The New York herald., 1874-08-09
NEW YORK HERALD SUNDAY AUGUST g. 1s74-TRIPLE SHEET

which also waited for the Kingdom OF God, came
and went in boldly unto Plate and craved the
body Of Jesus.n "Senex" has looked over the ac-
count OF the crucidxion and resurrection In each
OF the gospels, for nov he draws an inference
from apntheE and says that they clothed Him in
"a suit OF clothing is eSrtair being the clothing
usually worn by the gardeners OF that period"
Waving the point whether there was any dis
tinctive 'clothing usually worn by gardeners OF
that period" which we very much doubt, the
sacred volume does not carry sucn an inference.
Sss and saw saa snsw
se %oms .sy sssps wssDs.s ss%s tnoa sa
the gardener saith unto Him, Slf, II thou hast
borne him hence tell me where thou hast laid him,
'Maryi' she turned herself and saith unto Him,
'Rabboni,' which s to say Masterf" How very natu-
RAJ; she neing absorbed In grief weeping as It Is
sterny, "womanl" should have supposed it to be
the gardener. But when He said "Mary |" in his
old familiar tone, doubt renamed no longer. The
Jews asserted hat the disciples stole the body OF
Jesus wnlle body Of Roman soldiers were sleep
Ing at their post This story s highly improbable
Itself, and the Witnesses introduced to prove Il
utterly incompetent, even by their own confession.
1Or they allow themselves to nave been asleep
when the event occurred. The apostles assert
that He was raised from the dead-they offer their
sSey were competent sest,mcny s % compstenf ss1
aud credible, their testimony must be fully be-
neveO Tne state OF their minds was such that
they could not believe that their Master had rsen
except upon the most conclusive evidence. Tney
expected He would establish an earthly kingdom
See Mark, K, SO, 81; Luke, XIII, N-27. They did
NOT believe he would die; nor did they understand
what He meant BY being raised. Matthew,
xvi, q, %; Marx, ix., 81, 80; Luke xviii.
3l-34; John XXX, o. As might be expected, they
did not readily believe He had risen, but required
the most positive and conclusive evidenoe-Mark,
cannot be doubted. think, that the apostles were
competent Witnesses; that Is, that they were not
deceived, but had the opportunity to know, ana
actually did know. In regard to their credibility,
they had nothing to gain by testiying to the resur
rectiOn falsely; they knew that life Of poverty
and suffering awaited them. and they could not
expect rewards from heaven Tor deceiving their
brethren-they had much to lose from Jhe fury OF
those who crucihed Jesus. They suffered martyr
dom in attestation OF facts. The apostles mad been
fearful, tlmtd; adopting even unjusttdable meas
ures to secure their personal sa!ety-Matt.,
XVI, 90, 69-75. In the short space OF nfty days
afterwards the same apostles became s0iearless
OF danger that nothing could terrify them. They
were ready to encounter stripes, imprisonment,
death-Acts, IL, Ill, iv. If they had stolen the
body OF Christ would tnat have filed them with
this couraaef Would they have had as much con-
fdence in a dead body which they had concealed,
or In o rcsuscitated BODY which they used as de-
ception. in their honest fearessnesS9 hesitate
to trespass further on your columns.
WM. COVENTRY II. WADDELL.
VALHALLA, August, 1874.