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have been given the freedom OF the phar.
isaic teachers II he Had been known al
one who either himself Ind transgressSd
the law publicly OF privately or endeaybr-
ed to exhort others 70 a breach OF ms oh.
servances. do not believe that Jesns
ever once wiitully ana knowingly lufrihn-
ed against the law. and from all ~ hIa
genuine utteranccs As recorded In the COS
pelS can not gather that the phar.secs
had any cause whatsoever to oppose him
OF bear him grudge II 1t b. said that
he taught his disciples to break The Sab
bath, ] deny the assertion. when his fol-
lowers were taken to task for pluckinr
cara cr corn on the Sabbath he did not
say that their action under ordinary cir
cumstances would not have constituted
a breach OF the Sabbath. but he excused
IL on the ground OF hunger,
Perhaps the writer OF that portion OF
the gospels, who lived long after Jesus,
was not aware of the fact, but surely
Jesus knew that the principle which he
adduced to justify His disciples was the
very one which was universally reeog.
nized In Pharasalc ludaism-namely, that
the Sabbath and ali OF its ordinances had
to be set aside when any danger threat.
ened human life, When attacked by hun
ger. man was hidden 10 break his fast
at once on the day of atonement. the
holest day In the religious calendar OF
the Jew. But the rabbis even went 30
far as to say that he who scruples to
break the sabbath for his fellow man,
4 when there was the slightest chance or
possibility OF his coming to harm, de-
1 served to be called a murderer. On this
ground, then, the plea that the Pharisees
\ were opposed TO Jesus can not be maiu-
tanned. Indeed, how can we reconcile any
attempt TO prove that he Intended 10 ahoi-
ish the ceremonial law with the words
| OF the gospels, as contained IN Matthew.
V; II and xxii: and Luke XII: Il and
Nvi lf2 Moreover, we know II to be a
positive fact that His earliest adherents.
tho iudaizng Christians, were as strict
~ the Pharisees IN All matters appertain-
Ing 10 the ceremonial law Jesus himself
We know observed the Passover. broke tho
bread, pronounced the blessing ever tho
wine cup md sang the seine songs Of
pfNAse which you inay'N>hear an orthodox
Jew' chsnt 70 this very das ON the eve 81
Passover. The Jewish Christians ana the
Jews ilternarrled. ate az the same table
and frequented the same synagogue for
more than p century after the death, ana
we are farther Informed IN the Tslinuh
that they offlcisted IN the synagogue
and read the service. AS late as the end
OF the second CENTURY after the Christian
era the foremost Pharisee of his time
Rabbi Jehcda han Nasi entertained
Jewish Christian ct his table ana allowed
him to claim the privileee OF every guest
OF saying grace after meals, This prayer
contains the principal tenetsfcf the ortfo-
uox jew and stu the CHRISTIAN Of the
year 1873 did nor hestTate 10 repeat Il Wtll
any man believe Tor moment that these
intimate reiatonsf would have been main
tnined between Jew and Jewish Christian.
the disciple OF Jesus, 10 the phartsees had
been tainted with the blood of theirMasier,
the wonderful Man OF Nazareth? who
was It that defended the apostles when
attacked by the high priest2 Ciamalielg
a Pharisee. Who was 81 that laHer on
dciandei Paul against the onsiautsht Of
the high priest Ananias and his adler
ents? The Phapisees, Who was Ii that
sent errbassndrrs TO King Agrippa 10
demonstrate against the murder OF JafneS
the brother Of Jesus, by the high priest.
'AIianias? The Pharisees. Who was so In
censed against this prelate that they de-
mailded and effected hts removal from
Officer The Phariseas. And who was il
that, three years before the destruction
or the temple, rose UP In rage and slew
this tyfant IN the temple and drew hts
body through the streets OF Jerusalem
and cast Il - the dogs and wild bes6Es
The Pharisees
II the Pharisees are rebuhed in tho Cos
pels, we must not forget that there were
Pharisees al that time, just as there are
Christians and Christians today The hyp-
ccrites md whitehead sepuichres were as
severely scourged by the rahbIs as they
ever We're By Jesug, and they mention
seven clas5es on Pharigses All of whom
they condemn as false There was but
one class whom they recognlzsd ana ape
piauded for their sincerity and they we're
those who patterned after Abraham. and
who did the good for the love OF God }
without the hope Of reward or the fear
OF punishment The New rcstament Is z
record Of growing Christianity and lis
pages We're written and rewritten 10 con-
form 70 the varying spirit % the church !
as II grew away from the mother faith.
Whatever is hostile In II TO Judaism OF the.
Pharisees j take TO be an expression az
Pauline Christianity long /
after the days Of Jesus The Pharisces.
the Jews, and the only Jews who deserve
that name, never stepped their hands m
the blood OF Jesus. As Tor the sadducees. +
they are all dead aud gone. 10. these many
centuries. Their fate was sealed when the
temple gaa destroyed bnt even these
for whom no Pharlsee had
any sympathy unless II WAS Jesus. who
forgaye them on. the cross. even these mis-
creants might dsfend themselves against
the orthodox Christian. by asking him.
What weuld have hecoine OF HIS salvation
II they had not been the instruments in
the hands Of God In causing the blood 81 (
Jesus TO flow upon the cross? II. as or
thodox Christians maintain The lie and
death of Jesus was foretold by the uropfl-
sts, foreordaincd by God. might not the
sadducees with some show of jus,ice ex-
onerate themselves as being necessary
link in the chain OF salvation? The
blame would rest upon the author OF tho
scheme I am not concerned IN their ex-
.nipation, but oh J should like to drive
. ffsa II n rlr
n mankind l should feel happy TO have
iisabussd my felow-Inen Of the ltirsing
prejudice that the Jews were IN any way
manner OF form 70 blame for the death OF
he Prophet OF Nazareth.
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