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DIR. HIRSCH REBUKES
CHRISTIAN NATIONS
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in utter contempt. The Prophet of
Nazareth loved the common people,
and spoke 10 them. He met the publi-
cans and sinners and had no compunc-
ton TO meeting women whom the self
righteousness of SOME held in con-
tempt. This love for the common peo-
pie marked him off as distinct from
the Pharisees.
The Nazarene did not proclaim
new religion or a new morality. 1t is
not true that a single principle enun-
ciated by him was a new one in the
synagogue We feel that we have no
biography of the Great Teacher and
shall not urge tonight the critical
view. l shall accept the gospels as
authentic, and without prejudice
shall attempt TO prove that no princi-
pies can be found in the gospels which
had not been proclaimed before his
day or that the religious Jew was not
aware OF. We will not deny that the
Lords prayer awakens in the hearts
of all humanity an answering response.
That prayer was spoken on the cross
when it betokened victory which their
prosecutions could not take away from
them. If there ever was a star in the
galaxy of aspirations that would not
set that star is this matchless prayer
taught by the Master of Nazareth.
That prayer is Jewish prayer"
TO be learned man. Hence these
Pharisees had an inclination toward
arrogance-the arrogance of the learn
ed man. The Pharisaic law was
progressive and not retrogressive.
The temple was the principal meet
ing place of the Sadducees. Rome was
satisfied with them. They were aristo-
Gratis. These Sadducees thought that
If the temple services could continue
according TO law Jerusalem had no
complaint against Rome. They held
the common people at a distance. The
which was the only money that could
be used for sacrificial purposes, and
had a corner on the money market.
They also bought up the doves and
exploited the people under the guise OF
religion. The Sadducees were retro
gresSiVe.
The Essences were the quietest of
these religious bodies. Their principle
was nonresistance. They lived in
community and held no property in
dividually. They wore white garments
and they kept themselves free from all
contamination. Individualism was as
far as possible neutraliZed.
Loved the Common People
AhlO N-AAo S'nl LII &C
parts was the Nazarene born. From
a study of his own sayings the Jew
scholar has no doubt that If he be-
longed to any of these parties II was
to the Pharisees for every decision of
his on a Jewish question was identical
with the Pharisee party. But he had
a certain distinction that points him
out as member of the Essene frater-
nifty. Pharisees held common people
In an analysts of the Lords prayer
the speaker showed that every clause
had a counterpart in the ancient pray
er book of the Jews. Continuing, the
rabbi said:
1T is a common prejudice that the
Jew does not look upon God as a father
the same as a Christian. This is not
true. Nor is the golden rule a new
principle. The Christian religion has
documentary superiority over many
other religions. From the old tesla
ment we find the verse, Thou shalt
love thy neighbor as myself
1t is a principle of rabbinical law
that any precept concerning the Sab
bath can be disregarded if a human life
is at stake. When you want to save
life you can break any law OF the syn
agogue. The Nazarene was accused OF
breaking the law because he healed on
the Sabbath. but his actions were
strictly according to rabbinicaI law.
People loved Jesus. They said ho-
sannas when he entered Jerusalem
With the coming of the Messiah the
Jews would be free and il would mark
new era. Who had an interest in
silencing his voice? The Sadducees
The money changers of the temple
whom Jesus drove forth. AS long as
Jesus preached in the hills, what mat
tered to the Sadducees but when he
came TO the city and interfered with
fNaa-fNs NNNHE-
the Romans.
Trial Was Illegal
THE trial of the Nazarene was ilIe-
gal. The Jewish law provides that the
trial must take place in the temple in
public, and Jesus was tried in private
His trial took place at night, which is
against the law Of the Jews. The trial
took place the day before the passover.
and the crucifiXion on the day of the
passover Another principle of Jewish
law is that no court can sit on a Sab
bath or holiday. and that no execution
could take place on holiday.
Conspiracy of the Priests
How was the court constituted7 II
was a principle of Jewish law that a
court of seventy-one members had to
be convened and the session had to
last a day and night together. They
InuSl SIT out the WnOle night AFTER TAX
ing vote. and the next morning an
other vote must be taken. but no MEM
Der who voted for acquittal the night
before can change his vote. No cir
cumstantial evidence is admissible de-
sus was supposed TO have been tried on
a charge OF blasphemy. which consti-
tuted OF expressing the name of the
deity in way to indicate disrespect
of the name of God. There was no tes-
timony adduced to that fact Jesus
merely confessed that he was the Son
of God. According to the teachings of
the Jewish religion every man is a son
of God. The whole trial was a con-
spiracy on the part of the priests"
In conclusion. DIR. Hirsch said:
Jesus became a teacher to civilized
humanity He belongs to us. He spoke
to us. He was reared under the roof OF
the synagogue. Happy they who be-
come his disciples Happy the world
where they grasp his Jewish teach
ingS."
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