The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-08
The Authenticity Of
The Four Gospels.
Overthrow the Doctrine of Physical
Resurrection, and You Undo Christianity


| way; tor Cnrlst declared over and over
aeain ,nat ne Wouid rise from the dead,
| wh'cn ne oiu not 40 II we are TO believe
W.T. noph"s anu MS ieiioW-critlcs. BUT II
| Nn''s. ''u NOT rise from the dead lie slated
| :" nv :. .-e' anu ii'e uioeip'es anu Ills
s"u'eh. io' h'oie ma" e'sh'eeh centuries,
, "s." ,"'ae "i'nesses' LUIS ~ iact
"no" W. fopn,ns uoes "ot seeHi 10 nave
'aA'" ''''o eohs'oe'"''o"'
The Agreement OF the Evangelist.
The discord OF the evanPelists seems to
weigh heavily upon the mind of Mr.. Hop
klns. But II the foui evangelists had told
the same story, verbatim. Mr.. Hopkins
| would be quick to find fault, and 1t would
| not be strange II Should charge them with
COLLISION. IT Is not easy to please the
destructive critics. 1t seems that the spirit
OF inspiration Himself cannot please them.
~ IL quite true that each or the evange-
iists tells his story or the resurrection Of
Jesus Christ In his own way, but they all
assert the fact OF the resurrection with
| emphasis, ana, II the testimony be denied.
| those VINO deny IL are bound to prove that
such testimony ~ raise. This Is not asking
The critics to prove negative, for n the
| resurrection OF Christ be Il fabrication, II
Is Capable OF distinct historical disproof,
|
IN producing their evidence. AS for al
| 'eeed discoid In the story or the eVabge-
'ists touching the fact OF Christs resur-
rection' 1t DO IS not impeach their verac'ty
any more than disco'd In Hahders
Messiah Is an Impeachment or Handlers
sRill as musician Moreover, that which
10 an unframed ear seems discord may
oe' 10 the Weli-ihstructeu musician, Iuil
OF sweetest harmony.
Ihe fOur sospela arc the CHRISTIAN
| saie. Ih's saIe IL Doth nre-proor ana
Dnre'ar-pio ooi. All along the ages burg
lars OF high and low degree nave tried TO
break INTO IL 10 ron ". Critics as crafty
rs Arlus ana Sabellus' critics as ihseh-
ious as Hippon ana 1unie' CRITICS as phiio-
soph'c as MIL ana spencer critlcs as
poellc ana attractive as Iheodoie farker
ana Matthew Arnold. aid critics as vulgar
aid as blasphernous as Paine ana lnger-
soil--all these critics have tried their
suehgth ana thelf skill 10 ROD thls sare,
but they nave all signally tailed. inc
church mas SUI IN her possession every
proinissory note gwen 10 her by her kinS
ana dead' nor can all the skill ana all the
hammerlns OF her bitterest Toes wrest one
Oh Ihem from her uhyieluihe grasp. Wheh
such STRONG critics OF Cfrist ana Oh his
gospel nave faiied' perhaps MI hopkins
VIII be modest enough TO confess That he
Is not ''keiy 70 succeeu'
;,. ,,naan 80 a.',,',,, s ,s,t ~ 'oa o,,
tIas ond o",raaiis,s a,,d a,r,v chr,e,,or,
u.ore aIso decaivad ard J.InIa1 n.her ,hey
tas,,oaa - ,na Co.., ~ Chr,s,,, ras,,r,.ac'
tion Nv un,,,,,,,, ossov 90 hr, ,ho rono-
t,,ior ~ an ola s,nrv. ond ait,onah
threadbare ne underIares IN tell /, apain
ond :, is do,ng h,r, NO &, irs,ica 20 co.,,
tbo, bo doas W. ,au n a,ther var, Grace.
Ell, nv wv, .comrota,,, r,ha hrI,,,on,
and fer,,,e im,,,no,,on os Roman and .be
schoiarly b,,, rat,onaIietic mind or stranss
49, a,i,,,ad -, s,,nrort of ,ho don,-IrI
,hat Cnr,.,,s ras,,rroc,,,n 10 dai,sion
,,,,t ,ha,, ala M, s,,nooad e., r,al,;n,, NAN,
d,so;,,os Tha,, on,,id NO, ,rduoa tbougbt
f,,l Cbr;s,ians ,o ho,,ove that tho grea,
ana har,nnant and beautiful temnio ~
Chr,s,,an,,v WAS bunt unon either a de.
h,.,on .,r a taIsebood ~ Mr. Honkins
,v,li road what the Iate Rev DR. Peabody