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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
of Athens, charged with corrupting
the Athenian youth, with blasphem-
ing the Olympic gods and seeking "a
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. The
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
his heart His enemies still assert
that he was a Judas who betrayed
not God or Christ, but France and
the Fatherland But these trials, one
and all. were tame and commonplace
compared with the trial and crucifix-
ion Of the Galilean peasant, Jesus
of Nazareth"
In Defense of the Jews.
1t is not for us to say that the Jews
were wholly excusable in their course
of injuries toward Jesus in causing
his crucifxion by the Romans. On
the other hand, it is proper for us
to consider everything that could be
thought of calculated to mitigate the
severity of our judgment regarding
the severity of our judgment regard.
ing the injusticos there practised. And
II Is proper also that we should con
slider what, from thoir standpoint,
would seem TO be extenuating cir
cumstances. This is everywhere re.
cOgnized as Just treatment. The at
torney, defending a criminal who has
plead guilty TO the charges against
him, is considered to do only his duty
by his criminal client when he pre-.
sents whatever in the circumstances
of the case would tend to prove that
the culprit had cause, or thought that
he had a reason for his misdemeanor.
Viewing the Jewish people of near.
~ niAtAtIh Centuries dEO llOln Aule
standpoint we get a more reasonable
view of the situation than is other.
wise possible. We hearken first tC
st. Peters words respecting the trans
action. He said, 81 wot that through
ignorance ye did it, as did also your
rulers" Had they known, they would
not have killed the Prince of life
(Acts iii, l5-1O.
The Jews did not for one moment
suppose that the great Messiah, fore
told to be their Prophet, Priest anC
King-like unto Moses, but greater
like unto David and Solomon, bu
greater; like unto Melchisedek, bu
greater-would appear as "a man o
sorrows and acquainted with grief.
| Although those very words were writ
ten of him by the Prophet, they wer
ihiddRn from their eyes of under
standing by the glorious things re
lated of him in other prophecies
They saw the glories. They saw no
UNDERSTANDINGS the sufferings. I
this day they Interpret the suffering
of their nation as being those whic
will intimately inure to their advar
tage. The prophetic descriptions al
not concentrated, nor collected. bJ
scattered, here a little and there
little,' so written that they could NJ
be understood at the time; nor wer