Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-06-04

namely, those who rose with Christ
and went into Jerusalem and appeared
unto men. He also tells Of tho apos+
ties, Of their separation and preach.
ing. All this he relAtcs without smi-
ling, or levity Of conversations, as one
who is full OF sorrow and remorse, al-
ways looking forward To- the .judg.
inent, lest he should find him in anger,
who, when, on His way TO death, ho
had provoked to just vengeance =.
Whom invited to become q guest OIL
any one, the story is that Ahasueru us
eats little, drinks in great modera,
tion, and then hurrics on, never re.
manning long in one place. II was
also said that wherever he tarried
for q time no made q habit Of q attend.
ing places Of worship, and of listen.
ing reverently to the religious exer,
cisss, always reveroncing with sigts
the name Of the Deity or OF The Sav..
iour. He has been known to rebuke
profanity with indignation, and when,
ever he heard any one use the name
Of the Creator aippanlly to say,
"wretched man, thus to misuse the
name Of thy Lord Hudst thou seen,
as | have, how heavy and bitter were
the pangs aud WOUNDS Of the Saviour,
endured for thee and me, thou wouldst
rather undergo great pain thyself
than TO thus take His sacred hame in
vain" llNi 20 A2dali h-l4-is ,9a
Some of these descriptions Of the
Wandering Jew purport to have been
written by persons who havc seen and
talked with him. There are many
accounts of his appearance at various
times in different parts Of Europe,
and il seems almost impossible TO
doubt the sincerity OF those who have
cronicled these visitations, even if we
admit, as we must, that the writers
were deceived in some manner Of
which we know nothing. ''i'An
After his visit to England, just al.
luded to, be is not heard Of until 1905,
when he was reported 10 have ap.
pcared in Bohemia, where he assisted d
certain weaver named Kohot to find
treasure which had been secreted in
tho royal palace Of Kohots father,
sixty years before, ut which time the
Jew was present. He then had the
appearance Of being about 70 years
Of age. In l547 he was seen in Ham.
burg, il we are to believe DR., Won
Eitzen, Of Schleswih, who declared
that when he was youth in Ham
burg, he, on certain Sunday in
Church, saw q tall man with his hair
hanging over his shoulders, standing
burefooted during the sermon. The
visitor listened with the deepest at
tention. and whenever the name of
Jesus was mentioned he bowed hum.
bly, and profoundly With sighs and
beating Of the breast. After the SER
mon he was intcrrogated, and declared
himself to be Ahasuerus, the Jew
He had no other clothing in the bitter
cold Of winter than q pair Of hose
which were in tatters about his feet,
and acoat with girdle which reached
nearly to the ground. His general
appearance was that Of man Of about
30 years.
Won Eitxen says that he, with tho
rector Of the Hamburg school, who
was y traveller and well read in his
tory, questioned the Jew about events
which had taken place in the cast
since the death of Christ, and be gave
them much correct Information on
many ancient matters, so that it was
impossible not 10 be convinced of the
truth Of his story.
1t is affirmed that tho Jew was seen
in Madrid, Spain, in 1875, in just such
dress as he had worn in Hamburg
In 1899 he appeared in Vienna, If re-
port is to be believed, and immediate
ly afterward in various portions Of
Poland. He WINS said to be upon his
WY to Moscow, where he was seen
and spoken to by many persons. In
the year 1904 he is reported TO have
visited Paris and writer of that
period declares that the common peo.
pie saw the wanderer and conversed
with him. Subsequently he went TO
Hamburg again, and 10 Nanmburg,
where he was seen in church, and
where he received presents of food
and clothing from the burghcrs. In
1888 two citizens Of Brussels declared
that whilo walking in the forest near
the city they met an aged man in tat.
tered garments, whom they invited TO
an inn. He refused to sit while he
sto, bat standing he told his enter.
tainers stories OF events which hap.
pened many hundred years before,
and intimatcd that no was the very
cobbler who refused to permit Christ
TO rest on bis doorstep. A history Of
tho town Of Stamford, England, tells
how, in 1858, upon the evening Of
Whitsunday, = certain citizen heard q
knock at his door, and upon opening
II, be saw . grave old man, who asked
for refreshme.... H,is wna gsven him,
whcronpon he impaired to his host
the knowledge how to cure disease
from which the latter was suffering.
The remedy was tried and was sue.
cessful. The appearance and conduct
of the visitor were more than natu.
raj, and IL was believed then by many
At the time that ho was tho Wander
ing Jew.
In tho early part Of the eighteenth
century, a man protesting to be Jew
appeared In England, and attracted
much attention, particularly from tho
ignorant. lie thrust himself into tho
notice of the nobility, who, half in
jest, half in curiosity, paid him and
questioned him. He declared that be
had been an officer Of tho Jewish San
hedrim-hall OF Plate. He asserted
that he rcmem bcred the Apostles, and
described their clothing, their appear
snce and their peculiarilics. Hespoke
many languages, claimed TO possess
the power to cure diseases, and said
he had travelled over tho entire world
Educated men who heard him wcro
much pcrplcxod by his acquaintance
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