Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-05-20
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younger portion of them. 1t purports to
be description of Jesus Christ, md is
said to have been written hy Publius Cen
tullus, Governor of Judea, and sent TO the
Senate Of Rome, in the reign of the EN-
peror Augustus Cesar:
Consclfpt Fathers: There appeared in
these our days man named Jesus Christ,
who is yet living among us, aud Of the Cen
tiles is accepted ns e. prophet of great truth;
hut his own disciples call him the Son OF God.
Ho hath raised the dead and cured all manner
OF diseases He is man Of stature, tall and
courely, with very ruddy countenauce, euch
as the behOlder may love and fear His hair
is the color Of the flbert when fully ripe, plain
to HIS cars, whence downward it is most ornet
in color; curling and waving about his shOul-
ders in the middle of his head is n seam or
partition OF long hair, after the manner Of
the Nnzartes. His forehead is plain and del.
icate, his face without spot or wrinkle, beau
tiful, with a comely red--his nose and mouth
are exactly formed--beSd the color of his
hair, hat forked. In reproving, he is terrible;
in admonishing, courteous; in speaking, very
modest and wise; in proportion of body, we'll
shaped None have ever seen him laugh, but
many have seen him weep man, for his
surprising beauty, excelling the children of
men.
In reading it, the thought occurred to us
that it might not be out of place or inap-
propriate TO allulc to some of the teach
ings of this august and immaculate per-
sonage, during his soioum upon earth,
more than eighteen hundred years ago,
Whatever may be said MS to the divinity
of this Great Teacher, we presume no one
will deny that the system of morals and
religion inculcatcd by Him, is the best,
the purest, and the holiest that the world
has ever seen or ever will see. 1t is a
compendium of all that is good, and tue,
and beautiful in moral philosophy, far
surprising every thing that has ever been
said or written by the sages and philoso-
piers of ancient or modern times. .
1t was but natural and reasonable to
conclude that the maxims and teachings
promulgated by Him should be received
and acted upon by all who studied them
as the best and surest way to the attain.
ment of personal ard collective happiness
This used to be the controlling idea will
all who had the well-beiDg of society anC
; the permanent and substantial good of tn,
: race at heart.
But within the last few years timei
have sadly and radically changed. Thc
proiessed and scl(-styled ambassadors
of Christ have wholly set aside and Iepu
dated His doctrines ana teachings, ant
substituted their wild, fanoticnl and bloody
clamorings in their stead.
Let us quote a few of the pure and sub
lime maxims of the "NIan of Nazareth,
: and see how they compare with the insan
e teachings of the blood-thirsty pulpit ora
T. tors of the present day-the evolves il
sleeps clothing" who have done more t,
upturn the peaceful foundations of societ,
and abrogate all the sanctions of law
morality and religion, than any other elias
, of men.
n Here are some of them:
e "Bessed are the peaeemakers, for the
# shall be called the children OF God"
'IIove your enemies, bless them that ours
yon, do good to them that hate you and de
piefully hse you and persecute you
u "Judge not, that ye be not judged"
u whatsoever ye would that men should d
/ to you, do ye even 30 to them.
These sublime and heaven-bon teacl
III ings should commend themselves TO Il
N sentiments and practice of every bod,
But it seems otherwise. A great man
a. A. people at the present day-especially me
l. in clerical vestments-are, in their Ow
IN esteem, wiser than the author of the
IL maxims.
From the rostrum and the pulpit, {
al the street corners and even in tho fami
Dr circle, sentiments of hatred, malice, I
venge and murder have been proclaimed
Of The christian and civilized world h,
n been amazed and appalled, at the utte
ir ances of these people for the last four year
10 and their insatiate rawlings still continu
y y Now, when the war is believed to be ent
q ed, still the clamor for more blood ris,
u up to heaven. No mercy is to be show
# to conquered foe. These men shoul
/ remember that Peace, to be permanent an
enduring, must have substantial bash
n and our government can now well alfor
+, to be magnanimous. BY tho exhibitio