Excerpt from Some Thoughts on Judaism: Two Lectures Delivered May, 1879 Before the Y. M. H. A., San Franscisco
The religion of Christ is that which he himself, as man, also recognized and practised, which every man can have in common with him, and that is love and humanity; the Christian religion is that which assumes it as true that he was more than man, and which makes him as such the object of its worship."
With so much of introduction and explanation then our subject is "Judaism," a word perhaps as much misunderstood as any word in our language. It will be my endeavor to-night to expose some of the misconceptions which have been formed concerning it, to clear it somewhat from the mist of prejudice which has surrounded it, and to place it in that clear light and favorable position, to which I believe its merits entitle it. It will be scarcely possible within the limits of two short lectures to do more than treat the subject in a somewhat general and discursive manner, and you will hardly expect from me, a mere layman, that learned, profound, and authoritative exposition that the subject would be apt to receive from some of our learned ministers, upon whose manor you may perhaps think I am trespassing in my selection of a theme. It may still however not be inappropriate to discuss it.
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