The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-08
CHRISTIAN AND JEW.

SERMON By DIR. GoTTHIEL ON THE INJUSTICE
DONE 10 THE JEWS DY cHRIsTIANs-BLooDY
SHIRT THEOLOGY.
Dr. Goithlci addressed q largo audience at Temple
Emanuel yesterday morning, on the subject Of the
injustice done the Jews by Christians. He began his
discourse by sayng-We have just read the story OF
the embassy which Moses sent 10 Palestine for the
purpose Of searching the land and examining It's de-
fences. The report was disheartening one, but II
was not a correct one. The scriptural record has
stamped II as calumnious, and thus IL reads:-.And
the men brought up evil report Of the land"
This description Of tho land appears 10
peculiarly instructive We all admit the wick
edness OF SANDER when directed against individual
we all brand the man who uses that weapon as base
aud coutem puzzle While condemn the indi.
viduals, strangely careless and feel compunc
tons in dealing with the good name Of nations We
are apt, when ungenerous sentiment, to
ascribc It to this that sect We have come in for
very large share Of that Wholesale and sweeping con-
dennat,on, "rhe jews" wo know how mag-
niy sometimes expressed IN that single
word When taken 10 task about such
sweeping condemnation he says-"Weii, We did
eraLn Tna, which is tue Of the whole must
oil component parts and that which Is not
true OF every Individual not true o. the whole aud
truth, simple and 70 plain 10 the least reflective
mind, WAS present to the ccreymen who, op tho last
VIII ich they then COMMUNICATED The least OF Easter
Is the central point Christian worship, ana Is but
natural that the Christians should celebrate u with
their highest efforts IN ornamenaton ana music and
ora,ory Whatever our opinions may DO Ia
regard TO the historical anu philosophical pos.
siDllty OF tho resurrection, we would always
treat It's celebration with the utmost respect, seeing
that VI has sunk deeply into the hearts Oh millions
and millions oil our ieilow beings, and the Easter
chimes would ring out TO our ears only the cxuiiaon
OF grateful souls were not that with the chimes tail
ears the dark muttcrinss Of scorn and bitter
invcctive which loudly hoped had died away win
the days OF darkness aud persecution. The Easter
CHI the death knclI Of hundreds oil thousands
OF unofcnung Jews and the identical words heard IN
this CITY niuriaed thc mODs and SGT them likc Wild
the defcnccless Jews to oIler holocaust OF
human beings TO God OF mercy and compassion. one
preacher spoke OF HeDrcw hatrcdp not oi the hatred
some Hebrews ana said all the Phartsees-and the
Pharsecs tho spiritual fathers OF the jewish syna-
gvguc whom We hold ~ great reverencc-'Ihe
whole sect characterized by sclnshness ana lnvn-
cIuIe hatred of The teacher" That gentleman
might have looked from his pulpit TO THIS house and
asked himself whether he would have tho courage 10
here SAID there, where no one could raise
voice our defence. That Is the difference between
slandering bouy and an Individual In another place,
IN order 10 prove that judicial murder was crime
which needs proof NJ all, our fathers were painted
about as black as words would permit ana tho climax
was finally reached when IL Was sad that tho red
blot rot wiped from tue souls oil the cbiidren oil
Abraham. That Is TO Say, wc-a OF us-aro stu pur
sucd and Tor deed winch We had no share
IN VIII ch tho nation had no share
BLOODY SHIRT THEOLOGY.
Tho cry uttered by the dcbascd men VINO eloated IN
an laid 10 door In tns nineteenth CEN
tury country whose prosperity we helped 10
wisely kept alooL OF all those whose words could
there not ono who could Try TO do little JUS
tice. Was thcre mitigation? suppose man
pleaded the darkness and ignorance Of the times and