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

tVu WnIcU hIWuys Hnn''ch's ItnNi' ~ wv
solcmni,ies OF passover. The city
wa, overt, W ng with tu.nulIuous pop
ulacc. clamoring for the death OF the
Naxafcne. Ny cmissaries informed
me that ,hc Treasure Of the Temple had
been employed in bribns the people,
Tho dangcrwns pressing--n R)mah cen
srrian had been insnlIei.
wrote 10 The rrrlec, nl Sy'ia, re-.
qucaine y hundred foot soldiers an the
same number Of cavalry. Ne deciinrd.
lsnw myself .suc with handful ocvc,.
crans in tho milsl Of rehri.ious city,
100 weak TO suppress disorder, and hav.
in. no other choice than 10 ,olc,alc it.
They had so.xsl upon Jesus; an the
soIilious rabtle, although they knew
they had no,hng 10 fear Cfom Pr:,orium
beliveing, on the faith Of ihN;r lea l.rs,
that | winkcd a, ,bc.r sciition, c0nIn.
uc voeiitraling, "Crucily him! cnei!y.
him!'
Three powerful parties ho combined
together sr that time against Jesus. Fir,,
tho lI.rodians AMI Saldnccc-, whose
sclitious conduct seem; IL EHvc pre-.
ce ,,lc from double motive. They
holcl the Nazarcnc, and were impatient,
Of tho Roman yoke. They coul never
forgive me for kavins on,clc ,hcr holy
cts with banners ,'lat bore the ina C Of
the Roman cmpcrog;an l,alhou.h in this
Instance ha,! commillcl n fatal error,
yet the sacriesc dill not appear less
hc:nous in their eyes. Another g,i
ancc also ranked in their bosonas. |
ha proposed to emplo! pact of the
uea>urc oflhc Temple ia erecting 9 III.
ces ofpublic utility. Ny proposcl was
.cowled a'. The Pliarisccs were the
avowed enemies of Jesus. They care |
not for the Government, hni they bore
with .bi.icrncss the severe rrprinan Is
which the Nazarcne had for three years
bcen continually throwing oul against
them wherever he went.
Too weak and pusilanimous to nc, by
themselves, ,hcy had eagerly embraced
the quarrel Of the Ilcrodans nnl Sa /.
,lurecs. Beside these three parties, | ha !
TO contend against the reckless an pfof.
Iisat" populace always TO join in Sc.
iitlon, and TO profit By the disorder an t
confusion that result thcrefIom.
Jesus was Ira gel before the Council
Of the Priest, Cainplas, pcrlorme deri.
sofy act orsuhmisslon. lc sent his prison
or to ne to pronounce his condemnation
and secure his execution. answcrc
him that, as Jesus was a Galilcan, the
affair came in lcro's jurisdiction, an
orlere Jesus TO be Sent thillcr. The
willy Tetrarch pfclrssci humility, anl
protesting hi, Difference to the Ii .utenant
Of Cesar, he committed the fate of th q, :
man 10 my hands.
soon my place assumed the aspect Of
besiegcl citadel; every moment increase
the number Of the >c,litious. Jcrusa lem
vas nun late with crowIs from the
the mountains o Nazareth. All Julcn
appeared TO be pouring inlo the devoted
city.
| had taken wife, a girl from amons the
Gauls, who precnIe TO see in,o fulur.
n. Weeping, an throwing herself at
my feet. "Beware," sail she to ne be. .
ware AMI touch not that man, for he j.,
holy. Last night saw him in a vision
lie walking on the walcr--hc was fly.
ing on the wings Of the VIM. H. spoke
TO the tempest, to the palm.trees. to he
fishes Of the lakc-aI! were OBJ, icnt to
him.
"Behold! the torrent of Mount Ke.
dron flows with blool; ths statues of
Caesar are fiIle,l with the filth Of the &C.
monin; The columns Of the Pr,tofium
have civ n way, anl the sun is veile in
mourning like vestal in the tomb.
Oh! Pila,e, evil awaits thee. IL thou
wilt not listen 10 the worls Of thy wife,
dread the curses of Roman Senate
dread the lrowns of Cesar"
BY this time tile marble stairs groancd
unler the weis isht of the multitude. The
Naznrenc was bron.h, back to No. |,
proccc led to the Hall of Justice, fol.
lowed by my qua DIS, an asked the peo.
pic, in severe tone, what they deman.
del. "rhe death of the Nazarene." was
their reply. "t'cr what crime" "Ho
has blaspheme |; he has prophcsicl the
ruin Of the temple; lie calls himself the
Son Of Go the Messah---thc Kiny Of
the Jews" Roman justice" sal pnn-
ishes not su:h offence with death. -
Cruelty him, cruelty him." SHOUTED forth
the relentless rabble.
The vocifcralions of the infuriatel
mulli,u lie shook the palace to its foun.
da,ions. One man alone appeared calm
in the mds, of,hc lumul. Hc was like
unto the statues of Innocence placcl in
.,h, Temples Of the EuminleS. 1t was
the Nazarcnc.
After many fruiless attempts to pro.
1ect hi,:r --ltom the fury Of his mercicss
enemies, had the bascness to adopt 4
measure, which IL, thrt moment appear.
ri to ne to DC the only one that could
save his life. oriercl him to be
scoursc |; then calling (or an ever, |
washed mp han!s in the presence Of the
clamorous mul,i,u lc, thereby sisnilying
10 them my disupproboiion Of the drcl.
But in vain. 1t was his life ,ha, these
uee,cises ,hir.tcl after. Often, in our
civil conmo,ions have | witnessed the
furious anmo;ity OF the multitu lc, but
nothing couIl ever be compare to
what bthel in the present instance.
Il might have been truly said that OIL
this occasion all the phantoms of the
in1Hual regions hal asscnbl ID at Jcru.