The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-05-18

! had his enemies. and he tell victim 10
their hatred. Yours are doubly increas-
ed against you, on account Of your saw
! ings against me. on account Of the lib
erty extended towards you. They even
accuse me indirectly Of being leagued
with you for the purpose ofjepriving the
Hebrews ofthc little civil power which
Rome has left TO, them. My request
l do not say my orders--is. that YOU be
more crcumspect for the future, and
more tender in rousing tue pride Of your
enemies, lest they raise up against you
the stupid populacc, and compel me to
employ the instruments of justice
i The Sazarene calmly replied .,.i.s
"Prince Of the earth, yepr words pro-
coed not from true wisdom, Say to
tho torrent 20 stop in tbc midst Of the
mountain because itwillnproot tic trees
of the valley the torrent wilt answer
you, that it,obeys the laws Of the Crca.
tor. God alone knows whittier flow the
waters of the torrent. Verify, I say
unto you. before the rose Of Sharon bios
sons, the blood of the just will be split
i"Your blood shall not bc split" rcpli-
ed |. with emotion "You are moro
precious in my estimation. on account Of
your wisdom, than all these turbulent
and proud Pharisecs, who abuse the
freedom granted them by the Romans,
conspirc against Caesar, and construc our
bounty into fear. Insolcnt wr.tches =
They are not aware that the wolf of the
Tibcr sometimes clothes himself with the
skin of the sheep. j will protect you
against them. My Pretorium is open
to you as a place of refuge a sacred
,, Jesus carclessly shook his head and
said, with graceful aud divine SMILE,
"Wheu the day shall have come, there
= will be no asylum for the Son Of Man
neither on earth nor under the earth
l. The asylum of the Just is there. (point
+ ing TO the heaveiis)~ That which is writ
= ten in the books of the prophets must b,
) accomplished str.r 4.f .tfr-8l
Young man, answered mildly, "yot
Ioblige me to convert my rcqucstin al
] order The safety oftbc proviuce whicl
c has beeu coufided to my care, require
/ it. You must observe more moderation
IS in your diseourses Do not infringe nj,
n orders; you know them. May happi
} ness attend sou. Farewell ss ......,
+ Prince Of carth," replied Jesus, :"
i come not to bring war into the world
u but peace, love and charity. j was bor
= the same day on which Cesar Augustu
o gave peace to the Roman world. Pei
sccution proceeds not from me cxpec
u it from others, and will meet it in obed
D. cncc to the will of my Father, who ha
y shown me the way. Restrain, therefor,
& your worldly prudence 1t is not in you
n power to arrest the victim at the loot c
J. the tabernacle of expiation.' ',. ID ..
IS SO saying, he disappeared like a brigll
> shadow behind the curtains of the basi
IL iek. -rrr Pc 4s..
:, y Herod the Tctrarch, who then rcignc
!" in Judea, and who died devoured by We
- min, was weak and wicked man. ch,
: !, sen by the chiefs of the law to be the i,
- strument of their hatred. To him III
H. enemies of Jesus addressed themselves, I
= wrcak their vengeance on the Nazaron
:. Had Herod consulted his own inclin;
y tion, he would have ordered Jesus iuIm
y diatcly to be put to death but thoug
:, proud of his regal dignity, yet ho was /
" fraid of committing an act that migt
diminish his influence with Caesar.
:, Herod called on me one day at ii
y Pretorium; and ON rising to take lcav
: after some insignificant conversation, b
;Ss' asked me what was my opinion copcerl
:, - ing the Nazarcnc
o. | replied, that Jesus appeared TO NJ
~ to be one of those grave philosopher
~ that great nations sometimes produce
,r that his doctrine was by no means dal
Is gerous; and that the intention of Rom
10 was to leave him that freedom Of speec
IN which was justified by bis actions. He
: cd smiled maliciously, and saluting IL
q with ironical respect, lie departed.
Of The great feast Of the Jews was a.
lie preaching; and their intention was
il avail themselves of the popular exulti
IL tion which always manifests itselfat th
H. solemnites of passover. The city wa
o. overfowing with a tumultuous populae'
% clamoring tor the.death of the Nazarcu'
My cmissaries informed me that III
T. treasure of the Temple had been cmplo,
ct ed in bribing the people. The DANCE
/ was pressing a Roman centurion ha
ps been insulted s..4.
in wrote the project of Syria, request
ing hundred foot soldiers, and the sam
L number of cavalry. lie declined sa'
At myself alone with handful of veteran
ty in the midst of rebellious city-to
Q. weak to suppress disorder, and havin
l 10 other choice left than to tolerate it.
" They had seized upon Jesus and tn
c. seditious rabblc, although they knel
ns they had nothing to fear from tho PretC
is rum. believing,on tho faith of their lead
is crs, that wiuked at their sedition, cor
e. tinued vocifcrating,-"Crucify him crr
= city hinlr' 49, -. .....
d Three powerful parties at that tim
ar had combined together against Jesu'
First,t the HerodianS and Sadducces, who's
r seditious conduct seemed to have prt
k, ceeded from double motive, they hai
IN cd the Nazarene and were inpatient {
Ie tho Roman yoke. They could neyc
o. forgive NE for having entered their hol
p- city with banners that bore the image (
o the Roman emperor; and although,
this instance, had committed fats
h error, yet the sacrilege did not appes
l.. less heinous in their eyes. Anothe
10 grievance also ranked in their bosom
N had proposed 10 employ part Of th
IL treasure OF the Temple in erecting edit
ces of pub,ie utility q ID lIyl PROPOSAL wa