The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-03-02
UNCONVENTIONAL LECTURES
Ar THE CHURCH or THE MESSIAH
CLOSED List EVENING.

Many Interesting Things Concerning the
Different Religious Serts Have Been Dis
cussed and Large Audiences Have Lis
tened Attentively.
1.-THE Good Things of Judaism" was
the subject Of the Rev. w. f. Dicker-
mans lecture last evening at the
Church of the Messiah. The audience
was large one, many of whom were
Hebrews. This lecture closes a course
of Sunday evening talks by Mr.. Dick
erman.
He said in part: "It would be inter-
esting to trace the entire history Of the
Jewish people. 1t would be interesting
to discuss the exact nature Of the GUS
toms Of the Jews, but we have not the
time and will speak only of the spirit
of Judaism and the things which we
might well initiate. Before the depres-
sion of the Jews under the Roman EN-
peror Titus they We're an agricultural
people. They are now traders, because
they have not departed from a condi-
being compelled to live in the cities.
We find them in Spain early in the his
tory of Christianity, prosperous and
wealthy, but this was not destined to
last, for the Christians would not toll
crate the prosperity of a people they
hated.
TN 1895 the Jews We're obliged to
leave Spain, even before this Ferdinand
and Isabella had despoiled their possess
sions and coniscated their property.
King Emmanuel in 1895 decreed that
they should leave the realm. Thou
sands of babes were torn from their
mothers arms. Children We're compell-
ed to become Christians, and many
adults, in order to save their property,
espoused the cause.
but they We're Christians for reve-
nue. only. The first country to enact
laws eXilipg Jews was England. This
was in 1890. France followed in 1895
and Spain in 1495. Thus italy and Ger
many became the abode of the Jews,
where under the protection of the pope
they prospered. No nation displays SO
much of pain and suffering and at the
same time maintains such an entirety
of thought, customs and religion.
Jesus was Jew. He worshipped
with them. Suppose He should come to
New Haven. He would be strange here
and make many inquiries. You would
take Him up Hillhouse avenue and
show Him st. Mary's church. You
would tell Him, This is Catholic
church. and He would reply, L do not
know what you mean. The Church Of
the Redeemer would next be visited,
with the same result, and then the
Church of the Messiah, and He would
be told this was Universalist church;
and you might take Him through all
the different denominations and He
would not know what you We're talking
about
Finally you would take Him down
on Court street and stand in front of
the temple, and if there was a Hebrew
above the door the Naza-
rene would Immediately recognize the
place as one Of the kind He worshipped
in when on earth.
Judaism has no dogmas, no theolo
gy The religion of the Jews was not
dogmatic. The Jews were a God-gov-
erned people. The foundation of their
belief was in the one God. They do not
believe in the absurd mathematical
subdivision of God, and they are to be
for it. The spirit of Judaism
is in the worship of one God and the
practice of righteousness.
1t is sometimes said that the Jews are
narrow and believe that they are the
specially favored people, and I do not
know that they are far wrong. Chris
tianity has borrowed much from the
Jews-their psalms and many other
things, even Jesus.
People make mistake when they
say that there was no missionary spirit
in the religion of the Jews. The idea
Of the Messiah is Jewish.
1.-THE Christian lays much stress upon
love, but the Jew replies that justice,
which includes love, is the foundation
of true righteousness. If there is one
reason more than another why the
Jews hate Christians it is because Of
their loud professions of love, while
they have not ceased to prosecute men
who believed in Judaism. 1t is absurd
to think the Jews Christ haters. They
look upon Christ as one of their proph-
cts.
There is one thing not found in the
of the Jews, much to their
credit, and that is the idea of hell fire
and eternal damnation-a doctrine long
taught by the so-called Christians. I
repeat, that this is much to the credit of
these people when we contemplate the
number of weak minded that have
found Judgment in insane asylums from
such teachings.
1.-THE Jewish people have stood un-
,ompromisingly on the side of morality;
still there exists a narrow, bigoted, I'M
founded prejudice against them. Ny
soul revolts at this abominable class
distinction on American soil and Amer
Ca will never be free until every YES
.ige of it is stamped out. The mission
aries who try to convert the Jews had
better see to it that they convert the
so-called Christians and teach them to
nra ptice 1--we and tolara tjop to all