New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-15

THE NARRATIVES ANALYZED.
A carefu, nerugaI OF the four narratives will show
the following additional disagreements thus sum-
married. by Greg:
J. They differ a. to The number OF women John
mentoNs ony one n Maf re o1ser Mary Mark three
the two Marys and sslome; Luxe severai: me 1"|
Marys Joanna and rita osrs %h persen in
white raiment who appeared 10 The women Mark
speaks Of Gne young mam men Mal ohn Of two
angelo According 10 S. John nsS the n IgSon
visit to the tomb. after Peter and John had been
g. They differ as to the words spoken by the
they asserted the resurrection of Jesus ana i iis
Slp"pIes enionins them to follow Him thither
According to Luke they Simply stated that Tie was
risen and referred to former PREDICTION Gi is 10
Mary sdas s"F woman Why weepest thou" .,,.n -,
Matthew thew luke Luke and john the women carried the
information to what the, he'd seen at once to
the disciples. According TO Mark they said moth
& They differ as the ,partie,s, to whom Jesus nHu
Sppcrddfi 10 MATHEW it was nrsi the two
then to the eleven AccordnSS ne 10 Jgnh
apostles. According to Luke II was ilrn, to nm, no
woman ps,r p and 70 Then 20 the assembled eleven
6 They diner as 10 the locality According 10
was hrs, al Jerusalem and then in Galilce. whittier
the disciples Went In obedience 20 the ahEci'c COM
mr. According
its vicinity. and there alone where ne drsclp,eSs
remained in obedience 70 the rc'tHra'ed command
of John also the appearances were confined 10
Jerusalem.
II is to be noticed. too, that in one account two
women see Him first and hold him by the feet"
In another there is only Mary Magdalene to whom
He savs: Woman. touch me not: and she to
whom, His features and appearance were perfectly
familiar standing close to Him. does not recognize
Him at all. "supposIng Him to be the gardener
Another writer says:
The writer OF the Book of Matthew relates that
the angel that was sitting on the stone al the
mouth OF the s.puchre said TO the two Mars
you into Galilee: there ye shall Him; To- have
old YOU" And the same writer at the next two 20
the same purpose 10 these women immediately aIer
the angel had cld it to them, and that uey , rah
verse 1t is said Then the eleven disciples went
away into Galilee. into mountain where illus fis
t haS ~ WpGrshipped him
But the writer Of the Book Of John sv. tes us
Xxx ls): Then the same day at evening. being me
s' da s said ne to have sen when the doors we're
shut where the disciples were assembled for Iea1
% the Jews, came Christ and stood IN 'ne mast
According to Matthew. the eleven were marching
own appointment at the very time when acc ordinS
John. they were assemble IN anotnei pa go
The writer OF the Book o, Luke con,radicts that
o, Matthew more pointcdy than John does, COR he
SAYS expressly that the meeting was In Jerusalem
the evening OF the same day that ne 'CSrs" rTse'
and that the eleven were there. see I'"hc'
XIV. 49, SO
THE WRITER'S NOT WITNESSES.
Now. /, is not possible that the writer Of these
book. could be any OF the eleven persons called
disciples: for II. according 10 Matthew. the eleven
went into Galilee 10 meet Jesus IN mountain by
His own appointment. on the same dav that lie
is said TO have risen. Luke and Jonn must have
Of ,ba, he OF
expressly and John implies much. that me
meeting was that same day II mousse IN Je'nSa-
lem: and. on the other hand. Il, according -
Luke and John. the eleven We're assembled IN
OF that eleven: yet Matthew SAYS ne meeting was
In mountain in Galiiee a "a conseluehA.N me me
evidence given in these books destroys each oiher'
We have besides all these difficulties. the ssnih-
csn, fac, that Jesus is said to have been recog-
n,zed by some OF those who saw Him FIRST to ac-
count for which. though. no reason ls gwen whv
He should not have been recognized. ana none
can be thought OF. because under any possible
theory His temperance must have been Tor 'he
purpose OF being recognized. a miracle Is INVOKED
and Il Is said that their eyes holden, what
ever that may be. and He is said 10 have appeared
in another form unto Two OF them ana tha' lie
walked and talked with two o. them, going TO the
village OF Emmaus without their suspcctinS rom
voice or appearance who He was, and then He
VANISHED" out OF sight; Bodies OF flesh and blood
do not vanish out o, sight" nor do they, as HIS
is said to have done suddenly appear In a room
when the doors shut. All this belongs TO
another realm than that Of flesh and blood some
who have recognized the difficulty here Indicated.
OF Jesus vanishing OF sight and passing through
shut doors nave tried 10 escape Il by saying that
He had taken on a spiritual body such We shall
have Blu. they are confronted by the fact that
He IL represented as having taken pains 10 prove
the contrary. Handle me and see, for spirit
hath not flesh and bones We see me have nor
has a spiritual body. and they gave Him piece OF
broiled Ash ard honeycon,b. And lie took 1t ana
did ca, before them" Do spiritual bodies require
material food and shall We have 20 struggle -
get 4, In the next world?
There are inspcrable difficulties in both theories.
II II was natural body how could II pass through
solid walls and vanish and reappear' " II was
spiritual body how could It have flesh and bones
that could be handled and how could II eat foo1'
The confusion OF mind which inevitably results
from the adoption OF either OF these suprositiors
IL shown by DR.. Heber Newton's recent declaration
on the subject Having stated his benef 70 be that
e was a spiritual body. he goes on to say TINT
Mary recognized Jesus by His voice. Here Is
strange condition OF things. indeed. body 40
changed az not to suggest Jesus at all 10 one 20
familiar with Him. body capable o. becoming
instantly impalpable TO every sense, and no longer
subject TO the laws OF matter, and OF taking on
different forms, and yet with human voice-thc
old natural human voice produced by human or
could produce.
Notice too in this connection. that thu two
disciples In their account Of what happened on the
way to Enmaus speak OF what the woman saw as
a vision" o; angels How easy In myth ana
legend-making times for the one young man OF
Mark 70 grow to all this. Although Il Is stated
by IN. New Testament writers that after His death.
'He was seen OF many" and that He was seen
by above J0O' as already shown, none OF them
come forward and say. II saw Him Even had
they done 80, how much weight would perfectly
impartial investigation give 10 their testimony?
HOW THE BELIEF AROSE
Doubtless there is SUFFICIENT evidence 10 indicate
that the disciples came TO believe that Jesus had
risen bodily and II seems possible TO understand
how II came about. The Idea OF resurrection
was not novel 10 the Jews. Mary is reported TO
Rave said 10 Jesus when He told her that her
brother should rise again, Il know that He VIII
rise again in the resurrection o. the last day.
and. II we believe that Lazarus was raised from