New-York tribune., 1903-04-25
THE JEWS AND JESUS
DR.. Hrsch Says He Woutd BE " e.
co7ned in EUery Synagogue IO-ddy'

c,.,,o.o A,ri1 Aft Jesus Christ should return
to the earth tomorrow ne "ouiu DC 80 80
eyerv Jewish synagogue in the laHd' anu .I-
- ,,,l1d say. with David, Lift UP your neduS.
n We gates: and be ye lift up. We ever as'-7
and the King of Glory shall come IL r,,-
TTb4s was the climax of a lecture DIV - II =
delivered last night before the Ep"orIn Ep H1e 5
g. Tarnaes Methodist Church. al Elhs-aVe du
Forty-sIxth-st. The big audience saEe .ta chair
storm Of applause when he sat down; ing 80
- of the meeting thanked him for MS l7ct"iS
tha neon1e thanked him for it by a rlslns Fo'0 g.
az he had eulogized the Lords Prayer. He
was closed With 1t. Dr. H1rscn Iepea1-@
eon with his Christian friends =.
- To,-s said Dr. Hirsch. "do not oeheVe dI
III - orfgfna1 sin and inherited deprav1ty- Ihey
believe every man is a responsive Hee 0e1 ~ 80
ie NOT involved in the guilt OF MS LeIli019
Li1drer Of course therefore. they 90 not oelIese
I. t +be fall Of man in the Book OF Genesis
- ;+e literal sense They accept the teaCnAlSS u
the higher criticism and consider the sIOIS OA ~
Garden Of Eden anegory -
..r ++a rs5ect the doctrine Of original sin. they
i.o+ of course the doctrine OF redemption rom
- rrhe- believe in a Messiah. but the Messiah Oh
4+. -,Td testament is a temporal prince. VINO shau
aisy, over the Jews after they shall nave Doeh Le-
1,rit4d and become nation again IN PaleSeii7 -,
|-sA+ least the orthodox Jews believe tnls Out eiie
liberal Jews do not believe In the Messlanc plopne
niss at all. For instance, the prophecy IN lsalah'
e,,,roead 70 teach the miraculous birth OF jesus
was undoubtedly spoken OF HezeKldh, anu, Pp
erlv translated there is nothing miraculous
.cTbe Jews hold that Jesus preached notnlng out
Judaism The supremacy OF the commandment 70
1o,-a Cod and man the doctrine or the IaIhernOoo
o4 cod the doctrine that the Sabbatn was Hlau0
for man the abrogation Of the law OF reLa-lanoh
the obligation 10 love even ones enemies ano even
+be Lords PRAYER. which We readily admit Is lhe
sh1iroest uetition ever framed in human language
all these we claim were taken from tne Ie~Ish
WRITINGS some of which were composed hunoreos
of years before Jesus was born
moreover when il comes TO practising the IoN-
ing precepts OF Jesus, the Jews claim tnat tho
christians have made an utter failure OF H. Inc
+r,th is Jesus was crucihed by a Roman Governor
and Roman soldiers. and. though the cruclhIoh
Vas instigated by Jews. it was by a few jealous
r-iests and not by the mass Of the Jewish people
who admired and loved Him. as is evident from rom
his +r1unDha entry into Jerusalem the Gay O0.g ~
80 far as the modern Jews are conceILSu, IllLS
eg9rd Jesus as OF the noble5t spiritual
ers that appeared IL the world anu ma Ie ' ~
IcUs have furnished the only shining example % %
ohedience The so-called Disciples OF Jesus & tase
Darsected the Jews with savage feroc1ty Ior s.S
aa1d the Jews have borne these prosecutions VIII
iamblke gentleness and silence. ,,s - .ho ra,,,s
III T1r Hirsch then presented the belief OF the Jews
in the resurrection and the immortality OF he soul
He said it could not be denied that man faa SOU
and the bare existence OF q sou4 PiON0- 0 ~
taIity after death