The Red Cloud chief., 1885-05-01

ablest Of LAWYERS. wrote q volume ~
show that on strict legal principles the
evan velists had proved their case. 20
| Of other variations. IL l. only BY stu
stupidity supposIEg that h high
priest he'd one O Two instead u 4 score
Of servants. 10 arraign Peter. th..t con
tradiction can bc imagined between the
accounts of his following the captlvc
Christ.
The four slightly varying versions OF
the inscription on the Cro-s-ihougn all
bear testimony Ia The same fact-haIc
been adiuccd to throw iiscrcdi: on tn,
event recorded. Whether the four
cyancclisis selected. one the Hebrew.
the second the Greek. and the other the
Latin word. which may have
prc-el,ed some idiomaiic dit.cr-
cnce,. or whether they aimed only
10 give the substance. matters little. We
know. however, that they and the ApOs-
tie Paul often cite the Old Testament
substantially. and not verbally, caring
more for the doctrine than the words.
\ curiou, modern parallel To the vary
in" inscriptions WAS accorded several
wears ago in New York. Captain Fred
erich Lahrbush. who claimed 20 b. one
hundred and eleven years Of ag.. died
on ID of April. 1877. His funeral was
attended 10y reporters Of four diiferen.
papers. Curiosity led us To compare
their accounts Of the inscription on the
coffin. and. s;ngularly enough, though
all attcstcd the same fact. no two read
precisely alike. The Hcrdds repre-.
sentative quoted il a. "Frcderick Lair
bush, died April >, 1877. aged one hun
drci and eleven years The Tribune
man wrote il: ..Frcdcrick LalIrbush.
horn March g. 1906, died April 3. ls7I.'
The Times had it: "Frcdcrick Lair
bush. born Gth Of March. 1866: died .rd
Of April. 1871" The World published
il as: FREDERICK Lahrbush. born 9th
Of March, 1866; died ID Of April. 1871"
IL will be perceived that three OF these
versions differ only in the position oi
certain particles and in the in,roduc-
ton or omission OF a proposition OF
two. The Hcrd!d man alone seems
10 have depended on his mem
or,. No one would conclude tina,
Captain L.arbush never was buried, or
that the reporters were not in attend
ancr on his o~bScgiiicS. Why then quib
bile over the minute differences of the
evangclists?
Mr.. Haley. in his explanation Of al.
legged Biblical contradictions. has drawn
the string from many a cavil and given
genuine comfort To pcrpleNed believers.
II il better, however, to study h out
works from the citadel. VIVA: will you
do with Jesus Christ is the question tina,
presents itself To every undecided man.
His words are such H. ncvcrman spoke,
whether lie omitted or employed a par
iiclc OF two of no influence in modify
inc His general uttcrancc. His claims
a"c the same whether HE McsSiah>hip
His SorslIip or His mission as the Sa
yiour Of all men Is especially cmplia-
sized Even RoSScau was compelled t.
admit in his Emile that Jesus Christ
died ike a God, while the still NOR,
skcptical Mill declared Him IAN unique
figure. moi more unlike ali His prccur
sor- than all His followers none al
whom ''was capable of inventing In.
savings aScr bed t. Jesus. or of mag
iuIng the | f. and chartc &C revealed u
the Gospel. In His light all diil.cul,ic,
vanish and doubts a:c impossible. In
the contemplation of Hi OBJECTIONS nj
the pcculiariticS, nay. The very person
ality. of the cNargclistS dsippear. -
they most a>surcdly wished and en-
prctcd.- CicGgo AdcdHcc.