The whole
aspect of the thing, as presented by the preaching man, was so dull
and unreal, that not a word on the subject had passed between them
on the way home.
"Mr. Grant, how could anybody make a dead man live again?" said
Davie suddenly.
"I don't know, Davie," answered Donal. "If I could know how, I
should probably be able to do it myself."
"It is very hard to believe."
"Yes, very hard--that is, if you do not know anything about the
person said to have done it, to account for his being able to do it
though another could not. But just think of this: if one had never
seen or heard about death, it would be as hard, perhaps harder, to
believe that anything could bring about that change. The one seems
to us easy to understand, because we are familiar with it; if we had
seen the other take place a few times, we should see in it nothing
too strange, nothing indeed but what was to be expected in certain
circumstances."
"But that is not enough to prove it ever did take place."
"Assuredly not. It cannot even make it look in the least probable."
"Tell me, please, anything that would make it look probable."
"I will not answer your question directly, but I will answer it.
Listen, Davie.
"In all ages men have longed to see God--some men in a grand way. At
last, according to the story of the gospel, the time came when it
was fit that the Father of men should show himself to them in his
son, the one perfect man, who was his very image.
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