Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ... VI COMING TO THE LIGHT It would be a mistake to think that my conversion was accomplished that night. I left the mission confused and angry. On my way home I could only upbraid myself for my defeat and for permitting a miserable renegade to silence me, a child of the Law. When my anger abated somewhat, my thoughts took another turn, and I was forced to admit that something was wrong. Later, through the silence of the night, I could only repeat to myself the same assertion. Now, who was wrong? Surely not the rabbis. It must be the Christians. Yet, the missionary had not opened his mouth about the belief of the Christians, but had spoken to me of my own Bible, the word of God, which I was compelled to believe. But if the teachings of the Bible differed from the religion which I had been taught, then I was wrong; and if I was wrong, then all Israel was wrong; and my father had been wrong before me, and my mother, and my teachers and the rabbis--all, all were wrong. The missionary, then, was right. This was a terrifying thought, and when it crossed my mind, I was tempted to awaken my slumbering roommates and to implore them to protect me from the missionary and from Jesus Christ. I attempted to seek refuge in the old story, but it appeared so despicable now that I at once dismissed it from my mind. In its stead, like the writing on the wall, there appeared before me the words of Isaiah. I shuddered and repeated that something was wrong. The next day, the struggle continued. Wherever I looked I could see only the Prophet Isaiah repeating his words concerning the birth of the Child, and I could hear only God repeating, "Hear him, for he speaks the words which I have put into his mouth!" The seed had been sown in my heart, and God, in his...
