264 Inasmuch 



that the truth of the fact, making them free, gave 

 them such power and boldness that they con 

 vinced and converted the multitude, the arch 

 enemy, the far-away alien, the acute-minded 

 thinker, the hopeless slave, and the members of 

 Caesar s household. 



Which was it: a lie or the truth? a fact or an 

 invention? a well-grounded conviction or a soul- 

 shattering delusion ? 



Between a lie and a truth there are certain radi 

 cal differences. A lie, like the father of lies him 

 self, hateth the light and cannot thrive in public. 

 In this respect the father and all his progeny are 

 alike. Some lies have tried to demonstrate the 

 opposite, with the certain sequel, sooner or later, 

 of exposure and destruction with a great crash. 

 Of delusions, which are only contumacious and 

 chronic forms of the lie, it is a remarkable fact 

 that while they hold their victims in bondage, 

 others are keenly alive to their real character, 

 and in consequence reject them with marked 

 repugnance. The lie, again, is utterly bereft of 

 emancipating power. Imagine anyone making 

 proclamation of a lie, &quot;Ye shall know a lie, and 

 the lie shall make you free ! 



Which was it ; the truth or a lie ? 



What think ye? 



The man who, rejecting the truth of the resur 

 rection, thinks that the Christian Church can be 

 explained by a lie, is straining at a gnat and 

 swallowing a camel. 



Any attempt to deprive Jesus Christ of the 



