Sharp County record., 1881-08-11

A'N4' ouppOrtStb,
claim of the existence saI
events of the lite of Jesps% % ~ ,. n,
In the early centuries If ~ ~ - !
though men scofied at tho W sv ,as'
offered the world, and fbo,,5 Fl I;iv
levers were prosecuted to 4 a. az :
was no denial that Christ Va, y ,t;v #
that He ministered in .Jnd.a nd
He was visible to the foTs @ II
handed down His teacbinS are
Put aside all the histoT2o., sen
the last one hundred Wear, 1' Sfar
will still remain evidence of a I N
historic credlbi,itv, OF the a.. 'l cen
George Washington, for tbe.. o.' nd
living hundreds of person, ilv,
conyersed with other bDnJ,,, his
sons who saw Washington \ he
had been written or 1rjntai gor
ingtOn, if there was as conn sh
Bence OF historic writings IN 4 las
there was in the first cent leg,
Christian era, neverthele,, ,wn
narratious of contemoorarie, \ ,bli
ence OF Washington, the eros leg
Delaware, and all the prinoiri roo
OF his life would be accento3 n
historian Of the future AMI u. mel
established and undeniabIe ~ t.'.' " ne,
The evidence of Christ's ,, sr;. mai
established on stronger testi~a iert
this. While He lived He tan,. no,
| pei Of sweetest charity andey,. ,idt
ity. and the men whose lives ~...eo,
nodded are among those wbo .izil
OF HIS existence in their wrhbee
authenticity of which are a, snt
will be the authenticity Of 4 sort
WORKS 1900 years hence B~tinI
have furnished the word a -ty {
evidence, which, as to vulgq cur
would be esteemed eoncl1Jr, nur
facts narrated. as
But outside of this there /, der
mass OF profane evidence Of +. ma
ence of Christ, as authentic As the
script Ons upon early tombs I
Hist rians OF the second cer,al
ceived their evidences from nsof
gave their lives as testimoDg fer
Veracity. At this time ther far
host of believers who recer ma
teaching from the lips of men VI ma
Jesus as perfectly as Hamiw tai
Washington. Teachers procs, sir
new Gospel in a country w5n the
had lived and N U stored, and su,
torian5 accepted their pubi pli
evidence, given at a time andn ex
try when there were thOusa1k of
pc sons of a hostile and en- M,
faith, who would have pron- sta
lutei any m.sstatemenls, and vi be
in q position to do so. The h M,
they did not attempt this reiun so
strong evidence that the ez.g by
Christ was a matter OF such gel5 XII
public notOriety that it was Sc
toned and inquest enable. th
The evidences that the ber7 co
Christ had spread a over Juda su
the last quarter of the first cea tn
multituohnous and unimga ha
They tau ht publicly and wen de
cuted for their teaching. Al Ia
taught among a people who co. su
be deceived as 10 the life andcH st
of Christ. Yet while these ws in
denounced Christ as an "impoz tn
deceiver.n none denied tha al
lived, ministered and been en- bt
This of itself should be Sui,! til
stlbliSh the fact which was
and which was undenied by tho I'll
had means Of proving its faIa5 fC
was fa Sc, and who in addition q
hId she strong incentive Of uS ii
zealotrv for proving it was ia-s u
no relson can be assigned fl
failure to deny the asserted exist a
Chr st e cept the knowledgeG it
undeniable. tt
If no line had ever been O.
about the existence and asSa3lE n
Abraham Lincoln, both htl d
now be proved b. c. e-wItneas tt
people who speak publicly b
thiugs now are not disputed e
theg are facts known ami beieU .
the same reason the d salls
spoke 0; the sermon on the na1 9
the cruciixion were not dispute /
they spoke Of these thingsinl lUil 1
were facts known and irretuial I
Such are among the early Ell ,
of the ChriSts S existence, 0OIl q
and sa red.
No hing in the early agesotii !
is so perie tly established. ID
firmly is this established lbatll!l i
lin imbecilitv, which passes
fidelity, in these days, can %
suspicion on it BY resortDs
weakest subterfuges, the gross :
varications, and the rejection
highest and most thOughtiuIF
historic collateral evidences +,
tOSt and Tribune.