National Republican., 1881-07-12
The Attempt 10 Prove "Jcsus n Ny,h"-Vhat Is
Said by Churchmcn on the Snljcct-A Few
More Important Questions for
"Studcnt" TO Answer.

WV ltN w 'tllEoNtISN IUll " Is Utmost surprising
that the subject should be rcopencd by men mani
fcstly less able than those who have already suf.
frrcd inglorlous defeat while welding the same
weapons. II may aid "G. A." to an accurate csti-
mate fthc value of what he has read in your
columns if he would read Whatclcy's Historic
Doubts MS to Napoleon Bonnpnrtc" In this little
hook it is proved beyond reasonable doubt that
Bonnparc never existed, and ] venture TO affirm
that IT, amer reading II, he still has doubts as to
the reality Of Jesus he will he prepared to make
oath that Bonnpartc certainly Is myth. pro.
sumo Whntclcy's book is In the Congressional Iii.
braty. NM
Is II not time your patrons had rest from tho
| usurration oi ynnr columns by Learned scholar"
student" and others with Jesus Myth" The
learned (D ones declare all references to Jesus by
old authors were additions or interpretations by
Dgols and frauds, but fail TO suggest that the omis
| Sions by his certain named authors 10 even men
ton Jesus may have been caused Ivy the aflcr cx.
| punsing, 10y such vnndals as students" teach.
ngS begct nf all reference to Jesus. Did not all
rulers and nations In those days cndCnvur TO
| quonch and stamp out hi, great matter which n
| little fire had kindcd2 Are there not still such
vtndals engaged in the same work? They tell
us myth-nleSs than nothing-a minus quantity
| gave us the sermon on the Mount" Glove
your enemies" Let not your hearts be troubled"
| " Come unto Inc and will give you rest" aud that
the poor soul saved from his cups and evil nature
| is leaning not even on n reed shaken by the
wind" but op Eph, n nothing. Perhaps his
salvation or restoration to purity, honesty. and
happiness is also myth. "Studcnt" comes to him.
| as he did in the days of old and says: God be
praised Thisman who opened your eyes restored
you to your right mind, inspired you with holy
| thoughts and desires, and bestowed upon You the
Toys of His saVaton," is not even q sinner buta
| myth-a never was; and !, though am not men
| TONED in the histories or encyclopedias OF the
present time, am the real existing learned dis.
covercr. fthis be learning which "Student" pro-
| claims, Lord give me ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in
| fullness W. f. 6.
| have been watching the conflict going on In
| your columns led by Student" with Jesus
Myth MS the bone of contention. It is strange
that student should write Of an age two thou.
sand years ago as If that nge were the present as
If they in that nge had printing dates, railroads,
| steamboats,, and all the modern appliances of
| civilization. If "Studcnr' had asserted that
Pontus PLATE, after the crucihxion Of Christ, had
tclephoncd to Cesar ut Rome the event his prem
iSes would have been Just as terrible as they are
now. How does "student know his dates are
correct? Am TO believe Student in preference
| to my own researches into history? Had 1t not
been for an accident, Student had never
| heard of the immortal Shakespeare. 1t took
| 100 years for Shakespeare to travel across
| the English Channel into France Had II
| INV DCtu lldl lnG NlIbln queen. WAS Il tTlenu
to shakespeare the world to-day would not know
that such n man ever existed, and yet he lived
and wrote in the days Of printing A female
! student some years ago endcayored to prove that
| Lord Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare and
| Shakespeare was myth. She became insane
From Homer down to the days of printing all his.
tory Is chaotic. How do know that Homer was
| not myth and that q set of Grccian fishermen
palmed of the Had OH the suffering world? DO l
know whether Plutarch lied or not? Am certain
| that Socrates drank the hemlOck? II is said q de.
sccndant Of Aristotle, Hero, built q steam engine
| at Alexandria ~ b. &. Am / to believe this L?
| Somebody sat on the mountain and gave us the
| sermon III Matthew Some one sat in an open boat
on the Sea of Gailec and gave the Parable of the
| Sowcr. Some one was 'mobbcd In Jerusalem, and
| Paul preached and wrote about this one, and this
man was Jesus and Jesus is not responsible for the
mistakes Of an carly age Of liars nor the blundcrs
Of modern students, including Ingersoll.
GLIB.
do not see why Bob lngersoll should be con.
sidcred such formidable antagonist to Christian
| iy He is incapable of forging solid or logical
| argument, He has not formulated and given to
| inhdelity single new argument against the truth
of Christianity, All the arguments he has put
| forth on his side Of the question can be found in
| Noltairo and Tom Paine's works. and more plausi-
| bly, put than he has ever been able to arrange
| them. His chief stock in trade Is law, wit and
| lower buhooncry. All the objections he has put
forth TO Christianity have been answered and cx-
ploded long ago. They are burnt powder, and
there Is no strength left in them. lie has no fol-
| lowing except among green and callow youths,
VINO mistake wit for argument and assertion for
| fact, and a few old roues who would lnin cover
their disreputablc immornlitics with the
shallowest Of objections to right living Peo.
| pie who desire TO live clean and
decent lives see nothing but evil in him and his
| iallaces OF course he seems to be sincere in
what he says. He can afford to, for $500 n night
will cover multitude of sins in this world, how
ever attcnuated they may prove TO be In tho next.
| In conclusion, would recommend all who wish
10 get NJ the marrow of the issues discussed by In
| gcrsoll 10 procure and read Voltaire and Tom
| Paine and then take up some of the replies
thereto by some one of the able divineS who have
answered them. My word for II, they will wonder
that they were ever deceived for moment by
such shallow reasoning as that Of lngeHoll.
NERITAS.