Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-04-18

fxion, and Death--Good Friday In New
York.
Yesterday was Good Friday-the day on when
Jesus, the son of Mary, crucifed and suffered
death under the authority of the Chief Priests oil
the bloody Jewish nation.
In those DAYS about 1910 years and months ago,
the Chief Priests the politicians, the fnanciers'
the brokers' the bankers, and the fashionable leaders
of society among the Jews They had turned the
Temple of Solomon ntoa place for brokers, mo-
ney was changed and the country people oil Judah
shaved country people are shaved In w all street
Indeed the Temple of Solomon was the van street
of that age, and the Chief Priests were the hVlng
scoundres ofthe place. who conspred against Jesus,
the great Reformer of that day and generation why
did they so! They did so, because these ancient
brokers' priests politicians and fnancers, saw, IN
the doctrines of the Messiah, that their power and
influence among men, and also among the lovely
women too were threatened to be expunged. The
lofty eloquence-the burning sarcasm-the bold de-
nuncatons-the splendid intellect-the fearless con-
duct of Jesus of Nazareth-hs influence with the
masses, both men and beautiful wonderland his
purity of personal character-were all sufficient to
rouse the jealousy and the hostility of these ancient
scoundres of the Jewish Priesthood, who also con-
trolled the money-the currency-and the public
opinion of that day, their descendants in Wall
street, street of Solomons temples do at this day.
To get the great Christian Reformer out ofthcr way,
these rascas conspired against the Saviour, and by
dint of lies false swearing, and defamation, he was
condemned and crucified.
The spirit stirring narrative or report of this
tional murder, committed by the Hebrews on one of
the best and purest of their own countrymen in the
flesh, will be found annexed, according to the record
of Matthew, who, from a Hebrew loafer, rose by
a he ,hr apOstle. Nes
was the anniversary of the death Of the Messiah
and, accordingly, several of the churches-those
that have not yet lost all traces of Christianity in
the corrupons and quarrels Of the ags-the Episco-
pal, Catholic, Methodist-eXcept the Presbyterian,
had services on the occasion, expressive of their
sense Of that great, curious, and mysterious event
What relief it is to quit such empty charlatans
the priests and politicians of the present day, and
go b.ck to these ancient times, and contemplate the
great Christian system in its first buildings from the
fountain of the Almighty, Look at the priests
and fnanciers, and politicians of the present day
Are they bit better or wiser more hu name thar
were the chief priests Of the Jewsl Here is tn,
pious Mr. Kirk preaching hell and damnatien al
over the city, TO every sect that does not think
he and his particular does Out of these preach
ings he expects, indeed, to interest the hearts OF
some pretty black-eyed, round-faced young lady OF
nineteen, who is pious and has a fortune-and then
shall hear more Of his services in the
cause Of Heaven and Eternity Look at Mr..
Knapp, one day plungng all the old women into
the river TO wash away their sins and wrinkles
and then the next day dealing out damnation the
Aims House Commissioners do soup, in large adle-
fus TO the poor. Look at the politicians, abusin,
and lying about Van Buren, and Harrison till the '
are hoarse with lies and calumny. Look at the
banks. Every week-every day, some scoundre
running away with thousands of other peoples pro.
perty-and every person crying out, don't catch
or punish him-he is Of respectable family" /
Jesus Of Nazareth were to come down from heaven
as a young man, second time-if he were to plan
himself on one of the large granite columns now w.
ing Wall street to be put up in the Exchange and
preach against these chief priests and these chara
tans as he did in the Wall street Of Jerusalem,
against the chief priests and charatans among the
Jews what would they say WoHld he be beiev-
edl Would he be needed at all Would. he be
obeyed No such thing. lie would meet with the
same fate a second time. The chief priests and
scrbes and Pharisees and Sadducees Of the present
day-those pious men who fill Wall street and
broadway with their religion finance and roguerics
those rascals who crowd every avenue Of society
would conspire again against the second nantes
tation Of God made Man''-and he would be hunt
ed down as the Jews hunted him down-till some Of
their cliques would cry out, " cruelty hm-crucify
him. a. a disturber Of the peace and a man with a
devil"
Oh what a relief Il is to quit politics, and parson-
ism and finance and roguery, for day, and re- al
the following interesting record from the Gospel
The Rulers oonspire against Christ-The U'oman
onointsfh his hedd-yudds seiieh him-Christ
.afsth the Passover. insfifuteh his Holy Supper.
praUefh ia the garden: and being betrJ yed ,cih a
hiss is carried TO Cdidphds and denied Of Peter
Christ dsiirered bound TO PLATE Judas hsngeth
biaself-PHate ddmonished Of his tcife, tcasheth
MS hand. and ioosefh Barabbas-C Christ is orourn-
ed nth t,orns, orucifsd, reriied, dieth, and is
buried-His sspuiohrets sealed and matched
And il came 20 pass, when Jesus had finished all
these savings he said unto his disciples, We know
that after two DAYS is the feast Of the passover and
the Son Of man l. betrayed to be crucifed. Then
assembled together the chief priests and the scribes
and the elders of the people unto the palace Of the
high priest who was called Caiaphss and consulted
that they might take Jesus nv subtity, and kill him.
But they said, the feast day lest there be an
uproar among the people
Now when Jesus was in Bethany. in the house of
Simon the lcper, there came unto him a woman hay-
ing alahaster box Of very precious ointment and
poured IL on his head. AZ he sat at meat Bot
when his disciples saw Il, they had indignationssy
ing, to what purpose is his waste For this sint-
nent might have been sold for much, and given 10
the poor. When Jesus understood IL, he said unto
them, why trouble ye the womanl for she hath
wrought good work upon me. For We have
the poor always with you; but ye have not al
ways. Form that she hath poured ihis ointment on
my BODY, she did IL for my burial. Verify ] say
unto you whertsoever this gospel shall be preached