The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-04-15

ened In my mind strong interest
Besides that grand simplicity" which an In
telligcnt intimate OF his called the most strik-
ing feature In his character. no is q man Of
great erudition. especially In Hebrew and Of
intellect ct once massive and acute. He Is
tall. broad and square. mentally and morally
As we'll as physically. He is semi asootic en-
thusiast Of bold conceptions combined with
remarkable practical administrative power: q
man Of strong will. high sense OF personal dig
nifty. sxtravagant generosity. little or no self
Indulgence there Ia neither sofa nor an easy
chair In his rooms. ample rs has been his COM
mand Of money!. while certain objects Of regal
splendor. all gifts Of grateful friends. prove his
power OF awakening personal enthusiasm. He
has been q great traveller largely on foot.
He has seen the Gold Coast and tho Congo
River. In conversation he often recounts most
interesting "reminiscences OF things he has
seen. / have never known such vivid spoken
pictures rs from his lips. OF tho architectural
sublimities OF the elder world. such AS those OF
Carnac. Luxor. and Baalbec. A certain natural
sympathy with the sublime. in nature and in
human achievement. seems to have made him
fasten on their grandest features. and prompts
him to reproduce them with wonderful power
before the minds eye Of his hearers
His Indifference to money or gain Is amply
proved by the grand scale on which he has got
IN his Passion Play. with a company Of
three hundred persons. when third Of that
number would have largely sufI!ccd for a
mere speculative show. Tho space allotted
tn the auditorium Is only such ~ barely to
provide for keeping II alive by covering ts ex-
ponscs II every seat should DO filled. He says
and have no doubt with truth. that he has
spent si50.OO Of hi. own cash upon II. In
what are called the properties v In theatrical
par!ance. he has evidently suuandored money
rather In the spirit OF u prince and an art en-
stance. in the armSr Of PontiHs Plate. cuirass
shield, helmet. and sword instead OF tho cheap.
Of shining steel eorioasly embossed and orn ma
mentod with gold. real and solid California gold.
arnor ROT 81 tho Roman Governors Of proyinces. Of
| which specimens exist at Munich and Florence.
He destines It to the British Museum when he
! shall have no further use for It,
That no cares nothing for money Is very owl
dent, What lie did with his profits made in
telling but his magnificent Christmas present
70 his COMPANY Of 5Do persons Is not his
show jewish silver sh.ksi or rafh s half +
s@fts sars On" to each u.s. hSS ha
some, coined from an antique. The next
h ssa i they we're sSs OF SsT
close to the weight Of An alloyed quarter OF a
dollar In the PROPORTION Of "a to 96. couple
'eSSs the com s or
present and souvenir and they were all accom-.
psss christmas present M To empo " sol q
o. About the shckel pronounced shaykeD. Mr..
| Morse told some interesting particulars. In
weight Of silver It was about the equivalent OF
Been the value Of silver T no man can say. It
was tho only silver coin possessed by the jews,
wss Ss ssn Of eSf s 81
not coined TN the time Of simon Maccabeus.
Prior to that the Jews had no coinage OF their
own. They were producing. not a CONNER
| cial people. and the money OF other peoples
circulated in Judea: David and solomon, with
Of their t own The word sheksi is not He
brew. and the shekel itself was, Older
people in the, person Of the patriarch
prophet from whom they trace their descent.
ff as Sny x rom h Epro%
field and cave of Machpelah for four hundred
shekes current I'm money OF the m, merchant cha;
on tho diverse side chaIice. symb9llcal, Of the
temple: on the reverse 9 triple lily; The IN.
ne Holy" Sn the other. .,Jerusalem shall
Of Freedom" and around is written. "shekel
Of isrssi, In 1@mm!sma.ol2gy the sleke Isl Is no
told coins) arranged rs q bracelet;
But here" he said, lis something interest i.
from a box a small. old worn, and defaced cop
per coin. OF which we are told in Mark xii. AZ,
msaH w sse In s 6sS
ofthem to make an English fsrthing equiva!ent
to half q cent Of our money This little BIT { Of
mite OF which tho widows two optweighed in
the scales Of heaven all that had been cast in
that she had even all her living This was
coined by Hsrod, q as think can make out the
rs this coin unique ~ asked.
other and have many
ries II Is very curious and T. cost me pTett!
| for nd har which
tried hard to got from me. but; though ,woult
not sell intend TO beQueath i to them"
which he said was certainly unique. and Ihicl
he saw dug up from the excavations Of Baby Bah
are crowded with letters; which he said were
9s KNE Ihe 10 be- g1s
expert in pumismatology. and has a collection
OF rare and valuable coins besi dos many otbr
sSfI ea TO- % fe5 whse
sary alterations In this building | intend to fl
UP tho large room which you have seen as m,
kitchen and mako u museum Of II for gratuit
Gus exhibition will proper provision for secu
rity against the light. fingered gentry,
upon him in Jerusalem after having before beel
ntotal disbeeyer and which took such full an,
aud holiness and sublim,y of tho teach ny
character, and human lifo Of Jesus. sealed b.
erme Charged by WIZ the % Of
81 e GSr ter VAIN WIN. nI
mont not known to the jewish law or practice
1t WAS extended. no said by Tiberius To tn
crime OF high treason. The two thieves, b
said, must have been Roman malefactors prob
ably soldiers or slaves. Had they been Jow-
their mode Of execution must have been b.
stoninx to death. He gave some curious par
ticulars GU the subject Of crucf zion. whic
will doubtless find their place In his INTENDED
course OF lectures under the title OF jew an
| Jesus"
No authentic mention Of Jesus was. to b
found in Jewish writings. which he had thor
oughly explored; but this. he said was no eyi
denco against the truth Of His existence. In
tolerance had expurgated all the illusions t
Him which must have existed In contomporar
manuscripts. long since persisted and super
seeded by mutated copies
/ will only mention ono other interestin
point which will also. believe, DO laid befor
the public in some lecture. for he read from
manuscript an extraordinary series of passage
from Shakespeare involving moral or phil
osophical apothegms. and corresponding
passages from u series OF ancient jewish raj
lis. in whose writings they must have had the
origin, 30 remarkable are the oincidences. o,
tending in some instances even to the order l
which different ideas arc presented. Shake
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