Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-05


Jews who washed their hands OF the CUNT
OF shedding His blood.
Dr. Notovitch thinks his newly-discov'
cred biography evidently more propa.
Bile thnn the account OF the evangehsts.
lie says: III the preaching OF Jesus nao
been offensive 10 the Hebrew priests anu
scribes. all they needed 10 do was Simply
TO command the people not TO hear anu
follow Him. and to FORBID Him entrance
INTO the temple" This IL arranf nonsehse'
lt was not 50 with the pr'ests OF ihVia
ard Persia. They sought 10 destroy ihsa'
Those OF Jerusalem looked upon Him az
SAINT belonging TO the family OF pa.'',
and wished TO deliver Him. Plate han
Him tortured in order to extort sl'ne
confession Of guilt. but in vain. Inc
priests were earnest In their efforts 10
have Him acquitted before the Passover,
lest His condemnation should sadden thnt
great festival But plate became more
ana more determined employed false VIZ
nesses, and perverted the words OF Jesus
The Sanhedrim still held to HIS innocence
nut Of length n suborned witness sWore
that He had melted the people 10 rebeliioh'
Jesus. turning 70 this false swearer. said;
Thou wilt nnd mercy, for what thou
hast said did not come from TIME own
hearti but He reproachcd the GoNerhor
Tor descending so low as 10 employ such
means To convict Him. The author thinAS
this touching and sublime. The reproach
enragcd the Governor. and, though the
Judges still refused. he exercised the
power which he possessed and convicted
Jesus.
Our credulous author thinks that this
suborned infOrmer was very probably the
traitor Judas: but will not believe that
no committed qnfgf1. IIpra Is Snpcifn IN
OF his reasoning: "A man capable OF COM
Knitting so vile and cowarlly an action
as that Of making an UNANIMOUSLY false
accusation against his friend, ana TINS
not out Of a spirit Of jealousy. or revenge
but 10 gain a handful of sheckels, Such
man u.s. from me psychic point OF view,
OF very little worth He ignores honesty
ana conscience. and pangs of remorse are
unknown TO him.
He adds that Judas probably was
simply hanged by Pilates order to pre-
vent him from revealing his plot to have
Jesus condemned.
Plate used military precautions to keep
down any revolt by the people, and gave
the body of Issa TO His friends tn be in
TERED. but on the third day Afterwards
HI had 1t removed by his soldiers al
night and rebured in some other place,
because so many came TO visit the grave.
"rhe next day. when the people came
to the tomb. they found II open and
empty. the body OF Issa being gone There
upon the riImor spread that the supreme
Judge had sent His angels from Heaven
to remoN. the mortal remains OF the
Saint, in whom part of the divine Spirit
had lived upon earth" PLATE grew angry,
and tried to arrest the ardor OF the pco-
plo, but they continued 10 weep over
Issa's death, and to glorify their Master
The author gives his own fanciful sketch
Of the scenes at and after the cruoifiXlon.
There were two thieves executed at the
same time with Issa, though Plate had
pronounced them guiltless.
Our author does not repose entlrs faith
in his great discovery. but regards 1t as
far more authentic and reliable than our
/ New Testament He SAYS the merchants
and other travellers going through Judea
| TO India carried with them tho facts al
! the time that they occurred. ana reiated
them in the streets and baZaars OF lndia
as soon as they arrived there, and that
| their narratives, thus fresh and accurate,
We're duly recorded. whereas the eVange-
lists did not write their accounts FOR
/ several years after the death OIL Jesus
and must have trusted to legend and ira
dition much more than the chonicers
OF India did. lle overlooks the
fact that the Apostles commenced
their great work Immediately az
/ ter the death Of Jesus. and most OF them
I had been with him during his HE. In
| their preaching they could tell 'as our
author himself unwittingly admiis) what
they had seen. heard, and done, and their
accounts must, though reluced 10 Writing
! afterwards, be greatly more reliable. even
= upon our authors principles or evidence,
than those which were retailed in lndil
OIL
( afterwards reduced to writing there. How
/ long was 1t after they were first re-
hearsed in India before they were re-
corded? We are not Informed. Ii may
| have been a longer time than that taken
B By the eyangelists before they wrote
/ their Four Gospels.
/ This new discovery embraces also the
/ history OF Mossa or Moses, and our au-
/ tnor's treatment OF Moses Is worse than
that of Jesus. In some points IL Is al
/ most ridiculous: In Others absurd.
1 Our Saviour when he was upon eartn
/ once said to some Of his followers: ON
We Of little faithl wherefore do ye doubt?
| This may he Justly paraphrased for the
sceptics: "Oh we Of easy faith! why DC
4 We SO readily believe some things ana yet
/ reject others far better attcstedF
The main reflection which this work
suggests TO our minds is this: Christianity
! has been told by her opponents OF her
/ great Indebtedness to the older religions
/ of the East for some of the best things
which she incnlcates.
! Now. In this work Of DIR. Notovitch,
We learn that they have In India and
I Thlbet valued and revered chronicles con
/ tanning the life Of a man whom they
have canonized as a saint, and who was
an incarnation of Buddha himself. This
man. after long study and full prepare.
ton. added 10 His divine inspiration. at
I tackled. and largely overturned Brah'
mnlsm and Buddhism In their strong
/ holds. openly opposing their mos
! cherished practices their most sacred and
/ long established customs, and even theii
! oppressive system of castles. lie preached
doctrines OF purity and sublmity. ano
/ in those lands OF egregious and mflliforn
/ idolatry. maintained the worship OF only
one God-eternal. invisible. omnipresent
omnipotent. and good lie propasated th'
same doctrines and expressed tho same
1 exalted Views AMI sentiments In PrrSla
and In Judea, and everywhere with over
I whclmlng effect. But when this gram
! reformer and most wonderful preacher go
To Palestine and performed there HE
remarkable work. He WAS not tribute
or donation from Brahmsm or Buddhism
I He was a native Hebrew, oil the ioya
/ fiuaage OF D1kIu, WHO Hah iot NV ~
] OF mankind only expatriated himself iOi
sixteen vars. and was now returned 10 hl'
own land to bless and save II. ana no.
only il. but the whole world. NotoWtch
and the lamas, may hail Him as tn II
ST Issa. but We. turning from sacre'
/ Uindoo memoirs in Pail and ThiDetah t'
! our HOLY Scriptures in Hebrew ana Greer
will welcome Him as the Lord Jesu'
! Christ. the Savior 81 the world.
This Buddhlstic lie Of st. lssa ends as
follows: And the disciples OF -. lss'
departeI from the land OF Israel ana wen
in all directions to the he1then' preach
| ing that they should abandon their eros
errors. think Of the salvation or thea
souls. and earn the perfect BLISS whicf
awaits human beings in the immaterd
world. full OF glory where the great Crea
tor abides I'm all his immaculate ana per
! feet majesty. 49,,
9TH. heather. their kings ana ,'''
warriors listened 10 the preachers aDih
dored their erroneous beliefs. ana ior
| sock their priests and their idols. 20 cciF
b-ate the praises Of the most wise tIe'
| tor Of the Universe. the King OF Anh8
whose heart is nued with Infinite merry
All Of this COMFORTS very Wei WIZ .,
| cteot command OF the true 81. lisa: u
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