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Chapter 6

           HewhocalledtoLazarus,‘Lazarus,comeforth!’andthedeadmanlivedHewasnowHimselfapreytonatureanddeath.Natureappearstoone,lookingatthispicture,assomehuge,implacable,dumbmonster;orstillbetterastrangersimilesomeenormousmechanicalengineofmoderndayswhichhasseizedandcrushedandswallowedupagreatandinvaluableBeing,aBeingworthnatureandallherlaws,worththewholeearth,whichwasperhapscreatedmerelyforthesakeoftheadventofthatBeing.

           “Thisblind,dumb,implacable,eternal,unreasoningforceiswellshowninthepicture,andtheabsolutesubordinationofallmenandthingstoitissowellexpressedthattheideaunconsciouslyarisesinthemindofanyonewholooksatit.Allthosefaithfulpeoplewhoweregazingatthecrossanditsmutilatedoccupantmusthavesufferedagonyofmindthatevening;fortheymusthavefeltthatalltheirhopesandalmostalltheirfaithhadbeenshatteredatablow.Theymusthaveseparatedinterroranddreadthatnight,thougheachperhapscarriedawaywithhimonegreatthoughtwhichwasnevereradicatedfromhismindforeverafterwards.IfthisgreatTeacheroftheirscouldhaveseenHimselfaftertheCrucifixion,howcouldHehaveconsentedtomounttheCrossandtodieasHedid?Thisthoughtalsocomesintothemindofthemanwhogazesatthispicture.IthoughtofallthisbysnatchesprobablybetweenmyattacksofdeliriumforanhourandahalforsobeforeColia’sdeparture.

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