Newark post., 1910-03-09
Lecture By Hon. L. Irving Handy
Intellectual Treat OF The Year


Irving Handy last Thursday evening,
was most masterful presentation OF
the fact of the resurrection of Christ.
From beginning to enu he was the
cool lawyer examining the evidence |
pro and con, and then with the judg- |
ment of the Jurist coming to an un-
| biased decision He began his lecture |
| by stating that the lecture was sug
| gested to him as real need. since so |
many OF his acquaintance expressed |
themselves as rot believing the resur-
rcction. Launching into the discus
sion of his object he recognized two
propositions as calling for proof He
first related to the death of Christ.
Did He die? While Jesus was con-
dcmned by the Jews on the charge of
blasphcmy. and by the Romars on the
charge oi treason, He was put TO death
BY the Romans. who conducted the ex
ecution strictly according to the law.
Ito prove that Chris was de2d bore !
I Ills body was taken from the cross,
the lecturer called attention to- the act
oi the Roman soldier in plunging his
spear into the victims side, out of
which came blood and water. This
indicated that decomposition OF blood,
one OF the attendants OF death, had
taken place. In short cross-examina-
ton the lecturer disposed of the testi-
| Il ID ,,.ba
the promise OF brbe, swore that the
disciples of Christ stole away His body
at night, while the soldiers slept. The
second proposition, Did He Live
Again, the lecturer confessed to be
much more difficult to establish As
lawyer. he found himself obliged to
choose between three alternatives: Ist,
either the apostles who told the story
of the resurrection, were deceived; 2rd
they told deliberate falseho I'd: or,
third, the resurrection actually occur
red Mr.. Handy considered the first
: alternative not worthy OF serious con-
: sitleration. because the apostles knew
Jesus well, having lived with Him on
+, intimate terms for three years. They
= knew His features, His voice, His
walk. His gestures, ard could not be
deceived. They knew whetler they
had seen Him alive after He was taken
from the cross. So the choice must
=, rest between the second and third al
II ternatives. 70 convince his hearers,
" whom he addressed as the jury i'll the
d case. that the apostles did not perpc-
v trate fraud on the Roman Empire
: the lecturer spread out the lives of the
o apostles, Peter, James and John the
o sons of Zebedce, Thomas the Doubter
= lanes, the just and Paul They were
d dsnterested witnesses, who suffered
n. severely for their testimony, and per
= sisted in telling the story in the fac,
i OF death Nearly 70 years after th'
e. event John sat down to wrl.c The Stor!
I'd OF Jesus. and it was the same story o
IS the resurrection that had been told ant
= retold by his brother apostles. wh'
long before had crowned their testi
&c | lilDllN Will marty iuoHi ohiNS thS.
IN could expect no worldly emolument
- or favors from their course, but on tn
10 contrary krew that stripes and i'm
tie prisonment and exile and death wer
N in store for them and since their writ
y; ings contain the best code of words t
m be found in literature, the apostle
p were not perjurcrs Their persstenc
in telling that story down to the hou
% OF their death is to be accounted for o
H. no other ground than that they sa'
ng Him and talked with Him, after II
RS had been executed by the Roman go,
ernment as a criminal
Miss Wales, of Wilmington, will a
ways find favor in Newark after he
singing here on the evening OF NJ
~. Handy's lecture. Her songs we're:
Sunshine and Butterflies
IN ......... Herbert Bunnin
on Just a Wearying for You
"a ..... Mrs. Carrie Jacobs Bor
iai Believe Me, if All Those Endearir
to Charms ....,.... Thomas Moo
ew Little Irish Girl ............... Lol
~ And by request she sang in conclu
9TH ion, "Annie Laurie
zen 1t has been many day since NeS
ry ark had such treat, and the ladies
81 ,eh the Presbyterian Church who h;