New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-23
JEWISH VIEWS or THE APOSTLES
LECTURE by RABBI WISE.


Rabbi Wise of Cincinnati delivered his sec
ond lecture on the history Of Jesus and tine development
~ Christianity at Stenway Hall. last evening, before
rood audience composed principally Of Jewish families
With sprinklng Of Christians. Peter. James, John
and Barnabas said he, noticed In history the others
have never become known to fame, so That the Gospels
differ in regard the Apostolic table" ana inc Iamud
only mentions six OF them. They were undoubtedly
number Of young humble tradcsmcn OF Galiee, who
for some time enjoyed the benefit Of the instructions
~ leans They were certainly young because the Master
was but 80 when He crucfcd. MOI one OF thc, nc
cOrdng TO the syhOptiCs ha VIC G ti, ir t,a
at the crucfiXiOn and Tacs informs US Ilal a,,l
event the Messiinic mania abated and never appareI
again. That barparOuS act undoubtedly ftuct toiI"t
into their ranks and they fed 10 their respective homes
and those who had expected high positions udcI Tue
Messiah were forced 10 forget him. But those VINO Wre
his honest admirers could not so easily forget MN WIZ
had emil ghtencd their souls win superior Ho i
indeed appeared supernatural hhowlDg uioh, ~,
honor I'm which the teacher was held among hf hebrews
yOu may correct idea OF tue subimc NeiieIu
ton which the faithful disciples held Tor heir
master "lte Is not dsa, was GcIt'l , ,r h. I'm,
"Whatcycr have learned OF him, ana Know py hIhi'
the impression he left upon us thcy must nto I1 X H.
+" Is life from his NE ana slf6 lIOin LIS sPI.; ~ @
u.s. and among he lives In u.s. rms must nave oee
dogma OF the reSnrrcctlOn fetor eNp II ,
exactly his first episte. when he sad, Jesus was puV
to death in the lesh but gulckenc9 IN h9 Split III
once mcntonCd in the Episcs OF Peteriand Jaics; ana
these df autEenti) the only documents written ~
disciples Of Jesus. Inc double resurrection OF n Spl
taught by the Essences Is all that these apostles recg
HAD thcY believed IN the uottfHt VI TIE itoi
the Eptos OF Paul have it. they must nave reerreu
TO the best proof OF the divine mission OF Jesus
The ancient Rabbits, who knew only tho jewish Christ
aims it clear knew nothing whatever Of the resurrcc
ton dogma thcy never mention 1t, either directly or
indirectly, neither sarcastcay or otherwise. HaI tAG
dogma existed the ancient writer's must nave referred
to SC; but this they never 30. Inc hyp'tne,h Oh
Spnoza preached upon tho authority Of Maim0n-
ides, and 10 which Rcnau aliudes without however,
mentioning the SOurcc6-namcy, mat lhe dscpcs 81"
appariton and supposed to be Jeau-re.ts on 10
sort Of evidence and explains nothing 1t was nothing
more than spiritual resurrection which was believed IN
must have been this: II the Master lives with God and
with the Apostles Ills work must be- their work lli'
hope His aspiration, His mission, must also be
tlGrs Gut lie lives not exclusively in one;
therefore, II all systems oomld be unred IN one
whole shirt and enable it continue the work OF saliva
ton the restoration Of the Kingdom Of Heaven
Church IA word used in Hebrew literature
before although The synoptcs place 1t IA the NOUN OF
the Spirit Of Christ nfused-and does the church
to this day Thus the Apostles collected around tIem
persons. II was like the ccnObiic and communiSuc
essenccthcy had every thing IA common and resided
every day each man was priest and nigh priest;
each table an altar, cach meal Sacrhce. ftter
man who first proclaimed Jesus as tho Messiah mus
all might have gone well-but time IS wonderful
torethrr body of rersons Of only limited
knowledge and very strong faith. Therefore Peter de
Jesus with God and with us in spirit bur uo will soon
come back in triumph aud resucate the kingdom
of heaven" This was something tanuble-gool for the
soul and pleasant for the flesh I like the use ot
knowledge OF good and evil Pleasant for the sight and
good for food" People might have said, How do YOU
know all hisp Peter would have answered God told
me So" If they had said. "Whcn, hOwP he would
have replied, eve are the body Of Chris spirit" That
was the origin of the power Of the Chris
tan priesthood The Apostles had to buffet their
| way aud obtain sustenancc for the ChRch. Where
should they obtain It, when there 80 Few behcYcr
in their doctrines in the city and without support how
could little Church wait IN patience Tor the second
advent Of Christ Peter not te man TO be dc eatcd
found means to propagate their IDEAS and al tho
Same time maintain his followers. How BY the pIac-
| tice Of medicine. He had recourse 10 the same
/ means Of support that the Eoseres followed
church were engaged in the cure Of diseases; like
them they pretended 10 know all about the angels they
practced the arts Of cNOrCsG, OF Sortcg, or tlduh@
turgy they drove out evil spirits and worked hlace
They protested to be in pOas slcn ot mysterious hh OF
grace. james wa known g. the writer's OF the Tilnud
as the "Thaumatursist" Ile suor Oi ne Acts relates
the particulars Of their fnerc are plenty people
! in all parts Of the world who believe III these
! things, and such persons MAINTAIN tAat We must
believe them be put the dcspeO class OF TIE
inidels IL is useless TO explain why sue Apostles re-
sorted to- il for business and as WeaEs oI getting a
known The most dsgraceful part Of the 5r was that
theY pretended to have learned II OF then maItyf'
| Master, who could speak no more, aud
| were consequently Obliged to invent stori, ;
| which represented the patriotic and inspired
Jesus a. q vulgar sOrceTer and thaumatuTgist. This
was "A crime. The character Of Jesus was degraded III
the estimation sensible men, who on hearing such
things must have thought man who could adopt such
! cont,mptbe means to impose upon men was unworthy
of fhc slightest notice" All tue theories llat inc emu
ustites the fail To the ground, for truth must
! prevail by its own innate force.