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

I shows this and the gradual growth OF the story
70 full belief There Is evidence that Jesus was
certain that He had reached the close OF His ca
reer ard II is quite likely that He had told HIS
dlsciples 20 meet Him later in Gaee. When they
found His body was gore and we're told He had
risen they would naturally have gone there, ana
when they came TO the mountain with the story
OF TIE woman or the women fresh In their minds
N tho scones most Intimately associated with
Him they hid not all see Him. .or il Is said out
some doubted" Had He indeed stood before them
in the flesh and talked 10 them as related how
could some doubt? On what other theory than
that Of mental subjective appartions is It possible
TO account for all the differences. for the vanishing
and reappearng: for the assuming OF another
forn,"-and by the way. II 1t was another form.
how did they know II was He?-for the iact that
in repeated instances those most intimate with HIM
did not recognize Him. In the last chapter OF
rohn although they all see Him and talk with
Him il ,s said but the disciples knew not that
II was Jesus" and II only after the miraculous
draft OF fishes that John said 1T ia the boru'
Even then after Jesus had told them 10 come
and dine with Him. none OF them burst nsk HIM.
who art thou" and. 1t Is added. knowing that
I; was the Lord" Must not whatever they saw
have boen very dncrrn. from the actual Jesus
when they dil not know Him when Tie spoke 10
thon ard II said that this was the tara time
He had appcarcd TO thcm7 We are not in an n'nos-
OF unrcallfy ana llnslon, anu oi '"' ''r'"'
that grew UP In H.
WHAT N.DERT REVIILE SAYS.
II is said that several people could not he sud
ect 10 the same subjective illu7lon and 80" tie
same thing al the same time. Albert hHFi.le
writing on this subject In The New Word Tor
September. 1884, says;
Il has been said tina, II could strictly conceive
on the visual field OF a single individual. It would
be inadmlssb;e that several persons sno sen %c
same thing This IL another error. which rams 70
recognize the contagious power OF ecstasy hnn .,
group whose numbers are animated by tnr sa"ns
disposition Of mind The French rToteS,H'fs luis
XIV in the seventeenth century gatncreq ~ a nm
on the sites Of Their churches c 70 hear their psalms
sung by the angels in the highest heavens ana me
rurnher Of these collective visions ana ecstacles'
which mark simply ne nn ,S o, study Of
nhenomena OF the kind. which modern science mas
sought analyze methoaically wouia s Sns Eng
iish and French specialists. None OF mem WI, WI
mS nre favorable to It's
ncation. vision may be shared ny an ""e"'"'e
number O. persons at the same time
We know tina; large numbers OF Romans truly
believed that they saw their gods. Castor and
Poux leading them on in battle. and that dlHe1ent
saints were seen by whole bodies OF CHRISTIAN war
r,ors in the thick OF the conflict Sir Walter scott IN
ns "Demonology and Witchcraft. speaking o.
similar apparitiOns. says. Being s'n''""F ''s'"'e
70 a multitude they have In all times been sup
norted by the greatest strength OF testimony In
moments Of intense excitement or cnthusiaSm 'he
number % persons present which wouli other"ise
lead to the detection Of the fsllacy becomes the
means OF strengthening IT,
The fact that the disciples believed IN the bodily
resurrection has been though; Of great weight In
etli,r the question Rii I'm view u the ready. nay
eager credenco given 10 marvels al the time. ana
70 the easy possibility by which. az We mink IL
mas been shown such heiei cou1 ana hh'"ia"'
would grow mp. II 10 - us Of very little sisnh'ahce.
x. know they believed many things which We can
not consider true Furthermore. the fervor 81 con
,t.,,,n with which a belize is held even when X
carries IS adhcrcnjs 10 willing AMI triumphant mar
tyrqorn and their comfort ani satisfaction N u ana
p.r.ec assurance that ~ - tue con''Sse''> D'al
no relation TO is actual verify. The iaciiies OF
BudIha and those q Mahomet were Just a. con'i-
den, Of the divine missions and supernatural powers
~ ,her masters as were those % Jesus and Just as
ready to die Tor them
In the discussion Of u" question o. me Dom.
resurrection II Jesus His testimony on the cross 10
which we have alluded seems always to nave b'"h
left out Of the account. II lie was ina'el Goa
the Son the prayer or voliiio1 uttered just "a lie
died Father receive my spirit" must have worked
20 own funiment AMI He was instantly back again
IN the same relation with the Father az heiOr" me
Incarnation To the growing number who beh"v" IN
IN. absolute humanity OF Jesus the significance -
cry Of lofty soul trusting In God ana believing In
Immortality What TOO could be more human thln
those other words .xruug from Him IN Ia" gather
ing shadows My God. Ny COD WHY nhsi Ih"H
forsaken Me-" " Re God the son very
God o, very Goa Ne could not forsake Hm@'ii.
nor call upon Himself to receive His own spirit lbs
promise to The thief who died with Him. that h.
should be- that day with HIM in paradise confirms
the belief indicated by the prayer as 10 HIS spTit
OF an immediate translation 20 another "or" Are
not th.s, declarations Of Jesus better evidence OF
what happened than the conn INK leSeHds WINCH
grew 40 later which contradict them ana when
make Him descend into hell reoccupy dead BODY
with a rent In It's side large enough TO thrust a
mans hand into. and forty days later having par
taken Of human food ascend with IL into Heaven
with tn. wound SIN there
A PARALLEL. ~ BrDDHAs LIFE.
ia Judging Of The character OF transaction OF the
probability OF a fact IL Is OF value 20 HOOK al the
surrounding and accompanying clrcnms'ancei' those
mos, nearly associated with the story Of the bodily
resurrection the account Ia Matthew OF the con-
vusions OF nature and the coming form OF the deai
A. the cruci0xion which elsewhere In the same ac-
count have occurred after the resurrection
VINO are no, permitted 10 appear I'll after the res'
direction ana OF whom though they appearei
unto many" none OF the other writer's know any
thing Here again have exactly the same Bud
dhistic legend. At His death 1t is said The earth
trembed rocks were spill. and phanloms ana splr-
It's appeared" (Koppen. |. ia. Scydel 2Sl) Ana
DehOli the earth ii quake and the rocks we r'hi
and many bodies Of The saints which sept afose.
Matt. xxv. 5i-J3D The compiler OF Matthes seems
to have been the most Omn!yOrous ana uncrti'ai o.
all In his use OF materials. This though more reg
endafy form seems, Ike mo story o, tne o ,d
ing OF the Roman soldiers. which IS also only tod
by Matthew 10 have been late ADDITION 10 the
earlier accounis. 49,, -
The other Circumstance nearly related 10 me res
direction Is the ascension; and ms 100 - reg
pels and bv them in a very contradictory way. Marx
says as they were sitting at meat IN Ieru@nrm
so then after the Lord had spoken unto them,
He was received up into Heaven and sai on me
rIoht hand OF God" Luke says that lie cd them
o,t aa far as Bethany and was parted from them
there and was carried up into Heaven, ana mat
they then returned Jerusalem In Lux" IN" as
censio1 IS stated positively to have taken place on
The dav OF the resurrection and the same Inference
may be drawn from Mark. In the Acts. on the
confrary il s said that He was seen OF mem forty
omiv docs such wide variance show that neither ac-
count was by an eyewitness. but IT seems to de-
srov anv possibility that Luke and the Acts are.