, 1870-05-09

because he left the abodes Of men and
Eought ilo scclusion Of tho Wilderness, |
and that be xrestlcd With tho deah and re-
ceivcl his food from tho ravens; that Elias
Eaa monk becan1e TIE three children called
him " bald-head," and he was copsecrated by
God with = nAn.lc and ttat John the Bar-
list Was = monk bocaule he was "clothed with |
eamels hair, and With Gird1o OF skin about
lis loins," and eat locusts and wild honey
Accepting the aEaertion Of Taylor, tho editor
Of :" CA]met's Dictionary Of tho Liblo, thu
John the Baptist belonged TO an order u
monks which existed At that imo a1nong tho
Jews, Ind bore tho nlme Of Esseues, he de-
vo:es corsiderab]o Epace to the consideration
Of this ecct- They we're = secret society Ike
Ftce Masons and their organizations, ps.nc1-
plea Of action, and modoo Life were essentially |
nonkish ia every particular. They al wore
particular habit, abstained from the usa OF !
wine and meat, practised the healing Ar, pray.
ed much 1t night, educated the Children OF |
strangers, held their goods in common, sunk |
themselves In contemplation, md took the |
oath Of obedience. poverty, aud chastity. There !
wzs also another Jewish sect, very similar to
tho Essences, called the Therapeutic. It is one .
Of the singular facts Of the Eible that al-
though the Essenes were large and powerful
eect, scattered al through Indi., their name
is not mentioned in the New Testament. JesnH
came III contact with all kinds OF people,
phNisees, Saducees, and Samaritans,
but never with the Essen.s. Paul, Peter,
John, and james overlooked them
and tho silence is Ill the more strange from
the fact that the precapts Of this sect closely
resembled thoee taught by Jesus. The au-
thor dinputes the claim Of Yol1aire, Frederick
the Great, 6tAndlin, md others, That JesuA
wss an Essane, upon the grounds that the
| members Of this sect were bound by heavy
| oaths not to reveal their doctrine, willis Jesus
b&de his disciples declare their Hlth upon the
lousctope and that tho widest difference ex-
listed between tho precepts Of Jesus
and those Of the Essenes, even
when they seemed 10 resemble saoh
other the most closely. Ho proves
quite conclutively that Jesus was not NAM
bcr Of tho Essene sect, and then attacks the
| resuscitation theory which has been put forth
| by ventu1ini, Bahrdt, Strauss, and othors, and
the forged lettcrs purporting to have been
written By member Of the Essene order, and
alleging that He belonged to that sect, and Ut
the time Of c,ucia1lon wts cut down before
life was extinct, and resuscitated at one Of the
monastet.es Of the order, showing the utter
groundlessness Of these theories by quotations
from "Iha Epist!es of the Esseaes," which
prove that Jesus died ut the tine Of the
c.uciflon-
The closing pages of the book aro devoted
to the consideration Of the question whether
| Jesus Christ Himself wHs monk On this
subject, the write, finds thst the general tone
and spirit OF the sacred writings are antago-
nistic TO any euch assertion. Instead OF At
tempting to reform the world Ike Buddha, b,
the establishment Of monasic institutions, ht
preached morality which WAS accessible L
: a1l. Spiritual apathy WIS the principle ; wal
the result, OF monasticism, while the entir'
ministry Of the Savior Has devoted to Ac.lon
Jesus participated at marriage feaato, and fre
: quently ate with his friends
: and, instead OF taking up his resi-
dcnco upon the gloomy shores o! the Red Sc
= hc fixed his abode at Caupernaum, upon th
: beautiful banks Of the Lake Of Geao=areth.
We have thus far given q summarized d.
: ec1ption OF the contents Of this work, ani
|, AZ We have already stated, they are moro n
rnArk1ble for statement OF fact than fc
strength Of argument in dea!ing with th
!. 1ponastic theories. In the volume which til
author proposes to write co1ce.a'ny modeE
. monasticis1n lie will do we'll 10 avoid ever.
~ thing except statementa Of facts which, wit
q Ills apparent knowledge Of tho subject,
= 4 cannot help but make interesting.
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