The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-31
|rEE JEWS NOT GUILTY,
.nr Not THE PEOPLE WHO
M cRUciFIED CHRIST.
Of Religious Fana,Icism and Per
Tne Prophet OF Nhzareih
cendemned by sadduesss and
Executed by Romans.
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e5,s-nenocrat.
SHARE Emeth yesterday morning
sale iectured to an audience that
~, ,he temple. Hts theme was "whe
Blame for the crucifixion7'' lie said
In, ,bere is nothing 50 well established
M history as the fact that the Jews
q. heen the victims OF a religious fanat-
CA and persecution that besgars de-
l.tlon. one OF the greatest marvels In
Z. rsecrd OF human events Is their pres
'-saton in The face OF an opposition that
ma seem to have required superhuman
.'.lsbcn and endurance. For what crime
~ they made to suffer trial and hard
IN, II was said that they crucllied Je-
= Who was called the Christ. The Jew
III, branded as the Christ-k killer, and
IN his mark OF Cain upon him, he has
ssnaered through the centuries, an object
II Z seorn and unrelentlng cruelty To this,
- most stupendous piece OF calumny
I. 'sst mas ever disigured the annals Of our
rra attribute whatever curtaiiment
"A cbioauy the Jew has had to suffer
An "a this day 1t Ia not true that the
,sss crucihed Jesus, but even IL they had,
N,lr descendants have eXplated the crime
d thousand times over. Would II be Just
n - our part If we condemned the entire
n csrnan people for the burning OF John
h srssg Would 1t be right 10 hold the Eng
IN M as q nation Responsible for the exc
N sullou 81 Charles L.. or TO call the French
!. 4 INIT to account for the murder OF
= i6sIs XVI. in the Reign OF Terror Had
= net been for the religious Importance
q stirh the person of Jesus took on and
E - schenne Of salvation which. after Bis
S,sh was attached to His name, ! am
& 81 that this taking Oft would have been
: ,Smdked like all other Judicial murders
y rESorsed In history. AS In France there
Il m womer without soul. who danced IN
lsyslsh Rlee about the guillotine on which
+ ~ Unfortunate Louis NS2s behendad,
r nxs there may have been sons among the
II sbble rouf at Jerusalem. who cried aloud,
f s4usfy Hint Cruelty Him. but surely
4 ,Sb would not Justify US In condemning
"a H. rassas Of the people who were not
s1rfned IN His taking of, and who
a rsaid have saved Him from the clutches
4 the hlreling high priests and their mas
4 e. the Romans. IL they could. Those
4 s,5preferred Barabbas TO Jesus were not
H tie party of the pharlsees hut be-
A s-fed to the cabal OF the high priests and
4 < Romans. The Nav Testament itself
4 swars that Jesus had II strong follow
+ Il among the people. who hailed his en-
france into Jerusalem with acclaim, and
esn II this we're not reported, we might
tier Ii from the unanimous evidence of
y Gospels that the high priests and their
ktachman did not dare to lay hands on
HIN on the feast day Test there be an mp
mar among the people" The people, as
ne know. were the Pharisaic Jews, who
sd been the mortal enemies OF the high
|1tsess and their party, the Sadducees. I
4 ,nv before the coming OF Jesus, These
no classes formed the body of the people
q those days. The one party, the Saddu-
mes was composed OF the nigh priests
sis Of others who for one season or am
ohsr allied themselves vita this artstoc-
|ny.
The sadduceesf were tho oepositaries
ID whatever judicial power the Roman
tavsnment, ofFwhirh Jndea was then q
yn,incs was willing to rest in their |
isds They formed the high court In
VIA the sentence of life and death was
|fss11unced. 4 The Pharisees, on the other !
1 stl were composed of those elements
/ Due people who had decided national !
ntrtlisiotis viewsi they were the patriots
dthose days, and they formed the party |
= opposition TO the high priests. who /
w IN league with Rome and constituted l
/, Political hierarchy as corrupt and as
fllldrors as any That history records. I
lhsse latter, the political fine workers |
Il hose days. had strong political reasops
= put man out OF the way whose heart (
Ike that OF Jesus had gone QUITO the
iaorie AS betweons the Sadducean high /
Irssis on the one side and the Roman |
1fpa9ators on the other, the people. the (
thafisees. were between the upper and the (
nshtf millstone. The very likelihood OF I
,hs people WAS being drained away by the
ienans and the willing instruments OF /
usf torture, the high priests OF their I
parry racitus. the Roman historian, was
a7flfed himself that the Jews could
Aese stood the system OF suction that Z
rs pra2tlced by the Romans so long. {
sAs temple and ita service had become
4 domination in the eyes Of the people
tag before Jesus threatened TO destroy t.
.'e modest synagogue which had grown
y N The land n century or two before
~s christian era, IL the best proof that T.
~ people had lost their love and reyer-
lee ior The sanctuary ana the human v7il- /
'.'ss who held high carnival In the tenn
q ana their palaces with the honest
..ss'hirgs which they stole from the peo-
y N Josephus and the Talnnud we are
formed that the servants Of the hIeh
s.ss's robbed the producer In the field.
I W pretext OF tithing. and then sold
rs wv stolen wares 10 the people at exor-
i. need not be surprised, therefore. to
- mess ecclesiastical worthless as se-
Z. ras y condemned and scourged IN rabbln-
~ literature as In the New Testament.
- we're the common enemy against
- Jesus and the leaders OF the pharI-
~. Nased war TO the hiit Jesus was
saS. aha tried ana condemned by the
49, ,+sses ana executed BY the Romans
{. = not Principle or practice or
49,, a,risalc criminal fcae that was oh.
4, ~ " his trial In the first Mace. the
~. We're opposed 70 ca;sital nnniah-
ogls ~ they styled the court that
..enis ssnuefnn but one man 70 ienth 10
years a court of Euurderess.
"a .ssssSS0rding 70 their law. no eentenee of
" as np DE pronounced or tho same
,st,,sr u when q trial began, bat had 10 "a
49, III 70 The next session, which took
.nn..i 'oilo1ving day Jesus was con-
fdln% one short session, Again, aa-
,brt 80, % Pharlsaic law. no
ri ~ ~ capital jurisdiction could ait at
frIai 4, ,'slr code forbade the onening on
,ise lay preceding festival. be-
,fdar ssrnfence could be executed on
fes:,lps -, y - ~ OF these provisions and
n IN ~ 9, thelr law observed in the
"a ana not one Of them. he was
tied bsa SonHlesfd by the only court
n drast Hbeteney IN matter OF life
n me-. q nose DAYS, the court Of
= e.hso,. 81 1auaaeees, and BY the Only
r.. sii'el codo Josephus does MI fsa Il.
~ OF the riror ~ ~ 60, w, -. -