Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-24
THANKED FOR SPEECH
Dr.. Hirsch to Chicago Ep-
worth League.
A PROMINENT. RABBI
ATTITUDE OF, HIS PEOPLE TO-
WARD CHRISTIANS.
They Would Welcome Christ Back to
Earth Again =. Views on
Certain Doctrines.

CHICAGO. April 24.-'Tf Jesus Christ
should return to the earth tomorrow he
would be welcomed in every Jewish Syna-
gogue in the land, and every Jew would say
with David, Lift up your heads, o We gates,
and be We lifted up, we everlasting doors,
and the King of Glory shall>com in"
This was the climax of lecture by DR..
Hirsch delivered last night before the Ep-
worth League of st. James Methodist
Church The big audience gave the speaker
a storm Of applause when he sat down.
The chairman of the meeting thanked him
for the lecture and the people thanked him
for 1t by d rising vote. AS he had eulogized
the Lords Prayer. the meeting was closed
with it. DR.. Hirsch repeating it in unison
with his Christian friends.
1.-THE Jews" said DR.. Hirsch do not be-
lieve at all in original sin and inherited de-
pravity. They believe every man is a re-
sponSible, free agent, and is not involved in
the guilt of his father or his children.
Of course, Therefore, they do not
believe the story of the fall Of
man in the book of Genesis in it's
literal sense They accept the teachings of
the high criticism and consider the story
of the Garden Of Eden an allegory. AS
they reject the doctrine of original sin, they
reject, of course, the doctrine of redemption
from sin. They believe in a Messiah. but
the Messiah of the Old Testament is a
temporal prince who shall reign over them
after they shall have been reunited and be-
come nation again in Palestine.
Belief Of the Orthodox Jews.
"At least the orthodox Jews believe this.
but the liberal Jews do not believe in the
Messianic prophecies at all. For instance,
the prophecy of Isaiah, supposed to teach
the miraculous Of the birth OF Jesus. was
of {,l, Nd
erly translated. there is nothing miraculous
about 1t.
1.-The Jews hold that Jesus preached MOTH
ing but Judaism. The supremacy of the
commandment to love God and man. the
doctrine of the fatherhood of God, the doc
trine that the Sabbath was made for man,
the abrogation of the law of retaliation, the
obligation to love enemies, and even the
Lords Prayer, which we readily admit is
the most sublime petition. ever framed in
human language-all these, we claim, were
taken from the Jewish writings, some of
which were composed hundreds of years be-
fore Jesus was born.
Moreover. when it comes to practcing
the loving precepts Of Jesus the Jews, claim
that the Christians have made an utter
failure of IT.. The truth is Jesus was cruci-
fed by Roman governor and Roman SOL
diers and, though the crucifixion was in
stigated by Jews, 1t was by few jealous
pTleSlS, anu IOl ny the mass Oh the jewish
people, who admired and loved him, as is
evident from his triumphal entrance into
Jerusalem the day before.
Position Of the Liberals.
$50 far as the modern Jews are con-
cerned they regard Jesus as one of the
noblest spiritual teachers that ever ap-
peared in the world. and that the Jews
have furnished the only shining example Of
obedience. The so-called disciples of Jesus
have prosecuted the Jews with savage
ferocity for ages and the Jews have borne
these prosecutions with lamb-like gentle
ness and silence
the Jews in the resurrection and the i'm
mortality of the soul. He said 1t could not
be denied that man had a soul. and the
bare existence of a soul proved its immor-
tally after death.