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m any other gospele heshlee our four, and 15th verses is an in terp o latio n
BY EMMA ROOD TCTTLK.
R O IT 1 A n f i v l i i n h
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some of which have been lost.
There —an afte rth o u g h t— long after. The
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th em so m e th in « to stan d upon. We can do were the gospels of Paul, of the
15th verse dem onstrates this:
th is. We w ill.”
E gyptians, of the Hebrews, of P er­
Fifteenth verse: “ So they took
V O U h av e th o u g h t, a u d th o u g h t, fection, of Ju d as, of T haddeus, of the money and did as they were F ro m T h e L ite r a r y D igest, M ay 24,1902.
■ a lo n e ;
R EA T interest has been
Y ou have grow n, a n d grow n, an d grow n; the Infancy, of Thom as, of M ary, of taught. And this saying is com ­
i o u ’ve o p in io n s of y o u r ow n;
Andrew, of Nicodemus, of M arcion m only reported am ong the Jews
aroused in religious circles
S p e a k th e m o u t !
and
several
others.
So
there
were
H ave y o u re a so n e d long a n d well
until this d ay .”
by the Scientific tests th a t
In y o u r b ra in y c ita d e l;—
the Acts of P ilate, of Andrew, of
C ertainly, this account was not have recently been applied to one
O u tg ro w n ev ils w hich befell ?
M
ary,
of
Paul
and
T
heda
and
T h e n sp e a k o u t !
in the original gospel, and certainly of the most famous of the Roman
of m any others.
A nother book the 15th verse was not w ritten by a C atholic “ relics,” the “ holy sh ro u d ”
L e t th e w orld know w here you s ta n d
called the Shepherd of Herm es.
L ove a n d w isdom , h a n d in h a n d ,
Jew. No Jew would have w ritten preserved in T urin C athedral. As
L ea d th e so u l to h ig h la n d s g ra n d ;__
At first not one of all the books this:
And this saying is com m on­ already related in our pages, three
O, sp e a k o u t.
M any e a rn e s t o n e s w ould know
was considered as inspired.
The ly reported am ong the Jews until em inent French scientists, M. P aul
How to s h a c k lin g sin s o u tg ro w ;
Old T estam ent was regarded as this d a y .”
Vignon, doctor of Science in P aris,
T ell th e m k in d ly w hat y o u know !
D a re sp e a k o u t.
divine; but the hooks th a t now con­
M ark, John and Luke never M. Colson, of the G overnm ent Poly­
stitu te the New Testam ent were re­ heard th a t the soldiers had been technic School, and M. Yves De-
Do n o t p a u se to veer, a n d p lease !
C o w ard ice is h e a rt d isease.
garded as hum an productions. We bribed bv the priests; or, if they lage, zoological professor at the Sor-
W o u ld you feel a ro y a l ease ?
now know th a t we do not know had, did not th in k it worth while bonne, are all of the opinion th at
T h e n sp e a k o u t !
F eel a t h e a rt life ’s sa cre d w orth,
who wrote the four gospels.
recording. So the accounts of the the relic is genuine, and the subject
L e t it in y o u r life sh in e fo rth ,
I he question is: ’A ere the au th o rs Ascension of Jesus C hrist in Mark is being seriously discussed in the
E a s t a n d w est, a n d s o u th a n d n o r th ,
O, sp e a k o u t.
of these four gospels inspired? If and Luke are interpolations. M at­ L indon Lancet and Times as well
W ork, to c le a n se a n d e d u c a te ;
they were inspired, then the four thew says nothing about the Ascen­ as in m any of the continental papers.
S o fte n , sw ee te n , e le v a te ;
gospels m ust be true. I f they are sion. C ertainly there never was a The Paris Figaro contains the fol­
W o rk , b efo re it is to o late.
S o u l sp e a k o u t !
true, they m ust agree. The four greater miracle, and yet M atthew, lowing account of the relic:
Do n o t fe a r th e d a rk b ro w e d th ro n g ;
gospels do not agree.
M atthew, who was present— who saw the Lord
* 1 he ‘holy shroud,’ which is pre­
L ead th e lag g in g ones alo n g ;
O rd e r, “ F o rw a rd 1”—lo u d a n d stro n g . M ark and Luke knew nothing of rise, ascend and d isap p ea r—did served under m any locks in a cas­
O, sp e a k o u t 1
the A tonem ent, nothing of sa lv a ­ not think it worth m entioning.
ket over the a lta r of the Capella del
tion by faith. They knew only the
On the other hand, the last words Santissirao Sudario of T u rin C ath ­
ABOUT THE HOLY BIBLE*
gospel of good deeds— of charity. of C hrist, according to M atthew, edral, is a piece of linen 13 ft. 5 in.
1 hey teach th a t if we forgive others contradict the A scension: “ Lo, I am long and 4 ft. 7 in. broad. The
And the Foundations of Faith.
God will forgive us. W ith this the with you alw ays, even unto the end color of the cloth is yellow, covered
gospel of Jo h n does not agree.
Some are
of the word.” Jo h n , who was pres­ with various prints.
BY ROBERT G. INGERSOLL.
In th at gospel we are tau g h t th a t ent, if C hrist really ascended, says black m arks made by fire; others
we m ust believe on the Lord Jesus not one word on the subject. As to indicate contact with dripping
V III.
C h rist, th a t we m ust be born again; the Ascension, the gospels do not water. F inally, there are brownish-
THE NEW TESTAMENT.
red m arks, showing the blotted im ­
HO wrote the New T esta­ th a t we m ust drink the blood and agree
eat the flesh of C hrist. In this
m ent?
M ark gives the last conversation age of a hum an form, one im pres­
gospel we find the doctrine of the th at C hrist had with his disciples, sion seen from the front and a n ­
C hristian scholars a d ­ A tonem ent and th a t C hrist died for as follows: “Go ye into all the other seen from behind. This piece
m it th a t they do not know. They us and suffered in our place. This world and preach the gospel to of linen is venerated as being the
ad m it th a t, if the four gospels were gospel is u tterly a t variance with every creature. He th at believeth
actual w inding-sheet in which Jesus
w ritten by M atthew , M ark, Luke the other three. If the other three and is baptized shall be saved; but C hrist was wrapped for burial.
he th a t believeth not shall he
and Jo h n , they m ust have been are true, the gospel of Jo h n is false. dam ned.
And these signs shall
“ The sh ro u d can be clearly traced
w ritten in Hebrew.
And yet a If the gospel of John was w ritten by ollow them th a t believe: In my back to the year 1353, when it pass­
Hebrew m an u scrip t of any one of an inspired m an, th e w riters of the nam e shall they cast out devils, ed into the hands of the house of
these gospels has never been found. other three were uninspired. From they shall speak with new tongues’ Savoy. According to trad itio n , it
All have been and are in Greek. this there is no possible escape. The They shall take up serpents, and if
they drink any deadly thing it shall was venerated in C onstantinople
So, educated theologians ad m it th a t four cannot be true.
not h u rt them ; they shall lay hands until 1205; but between th a t date
the E pistles, Jam es aud Jude, were
It is evident th a t there are many on the sick an d they shall recover. and 1353 there is a gap in its his­
w ritten by persons who had never interpolations in th e four gospels. So, then, after the Lord had spoken tory. In May, 1898, some photo­
seen one of the four gospels. In For instance, in the 28th chapter of unto them , he was received up into graphs were taken of the relic by
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and
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V ai
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a . ie . r right
these E p istles— Jam es and J u d e — Ma theW is
an account to the effect of God.” Is it possible th a t this Signor Secondo P ia, of T u rin , an d
no reference is m ade to any of the th a t the soldiers a t the tom b of description was w ritten by one who to his rem arkable negatives is due
gospels, nor to any m iracle recorded C hrist were bribed to say th a t the wi' n8.88ed. th i,8 “ ■'•»cle?
the present revival o f in terest in
in them .
the sh ro u d .”
J he first m ention th a t has been body while they, th e soldiers, slept, while he blessed them he was parted
Dr. Vignon finds in the im pres­
found of one of our gospels was This is clearly an interpolation, from them and carried up into sions on the shroud an image which
ft in
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konivftrt
m ade ab o u to n e hundred and eighty It
heaven.” 99
is a break in A
the n arrativ
could be attrib u ted only to the work
“ Brevity is the soul of w it.”
years after the b irth of C hrist, aud
The 10th verse should be followed
of a painter or to the im print of a
In
the
Acts
we
are
told
th
a
t:
the four
gospels
nam ed
and
quoted
from were
at the first
beginning
1<Hh
" “S “ ^ - " h e h id s ^ k ^ w’hHe tb"ey hum an body. The first hypothesis
of the T hird C entury, about one 1°
’ J hen Jesus said unto them, beheld, he was taken up, and a he rejects w ithout hesitation. Says
hundred and seventy years after the Be not a fra ld i 8° ^11 my brethren cloud received him out of their the F igaro:
d eath of C hrist.
th at they go unto Galilee and there 8,gl ,L
W hat a singular design it is!
shall thev see m e.’ ”
The 16th T *’ P1,her Luke, nor M atthew, nor No neck, no ears, no shoulders! A
nor r tile
the w r’ter
riter of the Acts,
n
wonderful discourse« of ingerwU are verse: “ Then the eleven disciples Jo
k ° h ^ n nJ , n°
not to be had ex cept in the Third and Fourth
eleven UlSCIpies heard
d f
conversation head (»earing no resem blance w hat­
« ta « .o f U,e I^ d en
w„ .i,i
went aw ay nnlo G
C hrist
hrist by M ark. The ever to any head of C hrist known
« » alilee
¡ » e j into
" lto a » a a ttrib
ttrib u u te
te d d to
to C
where Je8" 8 ''a d appoint- fact is th a t the Ascension of C hrist before 1353!
A nude body!
A
hotfnrb£ fir‘ MtheJ Ql?,rnataraJ’'' therein nJ.
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was not claim ed by h is disciples,
broken nose, swelled cheek-bones
hope for thw world.—E d . T o r c h .
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