Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-04-19
CHRIST CRUCIFIED.
The History OF CLrist from Jewish standpoint
Jews NOT Responsible for His Donth.
From the Memphis Daily Avalanche.

FeU, lhSL, on tho SUBJECT OF tne he-
formed Jewish Church. He began
by saying natural science had very
much TO do with the progress of re-
ligion as well as other departments
of human knowledge. Then be went
on to lay down tho basis of his dis
course. The ancient Jews, he said
we're divided; into three sects--the
Sadducees, the Pharisees, and the
Ainnees. Ofthese, the most intelli-
gent appears 30 have been the Phar-
isees. 1t is from that sect that all
the traditions and writings of the
Jews arc drawn, the other sects hay
ing been ignorant and sent down
nothing in the way of history. He
mentioned FIVE different works be-
sides the Bible which contributed to
the general Hebraic Jurisprudence,
ceremonial and religious,
The rabbinicaI literature OF Syria
was compiled in Palestine toward
the end of the third century.
and is known as the ralmud
OF Jerusalem. Another similar work
was compiled in Persia in The fifth
century Both works are now
known - the Talmud, and contain
ma sr sufficient % III about 100 vol
amos II English The Talmua. ho
,a,j or al least that part Of It Id
which he referred vas Of eqaa, a.
thority with the Bible, computed u
the same class Of men. aud win lie
same object, and TT about The same
time. lie then proceeded TO give a
brit account Of jesus of Nazareth,
who is generally supposed TO have
been the author of Christianity
But the lecturer denied this. He
said no was patriot who sought to
rescue the country and people from
a grinding tyranny, then recently
imposed upon them by. the Romans,
and the Romans put him to death
with every circumstance of cruelty
and horror, aad not the Jews. He
belonged to the sect of the Ainnees.
The learned lecturer said that
many passages in the Talmud go to
show that be wrote considerable, and
that many Of his manuscripts were
in existence 1T the time of the COM
piation Of that work. He said that
Renan has recently given the world
a Partisan edition of Jesus Christ,
which differs as much from the truth
as tho popular idea of him among
Christians. The Ainnees, to whom
Jesus belonged, had peculiar socie-
ty, whereas the SaddHcees and the
Pharisees had none. The Pharisees
were the Democrats of those days,
and their general ideas of politics
and religion were most distasteful to
the Romans, and these latter domi-
neered over them with peculiar Sc
verify and forced them to form a Sc
cret society, the same as the Ain
neoe. This society embodied in it.
self the strongest opposition to kings
and priests
The members of this society had
their sacrifices in secre: hence, every
table, in the eye of the outer world,
became an altar, and every meal a
sacrifice. st. John the Baptist was
member of this society. He preach
cd doctrine directly in opposition
to tho interests of Herod, and hence
John, with many other Rabbits, were
captured and transported to the con-
fines OF prison, whore they wero Sc
cretly beheaded and thus, what was
considered rebellion, was crushed
ont. But Herod, like other tyrants.
was mistaken. A multitude of dis
ciplcs rose up after John. Among
these was jesus, who had been bap-
tizcd by him. He began his labor
| shortly after, but owing To his youth
he found little favor among his com
peers Of the same sect but succeeded
in attracting 10 himself number of
Roman followers. He was banished
TO the confines of the land where the
population was sparse, and there the
stories of It's miracles aud wondera
became current aud spread abroad
and the spirit Of John seemed 10 he
rsenrreeted with tenfoid vlgor
The firm enthusiasm which h.
evinoed in preaching hi= theory OF
salvation is the real iica IF the Trans
iiguration. Many OF the people were
expecting some Divine messenger,
who would save them from their po-
litical miseries. Jesus promised to
do this. The scheme was ingenious
but impracticable. When he was
surrounded by number which be
considered sufficient, he marched to-
ward Jerusalem with the iiea of Ia
king the city and overturning the
Roman power. He went into the
city in triumph, the masses waving
palm branches and singing psalms.
The educated and solid people saw
the futiity of the project, and dis
countenanced the movement. Jesus
was compelled to quietly retire on
the same night, and was captured
Immediately afterward, crucified be-
cause he had q noble object, and be-
cause it WAS the policy of Pontius
PLATE, who thus wished to outrage
the feelings Of the Jews, and drive
them to self-destruction.
The learned lecturer then went in
to an account, in extended form, of
the objects and ideas OF Christ. The
High Priests Of the Temple were APP
pointed by the Roman power, and
the deputies of that power were
bribed heavily by the wealthy Jews
to have cerlsin favorites appointed.
An explanation of the celebrated
saying of Christ the moment he en-
tered Jerusalem, "My house shall be
called house of prayer, but you
have made it q den of thieves" His
object was to- restore the Kingdom
of Heaven. ,'Thy Kingdom Come"
was not an original expression with
Jesus it was derived from old Jew
ish books. BE never violated any
Jewish law. de Iabored to re-estab-
lish the theocracy of Moses, to have
no priests, no rulers, no laws but the
fundamental law of love, which was
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