The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-16

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struck. ana n0 blow besides this =
It would seem e...,,-
prophecy from being brckea n e. g PIsssIs tbs
are Rfyen. - =. .nq ploWs Of various kinds
acter 81 vhseh S y aSsln1on follows. the char
would Be tie ora r,s-k a Nun, thai this thing
Tho nails vers - ~ nkely 20 take place
bony part 81 fhe 49, u1 ~ through the most
wsre not sunnoeed u 49, 49, tnoee Who did this
vent this non hesr. H ~. AZ any pains to Pre-
that the snverr1 Msns on. ana Il came about
this very pro1,,,s ordered the breaking Of
uhouId ~ RsvPnecy God had said that il
dered tb ny g broken; the powers Of earth or
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lew "a and - xM,l8n oay tha* draws on, the
breaking 81 ~ 49, sn.s g ORDER be given Tor the
ened Ths n.1 - oestn q them may be hast
lecfed e $3.50 s.ess - gwen The soldiers are -
! tho,ss NJ :. w tnoee ordefn God had said
ma hrsst tssa tnls Roman ruler says: ssio
orders. Thev =. IL. Inc soldiers come on with
o ct1er 3, Nth the rst one The thief on one
Thev 49,. =. - ~ ulsPescneo y once.
the ~. - - ~ one IN the middle, and 70 70
cecfiS.sS ~ Osner sioe. why this strange pro-
sare 49, \. O. the cross were dead, but were
msSe s. 49, - ~ os1 tnelr bones. and thereby
ara q Is y. y Iney unaefstood their orders,
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g scns1ge nas orders But after dispatching the
s ss-s W. 3. sneY come 20 pause before the
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t tSSsoy aceomph,hed, and, indeed, this d what
liz LIZ tscoIu ~ ABOUT =, then we are still At
wsss = e,1 1noTsasena WY they did not do a. they
OBEY osders. this win insure that what they
f tol,cc. 70 &c VIII De accomplished. Instead of
tsS 1, tneir lnstructions they raise Q ques-
And And instead Of following their orders they
oshapr , .mJsner metnod, ana thereby fuiffi an
and thrusts i into His side and there come blood
.no wa ,s Hs - Aoing this instead Of what he
Wes toid 70 90
Truth would have the highest evidences Of the
sha. o. tnis wofo OF God let him stand before
tnls i,cs which comes before US at this point.
was not followed Let him answer Why il WAS was
tnas when those Roman soldiers first came into
the presence Of those three crosses they did not
This was the way that they were accustomed to
90 Things but now they do not follow their or
oere.
not = enough I. 70 sSs
throne OF Caesars to strike one blow ct that one
between the two thieves. 4 those soldiers
have done more than M Ill the inndeis = 0a the
Plush, they would have overturned the word OF
dalton. from beneath the eternal throne. and
they VIII accomplish 1t as soon.
!. To shatter this one prophecy would overturn
ing ing % ch1 Ss n p nsin ss
pcrtant one can Be broken they must al fall
Christ was prengursd BY the paschal lamb II
was ordered that not : bone Of It should be
broken. lit were to be, then 1t was no longer
many thousand years this passover had told that that
broken.
Now, the prophecy, a. we'll - these ages of
enacted declaration, must be put to the test.
Important hourl Who shall prevailf The word
of God must stand; no matter how infinitely
all be done. The overnrching heavens may be
rolled up - q scroll, and be folded ND and laid
away q . garment that il Of no more use, the
one jot or title shall pass from the law TIL ali
be fulfilled. Therefore, we can see why it Is
that not one of the slightest changes could be
This exactnesg II In accordance with the i'm
portance of the afairS in hand.
This seemingly small or trivial prophecy
les and made so prominent, was in no respect q
magnifying of trifies. II this matter has seemed
small TO any, let It be remembered that It ID
reasons for this exactness in what may have ap-'
peared to be Of no importance. We may notice
hrst that It was ct the cross that the great test
0l0Ce.
The important thing In al tie old ocrip&ures
and ceremonies and prophecies, was the setting
forth Of the Son Of God. Il was the divine plan
that everything should hang upon this fact
This wa the object OF the scriptures, and could
not be small when % much was depending upon
what was there stated Eternal interests hung
upon this matter
The breaking Of . bone would have seemed
TO have been the most easy Of any thing under
the circumstances 70 accomplish, but for this
very reason that 90 much depended upon what
was there being transacted all the powers of
this lower world could not do it. Could not
because they could not break the authority of
God.
This also was to stand % proof Of the fact
that this was the Son Of God. There arc to be
proofs that can be relied upon. There Is not .
blind faith, an unreasoning acceptance OF things
without proof In the Christian religion - some
would have u believe. The truths of the Chris
tian religion were 70 60 down to the end of time
more fully and better attested than any other
historic fact In all the range of history Let any
one who wants the most unrelenting logic, the
most overwheimtng evidence OF fact take the
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