Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-08-23
NUMBER 80.

guilty Of the city, without subjecting
rhc Pretorenm 20 humilialing conces.
>ions. wrote 10 Jesos, requesting an
Iu,mr.ew with him at the Pre,orium.--
lic came,
oh, Albinns! now ll,a, my blood run.
colI in my veins, an ! that my bojy is
bent down undrr the loa of years, it. 10
not surprising that Plate should some.
times trcmble; bul then | YVES young
in my veins 0owc the Spanish mixel
with lomnn bloc !, as incapable Of fear
as Of pnctilc emotions. ,.,.
Whcn the Nazpfcne lna!e bis appear.
ancc, ! wos walking in my basilisc, and
my feet SCENE fastened with an iron
han to The marble pavement. He was
calm, the Naznrcnc --cnIm ms innocence
When nc came up 10 me no aopp,l.
an by - single gesture seemed to say 10
me. here AM.
For some time contemplated with
nlmirnion 1ni awe this extraordinary
type oi mon--a type unknown TO our
numerous painters who have given form
AMI lisure TO ali the 90 Is, an 10 all The
Hcr0.s.
".esus," s1i | 10 ii, at las,-ani
M tongue lallerei--.' Jesus of Na2a.
rath, have granted you for the las: three
years ample freedom Of speech; nor do
! regret ii, Your w0fls are those Of
sage, >now not whether you have read
Socrates ari Plato; but this know.
,hat there is in your discrurses n mnjes
tic simpliclp tina, cIcvalcs you far above
those great philosophers. Tho Empe.
ror IS iil,tna Of it, and t. his humble
representative in lhi, country am glad
oi having allowed you that liberty of
| which YOU are so worthy. However,
must not conceal from you, that your
'!iscoaf@oS hayo raisei up against you
1 powerful aul invelcrat: enemies. Nci-
ihct is Ih 5 surprising. Socrates had
his enemies, AMI he fell victim hois
encinics. Yours ore doubly inceusel
against you on account Of your sayine;
asain,' the on account Of ,hc liberty cx.
tcndr , toward you. They even accuse
me inIrcc'!y o! being league with you
Tor the purpose Of deprving the He.
5fews Of the liule civil power which
Rome has LETT 10 Ihcm. My reqncst--1
no ""' say my ofder"-ls That you BE-
, more e'', "n-Pec' Tor tue in.ure. anu
more iondcr in rousing the pride Of your
enemies ics, '"'y raise against you the
SUPP" P"P"iaee' aEI conpe! me 70 cm-
pioy the INSTRUMENT Of justice.
me Nazafene ref'ied:
Ilncc oi The earth your words pro-
cee' not from true wisdom. Say to tho
torrent 10 SOP in The midst OF the noun.
'a'n because it will uproot tho trees Of
the valley; the torrent will answer you
that 1t obcys the Jaws Of the Creator
Gol alone knows whittier flows the wa.
ters OF the torrent. Verify say unto
you. before the rose of Sharon blossoms,
the h!ool Of the jus, will be split"
~ our bloc! shall not be split" re.
pile |, with emotion. "You are mora
precious in my estimation, on account
o! your vision, than all these lurbu-
lcnt and pronl Pharisecs, who abuse
he free lom granted them BY the Ro.
mans, conSPlfe against Cesar, AMI con.
strac our bounty into fear. lnsolent
wrctches! They are not aware that the
woii oI the Tbef sometimes clothes him.
Sc I with the SKIN OF the sheep. will
protect you against them. My prcto.
rum IS open TO you as a place OF ref
use-:t is sacrel asylum"
Jesus carelessly shook his heal, ana
sal with graceful ard divine smile
"Whcn the day shall have come, there
will be 10 asylum for the Son Of Man,
neither on earth nor under the earth.
The asylum OF the Jnst is there, (point-
int to the hcavcns.) That which is
wfil'el in the books Of the prophets
must be accomplished"
"Youn5 man." answerel | mildly,
''you oblise me to convert my request
into an orier. The safety of the prov.
incc which hes been conliled to my
care requires it. You must observs
more moderation YOU know. May hap.
piness n'!cn you. Farcwc l."
i Prince Of carlh,' replic Jesus. !
come not to bring war Into the world,
bu. peace, love AMI charity. WIS
bora the same day Oh which Caesar gava
Peace to The Roman wohl. pcrsecu.
tioa proceeds not from M. expect
. it from others, AMI will meet it in ODE.
dieace to the will of my Father, who
has shawn m. the Wav. Restrain thea