The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31

will and order that he who hath been cru
Gifted with me should go in. should receive
remission OF sins through me; and that he
having Dut on our i~ncorruptible BODY.
should go into paradise. and dwell wnere
no one hath ever been able to dwell"
Now the Lord saw about the cross His
mother standing. and John the Evangelist
whom He peculiarly loved above the rest
of the apostles. because he alone of them
was a virgin in the body And the Lords
mother. standing and looking. cried out
with a loud voice, saying. My SON. MY
SON. And Jesus turning 10 her. and see
Ing John near her. weeping with the rest
of The women. said. Behold thy sca. And
He gave John the charge of Holy Mary,
saving unso him. Behold thy mother.
From that hour the holy mother of the
Lord remained specially in the care or
John. as long as she had her habitation in
this life.
But Mary wept much. saying. For this I
weep. nv son. because thou suffeTest un-
Justly. because the lawless Jews have de-
livered thee to a bitter death. Without
thee. my son. what will become of me?
How shall / live without thee? What sort
OF life shall 1 spend? Where are thy dis
ciples, who boasted that they would die
with thee? Where are those healed by
thee? How hath no one been found TO help
thee2' And. looking to the cross. she said:
bend down, o cross. that L may embrace
and kiss my son. whom 1 sucked at these
breasts after a strange manner, as not hav-
ing known man. Bend down, o cross; L
wish 10 throw my arms around my son.
Bend down. o cross, that ] may bid fare
well to my son like a mother" But the
Jews, hearing these words. came forward
and drove to a distance both Mary and the
women and John.
THE TRANSPORTATION
Now il was about the sixth hour, and
there was darkness over all the earth until
the ninth hour. The sun was darkened, his
fiery blaze was checked. and his heat be-
came moderate; the moon became blood
and the stars fell down from heaven. Many,
also. went about with lamps, supposing
that it was night. and fell down. And the
Lord cried out, saying, MY power. my
power. thou hast forsaken me-" And again
He said. IT thirst Then one Of them said,
'Give Him TO drink gall. with vinegar"
And they mixed and gave him to drink, full
filing all things. and accomplishing their
sin against their own head. Then Jesus,
crying out with a loud voice, Father. into
Thy hands 1 shall commit my spirit" gave
up the ghost, and was taken up.
And Immediately the veil of the temple
was rent in twain. For in that hour the
virgins who ministered in the temple saw
all things created change. And, fearing,
they fled into the tabernacle into the holy
of HOLES and shut the door OF the temple.
Straightway. then, they saw a great and
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ing in great anger. with a sharp sword
drawn in his right hand. And when they
saw him they fed into the shrine. being
afraid and exceedingly troubled. fearing
that he would smite them with the sword
that was in his hand. But the angel said
TO them, BE not afraid. ] will not slay
you, neither shall evil befall you. Surely
those who are dead, also, shall arise and
come forth from the tomb 10 enter into the
city, and appear unto many men, reprov-
ing and convicting the folly of the cursed
Jews, and their shamelesness which they
wrought against the Lord of the inhabit-
ants of heaven and of earth" -Straightway,
then. the angel stretched forth the sword
which was in his hand; and he brought it
down upon the veil of the temple, rending
it in the midst, and dividing it from the
top to the bottom.
And the virgins heard a great voice from
the horns of the altar, saying, Woe to
thee. Jerusalem, which killest the prophets
and stonest them which are sent unto thee.
Often would j have gathered thy children,
even as a bird gathereth its eggs together
under it's wings, but we would not. Behold
your house. 1 have left it unto you" They
looked again and saw the angel assigned
TO the altar fly up on the canopy of the
altar, and the angel also having the sword,
both being in great mourning and anger.
And when they saw all these things come
to pass they knew that the Lord was angry
with His people. and had left them. So
they hasted and came unto Mary, and were
with her in order that they might not come
TO be under the curse which they had
heard from the mouth Of the angel of the
Lord, who rent the veil.
A GREAT DISTURBANCE.
And In that hour there was a very great
and violent earthquake over all the earth.
The rocks also were rent, and the tombs
of the dead were opened; the sanctuary fell
down with the wings of the temple. a
Intel of which was broken asunder. Many
places In Judea and other districts were
thrown down; the sea was heaved up from
its depths, and all the elements of the uni
verse, bewildered by the strange events,
were thrown into confusion. And when
the philosophers at Athens were not able
TO explain these events by natural causes
they concluded that the God of nature was
suffering. so that the people raised an altar
TO tAis God and put on it the inscription:
ITO the Unknown God"
And from all these things that had hap
pened the Jews were afraid and said:
Certainly this was a just man." And
L~onginus. the centurion. who stood by,
glorihed God and said: Truly this was a
son of God" And all the crowds who were
present at the spectacle. seeing what had
happened. beat their breasts with fear and
turned and went away.
And the centurion, having perceived all
these so great miracles. went away and
reported them 10 Plate. Now, when the
procurator and mis- wife heard them. Won
dering and astonished. they were greatly
grieved. And from their fear and grief
they would neither eat nor drink that day.
And PLATE sending notice. all the SAN
hedrin came to him as soon as the darkness
was past. Then he said TO the people: "Ye