me two lessons, and I pay you?' "Dr. F. say: Come to my house, and I give you many lessons, and not charge you anything.' "But I say Oh, no, Dr. F.;' and he talk to m; and talk to me, and talk to me, but I no find. Messiah.
“Den I go to de Catholic Church, and talk to de priest to find Messiah.
“De priest he tell me about de baptism and de holy water; and I say: `Go away with your water; I want to find a place for my soul!’
“Den I go back to Dr. F., and he say: You Hebrew scholar? Now take your Hebrew Bible, and read what the ancient prophets say about de Messiah. Take your pen and write down de exact description dey give of Him, especially the fifty-third chapter of Isaiah: and when you get de prophetic directions how to find Messiah, you take your Greek Testament, and search, and you will find, as face answereth face in a glass, so de New Testament answers to de Old, and dat everything de old prophets say about Messiah-was fulfilled exactly in de person of Jesus of Nazareth. When your judgment be convinced, den bow down on your knees and pray to God, in the name of Jesus, and you find Messiah in your heart. He save you from all your sins! So I follow de instructions that Dr. F. he did give me; and my judgment he got convinced, and I bow on my knees, and I cry: 'O Got of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; Got of my faders; I pray to Dee in de name of Dy dear suffering Son, Jesus Christ; I be convinced from Dy holy books of de Old and New Testaments dat He be Messiah which Dow halt sent into de world to save sinners. Dow knows what a great sinner I am; but Jesus comes to save de chief of sinners. Intrust my soul to Him; I believe He can save me. O Got, have mercy on my poor soul, and save me from my sins for Jesus's sake. I believe all Dow has say about Jesus, and I take Him as my Savior.' While I pray, I feel more and more bad, and I tot my poor soul he must go to hell. Den I say, if Jesus Christ bore my sins in His own body, and redeemed my soul with His own blood, my soul he no need to go to hell. Den I give my soul to Jesus; I believe in Jesus, and just as quick as lightning, I finds Messiah. He save me from my sins. He fill my soul wid unspeakable joy. My soul he find a home in Jesus. He abide in Jesus now for tree years, and I know Him more and more, and love Him with all my heart.”
He proceeded to tell of some remarkable answers to prayer he had experienced, and such was the artless simplicity of his story, and the light and unction of the Holy Spirit shining through his broken utterances, that when he sat down, there were but few dry eyes in that large assembly.