The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-04-07
ABOUT CHRIST. ].
An Interesting NarentIve Of Che Saw
Jour by PontIus gilatc, Translated

An Interesting Narentfye of fhc Saw
Jour by PontIus gilatc, Translated
From the Latin.
Joe Howard in New York Press: /
had not road until yesterday. small
book entitled IAN Interesting Narrative
Of Our Saviour Jesus, Christ" bg Pom
tins PLATE, which was published in 1919
by tie Shakers Press Canterbury. N.
II. 1t Is q strange, Weird story. The
translation frotn the Latin is by N.
Swan.
Plate. after paying his respects to
Herod, the 'wily Tetarth." who com
mi,ted Christ to his hands, says:
~ had taken TO wife a girl from
among the Gauls, who pretended to see
into tuturity. Weeping, and throwing
herself at my feet. Beware" said sheto
me: beware, and touch not the man.
for he Is holy. Last night saw him in
vision-he was walking on the water
he was flying on the wings of the wind.
He spoke to the tempests. to the palm
trees. to the fishes of the lake--all we're
obedient to him. Behold! The torrent
OF Mount Cedron flows with blood-the
statues Of Caesar are soiled with the
fifth of the .gemonlac-the columns OF,
the Pretorium have given way, and the
sun Is yelled in mourning like a vestai
in the tomb! oh, PLATE. evil awaits
thee!'lIf thou 1wllt not listen to the.
words OF thy wife--dread the curses OF
n Roman senate-dread the frowns OF
Caesar! 81
PLATE continues: by this time my
marble stairs groaned under the weight.
of the multitude. SO e The voclf-i
eratlons OF the Infatuated multitude
shook the palace to Its foundations.i
One man alone appeared calm In tho
midst Of the tumult. He was like unto
the statue OF Innocence placed In the
temples Of the Euminides. 1t was the
NaZarene. After many fruitless at
tempts TO protect him from the fury OF
his merc!lcss prosecutors, I had the
basencss to adopt measure which, at
that moment. appeared to me to be the
only one that could save his life I or
dered him to be scourSed; then, calling
for ever. washed my hands In the
presence Of the clamorous multitude.
thereby. signifying to them my disap-
probation Of the deed. But in vain!
All the phantoms of the
internal region had assembled together
at Jerusalem. The crowd appeared not
TO walk; they were borne Off and whlrl-
ed as a vortex. rolling along like waves,
from the portal of the Pretorlum even
unto Mount Zlon,w bowling. screams,
shrieks and deliberations, such as were
never heard either in the sedItions OF
Panonia or in the tumults Of the For
um""
1t being the custom of the Roman
governors to advertise to the senate and
people OF such things as happened In
their respective provinces, Publius Len
tulus, being president IN the days of
Tberius Caesar, the emperor. wrote the
following. eplstle concerning Christ:
"a man OF stature, somewhat tall
and comely. with q very reverent coun-
tenance, such MS the beholders may
both love and fear. Els hair Is the color
of a tibert fully ripe, plain to his ears,
whence downward 1t is, more orient of
color somewhat curling and waving
about his shoulders; iRIs the midst of
his head Is 4 seam, or partition of his
hair, after the manner ofythe Nazarltes.
His forehead plain and delicate: his
face without spot or wrinkle. beautifed
with ,comelv red; his nose and mouth,
exactly formed: his beard thick and the
co!Gr o; his hair: not OF any great
length. but forked; his looks innocent,
his eyes gray, clear and quick; in re-
proving, teTrlble-i:; admonishing, cour-
;eous-in speaking, very modest and
wise-in proportions of body. well shap-
ed: Zone have seen him laugh, but many
have seen him weep. \ man OF his sin
Gu!ar Beauty surpasses the children OF
men" ."-T.r