IX. THE USE OF RIDICULE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.

"If our Savior himself never laughed, it is difficult to believe that the

bystanders did not laugh, or at least smile, when he tore the mask from

the hypocritical pharisees who laid heavy burdens on men's shoulders which

they themselves would not move with their fingers, and devoured widows'

houses, even while for a pretence they made long prayers."--_Matthews._

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