The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-08-20

W liu tut OUTLINES OF tDc story O
the Wandering Jew all intelligen
readers are familiar 1t tells of
human being existing in an undyins
condition and travelling ceaselessl,
over the face Of the earth, seekin.
rest and finding none The sugges
ton upon which the legend is based
NAV probably be found on the word.
spoken by Christ; Verify / saw un;t
YOU, there be some standing here
which shall not taste OF death I'll
they see the Son Of Man coming II
His kingdom" Ii will be remember
cd also that Christ said 10 Peter
speaking Of John: IF / will that
be tarry till | come, what is tha; tC
thee p These and one or two other
similar sentences from the lips Of oul
Saviour have very naturally created
an impression that certain persons
who were living at the time Of His
appearance upon earth would remain
alive until His second coming upon
the judgment day Precisely how
and when this opinion crystalized into
the shape which we are considering
cannot be determined with exaetness,
but the fact Is hardly doubted that
The gospel utterances just quoted
really supplied the germ. which. in
some active foncy, perhapse thai 0. q
monk Of the Middle Ages. fructifed
into this wonderfully poetic and dra-
matte story.
The first appearance Of the Wan
dering Jew in literature is in book
Of the chronicles of the Monastery Of
ST. Albans, England, which was
copied and continued by the famous
Matthew Paris, who, in the early part
Of the thirteenth century, was an in
mate and scribe Of the abbey.
Paris asserts that the Wandering
jew visited England, in the person Of
an Archbishop Of Armenia, in 1928.
The story told of the Archbishop BY
one Of his servants was that the
Archbishop at the time of Christ,
was a porter in the palace Of Pontius
PLATE, and his name was Cartophilus.
When Plate released Jesus to the
Jews, the latter dragged him forth,
and as they reached the door, the
porter impiously struck him on the
back with his hand, and said, in q
ieering tone, Go quicker, Jesus, go
quicker, Why do you loiier - And
Christ, looking back upon him with a
severe countenance, said TO him, Il
am going, and you will wait till / re-
turn" And accordingly, as Christ
said, Cortophilus is still awaiting His
At the time Of this occurrence he
was 20 wears old; and when be
attains the age Of loo years be re-
turns to the same age be was when
The Lord suffered After Christ's
death, when the Christian faith gained
ground, Cartophilus was baptized by
(wbo also baptized the
Apostle Paul, and was called Joseph.
He became a man Of holy converse
ion and Of devout life.
This is one version Of the legend.
rbe other and more popular one is
hat a jew named Ahasuerus, by
rade shoemaker, was standing in
he door Of his shop in Jerusalem,
when Christ was passing on his way
Q Calvary Abasuerus had little
hid upon his arm, and, as the Lord
the house, bowed under
he heavy weight Of the cross. He
ried TO rest little, and stood still for
moment. But the shoemaker, in
cal and rage, and for the purpose Of
biaining credit from the Jews, drove
be Savior forward, aad told Hin 10
asien on His way. Jesus obeyed, /
at turned and looked at his assailent.
nd said, Il shall stand and rest, but /
hou shalt 20 en- until the last day."
Atthese words Abasuerus set down /
be child and, unable 10 remain
Dttt Bt was, l-c IpsioN tu Y Hi ici- anu
sw how cruelty He was crucifed,
ow He suffered, and bow He died.
IS sOol as the crucifxion was ended,
seemed as If be conld not return to
erusalem nor see again his wife and
bid, bni be felt that be must go
nth into foreign lands, one after
mother Ike a mournful pilgrim. He
-andered TO and fro over the earth
II many years, and then returned 10
is ancient home, only TO find the
oily city ruined and utterly razed, so
lat not one stone was left standing
pon another, and so that he could
Of recognize former localities. SO
nth he started upon his journey
gain, and began anew the wan
erings which shall not cease until
] things shall come to an end. Il
The old chronicles which contain
lis touching and wonderful story ,