Levi H. Dowling

“ They stood upon the Roman seal; they did not speak; they unsheathed not their swords; it was the Silent Brotherhood.
12. The Jewish soldiers fled in fear; they fell upon the ground.
13. They stood apart until the white-clad soldiers marched away, and then the light about the tomb grew dim.
14. Then they returned; the stone was in its place; the seal was not disturbed, and they resumed their watch.
15. Now, Jesus did not sleep within the tomb. The body is the manifest of soul; but soul is soul without its manifest. ”

“ And of his promises to clothe himself again in garb of flesh and walk with his disciples, just to prove the possibilities of man;
22. To give to them the key of life, of death, and of the resurrection of the dead. ”

“ For if it does all men will say, He is the son of God, and all our testimonies will be proven false.
47. And then they called the hundred soldiers in and said to them,
48. You know not where the body of the Nazarene is resting now, so if you will go forth and say that his disciples came and stole the body while you slept,
49. Each one of you shall have a silver piece, and we will make it right with Pilate for breaking of the Roman seal.
50. The soldiers did as they were paid to do. ”