The New York herald., 1876-02-20
SYNAGOGUE WORSHIP.

DR. doTTHEIL REVIEWS THE THEORIES or THE
JEWISH coNvERsIoNIsTs JEWS
Differ FROM cHEIsTIANs-THE BAPTIST
MINISTER'S ARRAIGSED.
The Temple Emanuel Fifthavenue and Forty third
street. contained largo and fashionable congregation
yesterday Dr. Gottho discoursed TO them on certain
contrasts and comparisons Of Judaism and Christianity
In tho former there and any danger Of
oppression from priest or dogms but IL at any lime
there threatened seemed to be anything of that SORT
prophets raised up to preach to the people. And
they we're the nobest specimens of free speech doc
trines that the world has The Jews arc TO-
day scattered tho world OF their love for
liberty and OF truth and thousands have given up their
lives rather than deny their faith And to-day no
Israete can be faithful and true liberty who is not
also true 10 God. OF all the sad experiences of
Israel this is the saddcst that their love for
tho Lord and HIS law should be turned against
them and thousand pulpits In Christian lands de-
clare that the poor Jew is to be ptcd and prayed for
because he walks In the bondvge of the Lord and It s
the duty Of every ono to covor his from his oyes
This has become storootyped that every little child
who has learned his catechism knows It by heart The
Doctor spoke Of the intellectual liborty enjoyed by
Isractes nere and remarked that is their duty to
return good for evil but nevertheless to speak their
minds Freely uuu Win IIduAuers, WIN 70
mon and with malice toward none. The Doctor dc.
ancd what bondage is-restrai ming from the cx.
else Of bis natural faculties and powers and rights
and showed that lsracles not In bondage in this
sense five 10 have peace OF any kind he said the
law must be observed bat when the law or social Gus
toms seek 10 degrade the people they cry out for free
dom or for death. Tho best part OF mans nature
may be thus oppressed and he bt held q soulless
tool But the bondsnan can never do that which be
desires lie Is not free TO act But can any such prn-
cipe be applied to the Jcw9 Can
YOKE THAT HE BBARs
be called one OF bondage when applied by the gentle
hand Of his Divine FatherY Has not the founder Of
Christianity said. Take my yoke upon YOU for
my yoke easy and my burden light ~ II we are not TO
regard this with evity Il must that IL His yoke
borne lovingly az lrsi Il will provo easy. light after
law the people OF Israel pledged themselves and their
posicrity What ought they 10 have done bes;doi
Ought they 10 have thrown Il 10 the winds and en-
braced promptly and gladly the doctrines The
Doctor referred 10 the giving Of the law sinai under
circumstances that have no parallel The earth was
shaken TO s foundations and the priests OF the Lord
knew not whether IL WAS day or night Ought they
not then rather to have SAID et my right hand forget
ns cunning beiors WILL give up this law" They
called the tree or life tho greatest treasure Of Garth
or OF heaven For II they prosecuted and trodden
upon But what were foreiathcrs TO dot Would
the world have thought Of them If they had cast
long then, the Israeto believes n the literal
truth OF his Bible, so long has he not logic
at his side2 And II the logic OF his reason be
not sound that OF his heart s The worst that oppo
nents can say Of US Is that " We love not wisely we
love too well The Doctor referred TO the alleged
fo0lishncss Of joys spVgnng the liberty that was
offered 10 them under the Christian dspcnsation. Bat
no asked what has tho Christian world TO offer US In
stead Of what we havef Has the Christian world como
10 rs and offered comfort aud cheer and endeavored
To make us tho beauty OF their faith by their love
and kndEess toward usS Have they offered shelter 10
Us .hA moor scattered cnes OF EARTH whom they now
esssv 10 pity - grcsy5 Noyor was anything OF that
sort sald 10 us SeTsr any such spirit shown
toward US For ages tie Jew was called nhdel and
was treated as n ho and had no faith But
shan he lay IN The dust he sti procDsned the right