Life of Ahmad — Page 312
JESUS as IS DEAD as 312 to watch what would happen, he smelt a strange odour in the air, as is natural when the earth is going to vomit fire. And the youth saw with untold joy that the corpse moved the lips and breathed. He hastened to assist him, and heard slight sounds rise from his breast, the face assumed a living appearance, and the eyes opened and gazed astonished at the novice of our order. Nicodemus, who was an experienced physician, said on the road that the peculiar atmosphere in the air by the revolution of the elements was beneficial to Jesus, and that he never had believed that Jesus actually was dead. And he said that the blood and water that flowed from the wound was a sure sign that life was not extinct. ' Dr. B. F. Austin, of Los. Angeles, says: 'There is absolutely nothing in the truthful story of the Crucifixion to render the death of Jesus on the cross a necessity. In the first place, only the hands were pierced, as we learn on the best authority. The suffering and danger from loss of blood and pain from the hand wounds was very much lessened by the custom of binding the arms very tightly to the cross, partially stopping the blood circulation and benumbing the pain by pressure upon the nerves. Those crucified in other lands were allowed to remain on the cross till death resulted naturally from the