Rev. Dr. Tobias Schanfarber lectured at the Har Sinai Temple, in Baltimore, last Sunday morning, on "Jesus of Nazareth." He is reported in the Baltimore Sun to have said:
Jesus was a martyr to a cause. He was destined to fulfil a mission—to bring the heathen world to the knowledge of one only God. Jesus called his disciples his brothers, he devoted his time to relieving the poor, ministering to the sick, and restoring the fallen to paths of moral rectitude.
Judaism looks forward to a time when all oppression and strife shall cease; it hopes for a time more than a person—it looks forward to a golden future. Jesus deserves the greatest praise for his piety, for his condemnation of hypocrisy; for having raised fallen beings from the slough of iniquity into the paths of right-doing and right-thinking. We honor him for the beautiful instructions of the sermon on the mount, for his Lord's Prayer, and many other good thoughts and words, but only as a man. The modern Jews have obliterated from their prayers all references to the return to Jerusalem and of a personal Messiah. But we fervently hope for a Messianic time when all men shall acknowledge one God and uphold the doctrine of one humanity. Meanwhile, it is our duty to proclaim to the world, "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one."
