The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-12-03
: RAVENNA, THURSDAY, DEC: 3, 1885,

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ages Of England; aud, in return, he related
20 them many traditions of his eountry>s-
He was questioned, among other thingss about
that famous Joseph who had caused so mush
talk among smen--that Joseph who, was
present at. the Passion Of Christ, and who
yet exists as a living witness Of the Chris.
tian faith.a He was asked II he ever bad
seen him, or heard anything Of him. An
officer of the archbishop's suite, his inter-
prefer, a native of Antioch, who, was known
TO Henry Spigurnel, one of, the lord abbot's
servants, replied, in the French language,
that his master knew this man perfectly,
. and that he had even entertained hiR at his,
own table a little time previcus to his depart.
ure Tor the west. .,,... "a -.
The Armenian's story as to- what passed
between Joseph and our Saviour is' as fol.
lows: When Jesus was borne along by the
Jews from the pretorium to The place Of
cruclf tion, Cartaphilus, one Of Pontius ri.
iute's door. keepers, pushed him sharpely be-,
hind, suying. in contemptcss voice: "Walk
faster, Jesus, why dost thou tsrryr" Then
answered the Christ with q severe and
sorrowful look: 81 walk os it, 10 writer,
and shallrest ere long, ba,thor shsltwalk
tuntiT my coming" At the time. Of the Pas.
sion, CartHphlus was thirty years Of age
Whenever u he attsins his 6ftieih year, he
falls into kind Of ecstacy, from which he
awikes restored again to youth. He was
converted to the Christian fuith, and bapts.
ed by Annnies, the came who baptised Paul /,
receiving in baptism the nnme Of Joseph.--
He resides &c orally in Armenia. His con.
Versa,on is pious and edifyng. The bish-
ops are his fassociates. HetalkS but
u little, and only when hi. society is sought by
high dignitares Of the church, and BY holy
9 persons; then he. gives curious details re.
i specting the passian and resurrection Of
I Christ" &c. -, ,,s-s['.,
Tho western tradition is somewhat differ
ent from the above, and it is Supposed by
some to be more ancient, although we know
:, not upon what grounds. This version sup.
poses the Jew to have been shoemak Ell
hat Jerusalem, named Ahasaerus, and thai
after his baptism, he received the name o.
Buttatnus. Here is The gerlable legend, o,
contained in o letter written in 1l64S, BY
Chrysastonus OudulsSus. of Westphslis, t,
one Of his friends at Revel: ain the yea
:, 1647. NJ. Paulds Won Eilzen, doctor OF III,
Scriptures. and bishop of Schleswig, wa
a attending services in a church at Hamburg
=, one Sunday during winter, when he saw
:. ) most mlscrsby clad, that old Jew who ha
= andered through the world ever since tn
s. passion OF Christ He appeared about ift
years old, tullin stature, with long hair hang
Iling over his shoulders. He remained dur
ing the sermon, apd listened thereto wit
=, much devotion, On leaving the chyrcb, tn
- doctor entered into conversation with HIM
The Jew informed him, modestly, that h
bo was born atJerusalen, where he exercise
the trade OF Il shoemaker: that his name WI
l.. Ahusueruss and that he had been present
a. the crucifSion G: Christ. Afterwards
-, talked of the Apostles. Then h, addet
:. that Christ, wishag to rest against the wa
a oftis house, on account Of the heavy weig
=, of the c.oss, he had repulsed him rudely, al
:, bade him go away, when our lord made u
reply which ISIS we'll knnwn. This Jew W
od very quiet aud discreet in hi, manner. II
happened to h-ar any one hiaspheme, he e
..d claimed with sigil. and in deep angus
~, "Oh, unhappy man, why dos' thou thus abu
ID the name Of God, and Of his cruel martr
,,v dom! Ifthou hast seen, as | did, how hoa
~ and bow bitter was ihs agr,ylof aChri
,d for thine own sake and for mine, N
wouldst rather suffer the greatest evils TIL
baspheme His holy name!" When mon
,,o was offered him, he never took more tn
io. two shillings: and of that even he gave
nh. partto the poor dec laring that his own wal
lis. was ever well supplied BY God, He v
never, known to laugh. Whenever he ja,
to neysd, he always spoke The language OF 4
Ind country; thus at this time he express ed hi
md self in very good $ xon. There are ma
be people Of quality who have seen this j
in England, Sweden, Denmark, Scotia
on and other countries; as also il Germany;
had Rostock, Weimar Dantzig, and Konigsbu
nes 10 the year 1875, two ambassadors of Hu
81. stein, and particularly The secretary, CHI
ose ,tupher Kraus, met him at Madrid; ever
mid same in figure. age, manners. and costur
In the year 1890 he was at Vienna, and
md! 1901 at Lubbock. Many persons also 8
With and conversed with him in the year 1916
She Livoaia, at Cracow, and at Moscow" p.
and Such is the legend of "Der E%ige, Ju
the| - everlasting Jep. Like the story Of
Ia veronica, It is supposed to kavs its ori
ati about the commencement OF the fourth I
tury; and it must have profoundly impres
= the heart Of the people, sihceit survived
times of Luther aud Melancton, and was e
ing received as an article of belief by the
may senting communions. What. indeed, &C
are affect the Imagination more powerfully I