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New pupils in the schools of the fu- ture will have to submit to this examin- ation:

Teacher—Johnnie, have you got a cer- tificate of vaccination for smallpox?

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‘Have you been inoculated for croup?”

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“Johnnie, you have met the first re- quirements of the modern sanitarians and may now climb over yonder rail, occupy an isolated aluminium seat and and begin making P’s and Q’s as your first lesson.’

Modest Mosquito Story.

We were all telling mosquito stories at a New York summer resort when one particularly audacious man said: ‘Oh, that’s nothing. Iwas off the coast at Barnegat last summer on a fishing trip, and while we were on deck early in the evening, smoking and chatting, a great cloud of mosquitos, all of them mon- strous birds, came out from the shore and settled on the boat, and do you know that in fifteen minutes they had stripped it of every inch of canvas and left the masts bare as beanpoles,” says Harper’s Monthly.

We held up our hands in deprecation at this tale, when another of the party exclaimed: ‘Well, don’t be astonished. Tecan vouch for that. It was only a week after that I was on a trip along the coast when the sameswarm of mos- quitos came after us.”

The first speaker didn’t seein to appre- ciate this unexpected support. for he muttered: ‘“‘Humph! They did, eh? Well, how did you knowthey were the saine mosquitos, eh?”

“How did I know?” repeated the other, with a chuckle. ‘How did I know? Why, they all had on canvas overalls.”

The Japanese War Correspondent,

An order has gone forth from head- quarters of the Japanese army, says a London journal, enumerating a long se- ries of conditions on which alone these unfortunate journalists will be permit- ted to perform their duties. Among these is a rule that controlling officers alone are to prescribe the places corres- pondents are allowed to visit, as well as the time when they may do so. Corres- pondents must, moreover, always carry “in the hand” their tickets of permis- sion. As to their letters, they must in all cases be laid before the controlling officers for examination at a time to be fixed by them; their remarks must, moreover, be strictly limited to past events, must not mention in any case the strength or distribution of the Japanese forces, afd must on no account state the place or time of sending the letters.

“King Solomon's Mines.’’

The death of Mr. Robert Louis Stev- enson reminds me of the following in- teresting circumstance, Several years ago soon after ‘‘Treasure Island” had appeared and attracted public attention to Mr. Stevenson, two gentlemen were traveling up to London from Norfolk. One of them was reading ‘‘Treasure Is- lind.” Presently, having finished the book, he dropped it into his traveling bag, remarking, ‘‘Well, I think I could myself write a better child’s story than that.” The other, who by the way was his brother, urged him to try. Six weeks afterwards the former handed to the latter a complete tale in manuscript. It was ‘‘King Solomon’s Mines,” the first novel that made a reputation for Mr. Rider Haggard.—‘‘Idarmaduke” in the London Graphic.

A Popular Delusion.

It is an error to suppose that a men belongs to himself. Noman does. He belongs to his wife, or his children, or his relations, or his creditors, or to soci- ety insome form or other. It is for their especial good and behalf that he lives and works, and they kindly allow him to retain a percentage of his gains to administer tc his own pleasures or wants. He has his body, and that is all, andeven for that he is answerable to society. In short, society is the master$ and man is the servant, and it is entire- ly as society proves a good ora bad master whether the man turns outa good or bad servant.

An Anecdote,

From the Saunterer’s London friend comes a littlejanecdote of a Glasgow win- ister. The reverend gentleman, having observed that one of his congregation was in the habit of gazing about the church during prayers, told him one day that he considered it would be more becoming in a worshiper to keep his eyes decently closad. The man scowled. “‘Doesna the Scripture bid us watch as well as pray?” he replied. ‘And hoo cana body watch wi’ their een steekit? Na, na; I'll just stan’ and glower aboot as I hae aye dune!’’—Boston Budget.

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| CHRISTIANITY AND AGNOSTICISM

Lectures Delivered by the Rey. James Simpson, at St, Peter's Cathedral, Charlottetown, P, E. I.

VIL «1s fae ResuRRECTION OF CuRist A Fact OR A FABLE?

Jesus

In the last three Jectures we have produced overwhelming evidence in proof of the Divi- rity of Christ from His character, His teach- ing and His work. To-night I ask you to consider carefully the testimony I shall bring forward. rding the truth of the Resurection of this Christ, for it is most important that we should understand plainly what authority we have forjasserting that Jesus did rise from the dead on the third day. You are well aware that the fact of the Resurrection is denied by large numbers of Rationalists and others who arguethus: miracles do not happen—the Resur- rection Would have been a miracle, therefore it did ndt happen. Now leaving the question of the credibility of miracles for another lec- ture, I Want at present to deal with the only miracle which may fairly be said to be an es- sential of Christianity, historically and too. For the Resurrection stands ent footing from any other mir- tnation alone accepted. It was and consummation of the life of

which is the Church of the Resurrection, ‘‘ as the gospel is the gospel of the Resurrection.” Upon its objective reality rested the whole superstructure of Christianity. If the cer- tainty of this fact should be undermined, the Apostle saw *he entire Christian system col- lapse itrfuin, If Christ be not risen,” he ex- claims, “*then is our preachiug vain, and your is also vain. Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God ; because we have testified of God, that He raised up Christ ; whom He raised not up. if so be that the dead rise not.” (1 Cor. XV, 14, 15.)

Now it appears the first preachers of Christ- ianity appealed io the Resurrection of Jesus as the ircient proof of His Divine Mission —the supreme evidence of the truth of Christ-

ianity. With its truth the Christian religion must Stand or fall. If true, it is sufficient to carry all the other miracles recorded in the New T nent. The only question, there-

t we need discuss, is: Is the evidence Bt rose from the dead sufficient to is it as an actual occurrence? If it is, it fully pfoves that He came from God and was therefore Divine.

** Tn considering this, I shall only appeal to that portion of the evidence that lies within your own reach thoroughly to investigate. I shall confine myself to those writings of the New Testiment, the authenticity of which is fully admitted even by unbelievers, and in- stead ofusing them for doctrinal purposes, as is usually done, I shall employ them simply as historical documents. And here again the question of inspiration need not come in—-it matters Rot in the least for the question in hand, whether these writings are inspired or not-—we Shall simply look upon them as or- dinary reeords of well known events.

Some of youmay be aware that an over- whelming majority of the most eminent unbe- lievers of Europe, who have studied the ques- tion fully, admit that four of the most impor- tant writings of the New Testiment, were be- yond all dispute, written by the Apostle Paul, viz. :. The Epistle to the Romans, the two to and that to the Galatians.

2 ought to be known by every the Christian. church; for i is hardly possible to exaggerate its importance. Besides these four, a large number of eminent unbelieving critics admit that four more are the work of the Apostle, viz.: the two to the Thessalonians, that to the Philippians, and that to Philemon, but we may put these aside, as the first four will be sufficient for our purpose even if all the rest of the New Testi- ment should be proved spurious.

** Christians,” says Canon Row, in a course of lectures on this subject preached some years ago at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, ‘‘Chris- tains have hitherto been in the habit of study- ing these Epistles of St. Paul, chiefly on ac- count of their doctrinal value, and have overlooked the fact that they are also histori- cal documents of the highest order. As such, they constitute the sheet anchor, which is fully capable of supporting the weight of the great facts on which Christianity rests. To you who have no time for learned research into ecclesiastical history, they are invaluable. They are in your possession, and with the aid of common sense, a sound judgment, and a moderate knowledge of the principles of history, you can fully estimate the value of their testimony.” I submit the following points for your consideration ;—-

First, there is no class of writings more valuable than letters as historical documents, when they are written by active agents in the events. As evidence of facts, they are higher than even formal histories. Historians, even when they are desirous of telling the truth, are not unfrequently subject to bias ; and they are seldom active agents in the events they de- scribe. Bnt the allusions to historical facts in letters are almost always incidental. As such they constitute us judges of the credit that ought to be attached to them, They are also a pledge, not only that the writer accepted them himself, but that those to whom he wrote accepted them also. All modern his- torians, therefore, are unanimous as to the high value which attaches to original letters, written by persons who were actively engaged in the events to which they refer. ‘‘ Let us take, as an instance, the letters of some great statesman, who has? lived through a long and eventful epoch, during which great political changes had taken place, in which he himsell had played a prominent part. Can we im- agine any testimony more important than such letters would be for placing us ina _posi- tion to form a true and impartial judgment upon the history of the period? They would make clear many points which had, it may be, perplexed and puzzled us, and would enable us to enter more intelligently into the motives and designs of those who had been foremost in the conflict. 'f for instance there had been a dispute as 1o the part taken by our country in some great international question, we would turn anxiously to such letters to see whether they contained any allusions to this questioa, and if there were any clear and defi- nite statements on one side or the other, we would naturally regard such evidence as of the highest importance in helping us to forma true estimate of the transaction. In these first four epistles of St. Paul we are fortunately in possession of evidence of this kind in favour of Christianity, we are therefore in the presence of historical documents of the high- est order.

Secondly, the interval which separates the composition of these letters from the great event to which they refer is extremely brief, They are in the strictest sense of that term contemporaneous documents. Théy were written at latest twenty-eight or thirty years after the crucifiction. (this remember is ac- knowledged by the most eminent unbelievers) The events recorded could, therefore, have been tested by the memory of living men who were still in the prime of middle life. There was no time for the growth of myths and legends. If the testimony were false, it could have been reported. Suppose for instance a preacher were to appear in this town and publicly proclaim that some notorious politi- cal offender, who had been executed and buried in one of our cemeteries a few years ago, had risen from the dead, and appeared to people who were then living, many of whom were still living at the time he spoke, you can see at once how easily you could repute him, you could examine and sift his evidence; you could produce counter evidence and cross examine his statements ; you could appeal to those who were living at the time ; you could point to the grave were the dead man was buried ; you could exhume the body. It wou!d be impossible for you to be deceived. Now St. Paul’s four letters prove beyond doubt that he himself believed and preached the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, who was cructied; and moreover they clearly show that he segarded this fact as the great founda: tion on which Christianity was built. His statements on these points are clear and unmistakeable. His means of communicating

with the original witnesses and of ascertaining the truth of the events he referred to, must have been of the most ample character ; and the idea that situated as he was, he neglected to do su is inconceivable. It follows there- fore, that so far as these writings contain al- lusions to the chief facts on which Christianity was based, we cannot have better testimony.

Thirdly, the careful perusal of these four letters of St. Paul will furnish you with the most unimpeachable evidence of the writers veracity. The proof of this is in the letters themselves. Read them; you have before you the entire man. You will see him there in all his bursts of feeling, in all his joys and dis- couragements ; in a word, in every varied as- pect that his remarkable character presents. Is it possible, I ask, to read these letters, and not to rise from their perusal with the fullest conviction of the honesty of the writer? De- ceived he might have been, but that he was consciously misstating facts is unbelievable.

Fourthly, these letters contain an additional guarantee of truthfulness, such as I doubt whether can be found in any other literary compositions. They were intended to be pub- licly read bef@re the assembled Church. In several of these churches there prevailed a violent party spirit, In the Corinthian and Galatian churches, not only had St. Paul con- siderable numbers of vehement opponents, but opponents who went to the length of denounc- ing him as a false prophet. No inconsider- able portion of these letters is occupied in discussing this very point. In them the apostle again and again challenges his ene- mies. What guarantee of truthfulness can be compared to this? If he was not an honest man himself, would not common sense have withheld him from making assertions which he knew that his opponents could dispute ? Was he not certain of instant detection if he had done so? It follows, therefore, that wherever in these epistles St. Paul either states or alludes to facts they must have been accept- edas true by his opponents equally as by himself.”

Such, then, are these letters as historical documents. I must now bring before you the points that they prove beyond all reasonable question, My iimits would fail me if I were to support my assertions by quotations. I must, therefore, take it for granted that you will read and verify them for yourselves, You will have no occasion to travel beyond the pages of the first four epistles of St. Paul. One

sage, however, is so suggestive that I quote itat length, The apostle is writing to the Corinthians, who were in doubt about the resurrection of the body, so arguing from the admitted fact that Christ has actually risen, he brings home to them the reasonableness of the general resurrection at the last day, These are his words :

- 1. “Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand ;

2. By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.

3. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures;

4. And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures;

5. And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve;

6. After that, he was seen of above five hun- dred brethren at once: of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.

7. After that he was seen of ).mes; then of all the apostles.

8. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time,”

1. ‘These letters prove as an unquestionable fact that St. Paul, from the date of his con- version,was firmly persuaded that Jesus Christ rose irom the dead; that this belief was the foundation of the existence of the church as a society; and that it was the sole ground on which, after his crucifixion, Jesus was again proclaimed to be the Christ. Also that during his career as a persecutor he had been unable to discover how this belief could have origin- ated except in its reality. This carries the belief in the resurgection as a faith up to within five Or six years of the crucifixion at the latest.

2ndly. They prove that all the churches when the apostle wrote these letters, accepted the resurrection of Jesus as the sole ground- work of their existenee, and considered it fundamental to their spiritual life.

3rd. They prove that this belief was not one that had recently sprung up, but that it was contemperaneous with their first accep- tance of Christianity. and that this belief was accepted not only by the churches founded by St. Paul, but also by those with whom he had no connection.

4th. They prove that the fact of the Resur- rection was accepted equally by those who denied St. Paul’s apostleship as by his follow- ers. As the former were Judaising Christians who claimed the authority of the church of Jerusalem for their opinions, this establishes the fact that it must have been the fully ac- cepted belief of that church. This carries us up to the date of its foundation, and proves that the church was reconstructed on the basis of that belief immediately after the crucifiction.

5th. They prove that the fallowing persons believed that they had seen Jesus Christ alive after his crucfixion, viz.: Simon Peter, James, the eleven apostles or two occasions: more than 500 persons on another occasion, of whom upwards of 250 were alive when St.

Paul wrote his letter to the Corinthians ; and finally St. Paul himself.

Now in surveying this evidence of the Resurrection, itis bardly possible to ever- estimate the importance of the Church as a visible institution. It exists now. Nothing is more certain than that it was in existence and in a state ef vigorous growth, in the year 40 of our era. Equally certain is it that it was not in existence in the year 20. Its birth therefore, took place in a definite and well known period of time. The account which this great society has ever given of its origin is worthy of profound attention. Such an account has a right to be accepted as the true one until it can be shown to be im- possible. The Church cannot have been mistaken as to the cause that gave it birth. When, therefore, it affirms that its renew- ed life was due to the belief in the resur- rection of Jesus, it is certain that it must have been owing to this and to no other vanse. I ask, therefore, your deep atten- tion to the following consideration. If Jeeus really rose from the dead, His resurrection is a cause fully ade- quate to account for the origin of the past® history of this great society. The sternest system of philosophy must admit that the cause which the Church has ever affirmed to have created it, is one, if true, that is entirely adequate to have produced the re- sulte; and is a complete solution of all the facts of history, This being so we are on a of reason, entitled to accept the Resurrection as a fact, until some other cause can be pointed out that was sufficient to have produced al] the phenomena before us. If unbelievers affirm that the Resur- rection is a fiction, they are bound by every principle of a sound philosophy, to point out clearly and distinctly what causes, other than its truth, originated the Church, and have been adequate to produce its sub- sequent history. So far then the Church is a standing witness totne truth of the resurrection.

It has been “ge out, further, that the conversion of St. Paul is alone a distinct and sufficient proof of the reality of the Resurrection and of the truth of the Chris- tian religion. And we may well under- stand how it came to pass that Lord Lyttleton, who undertook to demonstrate the falsity of Christianity by the story of this conversion of the chief representative of Judaiem, was by the study of that re- markable eyent himself converted into a

' firm believer in the divine origiu of the — he sought to overthrow.

“By one flash of conviction Saul, the bitter enemy and releutless persecutor of

the Christians, is changed into a zealous

preacher and propagator of the faith, against all his cherished beliefs, in the face of every worldly interest, at the co-t of every intellectual ambition. And fron that day forward tothe end of his life during thirty stormy years, he faced per-e- ention and contumely, hardships and Jos:- es, imprisonment and death, for the sake of this Jesus of Nazareth whom he had be- fore hated and persecuted! All this he tells us in these unchallenged documents that lie before us And the explanation of this marvellous transformation of this brillint young Jewish rabbi into a Christian? One word tells the story, he had seen the Lord Jesus Christ.(I Cor. IX) The risen glorifiel Lord had appeared to him, apprehended him, spoken to him. As to this fact St. Paul never wavered. It was wrought into his very soul. It was the most intense conviction of his being. It became the domirate force in his life, surely this man was a competent witness.