, 1879-02-03
TIfR Htnf.E QUESTION.


Ia lhs }t1ft9r nf 7he Trtbnnt
CntcAno, JAM 9f.--1 wifi devote n few Of ,,'c
sacred hours Ut this beautiful sunlight Sabbath
day to searching tl,t Scriptures" IL, Mi.
Mt The suggestion Of ''Frank," uly respondent,
who says. near the ftose Of lis Inst letter. We
hopc before NJ writes ngatn he will search the
Scriptures" We will SEQ Will what fcsult ,h[s
searching will bo attended. woudcr why both
of my Respondents hare passed. br In silence
md adrott!Y uvoi1c'l saying n word anput
tic last two or three contradictions ,ucn-
toned In my first letter, a,ul which we're
by far the most trrcconcilablc Of all The jls,.
Wish TO nfnrtn mr dear iricml and spiritual III.
rector, Frank, that the Billie discrepancies
enumerated IN MY letter are not fot,ntl Il, Tho
first parI ol palne'a "Asc Of R"nso1,," a. he
Inferred, which he says Was ws:tst, .w!t11ou.
errr, thai II Tom l'ano hxt1nt n Bible Mt hand
wllslo writing the first mart nf that tnust re-
nlarkable work, "1l'c Age Of ltcasnn," he lal
studied 1t With moro er!;!sal care. a,"l could re-
his Batf-conccltcil assaElantr, fur it cyl.
denccs most acsIrntn nud thorough
knowledge of Tho tonrl,!nrk. genius, and spirit
nf bath tho historical AMI t!ostrlnal parts Of the
second pnrt Of hls u Age pf Kcason,n s.Thourh
writing without BtbIc Or Testament 10 refer
to,--thourh was writing against bosl,,-ru
cou!tl procure anv; thst,,,tlir,u which,
l,drs nrotlucc.! a work that nv Hil,ie.beljcycr,
though wTillllG nj his case, md with library OF
church bonks nloue him, can tcfutc." It is
msst remarkable tint whenever word IL
aoctrtnc nf Inspiration, fibc-Lcllcyers err ont,
atom i'ainc," though he wn4 ly no means the
nutf!ur Of tnanr Of the most rational md unau-
swcra6to objections to the dng,nn OF tnspara-
tion; md many things fla1c been attributed to
lin which he 1ieycr wrote. Ills pIutlons to
"NIi,1e Contradictions" nrc very tncayro a.
compared With hts other dcnartncnts of 9csit,-
turll criticism. 1t is Amusing to noto how c,lfl-
ningly Bihlc.bel!csers can Manufacture history
IN order to sustain their pretended Word of
tioa. 4 striking Illustration u this IL seen Iu
Frank's: attelnpt 70 patch UP his nIblu
errors." l reailsFm 'lat there Ia a
ditlercnt cvangclists in regard 10 The location
t't Chrlst's ifrat appearance to Ills Disciples.
Matthew, xviii, II. where tito first appearance
il'e rncscc.''nE. vcrscs show concluslyely lint
] II was Ills llrst appearances 10 them after Itf4
alleged rehltsrcetion,- ,-iocatct! It on mountain
III Gal!lce nlacc selected BY Christ llinTe1t nc.
Mark steps In With altogether . different nc-
CONT Of His appearance to lila Dsrptcs.
Mark. xvi, u: "A'tcrwant lle appeared ,tntot,,r
clcvcn us they Sat nt meat" . In pre-
Two ot iiis DIsc!nios us they walked and Went ut
into the country" hut Lnke's account OF ihc
alIalr is still a!ifercnt. Luke XIV. si, locates
lf,s t':st meeting with the eleven at Jerusalem:
IDeC w kIlc hHI1lE lI}IlE MlHi
to .lcrlna'e'n md found the eleven gathered TO.
] ccttcr nlu' ticm tt,at were With tl,rn. !.
And as they spakn jesus himself stood In the
lnilst Of isc aitl sall uH,n sllen Peace be Will,
n,nl supposed they Ind seen q spirit" Why
nhould they tloubt and fcnr II, this man,iur
J II thes Int! a1renhy seen Christ In Ga1Itco ami
recognized and worsh!pcd him, III Matthew
| statcsf
john, In the twentieth chapter OF his Gospc1.
/ without mentioning the locality, says That
Christ appeared to LILA Disciples III rom whrrc
they tatl as'cfn'',el fur tcur. Of Jews, ntn &c
The Disciples were glad when they saw tie Lord.
| Not word does lie snr hhout tioubtA or hctne
frightened or thinking they had seen d spirit.
From these facts l. !. plain tlat the1o II no
REGARD 10 chfiH'a nrst ,a;'nearancc tn Ills reyen
! with Il crtnu a-uInst tht: Iaws Of hs country
shottlti bring fur witnesses into court In orler
oncr IN New York City ou The very dny the
crime wa. commttted; smother wol,lA testify
that hs saw him on that day In Washington:
tho third witness would step forward and swear
he saw him lhal day, but does not tell where It
waa; at.! the fourth should say ilo tnok Bup,uss
with hin, In PhiladulpllIa MI The evening tint the
rrinle was satd to llasa tccn t4mnmlltml,-
how wnu1h III. C.urt Iank tlpon suc.l tcsttl,,t,.
nyi twoutt be ruled ont pi court: Mlnl, II tia.
was the mans unly defense, he would swing, tn
anitc 1T his alibi. Nuw, ws are nsked to bc1iayc
the stoty"f the resurrection Of Christ from tie
dead on Just that kind Nf conflicting Testimony.
According tn thu New Testament aceo,lut, ,fCxS
alutlinleiy avoleh His pctsccuturs mud ctlcIntca
after Ills resurrection, anil nppraEctl to on!y a
few fsir,,is, anl only few ti.ncs during tn.
whota six weeks Tint elapsed between tc
time Of lila assumed resurrection nnl The
date Of his alleged asCcnsInn. 4 singla appear.
ancc lcEotc llc Jewish ,sanhcdrln would hate
feet a. huuhle s1pp!!ants tor pardon 10, having
been INSTRUMENTAL in Ills tirnth. A sIngla g1Anet
os lIis eye wnuld bayt lan.ie Oil llcrn1 trclnhsu
~ AL aspcn-acnf. ito coul.l havo rsisc.i all tr
| tuwlts, rites, huTRhs. Mlpl haInletx Of ,3ullea
during t!osu sx wrecks. AInl convinced and con.
ycrluti iAe Wl,ole cnIIhtry; but, tnytta.t
OF doln. tt,i., be wHs wandering about
anon= mountain rassnrs. nn hIl!ng IN,
faynrise trIcn.'s a!s! thus, ltku M apnnratiou,
vanishing p,lt u trtr sight" Paul, think II
Is, WIN says tint he appearcd tn upwards vi
SO brethren Mt once, hut l.c don't tel! lis villa
Ing took place; and, bcsEdps. thu cyangct!ata
1Iaakt no mention Of any sr1ch cvcut havf,l:.
taken plAcr. think It rus onc Of Paula lights
Of imagination or bursts nj enthusiasm; ar,
pcrhats, i.s wrote It by permits s+lon," tis same
~ he dill the foolish statements IN regard IN the
| prastlcahl!lsy Ut The nIRrrfage relations. Paul
was autL.natEpnoal. both IN theory And prae-
| ttru.
Tic ryaugclIats ln nut agree IN rrgar,l to tn.
| inscription ilat was put nvrr Christ t,,l tn,
truss+ Each n1o Eires different yerslon nf II.
II They wceu inspired, why conla they not have
| reeurdpd 1t tllr same III each Caa1t This unly
reason tl,at cav b, assignet fur their Disagree
munt IL. that thu writer's were not cyG-witncssra
OF the crtlitlxt nltd wFnte iFula mere flearsay.
Another uu!e srror to which ! wst, to iasIto
"ssarching tho Scriptures" II tte fui!own.
Matthew. .ioafthShaEter, statss that "Jcsus. in,'
ncllatcI, after Ills bArtfsul bs John III tllr Jnr
Jan, was led III into the wlldcrncss 10 he
templeA Of t4,s llsyil, asl WIS there forty days
aud tnriy ntgkts.n Mark makes 1t Bt'll ,ll.Iro
dttinltu, tor IL *ays, rhau. l., u; "lmmel-
ateY the spirit .lrlyesh htl. into the wilderness,
Aa he was thru IN hr wilderness !ur;y llays anil
tempted of satan, md WIS with Wild bcasts.' ~
Auw. Joln IN his siospc>, sucond chapter. slatcs
lllat Thirst WIS at i marriage In Eaua
! ut Ga!eu Oh the thTrl day following.
Ills baptism. IIis colnlu. to John IL recorded In
tue frst chapter, u.Nl tnr aucount. ot tls t1ar.
Tiage which totk Pike I'll ,tlc thIr,l succeeding,
day IL recorded IN the accon,t chapter.
Ano.hrr thiag which would like Brother Frank
tn lix up: I'm the yery day s!,nt Luxe {sisau. y
represents Christ ralsn. the widows sun iron,
tic dead. In tie Village of NYln, ,.Mattlscw III,
tie eighth rlapter) rcpsessnis him AZ 1a,Dx ~,
tl,r easlesu s!ar ut 'le Sea Of Gu,ilee. tn Ill.
| t(.t ttrt{rQAEnpk-ujnfH Than fhirf u