frightened the soldiers that they took to their heels, thinking it
was a ghost, while Christ escaped to the mountains, where he lived
secretly the rest of his life and finally died a natural death. All
this without a scrap of historical basis, and despite the express
declaration of the narrative that an expert, who was sent by Pilate
to ascertain if he was dead, reported that he was. This is so
contrary to the facts of the narrative, and the character of Jesus
and his disciples, that it is harder to believe it than any miracle
recorded in the Bible. Why these ridiculous and absurd conclusions,
despite the historical facts? Simply because of the necessity to get
rid of the supernatural at the mandates of rationalism. To preserve
such puerilities, the manuscripts were kept in a fire-proof vault
lest fire should destroy them. The claims of destructive criticism
are so absurd and ridiculous, when looked at from a truly scientific
standpoint, that I confine myself in this book to exposing the
erroneous viewpoint of rationalism, believing that when that is done
any one can easily see that there is nothing in it. Besides, its
quibblings have been often and ably exposed by competent authors and
their works are accessible to all. That any one who claims to believe
the Bible should give his time to teaching innocent and uninformed
children and adults the conclusions of rationalistic criticism seems
almost too absurd to believe; and when it is done under the pretense
of honoring the Bible, it is but another illustration of how our
moral and intellectual vision can be warped and distorted when we
look through the colored glasses of rationalism and bias.

It is said that a minister kept telling his congregation that
different parts of the Bible were myths, legends, etc., and not
historical. One of his members cut out of her Bible every section he
said was not true. When he made a pastoral call she showed him her