(The) historicity of the resurrection of Jesus . ances is also vague andgeneral, but the fact of them is beyond all question. The .weight of Professor Sheldons words IS again brought tobear on this point: -ffhile he (Paul) was furnished withsubstantial sources of information, he wrote under conditionswhich advised to carefulnes and sobriety in his statements,for, in the third decade from the crucifixion, of thoseto whom he referred as witnesses of the appearance of Christmust have been still at hand, <as indeed he took pains to con-firm. (system of Christian Doctrine, P. 586) It wa:-
(The) historicity of the resurrection of Jesus . ances is also vague andgeneral, but the fact of them is beyond all question. The .weight of Professor Sheldons words IS again brought tobear on this point: -ffhile he (Paul) was furnished withsubstantial sources of information, he wrote under conditionswhich advised to carefulnes and sobriety in his statements,for, in the third decade from the crucifixion, of thoseto whom he referred as witnesses of the appearance of Christmust have been still at hand, <as indeed he took pains to con-firm. (system of Christian Doctrine, P. 586) It wa:- stated in the beginning of this paper thatones conclusion in this field is determined largely by themanner in which he approaches the subject. We have travelledthru the ordinary criticism of the question and have notedwith some concern the many discrepancies in the accounts of Ij the different eye-witnesses. These, however we have nal|-urally attributed to the various authors. That the mainissue is subscribed to alike by all the witnesses in a. ?^1 !|matter of this kind, we have found sufficient for our puilpose The testimony of one of the moral potency and intellectualcalibre of Paul has done much to mould our Lakes view conforms largely with that of thisapostle - that the resurrection was .hat of the far greaterkind, the spiritual reality f Jesus. jThis survey of t e field is profitable, but notjthe best approach of the theme. From any angle inwhich we view the subject we see the hand of G-od. The re-s^orrection w-as a miracle! This is precisely the elementthat the modern mind has difficulty with. Science, iis thought, opposes any occurence of events due to direct,jdivine intervention. Sucn woula be a disturbance of thejjunity of the whole system. Any system v/hich excludes aliving Personal God as the Author and Upholder of the world,must deny this miracle. Our approach, then, is the purelyChristian viev/ - that God rules events in this universe
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