The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-01-20
pr. nrowne'. lecture.

NV tFOEBs-s Lecture.
DR. l.. h. Vi Brewne's lecture at the
Synagogue on Sunday brought out
many Of the leading citizens of Dallas,
tae church icing eoiuee hat crowded
~ith the listeners.
HIS theme was an inquiry iuto the
crucidxjCu OF Chris; by The Jews, the
subject being handled wiki All eTudi
zion Era oloqgehee rarely surpassed.
Dr. Browne Is said tn have been bern
u Hungarian, and considering The fact
tbs; he Il II foreign birth, the eieganee
OF his dictI3n is especially remarkable
1t il quite Impossible to outliae tisc
salient points advanced by the lee
turer IL sRrpDit of the position a.
sumed, suffice 1t 10 say TINT his eliza.
iions of Jewish authority abundaatly
fortified the premises sdyancei ia his
admirable address. In his description
OF Jewish persecution FOR the slIedged
cause OF Christ's death, the young ora
tor uttered some superb sentences. he
pictured the Jews a. being circum-
sgriee1 ia their rights 6y the DEGREES
aud laws Of eeCie-ias ticsl as well a.
ole acquisitions, driven from province
10 province, compelled to subsist al
most entirety 10y mercantile oper-
atoms rnd 10y gsuFy, overtaxed
and degraded, plunderei by law
less harous aud pennile-s princes,
owned aud cold as seris by emperors,
bE,chered by moss and revoIted peas
ante, uarned in thousands by the cru
ssdeFs. tormeDted by abusive sermons
and INDUSTRIOUS Bcc9sallons, all because
The Romans had killed the Christ. He
touched with a masters hand upon
the frightfu! history Of horror, gloom
and persecution during MEDIEVAL his,
tory. He simply mentioned dra-
matte iBcideut attending the expul.
zion OF the race from Spain in 1892, by
Ferdinand and Isabella, leaving his
hearers % imagine the robbery,
compulsory expatriation, shipwreck
ard famine OF the 70,0o9 fani-
lies which sought refuge 10
Portugal and weeeubseqnsntly driven
into Africa, Italy, Poland and Turkey,
and robbed of all their children under
fourteen years Of age. The speaker ar
rayed in striking contrast TIE nsnes
Of many eminent taimudists, tbeolo-
CLANS and commentators, and he inigir;
have included in his list such names
as Rachel in dramatic art, Moscheles
and Mey in inusic, WitzeDhau-
sen aud Sklow In mathematics,
Hirsobfieid aud Valentin in pbysi-
ology aud anatomy. Msnnheimer aud
Sslomen in oratory, Jest aud Frankel
as critics and publicists, Mainon and
Bendavid us philosophers, and brilliant
names, resplendant in history, as the
ministers OF England, France, Austria
aud Venice.
In abiding to the pictures of Chrisi's
face, the speaker declared them err
roneou., since they failed to outline y
Jewish face, but substituted instead
one strikingIy Grecisn. While his
argument that Christ should have had
Jewish features 10 supported by the
fact that he was born of Jewess, yet
no picture extanG thus describes hin.
A writer ia the eighth century repre-.
SCENTS Christ as being OF imposing pre-
senee, With bnsby eyebrows, singular.
1 iy beautiful eyes, regular nose, curling
hair, tiack beard and yellow complex
ion, thus resembling jew in all say.
the prominent feaiete OF Isis face, uu
the portrait found in tbeCaiixaniana ant
Poutian cataenmts near Rome give
him an oval face, straight nose, arciies
eyebrows, high forehead, light browr
bair, parted ia front and descending II
long caris upon the shoulder, bears
cut short and unequal. Raphael
"Chust ia the Sepuichre," Leonasdo'
face in the "Holy SUPPER Titan
} head OF Christ in the "Tribote Mony,
so eloqueDtiy referred to BY DS
Browne. as well an LuGovico Carrscci'
beads OF Christ, all concur In givis,
him GSecian rather than jewish fea
lures. But rs the pictures are all con
fessedIy drawn from imagination. (fo
the early Christians. such was thei
: holy aversion to painting Christ
/ only represented him symbolically,
1t Is highly probable that the Doe.c
) stauds upon As firm graund as ssy ON
{ In bis declaration that Christ's fes
E tures must have been and were essenti
ally Jewish.
, The speaker was listened 10 durin
, his address with great interest, an
!. affer its conclusion was waited upol
: by many Of our proniuent citizen,
I. who requested that the lscture Nigh
be repeated at an early day. Thei