Download or read book The Trial of the Most Notable Lawsuit of Ancient Or Modern Times Issue written by Robert Roberts and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 edition. Excerpt: ... THIED SITTING. ME. SHREWD OBSERVER (Recalled). Cross-examined by Sir Noble Acceptor of AlUruih: Mr. Observer, you supplied the court yesterday with some interesting information concerning the defendants, particularly with regard to Messrs. Muchlabour, Faithson, Workfellow, Hold-fast-the-hope, Helpful and Hospitable. As I understand you have nothing to say against their characters ?--I have said so. You say you discriminate between a man and his opinions ?--Quite so. You have come to the conclusion that the opinions of these men are baseless opinions ?--Yes, sir. Suppose their opinions were to turn out true opinions, would it not somewhat alter your estimate of the course of conduct arising out of them ?--No doubt it would make a difference. If Christ is a living power in the universe, with whom the futurity of the earth is bound up, and if he has offered to men a participation in that futurity--permanent futurity--a glorious futurity--on condition of obeying his commandments, you would not think it a, reprehensible or a strange thing that the defendants should try tocomply with that condition ?--There is, of course, but one answer to that question. I should consider such an endeavour entirely reasonable and commendable. I do not, however, see that the claims of morality, such as I assume to be involved in Christ's commandments, require men to isolate themselves from the world as the defendants do. That is a separate matter: assume for the purpose of my question that the course pursued by the defendants is the very course required by the commandments of Christ; would not their conduct in that case, on the hypothesis of Christ's existence, be the only conduct that could be expected of them ?--Doubtless. Then it is a question of the ground...