The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-14

SONS the blood of the just shall be split
Your blood shall not be split, re-
piled I, with emotion. You are more
precious in my estimation on account of
your wisdom than all the turbulent and
proud Pharisees, who abuse the freedom
granted them by the Romans, conspire
against Caesar and construe our bounty
into fear. Insolent wretches, they are
not aware that the wolf of the timber
sometimes clothes himself with the skin
of the sheep. 1 will protect you against
them. My palace of justice is open to
you as an asylum
Jesus thoughtfully shook his head and
said with a grace and divine smile:
When the day shall have come there
will be no asylum for the Son of Man,
neither in the earth nor under the earth.
The asylum of the just is there pointing
to the heavens. THAT which is written
in the books of the prophets must be
accomplished
"sY Dung man., answered 1 mildly, you
oblige me to convert my request into an
order. The safety of the province, which
has been confded to my care, requires 1t.
You must observe more moderation in
YOUR discourses. Do not infringe. My
orders you know. May happiness attend
you. Farewell"
" Prince of the earth, replied Jesus, 1
came not to bring war into the world, but
peace love and charity. l was born the
same day on which Augustus Caesar gave
peace to the Roman world. Persecution
proceeds not from me. / expect 1t from
others, and will meet it in obedience to
the will of my Father, Who has shown me
the way. Restrain, therefore, your world
" prudence. 1t is not in your power to
arrest the victim at the foot of the altar
Of expidtion
80 saying he disappeared like bright
shadow behind the curtains of the palace.
"To Herod, who then reigned in Galilee,
the enemies of Jesus addressed themselves
to wreak their vengeance on the Naza-
rene.
THE great feast of the Jews was APP
proaching. and the intention of their relig-
ious rulers was to avail themselves of the
popular exultation which always mani
tests itself at the solemnities of a Pass
over. The city was overlooking with tu-
multuous populace clamoring for the death
Of the Nazarene. My emissaries Informed
me that the treasure of the temple had
been employed in bribing the people The
danger was pressing. A Roman centurion
had been iusulted. l wrote to the project
of Syria for hundred foot soldiers and as
many calvary. He declined. 1 saw my
self alone, with a handful of veterans, in
the midst of a rebeliious city, too weak to
suppress a disorder and having no other
choice left but to tolerate it. The sedl'
tiOuS raDDle naQ seized Jesus anu d.
though they felt that they had nothing to
fear from the Pretofium, believing with
their leaders that l winked at their sed-
ton, continued vociferating, Cruelty him!
Cruelty him!
Jesus was dragged before the high
priest and condemned to death. 1t was
then that Caiaphas the high priest per-
formed a dersory act Of submission. He
sent his prisoner to me to pronounce his
condemnation. l answered him that. as
Jesus was a Galilean, the affair came un-
der Herod's jurisdiction; and 1 ordered
him to be sent thther. That willy tetrach
professed his humility, and. protesting his
Difference to me, the lieutenant of Gaze
sar, recommtted the fate of the man to
my hands
II had taken a wife-a maiden from
among the Gauls-who pretended to see
into futurity She, weeping and throwing
herself at my feet. said to me:
Beware, and touch not that Man,
for He is holy. Last night l saw Him in
a vision. He was walking on the wa
tiers. He was flying on the wings of the
wind. He spoke to the tempest and to
the fishes of the lake-all were obedient
TO Him. Behold the torrent of Mount
Kedron flows with bloodi The statues Of
Caesar are filled with the filth of Gem
onide! The columns Of the Interium have