The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-20


TEMPLE EMANUEL.
| CONTINUATION or DIR. ooTrHEn's DEFENCE
or THE JEWS IN THEIR TREATMENT OF THE
FOUNDERS OF CHRISTIANITY
DIR. Gosthel delivered another OF his series OF SER
in behalf the Jews concerning their treatment
OF Christ yesterday morning. before large audc
The reverend gentleman selected his text IRON Exo-
dus, xxiL, l, Thou shalt raise a false report
put thine hand with tho wicked be an uuright-
eous witness. Thou shalt not follow multitude TO do
evil, neither shalt thou speak IN cause 10 decline
after many to wrest Judgment
In treating the question OF the conduct OF the peo-
pie OF Israel toward the founder OF the Christian ror
ion and HIS immediate disciples often mention cd
tho Pharisecs. and any who is slightly
acquainted with the New Testament knows how sre-
quentiy they are mentioned and how uniformly they
condemned In iact would appear 1t is they
he puarsees) who formed a. It's earliest beginning the
party which Is termed the ant,-CnrisL
have just read to you commandment that Is en-
bodied in the Mosaic CODE but II is o. sue nature
that trust those VINO consider the code have
been abrogated by subsequent dspcnsatioD will not
scruplc TO accept as setting forth plain raj duty
which Is far beyond Tho changes OF human mind
''rhou shalt no, take up false repor,n Is there
anything OF that kind IN what is generally
stated about the Phariscesy What manner OF men
they Not respectable, II Tho common use OF
the word IS TO be twisted To call a man 4 Phnrisce
IN action Pharisalcal, borders indciabc offence
Let US consult the dictionary Worcester explains
as follows: -Pharisaical, attentive only TO external
forms; sanctlmonlous, hypocriticaLn The Catholic
priest, the evangelical revivalst the liberal thinker
all use the term IN that sense without i momcnt :
misgivng whether they are not taking up faiAc re-
port ana fastening stigma on the names oil mon
who did not deserve II.
SMITHS DICTIONARY.
There is Biblical dictionary cxtaut composed in the
interest OF orthodox Christians. refer 10 Smrh ;
among tncm'-Woud there? We have yet TO
nypocri,essm.n goes on to saw 81, Would BE- nm.
reasonable 10 charge al tue pharisces body with
hypocrisy, in the sense wherein We the woru The
most impartial source OF Information respecting the
Pharlsecs the .Wi~hnn, the first great rapblnicsl
work comp led toward tho end OF tho century,
and u may safely be asserted says Smithl that u ~
nearly Impossible to havo an adequate conception
speeding tue Pharsees without consulting thai work -
wonder how many Christian ministers have done
500 How many have even heard o. III rccoIect
that Brother Moody when he was laborng In this
city made the following observation, which l
"Why, the Pharisces cared only tor keeping
their hands and their platcrs clean, while the heart
might be as dark as night and tcd with Nth NJ
wlckedncss. That is what the evangelical revivalist
SAID, without having read page OF the '.Mlshra. y
which Is generally condemned, and has been for
eighteen centuries, and has been stamped as wicked
and hy pocrtica by dominant Church, everybody is
at liberty to say what peases MIN. Honest people
| might learn lesson from this Wo find here
|
opprourum TO the whole bodies OF men indis
crlninately | have not tho slightest hope that
what say will prevent any one OF my brother clergy
men OF other denominations IRON using that word IN
the Same sense ever but take up this subject for
Two rcasopsFirst, because tho Pnursaical doctrine
the III which Judaism is rooted. The
versally condemned are rovored by DO VIC, then,
owe all our religion 10 hypocrtcsg Whatever is sand
against Pharisces is said against US THIS is Pharsa.
ical house OF God other. Second, those
who think that they acted wrongly wickedly In
opposing the founder OF Christianity, think should
| Ul ul AM ahO n
clear Tho name oI those men IRON tho evil which has
been heapcd upon them; for, after all were they
ana brethren and should II DO CRAFTY ng
10 US 10 find that even In the wicked Pharisec the
goodness OF human nature was not altogether stamped
out?
have mind 10 read panegyric here; l merely
wish ~ lay before you few points enable evory
fair and unbiased mind to form correct opinion OF
In tho lirst place tho mistake began at tho very
beginning. The general impression is hat the Phari
sect, hedged In with narrow
dogmatic interests. IL is altogether wrong Ia
speak OF secte. Every ono knows there we're
Eoses Sadoucces anu rharisees. There were
secs; tue correct analogy IS political
parties IN State But at tho period OF the rsc oil
Christianity rharlsecstn had become the religious
idea OF tue largest porton OF tue In tact
had become JUDAISM to all nents and purposes. and
now mo question presents ITSELF il the Pharisces
concerned with the forms of religion only aud
were thoroughly insinccrc how could such dead aud
hollow and fraudulent system prodnce religion
WHICH, Tor vitality anu devotion and to the
most marvellous condition, Is without parallel
III Tho history OF mankind? II there not
| u whence
thor disciples derive their iaithiulnessY u they
| cuicatcd morals comes that OF the Jews
All these come from the Tamud, and surely Hebrew
ethics may challenge the ethics Vi any church
ETY. ana not lear the comparison. The Now Testament
tells the Founder OF Christianity used this
smile, that man who had faith was like mar who
biided his honae rock Tor II the winds blew
the toous came down II would not ail. Now, was
there house erected by the hands OF
which the fury the clements beat FOR longer
with greater force than tho house which the hands
OF tho PDarsecs reared and that stood aud stands
To this day.
In the second place. IL you consider tho main points
tue opposing scots what do you nnds You ina they
the very ideas which Christianity alone woull
have been reared. Let J0scphus tells US u a,
Sadducccs denied belief in aud pun me
Tor other than those which resulted IRON
Immediately. Well, had this theory become the be-
Iie OF The nation what need would there have been
Tor redccfncry Again, the 5adducecs aenicd future
lie. suppose there had been Pharsecs TO oppose
that doctrine what would Jesus and the apostles
have based their hope OF kingdom beyond the grave
You that unless the Phariseos had contende I'd
against these doctrines tnerc wouli have been pos
siuty tor Christian religion SO IL Is not
overstating the case II maintain that Christianity
historically considered, is nothing else Pharisaca
tcilci made acceptable To the Gentile world There
not tbo slightest diversity between mora
teach ugs of Paul and the Sadancccs aud Pharisccs.
The whole conception Is creation OF ignorance. per
pctuatcd oy w'liul pcrvcrson Of evidence that lies ID
every ones han and although there Is hope thai
mo OF tins term will be abolished our days ye
10 Is tho duty of all lar minded people tnink o.
these men wi,h less bitterness. surely they have
suffered enough II is tune thai This Justice b,
done them, that they TO be characterized n,
hypocritcs and fraudulent people.
Nrsr%a.