The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15
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those who hav. denied their Lord when

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~ WHEN h vii, that be, 13asIl7 said thu,
vicar, YEARLY. Ut seems as II tile real
hn,,r Of test were ut hand, and that now,
finally and for ever, God means to sepn :.
rnto tl,o true believers from tho rest.
have thought that all this may DO put
a prelude to the Last Day Of az, ana
that Ohrist's Second Coming ''f!s IS very
ncar. But whnt | cannot Understand,
what is utterly beyond the power OF any
n us to appreciate. is what this al
mcnns. How Gun this new tomb have
been discovered after al these years?
Can ali these great experts nave been
deceived? There have been historical
forrcrles before, but surely this cannot
bo ono, And yet. know you know.
that our Lord roso from tho dead"
II believe that to the. OF al men IN
England rho Hand Of God has given
~ nav TO the mystery" said Gortre.
Mr. Dyars started and looked tlneasily
at him.
"Bnsil," ho said, II hnvo been thought
LESS. We've talked too long. You are
not quito clear MS to what YOU are say
Of human wckedness so abysnal and
Tic watched Basil as no spoke, but
before he had finished his sentence he
saw something In tho young mans faco
which sent tho blood ,caping and tear
Ing through his veins.
| In 81 sudden. utterly unreasoing way.
he saw truth n dcrtain knowledge, IN
Gortre's eyes which flooded his whole
| heart and soul with cxaltation and JOY.
His good and almost sanity face
looked as Johns might have looked
when, after the octave Of tho Rcsurrec-
| ton Day, the eight heavy-hcurtcd men
we're once more returning TO the dally
round and common task. and saw the
| Lord upon the shore.
| CHAPTER VIII
| THE FIRST LINKS,
| "1 have been piecing things together
| GRADUALLY. as | lay silent upstairs said
| C,ortrc, dra wing his chair little closer
| to the fire.
"slowly, little by little, have added
| link mud link to a chain Of clrcumstantial
evidence which has led me to an almost
| Incredible conclusion. When you have
heard what l have to say you VIII realize
| two things. One is that there are depths
OF human wIdkcdness so abysmal ana
awful that the mind can hardly con
co,ye OF them. The other Is that for
what reason It lis not for us to try and
divine. have been led by most ex-
| +rnortinary aar!es Of events and conci-
dc,ccs, to something very near the truth
about the discovery In Jerusalem. MY
story begins some months ago, on the
ni.rt before was struck down with
brain fever. You Will remember that
| Constantine Schuabe"-he spoke the
name with n shudder Of horror that IN
! stinctivcly communicated Itself 70 MIR,
Byars-''that Schunbc called here on
that night about the school schola rshi p
When I went away ! left tho house with
| In Inv tn6 mo n
Prospect, and ! did so. Earlier In the
evening we had been talking Of the anti
| christ. and had said to you that l
| saw in Sch,labe modern type OF the
old mediacval idea. My mind was pecu-
liarly sensitive on these points that
night awake. alert and induiring. When
| Schuabe invited me to his house, some
thing impelled mo to go, somethlng out
| sldc Of myself. went. feeling that !
was on the threshold Of some discov-
ery.''
He paused for a moment. white and
| tired with the Intensity Of his narrative.
"Whcn we got to Schuabe's house we
| hogan upon the controversial points
which we had carefully avoided here.
| Al first our talk was quite 1ulct. mere
Iargrment between two people having
different points OF view on religion He
went out to get some supper--thc SER
wants were all in bed. While he was
gone, again felt the strange assurance
| OF something by me directing my actions,
| felt sense Of direct spiritual protec-
| ton. went to tho book shelf and took
down a Bible. opened It. half ashamed
Of myself for the tingo OF superstition,
and my eyes fell upon tho text:
/" WATCH AND PRAY
~ could not help taking It as direct
message schunbe came back. Grad
ually. as I saw his bitter hatred and
contempt for our Lord and tho Christian
Church becoming revealed. ! was up
lifted to rebuke him. He had dropped
| the veil OF an intellectual disagreement.
Some power was given to me to SEQ far
into the mans soul. Hc knew that also,
| and all pretcnce between us was utterly
swept away. Then ] told him that his
hnte was real and active: that saw
| him as he was. And these were tho
words In which he answered me, stand :
Ing like Iuclfer before me. For months
they have haunted mo. They are burnt
in upon my brain for all timo. i tell
you, paid priest as you are. blind man
| leading the blind, that day Is coming
when all your boastcd fabric OF Chris
tianity will disappear. 1t VIII so sud-
denly. and be swept utterly away, And
Won. YOU shall sec It. You shall be left
naked of your Faith. stripped and bare,
with all Christendom beside you. Your
male Nazarene shall die among the bitter
laughter OF tho world, die as surely as
| ho died two thousand years ago, and NO
| man nor woman shall resurrcct him. You
know nothing. but you will remember my
words OF tonight until you also become
as nothing, and endure the Inevitable fate
OF mankind"
Mr. Bynrs started. AS yet he realized
nothing OF where Basll's story was to
| lead. "a prophecy!" he cried 1T Is
rs II he were gifted to know the future.
Something OF what he said has already
como to pass"
"My story Is long one, Father" said
Gortre, "and rs yet 1t Is only begun.
You will see palmer soon. Well ms he
said these words knew with certainty
that this man was afraid OF God. saw
his awful secret In his eyes; this man
antIohrist indeed, believes In our Lord
and IN terrible presumption dares to lf'
his hand against Him. Little moro Of
Importance happened upon that night
| Tho next days as YOU know fell III, anC