Show THE RABBIS LECTURE Did the Jews Crucify Jesus of Nazareth The Proceeds of the Collection Amounting to 33 oO Goes to the Otjihaus Home Between three and four hundred people l gathered at the now Jewish temple last evening to listen to the address of Rabbi Browne on the subject Did the Jews crucify Christ 8 The speaker was introduced I intro-duced by Mr M C Philips The audience was in accord with Mr Brownes creed I I and faith and ho consequently spoke with 1 greater freedom He said This lecture is not meant to move you to tears or laughter The subject sub-ject demands sober consideration The question is Dd our forefathers crucify I Jesus of Nazareth This subject I has been forced upon mo by the assertions of the preachers of our country Mr Moody recently quoted an assertion made by a prominent Jew of France I glorify iu the fact that our forefathers crucified Jesus of Nazareth Naza-reth and Mr Moody added this is the sentiment of tho Jews throughout the world hare taken up the challenge to stand UP for my people While speak in Christian churches and on Christian subjects yet you must remember re-member I am a Jowish minister and differ in opinion from Christians I do not believe be-lieve in tile inspiration of the Bible or the divinity of Christ but set for the sake of my Christian friends I will for the time accept the Bible as inspired and Christ as divine Still we must take this stand that while Christ was hero in the flesh as a I I man we must judge him as a man The rabbi then explained that the account of the trial and crucifixion of Christ as related in the four gospels Matthew Mark Luke and John does not agree with the manners or traditions of the Jews at that time as related by historians That history justifies the conclusion that tho I Jews did not crucify Jesus but that he was crucified by a mob of Roman hirelings I He said that the assertion made that the I Jews are today and have during the 1SOO I years that have intervened since met with repeated disaster on account of their treatment of Jesus is untrue Statistics prove that the Jews give live times as much to charitable purposes as the average citizen that they have three times as many children and yet have three times as much money left At ono time the Jews 1 practically controlled eEngland France 1 Austria and Germany He said that the Jes wielded much greater power in the United Slates than is commonly supposed and if that is the way the Jews are being punished he hoped the punishment would continue His lecture created quite a sensation among the orthodox people present and will be the subject of discussion for sometime I some-time At the close of the lecture a collection i collec-tion was taken for the benefit of the Orphans Home which amounted to 3350 The personal thanks of ladies under whose supervision the work of the Orphans home i is carried on was tendered the rabbi for I the gratuitous benefit Rabbi Brown will nrt l > cturo in the Methodist church toni l t a nas been announced an-nounced on account of tho regular meeting meet-ing of the church He will probably remain re-main in the city until after Sunday and if he is to speak anywhere it will be duly announced I an-nounced |