, 1875-10-03
THE RESURRECTION.
.r,ner Address Before the Phil
osophical Society by Judge
Booth.
o:+;co1 Examination Of the inconsistent
Statements Of the Evangeists.

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rha Judge Concludes that the Evi.
dence is Insufficient.
ron. Hsn1y Booth, Judge Of the Circuit
~ 1acturel before the Philosophical Society
,'E.,.ntne On .'EYidences Of the Resurrec.
~. There was large audience, and the
....,or,s xas attentive'y listened to.
lfar some preliminary ohservshons, the
,.a,s mid it ras not pleasant thing to ques-
~ tns foundations Of & popular belief. It VIE
-;.o.,v of no use to deal With the question
sentimental manner. The hard realitiea
'st.-tr uuuld not yield to our sentiments. For
49, crntu1ies good and honest people beloved
~, n. earth Was plain. and the Church con-
s.mnad The daring philosophers who dared to
.~,ta, tbs faith Of ignorance. Somehow or
49, .ve,s belief, every theory, it was going
=. -+,nt. must shape itsslf into Some, or &C.
...am1 to some, hard, practical fact. Crea-
~. Of tho mind were dispeIled when
..r csno in contact With factA.
nsh..o tho religion Of the world WEE based up.
- aoe fosu Of superstition or smother. Yeater~
r., 4 v.s joEe, to-day Mohammed. The hu-
..:n ~ mind hid not yet gca82sd the true form at
- sstsmpting IN examination Of the great
.nraar1 Of Ch1,etiauity, the resurrection
Is not inseanble TO
1H1 Mstonn 1nas,tstaa " H. rns :aHn 1nst
- ~ thar youth had made the resurrection
~ e1.at cout1al fact OF Christianity II there
49, e,1depce in favor OF the accepted theory OF
III e.cat essnt, then it ought to be given to
tbs 1os3d lhe t1me hao gone by when the
human nlno ~ snlaak t'2m eaaman3ng me 1acts
efso1 tnsie - ~ - ~ a., ar5 sns. &C.
eu11ea u 80 ~S;ch sLa.,,a 5.-,- =" ~ .i'S
sns ns I'm frnm 1 III th;nas Ina
atran hna Plesenin; aan ~ GaanluE ~ Atngs
tPPne ~ ha9 tneon ~ s o~a t'a
5uoge 14.oe ooosa n9. ae4es41o ~. 11.-<. ~ eao -
scaaoospisos ~ @ ~ .HSos caasi:
Hs oeng oeIn " aaI ~" oa nu
nsa ioa IN a.pt,7-aa+;a,, 80 ~ ssea; anu
Ha Aeeea @ iesi1Sn " Ga 2ah h *sesns1oo-eo slt
r tbs nfh1 nAna VI ooo' snaseser Inat ms9s
neaa. In examining TIE contemporaneous eSi-
9aote Of shls sne ,Iesth y. -1e ~
@e 5onl uoePat1 u '.ew' AIa LaAe, auo
3oao-N epPe.lou soas no1o " s9ese 49o' ~
nj Of thear "aln$s' c1Anle9 70 oe lt1alnn1e' A.
th0agh omar people clAn'eo 1oa' qualify 1os
hsso-
ta1. veie nspite p 1ao, 1.n tne1elote; an1AAo1e.
30 10 ha Nnutcn Iouncst oecloeo as 70 the
htlleihty Of the Pope, when the Protestant
gmh lsuehsd II Tue absurd assumption. Church
canncla could no longer contro! t1e human
rnd Ehict had advanced too fAr m knowledge
70 b bound or led by sentiment or by supe5sta-
Em
soT. 10 TWO or THE FOUR AUTHORS
q s.n Gospels agreed Is to the Incidents OF the
1udd1ion and resurrection. Take, for e1an-
ph h. inscription m 4a the cross Matshex bad
y This = Jesus, hng OF the JeWB;" Marx
.hs King of the Jews" and john Jeaus Of
Nazareth. King Of the !eNs,' showing very
wonderful o1vera1ty OF opluion % to the trne in
ssipan-
Than take rhs Creed d-each Of them gave
dtfsssnt versoo and tho Sermon On the Mount
~ reported by only two OF the number,
Ekthsw and Luxe Both began with the
8ehttpdssI but tbs report Of Matthew was
about four times Is long ~ TINT Of Luke.
1hsn, tats the four biographical aketchea, OF
nssno'rs-
rnu nU1zRzp oS ALMOST KvEzr PAGE
fhs. naa1iy Ill agreed On one point-thAt Jesus