New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-27

The ancient Saducees had been extinct sxteen hun
dred Year, and since their extinction there was n,
such vital difference OF opinion az formerly existed be-
tween Saducec and Pharisee adsys exists be.
tween Unitarian and Presbyterian or Roman Catholic
and EpiscoPaian. AZ the present day uinetesntysn.
eths OF the nation mntancd that the tradition of the
Bible wts OF divine origin while the new school ONLY
respected The tradition as having reference TO the
ancient usoges Of the people, and therefore to be up
held so far end no more There was, however dis
thcuon between the Jews not usually known perhaps
ey Christians. According to the Tamud, the Galile-
ans were, long prior TO the destruction Of the Temple
oy illus, distinguished by their provncislism-,her
peculiarly Of pronunciation, from the grea. body Of
the people. That distinction perpetuatei 20 this
Gay, ana divided the German from the Spanish and
Portuguese Jews and it strengthened by the in.
PRODUCTION OF several little differences in regard to the
ritual as performed among either But as both obeyed
the laws observed the usages and recognized
each other orthodox, they would be considered
observed DR.. Raphal. in the communication already
referred toy as constituting distinct secs Mr. o. diff
ered with the Doctor in regard the great bulk of the
people being Rabbinists in opinion. 1t more
reasonable to suppose co. than to imagine the great
Jointly Of the Protestant world Catholics bee
they saw some things in the Roman Church to admire.
He was inclined to ascrbe to the Jewish people
Of sectarianisn than DR. Raphael seemed to suppose
existed among them The reverend gentleman then. in
illustration Of spiritual life and general tone of thought
existing among the at the present day read copous
extracts from the of Salamons and Stein, OF
Frankfort representing the school, and Blessner
and Manufacturer of old school The former were the
liberal lattudinarian, the latter the conservative.
Respecting the prospects Of the Jewish on the
whole he had no prophecy to utter for the future Of
every nation and religion often defed conjecture,
what man will say Of nation and religion exempted
from the general fate of nationality What man
will say where England will be in a century,
or France in ten years. Who will say what is
TO be the future of country in view of the
nance Of her progress for the last seventyve years
1t is very clear that Judaism is undergoing throuh the
general illumination and tolerance of the times an
ordeal more perilous than the most cruel per-
secution. He Mr. o. considered there was a
large number Of unbelievers in Israel nowadays,
yet he was inclined to think they would become
less, rather than under the Influence
Of that type of the religion recognized by the
school. The liberal philosophy Of Moses Mendelssohn
was favored by the leaders of the orthodox party
and the disposition among that party to claim him
orthodox Jew now, led TO the opinion that the ortho-
dox Jews VIII become hOeraized Dy tne progressive
spirit ofthe age After further observations fol-
lowing up the train of thought indicated in the forego
ing Mr.. o. concluded his interesting discourse by
marking that the Jew prosecuted the Christian and has
need to ask his forgiveness The persecution of the
Church by the Jews was the turning point of Christian
history in the apostolic age After that the Cross was
planted above the throne Of the Cesars; the tables
were then turned and for than thousand years
the Christian prosecuted the Jew the Christian is
penting, and is granting tcleraon civil and religious,
to the ongopprcsscd children of Judea Let both re-
pent, and ask mutual forgiveness let them both look
TO the true Shekinshto the brightness of the Divine
glory rradating the soul of Jesus Christ Then Israel
shall be saved, and the fulness Of the Gentle shall
como in"