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rise, according to the Corinthian epis- 
tle, with spiritual bodies not liable to 
corruption. This ought not to sur- 
prise, for ‘there was ‘nothing in cruci- 
fixion likely to terminate ihe mortal 
existence of the sufferer. ‘The feet 
were not pierced, (as the painters re- 
present,) they rested on a shelf; so that 
the punishment was analogous to 
standing in the pillory, with the aggra- 
vation of having the hands nailed to 
the cross-bar; and it was often inflicted 
more for the sake of ignominy than of 
injury. When crucified persons were 
to be punished capitally, an execu- 
tioner was sent with an iron bar, who 
broke the four main limbs; and then, 
as when the rack was used in France, 
gave the blow of mercy on the chest. 
Now, in the present case, this operation 
was not inflicted ; and the patient is as 
likely to have recovered, as the man 
crucified at Thekoa, whose pardon 
Josephus obtained of Titus, and who 
survived. (See Life of Josephus, §75.) 
That Jesus did recover, aud was walk- 
ing about with his disciples the Sun- 
day after the crucifixion, is notorious; 
and is alike attested by the historian 
Josephus, and by the evangelists. 
But when yourcorrespondent proceeds 
to assume, that with this natural and 
still mortal body, Christ: quitted the 
planet on which he was born, he seems 
to misinterpret the phrase ascended into 
heaven. It was at Bethany, (Luke 
xxiv. 50,) within a very few days of the 
crucifixion, and previous to Christ’s 
visit in Galilee, that this ascension 
took place. If, therefore, he ascended 
a-‘mountain near Jerusalem, and while 
he was preaching to the people, a 
cloud received him out of their sight, 
he must have re-descended the moun- 
tain on the other side, and have con- 
tinued his route to the Lake or Tibe- 
rias. Jesus may have passed oniy 
forty days among his disciples; but 
that he continued much longer to live 
among men, first. with King. Aretas at 
Damascus ; secondly, with King Abgar 
at Edessa; and, finally, at Lydda, re- 
poses on strong presumption. Where 
ean Saint Paul have seen him but at 
Damascus? where can he have -at- 
tended King Abgar but ‘at Edessa? 
where can I[renzus ha ve seen him but 
at Lydda? According to a corres- 
pondent in your 46th voluine, p- 37, he 
perished there in the fifty-sixth year of 
his age. In a recent pamphlet, en- 
titled, the ‘“‘ New Trial of the Wit- 
“nesses,” similar inferences are drawn. 
BioGRAPHICUS. 
2 
Account of an Karihgaakes in India in 1819. 
[Sept. 1, 
For the Monthly Magazine, 
ACCOUNT of the EARTHQUAKE which 
OCCURRED @m INDIA in 1819.° 
N the 16th of June, 1819, between 
fifteen and ten ‘minutes before 
seven o'clock P.M. a shock of an earth- 
quake was felt in Cutch. It was fore- 
told by no uncommon appearance in 
the heavens ; at least nothing was re- 
marked previously, either’in the 
heavenly bodies or in the atmosphere, 
to indicate the appreach of any con- 
vulsion of nature. Tbe hot months 
had passed on with the clear and se- 
rene sky, the burning sun, and the 
westerly wind, which commonly. pre- 
vails atthatseason of the year. » It was 
observed that the month of May was 
extremely hot, perhaps more so than 
usual; but the thermometer seldom 
higher than 108° or 110° of Fahren- 
heit in the shade of a tent, and gene- 
rally not above 105°. 
After a hot day, I was sitting with a 
party of friends on an earthen terrace, 
in front of a house in which we were 
about to dine. The evening was re- 
markably serene, not a clond to be 
seen, and a light and cool breeze from 
the west. The situation was on a 
ridge of slate-rock in the town of Anjar, 
and close under a large round tower, 
with four heavy guns mounted on it. 
Our notice was first attracted by a 
slight motion of our chairs, as if they 
had been lifted up, and a noise from 
the doors and windows, as if they had 
been moved by the breeze ; befote the 
question of ‘* What is that?” could be 
uttered, a second lifting of the chairs 
took place, and the motion became too 
evident to be mistaken even by me, 
who had never before experienced a 
shock. Every person made what haste 
he could to leave the: tower, which, 
after rolling and heaving im a most 
awful degree, gave way at the bottom, 
on the western face, and, crumbling 
down, buried guns ‘and carriages in 
the rubbish: a moment after, the 
towers and curtains of the fort-wall, 
and upwards of fifteen hundred houses, 
were reduced to ruins. 
When the shock was atits height, the 
motion of the earth was so stronsly un- 
dulatory, that to keep our feet was no 
easy matter. The waving of the sur- 
face was perfectly visible, and’ in 
attempting to walk the motion has 
been most aptly compared by a gentle- 
man to that felt when walking quickly 
on a long plank supported at both 
ends ;—when one foot was wei 
the 
