Show WOULD HE BE RECEIVED THE character of the times brings to mind a good story told about carlyle cargyle Cari yle on one occasion when a lady of i at whose house the scotch philosopher was a guest be wailed the wicked wickedness ife of the jews in not receiving jesus jesua as their savior she finished her diatribe against them by saying how different would have been his reception had bad he appeared in our own time how delighted we should all be to throw our doors open to him and listen to his divine percepts percepta dont you think so mr carlyle the plain spoken philosopher thus appealed to said in his broadest scotch accent no madam I 1 dont I 1 think had he come with plenty of money and good recommendations and fashionably dressed and preached doctrines palatable to the higher orders I 1 might have had the honor to receive from your ladyship a card of invitation on the back of which would be written to meet our savior but if he had come denouncing noun cing those aristocrats the pharisees Pharis ees and associating with the publicans public ans and radicals of the day we should have treated him now very much as the jews did then and cried out take him to and hang |