Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1838-05-01

ne was walking on the waters-he IS n
ilylng on the wings of the wind. lie Il
spoke to the .tempests, to the palm tr,s, a
TO the fishes of the lake-an were obed,ht 4
TO him. Behofdi the. torrent Of Mont '
Cedron flows with blood; the statutes Of i
Cesar are stained with the filth oftbere- | i
monlae,-the columns of the Prae4qium
have given way, and the sun is veil.d in
mourning, like a vestal in the tomb. oil
PLATE evils await thee. TEthou dost not
listen to the words of thy. wife, dread the
By this time, my marble staircase
groaned under the weight Of the multi,
tude. The Nazarene was brought back to
me. / proceeded to the hall of justice,
followed by my guards, and asked the peo-
pie in a severe tone, what they demanded i
THE death ofthe Nazarene,' was their re-
ply. For what crime? He has bias
pbemed he has prophesied the ruin of
the Temple he calls himself the Son of
God; the Messiah; the King Of the Jews
Roman justice, said, /, punisheth not
such offences with death. Cruelty him,
cruelty him 2 shouted the relentless Iab-7
Bile.
The vociferations of the infuriate multi
tude shook the palace to its foundation.
One man, alone, appeared calm, in the
midst of the tumult. He was ike unto the /
statute Of innocence, placed in the Temple
ofthe Euminides. 1t was the Nazarene.
After many fruitless attempts to protect
him from the fury of his merciless perse-
cutors, | had the baseness to adopt meas
ure which, at that moment appeared to me
to be the only one that could save his life.
| l ordered him to be scourged, then calling
for an ever, washed my hands, in pres
ence of the clalnorous multitude, thereby
/ signifying to them my appreciation Of the
deed.
But in vain. 1t was his life, that these
wretches thirsted after. Often in our civil
connections, have witnessed the furious
luminosity of the multitude, but nothing
could ever be compared to what / bcheid
in the present instance. Ii might have
been truly said that, on this occasion, all
, the phantoms of the internal regions had
assembled together at Jerusalem. The
, crowd appeared not to walk; they were
: borne off and whirled as vortex, rolling
along, like living waves from the portal o.
o Of the Praetorum, even unto Mount Zion
It with the howlings, screams, shrieks, anc
is vociferatons, such as were never heard, e.
d Their in the seditions of Punonia, or the tn
e mults Of the Forum.
IS By degrees the day darkened, like
al death Of Cesar. # was likewise toward "a I'd
the Ides Of March. |, the contemneC
J. Governor of a rebellious province, wa
l. leaning against column Of my basalick
4, contemplating athwart the drcary gloom
}. this Theory of Tartarus dragging to exc
IS cution the innocent Nazarene. All arount
3, me was desert. Jerusalem had vomitet
:. forth her indwellers, through the funera
e gate that leads to the Gemoniae. Al al
!. Of desoIation and sadness enveloped me
i My guard had joined the Cavalry, and the
n centurion, to display a shadow Of power
was endeavoring to maintain order.
$ was LEFT alone and my breaking heart ad
IL n, g,lshed me, that what was passing. a
" that moment, appertained rather to til
S, history ofthe gods, than. that of man.
% Loud clamors wereheard proceeding fror
10 Golgotha, which, horne on the wings 9
the wind, appeared TO announce an agon,
le such as never had been heard by morta
" ear. Dark clouds lowered over the pin
n, nacle ofthe Temple, and their large rup
at lures settled over the city, and covered
D. with veil. So dreadful were the sign
= that were manifested, both in the heaven
a. and on earth, that Dionysius, the Areopa
le Cite, isreported to have exclaimed: 'Eithe
is the Author of nature is suffering, or III
m UniUtrse IS falling apart,
o. Towards the first hour of the night,
G. threw. my mantle around me, and wer
lg down into the city towards the gate Go
rs gotha. The sacrifice had been consnmmi
n. tied. The crowd were returning home
still agitated, it is true, but gloomy, sad, t.
c. lciturn, desperate. What they had witness
in ed, had struck them with terror and n
n. morse. I also saw my little Roman CC
to hort pass by mournfully, the standard bea
n er having yelled his Eagle, IN token
Y. grieE, and | overheard some of the soldie
IT. murmuring strange words, which / d
IS. not comprehend. Others were recountin
mt prodigies almost similar to those whic
RI had SO often smote the Romans with d
no may, bv the viii Of THE Gods. Sometin1l
mi groups ofmen and ,yoIl'ea 1yollle ll @
oo looking back toward Mount Caixei.
s ~ would remain motionless, in the expcctatio
ed of witnessing some new prodigy.
h. Ireturned to The Praetoriurn. sad an
al lpensiye. On ascending the stair, Z
al. steps Of which were stained withthe bloc
Sc of the Nazarene, perceived an old ma
nd in a suppliant posture, and behind him, 8
veral women in tears, He threw hims'
ell at my feet, and wept bitterly. i IS 4
n. painful to see an old man weep Fathe
as. said I to him mildly, who are you, a
n. what syour request ----I ann JOSEF
ice Of Arnnathea, Tepliedshe, 'andI am cor
on. to beg of you, onmy knees, the permisl
Ial. to bury Jesusos Nazareth.' sYourPra
ris- er IS granted said to him, and,7at {
er. same time, ordered Manlius to take SOL
ind soldiers with him, % supeTlntend the int
ant ment, lest Hmight be profaned. "A f
the DAYS afterwards, the sepulchre was fou
empty. The disciples Of Jesus publish
oil lover the country that he had risen ~
ID, the.d dead, as be had foretold.
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