The New York herald., 1845-02-22

the very thing contendng fort If he seen at
making 2s hours that he visible where he and in
wnat condition. during the remainder Of the time1 On
what or how did he subssts By whom seen Here are all
sir anu legitimate questions arising out Of the common
neory There il evidence that he publicly
the contrary is stated by Peter when he says to Cornell
u.s. " Him God raised up the third day and showed him
openly not to all the people, but unto witnesses cho
sen before Of God; even to who did eat and drink
witnesses he made himself visible ard that only at inter-
vals because he in spiritual state and from this
state ne appeared as the angels did The difference be
lwsen the two theories that in one the effects of the mi
racle was in making himself visibe in other ma
king himselfnvisibe The regards his during
the forty days terrestrial and material the other deems
hsprtual and celestial which becamevsbe not through
any change in itself but by Of spiritual subjec-
tive change in the observer These are the two alterna
ves and Considering the nature Of the evidence in re-
gard 10 each do not perceive that the advocates either
are Justified in using any harsh language towards each
diner, without using recrimnaton denuncation. The
next appearance Of which read is found in st. Luke
day to village called Emmaus, which was from Jeru
salem, about three score furlongs And they talked
together Of all these things which had happened
And 1t came to pass, that as they communed to-
gether, and reasoned Jesus himself drew near, and
and went with them But their eyes holden THAT
they should not know m And he said unto them,
what manner of communications these that ye
one to another ye walk and sad And ofthem
whose name was Cophas answering, said unto him. Art
thou only stranger in Jerusalem and hast not known
the things which como to pass there these days?
And ne said unto them what thingsl And they said un9
mighty in deed and word before God and all the people
And how the chief priests and rulers have delivered
But we trusted that 1t had been he which should have
deemed Israeli and beside all this to-day the third day
also Of our company, made US asonished. which were
early at the sepulchre. Aud when they found not his
body they came saying, Il at they had also vision
OF Angels which said that he alive And certain Of
them which were with US, went to the sepulchre, and
found SO even the had said but him they saw
not Then he said unto them, tools and slow heart
to believe all that the prophets have spoken Ought
Christ to have suffered those things and have entered
phets he expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the
things CONCERNING himself And they drew nigh unto
the village whittier they wont and he made though he
would have gone further. But they constrained him,
sayngAbide with for it is broad evening; the day
lar spent And he went IN to tarry with them And
and blessed it and brake, and gave them. And their
eyes were opened and they knew him and he vanished
bility to recognize him. in this case
o. change Of apparel us commonly urged for that
quaned with him. and so closely engaged in converse
ton; but that proceeded from his assuming another
form, agreeaby with the powers Of his spiritual and
esal existence as exercised before in the of Mary
who mistook him for the gardener The change spoken
o when their eyes were opened did not refer to their
tural organs Of sight, but to an interior and miraculous
perception by which they were enabled to perceive the
Lords gorfed body Theloriginal Greek word optasa,
here rendered pison is one never applied to
but always applied to that kind of supernatural
vsion BY which the Apostles and Prophets behed objects
Of the spiritual world as in the Of st. Paul. who in
from all which to be inferred that the bsdies
gels and Of our Savior only to be by the spru
al vision "And he vanished Of their sght"-in the
Creek, dphanto egelon The comm1ntary Of Mr. Barnes
on this passage was criticised by Professor Bush doing
violence to the scriptures There was reason to
gard otherwise than effected by super
natural agency; not as Mr. Barnes said in which
Jesus depsred in an ordinary manner whilst they
conversng and their attention drawn off, and according
to Dr. Robnsons article the Bibliotheca Sacro the
ss. As BY the opening Of the inward eyes he became
known to tn M so BY their closing he disappeared No
notion could be entertained of the relation Of snglc bo
dies to space 10 another place. where Christ appeared in
the midst OF the disciples when the doors were shut
similar cese occurred. i objected to this that Christ
observed that he had flesh and bones as no spirit had
thatEe opened the door and came in among them which
was not to be received in the face Of many
could be adduced againsth IT, The difficulty, however
not insuperabe, for that power which could change
cuious manner also Nor the words necessarily to
be literally applied more than in thst passage which
relates that David angel standing Jerusa-
lem with drawn sword in his handin which il
requisite to believe that the sword material sword
OF steel manufactured Professor Bush continued
body in emerging from the sepulchre spiritual and
CELESTIAL not terrestrial and material body;
matter such as that OF which humanity is compounded
could not ascend into the regions of Immaculate purity
BILE to scripture to and will fully be found to
accord with the light philosophy to regard that change
effected anterior to his exit from the sepulchre than a,
the period immediately preceding his ascension In
cuson he expressed his conviction that from the init
mate connection Of the doctrine with that of mans resnr
most momentous and absorbing question in all the range
OF the christian religion.
The CHERoKEEs.-The National Council adjourn.