The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-05-30

thai his Ieiiglen fuIhade him and his A.
isEdsnis 10 - down II lie The Of lie
srniilss. ard naernp lihaiinns with lhen.
] ihHg',t il sspedisnG 10 arrepl IL This
"2euss; inl lf.,n, list moment vas ron-
Einred sl.as lie enrquertd lad declared
themselves lie rEsaiss n lie conquer.
ars. " -
"At that lime Jerusalem was. NJ IN
conquered cities. lie most d:iiiruli Ia O..
tsrn. 80 iufhulsnl wtre tie people. il.si
h'fa IN mnmenlary dread II an incur.
re- IN. To rspress il. | had but sin
&c ceIiurioa. and > HANDFUL nT soldiers.
! requested reinforcement Irom HE Pre-.
isrl II Syria. Nhu informed ore that he
had scarcely troops sufficient 10 defend
bis own province. Inssliaie ihirs, Of en-.
pirf! 10 extend oUr eonquesls beyond the
means of defending ihen.
"Among The various rumours which
came 10 nv ears, there Vas one that al.
irasisd my attention. A young msn. il
vas said. had appeared in GsiIIlee.
preaching with noble unciion. 4 new
law in The name Of The God Who had sent
him. Al fret ! was apprehensiye that
his design was To stir up the people
sgainsi the Romans: bur som we're nv
fears dispslled. Jesus nf Nazareth spoke
rather as q friend VI The Romans Than oI
the Jews.
" One day. in passing the place Of ST.
lOe. where there was great eoneourse III
people, observed in The midst &c the
group young man leaning against TIRE.
who was calmly addressing the multitude.
vas tnld that il was Jesus. This
cnuld have easily suspected. so great was
] the difference between him aud those who
were listening TO him. lie appeared 10
be about lhirly years Of age. His gol-
den colourcd hair and beard gave 10 his
appearance q eelesusl aspect. Never
have ] seen sweeier or a more serene
cnnnlenance. What contrast between
him and his hearers, with their black
boards and tswny compilations! unwll-
ling to interrupt him hy my presence,
continued ny walk. but signiiied Ia my
Secretary To- Join the group and listen. q.
b" My Secretary's name was Manlius.
lie Vas tie grandson OF the ehisf cf ,he
runspiraiors who cncamped in Eiruria,
waiting for Ca,alina. Manlius was an
inl,abi'ani Of Judea. and well acquainted
With the Hebrew language. lie was de-
voted 10 me. and was worthy Of my con
li'encP.
ION returning 10 the Pretorinm I
found Manlus. who related 10 me the
words Jesus had pronounced al Siloc.
Never have | heard in the Portico. or
read in the works Of the philosophers.
any Thing that can be compared with the
maxims of Jesus. Oae of the rebellious
Jews, 50 numerous in Jerusalem. having
asked him If il was lawful tn give tribute
10 Cesar or not, Jesus replisd:-' render
unto Cesar the things that ere Cnsar's.
and unto Gnd the things Ina, are Gods. :
Ill was on accoun, of the wisdom Of
his sayings That | granted 50 much llber-
" 10 the Nazarcne; for II was in ms pow.
er tn have had him arrested and exllet 10
Pon,us; but this would have been contra
~ to that justice which has always cha.
racitrized lhe Romans. This man was
neither sediIious nor retellinus. | ex-
tcuded To him my prot, cIion, unknown
perhaps 10 himself. lie was at liberty
to acl. 10 speak. to assemble and address
tie people. 10 ch"ose disciples. unresIrain-
ed By any preiorian mands,e.
"Shnuld it ever happen-may the gods
aveu tie ogen,--shaulh il ever happen,
| say. that tie religion of our InrsIa'hers
be sup lanmi by the Hhgion 81 JESUS, it
vii be 10 thus ,sohIe tulerslien that Rome
shall owe her rrsmalnre ob>equies--
bust |, miserable wteiclf!--l shah have
bpsu Ire Irs;rumrntn What the christians
eat ptoude,4e. aud we---besliny.
" iiui ll.is uni'mrlrd freedom. gTanied
To Jesus. re, nlied the jews; hot the ppnr,
bat the rich and powerful. IL is true.
Jrsus was serrre OF the latter; snd tbs
was Pelucal reason in my olininn. not
Ia cuhllol tie hher,v at tie. Nazarene.
Scrlhes and pharlSeesr would he saw
Ia them, 'ynu are a race of vipers! ynn
resemble painted sepnlchres" Al other
timts he webid suetr at the proud aims
&c the Pharisecs, telling them that tue
mite Of the widow was more precious IN
The sight Of Cod. -.
b" New complaints we're daily made al
the Prc,orium againstthe insolence OF Je-
sus. was even informed that some mis-
fortune would befh him; that i. would
not be the first li.ne that Jerusalem had
stoned those who called themselves pro-
phe,s; and that, il the Pre,orium refused
justice. an appeal would be made To Ca.
sar. z@.@s.
This | had prevented. by infosming
Cesar If all lha, happened. My. con-
duct was approved ol by the Senate. and
| was promised a reinforcement, Of troops
after the termination Of The Parlhian war.
d" Being too weak 10 suppress sedi-