The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-16
Ex-RABBI sCHLAMovITz.
Second Lecture Of Ex-Rabbi Emmanuel h
schlamovitx on the Evidences Of Christian
ity-Ths Prophecies Concerning the
Messiah and Their Complete Full
Alment in tho Person Of
Jesus Christ Of Nazareth.

to him marvel that there should be any diversity
OF opinion on this point. To any student Of sacred
history the proof was SO plain that unless one pur
posely shut his eyes he must see In the blessed
Jesus the promised Reaeemer Of the world. Take
the prophecies In regular order. NO one
can deny that Messiah was foretOd.
Not merely the general fact but the
marks by which he was to be known were 80 ex-
picttly detailed that there could be no reasonable
doubt when he should appear The time. the
miraculous manner OF his birth, the place, his
Life, sufferings, DEATH resurrection, ascension into
heaven, the destruction Oh Jerusalem the scat
tering OF the Jews, the conversion OF the heathen
the establishing. propagation and continuation Of
His Holy Church-all these. and more, were to be
as signs unto the people. The Prophet Daniel
foretold the time when he said, 'Seventy
weeks are determined upon thy people ana
upon thy holy city to finish the transgres-
sion and to make an end OF sin, and to make
reconciliation for iniquity and to bring In ever
lasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision
and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy.
Know. therefore, and understand that from the
going forth OF the commandment to restore and to
build Jerusalem unto the Messiah, the Prince,
shall be seven weeks; and threescore and two
weeks the streets shall be built again, and the WALL
even In troublOus times. And after threesc0re
and two weeks shall the Messiah be cut on but not
lOr uuWSeiI, anu the people VI tue EIuCc snos 0hoA
come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary, and
he shall confirm the covenant with many for one
week, and In the midst OF the week he shall cause
the sacrifice and the ObatiOn to cease, and for the
overspreadIng OF denominations he shall make 1t
desolate. even unto the contamination" This was
truly remarkable prophecy. The Jewish Church
through their doctors and rabies acknowledge
that 1t referred to the Messiah, tor 1t Is written
plainly In Hebrew. Then 1t is patent on the face
Roly and bring in everlasting rign teousness. The
ex-Rabbi explained that this prophecy as trans.
lated, to those did not understand, was calcu-
lated to mislead. The Hebrew word Shovuah
which was used by the prophet means period OF
seven years, so tnat each one OF these So
called we weeks was in realty seven years. When
was the Angel Gabriel who appeared TO
the Prophet Daniel in vision sent by the Lord
that c our ordinary weeks could not have been
meant, because the temple was to be rebuilt, and
BE- iaInleG In that time Ts proof that the in
terpretaton given is correct Is, demonstrated by
81 facts II the year Of the
which was 299 years alter Rome was founoed and
45S years before Christ, the Jews were commanded
q Jerusalem 20 preach 7s2 years alter
metical calculation N SHOWS that this is just
4S3 years alter the edict was issued to the Jews,
the exact time oretold BY the Prophet Daniel. BY
turning again to the prophecy Wiii BE- seen that
to. "conarm the covenant to many" and IN
the midst OF the week the sacrifice and the oblaton
s99nd cease Mas no. tns rH IN the 6easn
tory that the Romans, under the leadership
Titus snss s a%D' Even sno an a
but each S stone in that pie Of ''G ruins
dom and truth OF the Lord God Almighty. The
Patriarch Jacob on his deathbed repeated Gods
part rom judah nor a law-gver from between his
leet until Snioh comes, and unto MIN snail the
prophecy, when the Messiah appeared the sceptre
should depart from JUDAH Princes mad reigned In
unss the su reign o King Herod, who was the last
and when Pontius Plate, sltung IN his Judgment
ss ssd to sne tse Kg dd
have no king but Caesar" and leading our saviour
away they cruciied him ON Calvary. The Prophet
glory Of the latter house should be greater than
the former" When the second temple was re-
many OF the Jewish people poured out their lamen-
tatiOns and refused TO be comfOrted. In their
CHRIST, the desire Of all nations. was the greater
glory OF the second temple me Prophet
and he shall prepare the way I before me- and sae
Lord whom 20 seek shall suddenly come to his
temple, even the messenger sa OF o the covenant,
the Lord OF Hosts" When Christ entered Jerusa.
lem, after having performed miracle after miracle,
and healed all manner oil sickness and all manner
Of disease among the people, did He not walk
'.My house shall be called the house OF
nvs pa sny ons but It
ever appear In the temple and make q
IKE and does it not accord IN each
the prophets There can be no doubt, then, that
Jesus Christ appeared at the time when all the
n ha OIL a nU hR Sph
all the TRADITIONS agreed in this respect, and his
rejection by the Jews IS but another link in the
birth OF our Saviour was loretod by Isaiah when
he was sent by the Lord to comfort Ahaz. ASK
ASK 1t either IN the depth in the height above"
BTf 4ha ssm SAID 81 will not ask, neither
promised ps Lord himself meft sna sivs
you sign. Behold virgin shall conceive and
bear son. and shall call mis- name Immanuel"
before the child shall know to refuse the evil and
choose the good the land that thou abhorrest shall
OF God that just so sure as the Messiah was to be
born OF virgin Just 80 certain was 1t that Jerusa
The Jews themselves believed that He was to be
born OF virgin. All OF their traditions accorded
with this belief and St. Matthew, in recording the
marvellous incidents connected with the coming
Of our Lord, says:-"Now all this was done
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken BY the
clearly oretOld the place where the Messiah was to
De ne saS be sSo TIN E
OF Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth That
Is to be ruler In Irael, whose goings forth have
been rom the beginning, from everlasting" IL Is
clearly stated that the coming Messiah had been
from tue beginning What better proof then, can
we have OF his divine naturef Wnen our Saviour
was born did not wise men, kings in
their own countries, come from the East
to Jerusalem, "saying where Is He that is
born King OF the Jews for we have seen His star
In the east and are come to worship him." And
when Herod, hearing these things, being troubled,
demanded OF the Chief Priests and Scrtbes, the
doctors and RaDbs OF the old Jewish Church, where
Christ should be born, did not they say to him, I'm
Bethlehem OF Judea, for thus 1t Is written Dy the
Propnets." David In his psalm for Solomon sang
OF the kingdom Of the Messiah In these words
1.-THE Kings Of Tarshish and Of the isles shall bring