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Chapter 6

           Thiswasthepresentmentofapoormangledbodywhichhadevidentlysufferedunbearableanguishevenbeforeitscrucifixion,fullofwoundsandbruises,marksoftheviolenceofsoldiersandpeople,andofthebitternessofthemomentwhenHehadfallenwiththecross—allthiscombinedwiththeanguishoftheactualcrucifixion.

           “Thefacewasdepictedasthoughstillsuffering;asthoughthebody,onlyjustdead,wasstillalmostquiveringwithagony.Thepicturewasoneofpurenature,forthefacewasnotbeautifiedbytheartist,butwasleftasitwouldnaturallybe,whosoeverthesufferer,aftersuchanguish.

           “IknowthattheearliestChristianfaithtaughtthattheSavioursufferedactuallyandnotfiguratively,andthatnaturewasallowedherownwayevenwhileHisbodywasonthecross.

           “ItisstrangetolookonthisdreadfulpictureofthemangledcorpseoftheSaviour,andtoputthisquestiontooneself:‘Supposingthatthedisciples,thefutureapostles,thewomenwhohadfollowedHimandstoodbythecross,allofwhombelievedinandworshippedHim—supposingthattheysawthistorturedbody,thisfacesomangledandbleedingandbruised(andtheymusthavesoseenit)—howcouldtheyhavegazeduponthedreadfulsightandyethavebelievedthatHewouldriseagain?’

           “Thethoughtstepsin,whetheronelikesitorno,thatdeathissoterribleandsopowerful,thatevenHewhoconquereditinHismiraclesduringlifewasunabletotriumphoveritatthelast.

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