The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-11-19

| WHO when he was reviled. r
We cannot do better at the open
ing of this study than quote the words
OF Mr.. Chandler. He said: Many
remarkable trials have characterized
the judicial history OF mankind. The
trial of Socrates, before the dicastery
LOT Athens, charged with corruptlng
the Athenian youth, with disappearing
the Olympic gods and seeking 10
destroy the constitution of the Athen-
ian Republic. is still sublime and
thrilling chapter in the history OF
wonderful people.
The trial of Alfred Dreyfus is still
| fresh in the memories of men. Inc
French republic is still rent by con-
tending factions. His friends say that
| Dreyfus was a Prometheus who was
chained to an ocean-girt rock while
| the vulture of exile preyed upon MS
heart. His enemies still assert that
| he was a Judas who betrayed. not
God nor Christ, but France and the
Fatherland But these trials, one and
all. were tame and commonplace com
pared with the trial and crucifxion Of
the Galilean peasant, Jesus OF Nazar-
eth"
In Defense of the Jews.
Il Is not for us to say that the Jews
were wholly excusable in their course
of injuries toward Jesus in caus-
ing His crucifixion by the Romans.
on the other hand, it is proper for
us 10 consider everything that could
be thought OF calculated to mitigate
/ the severity of our judgment regard
ing the. injustices there practlced.
And IL is proper also that we should
consider what, from their standpoint,
would seem TO be extenuating cir
cumstances This is everywhere rec
ognized as just treatment The at
torney, defending criminal who has
plead guilty TO the charges against
him. is considered TO do only his
duty by his criminal client when he
presents whatever in the circum-
stances of the case would tend 10
prove that the culprit had cause, or
thought that he had a reason for his
misdemeanor.
Viewing the Jewish people OF
nearly nineteen centuries ago from
this standpoint we got more rea-
sonable view of the situation than is
otherwise possible. We hearken
first TO St Peters words respecting
the transaction. He said. Il wot that
through ignorance We did it, as did
also your rulers Had they known,
they would not have killed the Prince
Of life facts iii, 15-l7D
The Jews did not for one moment
suppose that the great Messiah, fore.
told so he their Prophet, Priest and
King-like unto Moses, but greater;
like unto David and Solomon. but
greater: like unto Melchisedek. but
greater-would appear as "a man of
sorrows and acquainted with grief.
Although those very words were writ
ten Of Him by the Prophet they were
hidden from their eyes OF understand.
ing by the glorious things related of
Him in other prophecies. They saw
the glories. They saw not under
standingly, the sufferings. To this
day they interpret the sufferings OF
their nation as being those which will
ultimately inure to their advantage
The prophetic descriptions are not
concentrated. nor collected. but scat.
tered. here a little and there 1T
tie" so written that they could not
be understood at the time: nor were
they understood even by the Lord S
disciples until after His resurrection
from the dead. when He explained
them, and, subsequently by the Holy
Spirit. enabled them still more fully
to understand that thus Il was writ
ten in the prophets and thus il be
hooved the Son of Man TO suffer be
fore entering into His glory-before
beginning the work of blessing Israel
! and the world Yea. today many
Christians are as deeply confused on
this matter as are the Jews. Many
have rejected entirely the thought Of
Messiah's glorious Kingdom reign
for the general blessing and uPlift'