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Show AMIK.NT JEWISH ETllll'S. ItiMil Itronna t'omparn Hirm wllh those of (Irrrre ami lloman. "The Talmud, It History, l'.lhlca, and "Literary lleauly" waa the rather comprehensive subject of flsbbl llrowne's lecture, lost evening at tho Assembly Hall. There was a fair audience present. The lecturer wa Introduced by Mr, 0. W. Penrose, who stated, that owing to a mistake, by which It was auiiounced In Sunday iIrs Hirst thu lecture would be de livered lu tho Episcopal church, the (aibllo were misled, and that probably msuy had gono to that place. Dr. llrowne oil coming to the roe-Iruiu roe-Iruiu began Ills lecture by slating that although a fort Igner according to firth, he was a native Amerlcau according to the sjJMU On his lauding au Amerhaii soil he was liorn again, and was prouder of I1I1 second bltth than of his first, which latter as ho said took 1 lore lu Hungary. Ho ilatod that tho duly of tlio lecturer lec-turer Is, rather to Instruct, than to entertain, to tell something that Ids audience do. s not already know. 1 or this reason hi subject was well suited, brciuse the Taluiu I wa not a nnlvrr-sally nnlvrr-sally known wotk. He had illvrl Into the treasures of that ancient record, re-cord, anl would now draw forth tho gems and arl which It contained, and lay them before Ills audience. The lecturer then gave an lil.toilo syuoisl of the Talmud, showing that when the lit brewa rame luloCauam Ihey had only the live looks of Muses. Tho various Interpretations Interpre-tations given to scum ot the texts III tlio I'ciitaUiuch led lo the cumpllstloii of an uninspired rode by churili aulhorl-tits aulhorl-tits for the guidance and government of lh orthodox. Tlirsa cor-.ineiiUt.ta wero not reduced to wrltlog, Ucauru It wa against tbo law, and the whole col lectioii comprises what Is now called the Trdruud. Iu fact It was the U-lrculunal U-lrculunal 1M1 uf the Hebrews. It wa subdivided Into two rnrti, tho Minima and thu denial, the former the It xt and the latter the commentary. About It I A. 11., a learned llabld madu a careful coruptUtlou of the whole post-Moealc oral co-le, and It w a shortly alter reduced to writing. Though the ancient Jaws woishlitvd the laltuud, aud believed oviryuilug HconUlnrdaadldfact, jet the modern mod-ern Je w tlon tiot regard It In thl light. He studies It for what It contains of valuo ethically nnd historically. He knows that It contain many thlnga not worthy of reverence, the same aa thefvtboo might contain the Jokes or sarcasms of mtiubers of Congress. Hie Itcturer dwelt on the various developments de-velopments of thu Talmud a It assr.1 through llab Ionia, Chaldean, Aramaic, Ara-maic, tlreck and lloman situations. Ilealsodwelton Ihu attempt made tu destroy It both lu ancient and medieval times. Ho little was known of It by those who ordered It turn., that one luteuUle suMMMed It was u rabbi or preacher. I Here was 110 liberty for It until after Luther's reformation, whtn It wastrlulvd and published tu Venice about 10.1. i.ver since, the Itemed and wtsu of all nation have bttu sucking trtasuivs lulhe Talmud. The lecturer next give au analysis of thu Talmitl according to the ctnlca which It Indoctrinates. These he divided Into four cardinal wlnts. The first was reverence to riuls, the second sec-ond charity uud benevolence, thethlrd lieace, aud the fourth aciiuisltlon and dilluslon of knowledge, lie then geve-a geve-a comiarlAu Utwevii the ancient Urtek nu t ancient Htbrew uthlca with regard lu (Areola. He uld not claim for the Talmud thu orlglu of reverence for parruls, liecauseauch was moie or less characteristic of all advanced (M-oples, and lo some extent among brutes, but he claimed the ancient Htbrew reverence to bo superior to all others. In treating of rhatlty among the Jews, Dr, Hruwiio gave some Illustrations Illustra-tions that, to say thu lent, sounded strange to modern e-nrs. He told the story of a Jtruseteui Vonderbllt who fell Into iiovurly, and how this pauis-r was lubstquiutly maintained lu his original style, lu order to comply with the ralmullo rule relating to charily. The falmud itluca relating to cacu were next touched on. lu this depall-mentheeiittruit depall-mentheeiittruit Into what might lie citlloJ a ahort lllble controversy, and told n rather sophistical' If not Irreverent, Irrever-ent, story atmut the Almighty's defence de-fence of risrah, In order to ktrp tace In the family of Abraham. The acquisition an I dilluslon of knowledge wa next handled, and, nc, cording to the Talmud, Iho scholar and philosopher among the undent Hebrvwawoa almost an object of worship, wor-ship, - 1'uplls were luslructed to honor aud protect teacher before parents riintwaiwhy knowledge berametha heritage of Israel and that was why thu Hebrew rate still survive! 1'gypt, lit!. Ion, Ass) rla, (Irene and Home, au I would yut survive existing dynasties. dynas-ties. Of the lO.UOd.uu.) Jew s now scattered scat-tered all over lite worl I, there wa not one, male or female, over six yt-nre of age, who could not read at hast In ouu language, Hveu III Hussla, though schools are closed against the Jew, though lie cannot read the Ilus-slau Ilus-slau new sniper, let ho tan road and W4lto In clata'o- Hebrew, If the lllble were destroyed and not a copy hrt ex-tint.ltcould ex-tint.ltcould bo rcBlun-d hyruc-nnsof tho Jews, who had lla contents memorised, memo-rised, even to the letters and sp icce. The lecturer (hen went Into detail lo show how learning was Inehr among the amlt-nt Hebrews more thin among any other nation. He also dwelt on the value of the Talmud for a full understanding uf primitive Christianity, nnd endctvured to show thu relation between the gospel ami IhiiTahmil, Dr. Hrowtispokoa llltlo more than an hour unci a half. He wa attend, vi-ly llitviied to. Hoi an (sisy and fluent sis-akrr, and hal his subject arranged to that II was not dllllcult to follow him. lie will! speak tonight on the Crucifixion, at the Jewlih Temple on Fourth i;st near Heonud rtuuth. |