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Chapter 6

           HewhocalledtoLazarus,‘Lazarus,comeforth!’andthedeadmanlived—HewasnowHimselfapreytonatureanddeath.Natureappearstoone,lookingatthispicture,assomehuge,implacable,dumbmonster;orstillbetter—astrangersimile—someenormousmechanicalengineofmoderndayswhichhasseizedandcrushedandswallowedupagreatandinvaluableBeing,aBeingworthnatureandallherlaws,worththewholeearth,whichwasperhapscreatedmerelyforthesakeoftheadventofthatBeing.

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

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