REV. J. W. KEMP'S LECTURE

Waikato Times, Volume 102, Issue 17134, 22 June 1927, Page 8

REV. J. W. KEMP'S LECTURE

" THE JEW." The lectures being delivered by Rev J. W. Kemp, of Auckland, under ih< auspices of the New Zealand BiblS Training Institute's Exlension Department, were continued yesterday afternoon and evening in the Baptist Church. The afternoon lecture dealt with the fascinating history of the Jewish nation from the time of the call of Abram lo the present day. From being a horde of slaves in Egypt, they became a well-organised nation under the leadership of Moses, with Cod as the head. Later they desired a King of their choice, which desire was granted, but it Jed to disaster. The course of the nation from that time was downwards, until it culminated in the murder of the Son of God, which was shortly followed by the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus in A.D. 70. From that time the .lews had been scattered among all nations, suffering terrible persecution. Lately their land had been restored to them, and thousands were hocking there in connection with the Zionist movement, n movement that had as its motto: "Cold and not Cod." To-day .Jews controlled the politics and the finances practically of (he whole world. Then; was yet, according lo the prophetic scriptures a future of even greater persecution for the Jew, but this would be followed by a period of national blessing and prosperity. In the evening, the lecturer spoke on "The Bible in Ihc Billows." He said that though every possible attempt had been made to do away with the Bible, it was not so easily disposed or. Voltaire, Bradlaugh, Tom Painc had all passed, but the Bible remained as potent as ever. Buprting if, and with-hoiding it from the people had alike proved unavailing. The very room in which Voltaire had prophesied that the Bible would be a thing of the past within 100 years, was now a storehouse for Bibles. The Written Word was like the Living Word, it had its divine side and its human side, and it perfectly expressed the mind and will of God. The records of tho. original documents were God-breathed, and were reliable in every particular. The Bible needed no defence. AU that it asked was that it be let go, and it would do its oWn work. This had been amply demonstrated by the experience of missionaries lo cannibal islands during the past century. The lectures will continue this afternoon and evening.