Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1867-10-17
CLEARFIELD, Pa, THURSDAY, OCT II, 1857
renLs, & thoy live here,' ordered the

rents, if they live here, ordered the
governor.
They live here, certainly, replied
the youth, and he mentioned theil
names. No such names were known
in the town. Then the governor ex-
claimed, GLOW dare you say this
money belonged to your parents when
it dates back three hundred and sew
enty-seven years, and is as old as the
beginning Of the reign Of Decius, and
it is utterly unlike our modern coin
agel Do you think to imposeon tho
old men and sages Of Ephesus? Be
lieve me, shall make you sitter the
seventies Of the law till yol show
where you made the discover.
"'I implore you, cried Mahhus, in
the name Of God, answer xse few
questions, and then ] viii answer
yours. Where is the Emperor Docius
gone tor
"The bishop answered, My son,
there is no emperor of that name; he
who was thus called died long ago
"All / hear perplexes me more
and more. Follow me, ard | will
show you my comrades, who fed with
me into cave of Mount Celion, only
yesterday, to escape the cruelty Of
Decius. ] will lead you to them
"The bishop turned to the governor.
The hand Of God is here, he said.
Then they followed, and a great crowd
after them. And Malehus entered
first into the cavern TO his companions,
and the bishop after him. And there
they saw the martyrs seated in the
cave, with their faces fresh and bloom
ing as roses; so all fell down and
glorified God. The bishop and the
governor sent notice TO Theodosius,
and he hurried TO Ephesus. All the
inhabitants met him and conducted
him to the cavern. As soon as the
saints beheld the Emperor their faces
shono like tho sun, and the Emperor
gave thanks unto God, and embraced
them, and said, d sec you as though ]
saw the Saviour restoring Lazarus.
haximian replied, Believe US for the
faiths sake God has resuscitated Us
before the great resurrection day, in
order that you may believe firmly in
the resurrection OF the dead For as
the child is in its mothers womb liv.
ing and not suffering, so have we
lived without suffering fast asleep.
And having thus spoken, they bowed
their heads, and their souls returned
to their Maker. The Emperor rising
bent over them and embraced them
weeping. He gave them orders foI
golden reliquaries TO be made, but
that night they appeared to him in
dream, and said that hitherto tho7
had slept in the earth. and that in
the earth they desired 20 sleep on till
God should raise them again"
Such is the beautiful story. II seems
TO have travelled to us from the East.
Jacobus Sarugiensis, MesoIotamian
bishop, in the fifth or sixth century,
is said TO have been the first to com
nit it to writing. Gregory Of Tours
(Do Glor. Mart. i. 81 was pehaps the
first TO introduce it to Eurcpe. Di-
onysius of Antioch (ninth century,
told the story in Syrian, and Pontius,
of Constantinoplo, reproduced it with
the remark that Mahomet had adopt.
cd it into the Koran. Metrphrastus
alludes to it as well in the tenth cen
tury Eutycbius inserted il in his
annals of Arabia it is found in the
Coptic and Maronise books, and sew.
eral carly historians, as Patlus Dia.
conus, Nicephorus, &c, have inserted
I it in their works.