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"the Trial Of Christ"

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Parent Issue
Day
21
Month
July
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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í';o. J. C. Kno.wlton loctu'.ed beSo e tii" s::uiiiif" sCbiOol Btudeñits Monday nig-ht on the uralque Kubjcct, "The Trial of Chñst froni a Lawyer's Standpolnt." There was a large iuili"i)c(: present and t'hey were giren a most interesting lecture, which icjircsciited the resulta oí years oí si;nly and invostigatiou on the sutject oí Jewish jui-ispíudence aad iífcg boaring 011 the trial of Olirist. The p:-o;essO'r spoke iia oatline as follO'Ws : "Ye come to tlie sfcudy'; of the greatest trial km wn to tlie hlsCoTy oí cri'mimal law, the trial of the man Jesús, and we put thós lnquiry : Was the criciiixi.Tni morder or justiflable ïuomieicle ? Was He Jiung on Uh.e cross ia violatio-n of hu-man, law or under due procesa oí law ? One's Taith. in Christranity is in iw way involved in tlhe answer toi tliis inquiry.' He migthlt have been regularty trled, convicted and condemned to death wit'hout casting a doubt Hls accepted mission. Chrlstianity rests upon a firmer basis fchan he mis■takes of the Jews: The criminal pTCceediings against Jesus may have been right or wrong. It matters very little whether it was clone legally or illegally nader hiumaa law." Tho professor then related the facts leading up to the trial beKwe the san'liedvim which lie said was a corrapt court, prejudiced against Jesus. The charge against Him was indciimite. It connot be eaid wJiether it .wias blaspihemy, false prophecy or gabbatb b eaking. There were rnamy trreg-ularitles, but they do not vitiate a judgment iaquired into collaterally. Jesus was trfed for a capital ■offense in tho palace oí tilie high priest ; tihe entire proceedings ,a.gainst Jesus were taken ona {estal day, on Friday, ;i day o.J tihe passover, and the ppoceeding were iwll ■and void ; Jesus was tned and comdemoed at nig'ht, w-heu it was a rule of la.w that a crtmioal case should Ik; suspended at ni-uiall ; and t'here were niany obher crrors. Cluist was tried flour times, O'nce cour Ticted aaid tlivee times acquitted ; and was tiiuMi punisliej, nofc foc the crime ïor which He was coaxvicted, 'but 2or the crime oí treasom, oí wlhich He nad been three times acquitted. The pnofessor then. ta.kes up the joiin oí puiii&hmeiit iuflicted, wlik-h ■was not provided üoir in "Mie Jewisli laws. Jesus was ooavictad of blasphemy, and the Jewish pemalty ïor that alfeaise was deatili by sto-niog. Tlio piriests, however, feared Va etane bim to death, beeause of the large ïollowing which He had in G-alilee at that time. TherePare they harried Him to a Eomaa Ooiurt and had Him sentenced ta death by crucifixión, a Boonan form' of pamisiiment, and tflhe sente.nce was carried aut by Eo■rnlau soldiers. The Ir chief aim was ta conipass His death, ajad this ooiuld toe safely docae only by the Itoman soldiery. "Ii focr an offense against Judaism tliey bad regulao-ly tried, cou■victed aind condemned Jesus to. deatih nd had punished Him. ia acco'.'dance witUi their own laws, with death by st'Oüing, humanity mighit lïave beeu mioce c'hiaritable and that memorable last pirayer of Jesus, uttered iu agooy oii tlhe cross, mlgiit Ivave be&Q heard in Heaven : 'Father, fo-rgive them, ior titey know not wlnat they do "

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