The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-16

wespest thoss i thoastf b vas
|fhe xasdenar, and asked hin the
plsce Z ~ BODY, and then ~ ssid.
Narv. ~ then & knew y Was
Jesss. I vas % excited ! scarcely
fsalised what ! wss doiag. bat
burried aNey - tell the apostles.
Thsllas 4sestisael
seventh witness, Th0ma&
.LAwyer: Thomas, do you be-
Iieve this man Jesus rose from the
deadf
Thomas: when / first heard It
/ did not believe, and ! told the
apostles did not. But just . week
later We were ali together in .
room where the doors and win
dows were locked. when suddenly
Jesus stood In the room. He came
toward. me and said: Reach hithef
thy finger and see my hands and
reach hither thy hand and put II
! into my side, and be not faithless'
but believe. But l did not do It,
for seeing was enough. Then he
said. Because thou hast seen me,
thou hast believed; blessed are they
that have not seen me and yet be-
lieve.'
This concludes the testimony
for the defense. Now We will ex-
anime the witnesses for the prose
cution all Of whom are avowed en-
emies OF Jesus.
First witness. the devil.
Lawyer: Sir. do you know 9
man by the name Of Jesus Christ!
Devil: I most certainly do. FOL
| ! have had quite a few encounters
with him.
Lawyer: Tell the court how
you came out ..
Devil: He proved himself to be
the only person whom could moi
persuade to do wrong in some way.
Lawyer: But is he the Son Of
God"
Devil: I have no reason tc
+. doubt it, for IL he had not been he
would have yielded to some OF my
tempting propositions. He proved
too strong for me and as my time
is precious I could not waste 1t or
him, so left him..
Plaintiffs Back Charges.
Second witness. pharisee.
Lawyer: Mr.. Pharisee, in your
wide experience have you evei
come in contact with q man call
ing himself the Son of God?
"Pharisee: Yes, l know him, but
I don't believe him to be what hi
claims. They are false and he i!
On impost6r.'
Lawyer: What evidence have
Won that his claims are false?
''Pharisee: "A lot of evidence. l
, He did not come in the way us
Jews expected him, for no good
thing could come ont of Nazareth
2. l belong to the strongest sect o.
the Jews. and If he had really beer
the promised king of the Jews, hi
would have catered to our crowd
that he might have greater pres
tige with the people. 3. He taught
things contrary to- our integpreta
ton of the scriptures and refused
to counsel us " matters Of impor
lance. 4. He condemned US as
sect, CHASING us with the hypo
cries and doomed us all to hel
and everlasting punishment.
Lawyer: Are these the reason:
why you renowned him and killed
him"
"Pharisee: Yes. and we consider
our action justified
Third witness. a group OF de
mons.
Lawyer: What is your attitude
toward God?
Demons: We oppose him ant
his. in every possible way
Lawyer: But how can you op
pose the Almighty God?'
Demons: Give us complete pos
session OF a man and we will dem
onstrate as we have on many oc
casions.' =.
Lawyer: in your going abou
the earth. Aave you ever met mar
who calls himself the Son Of God /?
Demons: Yes, on many occa,
sions when he drove US out Of peo
ple Of whom we had complete con
troll
! Lawyer: Tell the court youl
opinion of him.
Demons: You will find our ties
timony in a book called the bible
Matt. 8:2S-33) What have we to d.
with thee, thou Son Of God?
/ Judas Evidence.
Fourth witness, Judas Iscariot
| Lawyer: Judas, we're you evel
a disciple at Jesus Christ?
Judas: Yes, sir, was
| Lawyer: You say you were
then. why not now?'
/ Judas My greed for none!
caused me to lose my discipleship.
! Lawyer: Judas, where do 20,
now reside?'
Judas: L am now a resident o
hell. and am here for betraying al
innocent man, this same Jesus, int
the hands OF a Jewish mob VIII,
killed him. proved myself hi.
enemy, but he is all he claims tt
be or would not be here in m!
own place
Fifth witness, PLATE.
| Lawyer: Mr.. PLATE, you are i,
Roman officer, believe. Will 20,
tell this court all you know abou
this man Jesus, who, profane his
tory tells u.s.. was tried in you
court
"Pilate: He was Jew and va,
brought into my court by the lead
ers of the Jews being accused O
crime worthy Of death. examined
the testimony at two different times
but even the witnesses for the pros
ecution could not agree. / tried t,
dismiss the case, but the Jew