The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-12-09
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RELIGIOUS.

little son. l see with pleasure that
thou learnest well and prayest dill
igently. DO SO, my son, and contin-
ue. When / come home / will
bring thee pretty fairing-
! know a pretty, merry garden
wherein there are many children.
They have little golden coats, and
they gather beautiful apples under
the trees, and pears, cherries, plums,
and wheat plums; they sing, and
jump, and are merry. They have
beautiful little horses, too, with gold
bits and silver saddles. And |
asked the man to whom the garden
belongs, whose children they were?
And he said: They are children that
love to pray, and to learn, and are
good. Then / said: Dear man, |
have little son, too, his name is
Johnny Luther. May he also como
into the this garden, and eat these
beautiful apples and pears and ride
these fine horses? Then the man
said: If he loves to pray and learn
and is good, he shall come into this
garden and Lupus and Jost too,
and when they all come together
they shall have flies and trumpets,
lutes, and all sorts of music, and
they shall dance and shoot with lit.
tie cross-bows.
And he showed me fire mead
ow in the garden, made for dan
cling. There hung nothing but fine,
golden flies, trmpets, and fire silver
cross-bows. But it was early and
the children had not yet eaten.
therefore, could not wait for the
dance, and / said to the man: All,
dear sir! I will Immediately go and
write all this to my little son, John
ny, and tell him to pray diligently,
and to learn well, and to be good,
SO that he may also come into this.
garden. But he has an Aunt.
Lehne, he must bring her with him.
Then the man said: 1t shall be so;.
go and write him so.
Therefore, my dear little Johnny.
learn and pray away, and tell Lip
pus and Jost, too, that they must.
learn and pray. And then you shall
come to the garden together. Here
with l commend thee to Almighty
God. And greet Aunt Lehne, and
give her kiss for my sake-thy
dear father. MARTIN LUTHER.
Ammo, 1880.
The SAVIOR AS DESCRIBED BY
A ROMAN GovERNoR.-At the pc.
riod when the fame of Jesus Christ
began to spread in Judea, Palinsi
Lenteus, who was then its Governor,
wrote to the Roman Senate: "There.
is here, at the present time, a man Of
singular virtue, who is called Jesus
Christ; the barbarians esteem him
as prophet, but his sect adore him
as a descendant Of the immortal
Gods. He restores the dead to life,
and heals diseases by word and
his touch. He is of a tall and grace
full stature, his aspect is mild and
venerable. His-hair is of color
whiQb cannot be described, falling
in ringlets below his ears, and
spreading over his shoulders with
infinite grace. He wears it parted
on the top OF his head, after the
manner ofthe Nazarenes. His fore
head is broad and smooth, his
cheeks are tinged with a lovely
bloom. His nose and mouth are.
admirably regular and his beard
bushy, and Of the same color as his
hair, descends an inch below the.
chin, and, separated in the middle,
it assumes the form Of fork. His.
eyes are beautiful, sparkling and
vivid. He reproves with majesty.
and his exhortations are full of
sweetness whether he speaks or
acts, he does all with eloquence and
gravity. He has never been seem
to laugh, but has often been known
to weep. He is very temperate,
very modest and very wise. III a
word he is a man who, by his great
beauty and his divine perfections,
| surpasses the children of men,
1t lis said that once, i'll company
| of literary men, Mr.. Webster was
asked if be could comprehend how
Jesus Christ could be both God and
man. "No, sir,'' he replied, and
added, 81 should be ashamed to ack
knowledge Him as my Savior if (
could comprehend Him. If could
comprehend Him he would be no
greater than myself. Such is my
sense of sin and consciousness of my
inability to save myself, that I feel
I need superhlman Savior, one so
great and glorious that l cannot
comprehend Him.
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