The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-06-07
,Elnc Wandering .5rss.

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The first explicit and authentic men
ton Of the l." Wandering Jew" will
be found in the Latin Works of Roger
de Wcndovcr, Il monk of St. Alb..ns,
who died i'll the year Of Grace 1871
This work having been merged in The
more extended one Of Aialll"w Paris.
4 bcncdicline monk OF The Congrcr;
ton of Clugny, likewise Of the luunas
terry Of ST. A!bals, about the year
1850, We there also find th. same
account given Of this mysterious per
sonagc. ltappcals, then, flon, Roger
dc endover, confirmed by Matthew
I'arlS, that IN the year OF Nativity
1873 a great convocation Of Bshurs
and of otler church d;gnilarics had as
sembled ut st. .Albans, among wl.p,n
was an Archbishop Of Armenia, Major.
who had come to England upon a ul.
grInlage to the relics lately deposited
there by the Crusaders The convcr
satiom, after time, happened to turn
upon the subject Of that famed Wan
derer OF Ages, then named :" ,Juscplus"
the faith that might be placed in the
!. long.k knnyyl, radiLinn-and as 10 the
!, cause of hisEterriiic curse. In the course
OF that interesting inquiry, the Arch
. bishop, through his ilitcrpreter, a
knight, was asked whe,h": ''iic had
ever seen or heard Of tl,t man, Of
whom there was much talk in the
world, and who is still alive, und who.
when our Lord suffered, WAS present
and spoke to him"
In reply, the knight stated that '.his
lord the Archbishop well knows lha
man. Shortly before his lord had
taken his way towards Tie Western
Countries, the said JoSerhus had ate
at ms table in Armenia, and that he
had often seen aud Held converse with
him. On being farther iUterroratc
the knight stated for his lord. that at
the time OF the suffering ofJ tsus Christ.
and when seized by tie Jews and
carried ln'o the Hall of Judglncn,
before pon,ius pilatc-that governor.
finding no tau!t with him, ncvcrth lc>,
sad " Take ye him and Judge li,u
according 20 tie law'-whcreuUon tn,
shouts Ct The Jews increased, and he
released unto them BaraLbas. and
delivered Jesus to them to be crucifcd
When therefore the Jews were drar
ging Jesus forth: and had reached ,h,
door, CartaFhilus, then a porter in the
hall III lilate's service, impiou,l,
struck the Saviour on his back with his
hand, and said in mockcry. Go faster,
Jesus, go faster; why Lost thou lngcr?'
And Jesus looking back upon with Il
severe conntcnancc, said to him, 81 am
going, and thou wilt wait till return
According as our Lord said, this Carta.
phllus (now called Joscplls) is still
awaiting his returni ST The time of
our Lords suffering, Cartaphilus was
thirty years old, and when he attains
the age ofa hundred years, lie always
returns to the same age ;.s he was at
that time!
After Christ's death, mnd VI hen the
Catholic faith gained ground, this
CartaphiIus was baptized by that
Ananas who baptized the Apostle
Paul, anI then took the name Joscplus.
lie often d%clls ia both divisions Of
''''H 'iI OlICl oIlclllSl ltilGS,
passing his time amidst the bishops
and preIates of the church; he is a man
ot holy convcrsalion--uf few words.
and clrcumspcct in his dcmeanor, for
he does not speak at all, unless when
questioned By the bishops and religious
men; and tlten he tells the events Of old
times. aud of those which occurred ~
the suffering and resurrection, namely.
those who arose with Christ, and went
into the Holy City, and appeared unto
men; he asc tells Of the Creed of the
Apostles, and Of their separation and
preaching and all This lie relates
without smiling or lcvity of cunvcrsa-
tluIi-.s ono who is well rractiscd in
s"rrnw ana the fear Of God, always
Looking forward with fear of the coming
"l Jesus Christ, lest at the last iud.,
Incnl hc slrntIId find him in anger
"n'ln, "l'cu "n his way to death, lie
had provoked 70 jnst vengeance.
NunnrrS came to him from different
parts OF The world, enjoying his society
AMI conversations; and to them, il they
are me" Of authority, he explains all
30I !, Oil I'll: u.;.tlcrs v!elcun he is