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haste. no confusion, ,--on,Y that pnrfset "orcr
which. in .l.ipsa aan .hs 'fticst aud lorfie.t.
.tia l;ttEo ilns latina NJ thst lsv on anr thnary
ave .t1at If = calm. d.,berate act Of iesttros-
tut, II ia II lilsln thlnE Certainly. hat a very
I,sIe thing viii unir"se tho direction OF eson
81 mighty force AZ tho Nhlrswtn1. ~
Inal1.-Once more: How does II ha"pnn
That u,l1 ctitsu has nlsngo:l,or osorfo'kol that
stsanle and seis.refut'ng s;oty. Nhici tia
Jewist antho1ti:s started IN order to explain
awav .tio TACT Of thu Rerurroettun, and which.
furnt-hai !. It t. BY Tho ane.,, " Of Christianity.
haa at~ay:n offered ono af tho most remarkable
testimonies in ia favor 7 moan tho fnlschoo,l
they cone, ,'cteI about tho tiscltcH coming, All
4t.*tsne tue body wnilo tho soldiers tfeit, anl
hnw they brlcd thrs, soldiers (who khss -
well what going while tltoy 'rere asleep y
to propagate the atnry. Clearly they themselves
bcheseti that Cilrtat h'd rlac;'-nsy. they know
that he had aai he wnultl riHf-the In "a ntone
relied to tho Heph,clre door WAS to prevent Ills
ri.itE-:liev felt, too. that tia report OF lte
rt-nx woul1 gam cre.1"uco among tito people. or
tile nevor wou!d have resof.rd to sn .ic,I;'e'etra
Dr.: o. ~ i,a etnpd hf1!ndrring faael,o ri n1rcF
H. 20 III -rrnct it. sirect Tho popular IN nd.
;. re- conclude my catalogue OF tho cs:Tanr-
dJnAry ''o.sri0ns' which ella ;acteftks tho es-nr
hef,ra ,ln Rnu ask, II nv arc lhcv 10 Ia accounted
for! itov happens It that not even or" nj these
four i ilsiuR lnctieulAl sc.t'nonts. h:'dsi i' "a7
- this in ilcial summing urnf thu question or
tho nesu,,ecslon? Was Ln'fce Do; hNafe OF
It,eir existen:-? cat rcar'clr he!'cve tht he
WAS altogether Ignorant II the subject. for this
Here to rroyo hlth utterly disqualified for hIs
tnsk, Soifhsr am I wiling to helase that,
knowing NJ Them he carufatt suppressed their
evidence for ts1's were t0 cast very grave I'M.
hln.e doubslees, best INTERPRET hs own n1-
1euce. .....
am reluctantly compelled to conclude at thi.
point f,r this morning, and resorre tho re.paiu-
DIR of rny material tnr nv eycni.E congregation.
II the subject I'tN@Bs futeyeat enough Tor you To
secure seur prssrn"c. eal be grattitd. III
ptiut oE intrln4Io importance know of no Scttp-
ture fact wltoso h,ssoiio reality involves sra.ar
,t-uet than that # Tho Resurrection. Al
Chrtsttanity Ia Mt stnko here. So vitality bnunf
mp III tho aisnp!e aseo, ton that Chr1st rnao fom
the dead that, we're Ks tcft' nton poss!Hlo. the
ent,re Achems at tho Chf,htian faith must tll..
snIso into mrtE and lrEeu1. leaving a. The
Churcl,'s soil a.v inheritance tho ma momury
OF tho nx,e:eics ct ths tnar Christ Je.na.
Judge Booth understands tt,,B too, snd frankly
asows It, and yet with ihe Inll knJnledxe OF tle
vi icapsead daso alton which his ds, ntIercYar
belle, ed must necessarily carry With them. ho
rccktcr-Iv sends It forth A. his eo'emr, d.sib.r-
alto verdict thar. IN his judgment. &, fsr AZ ho
can rift tho csidonce adducctl Tho Evangelist.
are fa!ao witnesses, and tho -tory of the l.oslr.
rrctlun IL .lo. Il It be, then nj! tlais,anlsv is
a I,o, and III EhrIsteulam which, for the lat
r,Ehtech cont ,rlen. hn- bccn rcno.ing coniidsnt-
ly uudo1 the shadow Of this truth, behaving in
the divinity of It's or,En. riuBt b!rsh 10 own
lsnfsa tia nncousclous victim of = 7lir though
venerable imnossuss. No, hrcthrcn, tho falh
NC chcyrh re,,s on no snc!l insecure fo,1nuati ,u
wnas tho learning VI Cc's''s ani tho
wit Of yotsarc. and tbs r,baldrv
OF pauo llaye vAinl7 nought to oynrtllon, wl;l
not he DESTROYED by tliin rassuR breath Of nina
tspnth ccutnry bke1t1cisn1. Tile unbelieyera
uI sixty successive generations have pural,ud
tlB truth wllt an nnd;7nc hate. hut 1t still
stands, and will Stand. inluovabtc. al tho moro
FIRMLY looted II tho human heart, beca,1as in it
alono can bo found what will satisfy to overflow
lug the hcatt'H acercst cravings, Onr heart ard
tlv-l, iks Dav!d's, cry out for "the living God"
and deai Christ csilt,os bs revelation OF .
hyIne God. And Christ in dead, yea, dissolve
into iuat- e1la II vi.l tAa,e nllo &c urged, and
cruccd. AM! Wat upon ul1a. II lie be not
''rincp fIom the drsd." No. brettlcrn, God
mayer meant to moth yon BY a,rerlug yoa q deal
3aviur. " Now ia Christ risen from Tho dead"
S'c!, II the 70 tiaony Of CHS who hal encrlilcea
friends. f'rnne-,vea. 1ifo itself-foe tbs Avlng
Iavluts SAKE. II this auI!ico not. then !,car
Chrsfs testimony III HIS own bei,alf, rot,t 10
tho Soor OF latuos for his and tho Chursh'e con.
nrmation III thu faith: II Mn IIa taat lsyeth,
aud aas dead; nnl Lchold, ! an nliyo for ever.
Iuors.'
In thu evening the ney. DR.. Bulltvau contip-
uetl tle dl.cuss ou <hlch h. lal above marked
out. AMI considered tho quo.t,,ns ot ~ ,ntta.
dlc:ona' as,.s lmprobab.rics, az limited At N
tho besin'anE OF hih morning sermon. 1t Is to
te req este'l that lack Of epace prncln1es tho
presentation Of tho remainder of tbs dis:ourlo.