Blue-grass blade., 1891-01-10
A New and Scientific Theory
About the Death and Resur.
recSion or Jesus Christ.

A pro mincnt physician of our
city has handed me the subjOined
new and novel theory about the
death and resurrection, real or al.
legged, Of Jesus
A remarkable feature Of this
theory is that II does not occur in
q work written either for or against
religion, but in a medical periodical.
It is the "Medical Record Of
Nov. Is. 1890, edited by::William
Wood & Co., Of New York.
The physician who gives me
this extract says the "Record" is a
periodical of the highest standing
in his profession.
Like the Areopogites. that we
read about in the New Testament,
I am in favor Of seeing and hearing
anything new that anybody has to
present.
/ believe that an argument
against any political or religious
tenet that is certainly true, will do
Just as much to establish the truth
Of that tenet as an argument in its
favor.
That it is possible that the alleged
death and resurrection of Jesus may
have occurred as here described.
and all within the limits of q natu-
raj occurrence, / think will gener-
ally be admitted, and yet there is
an air of improbability about it.
There is a feature in the case
that DR.. Clark, the writer of the
article, leaves out but that goes to
strengthen the possibility of his
theory. 1t is that Pilates evident
sympathy for Jesus and indis-
position to kill him which led
him to "wash his hands" OF the re.
sponsibility Of his death, may have
induced him to connive at a quasi
crucifxion unto death, in order to
placate the Jews as a stroke ofpoli-
tical policy, by making the Jews
believe he had killed him, while
as Plate "found no fault in him"
and was evidently being driven by
the Jews to do what he did uot
want to do, he may have entered
into a collision with the disciples
Of Jesus to allow the fearful suffer.
ing that he must have endured on
the cross, in order to deceive the
Jews, or at least satisfy them, and
still save Jesus alive.
It is in consonance with this ide.
that the body being taken dowr
from the cross, after being sus
pended 90 short a time that it wa
surprising that he should be dead
should be given to Joseph Of Ari
mathea who was one of the friend
Of Jesus, and being buried in
manner that would not induc
sufocation, the story among tn
Jews would be that his disciple
came and "stole him away BY
night"
And this theory seems to com
port with the fact that his appear
ances after his resurrection wer'
only in private to his disciples, ant
not before the multitudes who haG
orucifed him, as we would natu
rally expect, had the resurrection
been a genuine miraculous resusci
tation from death.
Had the Jews who crucified hin
been convinced that he was dead
they would have been indifferen
as to what was done with his bod,
after death. Or il the leaders anon
them had felt any Of the compassion
for Jesus that his innocent AM
touching history would hav
awakened in almost any heart
however bigoted religiously,
seems quite plausible that the.
would have suppressed any doub
that they may have had Of hi
actual death, in order to allow hi
final escape.
Of course, on the theory whicI
we have given, the chances woul'
be that the story of an eclipse an
earthquake that are alleged to hav
occurred at the time of cruciixior
were added for dramatic effect
and without foundation in fact
rather than that they should hav
occurred fortuitously at that YER
time.
I believe it is wholesome an,
salutsry, for all who want to inAu
ence the world with the teaching O
this most wonderful and beautiful
character. even though we conside
him merely as moral man-an'
certainly as much so for those VIII
regard Him as divine-to rea'
and consider every new sug
gestion made about Him. with tn
assurance that information onl
damages error and exalts truth.
The article with the headlines Q
the "Record" is given in this issue
mot Intended for Publica
ten"