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26/i, Easter Day. As soon as breakfast was 

 over, my uncle said he was going to address a 

 few words to us on the great Christian festival 

 which we were going to celebrate. 



" It is most satisfactory/' said he, " to know 

 that whether we consider the number, the means 

 of information, or the veracity of the witnesses, 

 no testimony can surpass that which was borne 

 by the Apostles to the fact of our Lord's resur- 

 rection. 



"That wonderful event was the accomplishment 

 both of the ancient prophecies, and of his own 

 predictions ; it was a miraculous declaration on 

 the part of God, that the great atonement was 

 accepted ; it was the Divine attestation to the 

 truth of our Saviour's doctrines; a full confirm- 

 ation of the promises he had already held out to 

 his followers, and consequently a perfect secu- 

 rity to them for the ultimate completion of those 

 further promises which it had been one great 

 object of his mission to offer to mankind. We 

 have reason, therefore, to be thankful that, in the 

 first preachingof the Gospel, Providence ordained 

 that a fact of such importance should be accom- 

 panied with irresistible evidence ; evidence of 

 such a nature as requires no nice examination 

 to adjust, but such as imparts conviction to every 

 one who can read the Bible. 



" The Jews were disappointed that Jesus did 

 not shew his power by coming down from the 



