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diers who had crucified him divided his clothe
ment which was of asingle piece, they allotted
tor Pilate, was to describe on a tablet the crime
Ir. Printer,
Tarning over the leaves of an old
fag azine the other day, I chanced to light up-
the following ; which, you will oblige a sub-
rib er by publishing.
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cused the Nazarene ol aspiring to royalty,
Roman put up this inscription; « Jesus King
of the Jews.” This was considered as spiteful
Letter of the Wandering Jew.
¢ Far from me is fled the peace of the Lord,
nd I daily feel with a deeperehudder the force
f those words, which Jesus of Nazareth pro
Woe
5 upon mie | Horrible are my feelings | For
and contemptuous, and we applied to Pilate to
the Jews :”’ but the Roman would not alter his
tablet.
ounced over me as he was led to death. The spectacle of his execution might have
atoned for many pangs, and many stabs, and
«rs | have been wandering about with a mark|™a"Y mortifications, which we had experienced
et upon me, like another Cain, and no ‘where from him or through him. Abandoned by God
| and man we saw him suspended=='he sabbath-
an I find rest for my foot, no where a destroy :
: breaker, the friend of publicans, the despiser ol
ye angel who will | ead me to the grave, and
Not to be able
p dic! Canst thou 'magine all the horrors ©
cur traditions. His adherants were naturally
rample me into annihilation.
lowncast, now that they saw the effect of their
premature Hosannas. The scoffing at his
oy doom, if his sentence were to be fulfilled :
hou shalt not rest: thow shait not die unil|Promises of a kingdom, and at his assumed Mes
siahship, and at his present sorry impotence,
me again.’ He, the crucified Nazarene,
: . i al. Even so 11 d
ome again 2—no. Yet I shudder miserably a,jV2® universal ven some who had believe
. 3 in hi aimed : ¢ Thou who wast 1 ree
he thought of his curse, who blessed all other in him exclaim 4 wast in th
X days to build again the temple, if destroyed, save
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I know not, Josephus, how it is that 1
thyself from the Crosse’
remble for the future. Jchovah is my “God: : %
¢ But Jesus kept silence @ his sole employ
pith him there is mercy,
< Thou hast asked for an account of his exe-[{ment was suffering. He saw at his feet the
ation. Wilt thou insert jt in the history whichjiation which had applauded his doctrine, insult-
hou art composing 2 I can tell thee all—I be-{ing his misfortunes and scoffing at his torments
he'd it all: but itis knit with recollections that| Amid the crowd of beholders were some Gali-
hrovoke the ravings of despair, I feel that ‘1 leans, and some more humane persons, Wh
hall break away frem my recital, and tel thee{cast a tearful eye of pity towards his cross : ma-
poly half,
¢ Scarcely had the Roman pronounced an un.
ny, especially, of those who had derived ben
When
caught the looks of these his friends, a se-
efit from his attention to their diseases.
illing condemnation when acitve preparations
cret shudder seized me ; I thought of his aw-
began for the execution, THe was yet in the
hands of Roman soldiers; who had “scourged
S.
His outer garment they patted ; his inner gar-
¢ According to custom the Roman procura-
of the culprits, and to fix it up in terror over the
cross. From ill-will towards us, who had ac-
he
write instead,“ Jesus, who set up for king of
the sublimest hopes. She read 1m his agonized
features the torments which his tongue conceal-
ed. With a look of tenderness, he said to her:
« Mary, behold thy son ;”” and to John, « Be.
hold thy mother.” They understood the bond
which his provident affection was creating be
tween them. They looked at each other, and
at him. I dared not dwell upon the sight; bis
humanity seemed to me divine.
¢ Many of his relations and confidents were
wow close about the cross. Not only his adher-
reliance on God, nor any surprize that his own
srevious conduct should thus terminate.
«The impressions of awe, regret, sympathy
which these scenes had made on
‘and interest,
ovary feeling soul, were now by an extraordin-
avy event extended to the rudest, Jesus, (an
inexp
name bim,) Jesus had been three hours 1
tres the insolence of the most savage was €X-
hausted : the most conspicuous of his female
friends, Mary Magdalen, suffocated with grief
had swooned at the foot of the fatal tree ; when,
and this
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in tor’ |
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about noon, it became totaly dark ;
darkncss, which lasted three hours, extended to
I am not lcarned in the
but ¥ do
the whole country.
motions ef the sun, Moon, and stars;
not thibk that it resembled a common eclipse
I am sure that it made a great impression, and
vassed for a token of the displeasure of heaven
Pesple began to say ; ¢ “Perhaps this crucified
man was without guilt.” 0 Josephus, if there
[ not apprehend ?
¢ The terrors of darkness dispersed the mul
titade ; a few only staid, silent, near to Jesus.
He remained for along time mute; at length.
shortly before the shadows vanished, he repeat.
ed aloud with lofty tone’a triumphal psalm. H:
now appeared exhausted, and complained of
ful speech ; and my heart was wrung with re-
morse and pity. ¢
¢ By degrees, the abusive crowd forgot to in-
pnd ill-treated him. They now snatched from
im the mock dradem, the purple robe, the
ceptee, and all those ensigns of royalty with{sult, and his followers thickened about the cross
which we and ‘the Romans had made so memy.iThe very ruffians beside him felt an inexplica
thirst, By the centurion’s order a soldier
brought him a sponge sopt in wire, which was
fifted to bis mouth at the end of a pole. Some
resh spectators, who as they drew nigh bad
The
own,on account of ‘the approaching festival,
e was again clad in bis own garments, ble superiority in his behaviour, and turned
from their own sufferings to regard his deport-
was crowded with people, and all turned their| ent. They themselves were unheeded by the
yes towards the pretended Messiah, Four ol,
Q
pectators, whose every attention was rivetred
five days before he had made his triumphal en-
ry : he was now to be led to death. No delay
on the extraerdinary man in the centre, It was’
aaturally a remarkable circumstance, that they
waa to be expected.
His disciples, one only|were crucified with the person whom so many
excepted, did not make their appearance, but|took for the Messiah, One of them, convince.
wandered abroad trembling and intimidated, and {©
His
W hen
they saw him tottering bencath the heavy cross,
affected to look down on him as a more impi-
ous criminal, and said to him with bitter scorn :
‘ If thou beest the Christ, help thyself and us.”
¢ This, methought, from a fellow-sufferer
ventured not to approach their teacher.
emale friends were more courageous.
which he had to carry to the place of martyr.
dom, yet calm and resigned, they burst into must have been the most biting of his mortifi
. : ; . : «v3 1
oud sobbings, and followed him with breaking cations : it seemed to me almost to extenuaie
d hy the event of the futility of his pretensions, |
misuaderstood him, called out ; ¢¢ He bas been
invoking Elias,=let us see if Elias will come
to help him.” When he hed tasted of the
wine he was heard to say; ¢ It is accomplish
ents, but all of us, beheld with admiration the,
calm sufferer, neither expressing any want of
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he not deamons to have wrought this, what may |
A fo» days ago, a sailor was taken uw,
Phiiac-iphia by a constable for gallop ii:
through the streets in violation of an oidinsac,
passed by the commissioners. Wihien Grou ju
betore the justice he insisted that the chavge
made by the constable was false, that bis horse
could not gallop. Tae coustable had wo evi-
dence to prove the fact. The sailor proposed
to hima to mount the horse and convince hime
self of the truth of what he had asserted. The
constable, desirous oi proving the charge
agaist the salior, mounted the horse and began
to whip and spur; the boise sprung off and
run some distance before the constable could
stop him. A crowd bad by this time gathered
round the magisteate’s door; when the consta-
ble retarnedy Jack stepped up and accused hint.
n my cyes, Mr. constable, you have gale
ppt ting The sels cosy on
here 4 nesses (pointing to those around
Mm) who can prove the fact, aud § insist upon
you payiig the foc. The inagisirate was com-
'pelicd to fulfil his duty, and the constable was
imulcted.
iS Nomen,
A Christian lady in Yorksuwe, Bnpgpaaa, ie,
ting down to breaklast, was very |g reibly im.
|
Yicable shudder convulses me as often as Jibreud te a poor old man, who hvedgabou: Galf
pressed that she must juswantly carry a loaf of
a mile from her house. Her busiagd wished
her either torpostpone taking the loaf until after
preaktast. or to send it by a servant; bul she
chose to take it berself lustantly. As she ap-
proached the hut, she heard the sound of a hu-
mal voice ; wishing to hear what it was, she
stepped softly, and ‘uuperceived to the door,
when she heard ‘the poor man praying, and
among other things he said,» O Lord help me;
Lord thou witt heip me ; thy promise cannot
fail ; and though my wife, sell, and children,
have no bread to eat, and it is pow a whole day
since we had any, I know thou wilt supply me
though thou shouldst rain down manna from
heaven.” The lady could wit no longer ; she
opened tie door; yes, she replied, God has
sent you relief. Take this loaf aid be encout~
aged to cast your care upon him ‘who careth
for you ; and when you ever want a loat of bresd
come (0 my house.
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An Insolvent—As a Peruvian, ‘who was
Adeeply involved in debt, was walking the streets
with a very melancholy air, one of his Zcquaint-
ances asked him why he was so sorrowiul?—
i Alas!” said he, «1 am in ‘a ‘state ‘of iasole
vency.” « Wclisaid his friend, '« if that Is the
case, It 1s not you, but your ‘crédi crs whe
ought to wear a woelul countenance.”
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« Lowe has eyes.’ —The Westchester Her
Ad states, that a villain by the name of Wm
Rusler, was de ected in Rubbing the store of
Michael Marks, by a vouog lady and gentle-
man, who, as the term goes, were keefiing come
fiany 0 the Louse opposite to the scene of bui-
slary. While they were prolonging their mid
Light vigils, indulging in waking dreams of
nuptial telicity, they saw the villain enter the
store through the window, and when be was
cieverly in, young Damon stepped across he
road, made all fast and gave the alarm, which
resulied in the easy apprehension of Rosier.
care
oe
ed.” Theyoung man his friend watched hi:
evely movement ; and it was soon perceived
that he was about to die, It 18 not usual to ex-
pire 30 soon on thecross ; but it must have been
more consolatory to his relatives to know tha!
he was dead, than to behold him in torment.—
He exerted himself once more, apparently con
fident of his innocence and purity, and said
aloud ; « Father, into thy hands ¥ commend my
spirit.” He then bowed his head and died.
¢ What followed, Flavius, 1 caonot now des-
hearts. Jesus was affected by their pity, and} own inhumanity,
comforted them ¢ their futur: woes seemed tol Jesus answered nothing : but the other mal
it heavier on his soul than all which he had to sfacor Teproved the scoffer, saying’: Oussyt
undergo. ferings are just; but this man has done no
wrong: Think of me, master, (he added,
when thou shalt take possession of thy king-
>” Then Jesus rejoined : « This day thou
shalt enter with me the dwellings of the bless
ed.”
¢ The Roman centurion who was charged
with the conduct of the execution, must have
been an humane man; for when he saw that dom.
Jesus exhausted with watching, with wander-
ing, and with ill-usage, was about to sink under
‘his burden, he called to the next best man of] ¢ What dost thou think of this, Josephus ?
!strength in the crowd to lend his help, and to}O * I feel as if I could destroy myself for hav-
carry the cross for the debilitated culprit :—=but ing refused a resting-place to this resolute and
J—mooster that I now seem to myself ! Jesus|patient sufferer !
wished to rest awhile at my door——and I thrust _ ¢ By degrees, it was perceived that the for
bim unhumanly out. At length he arrived a
saken condition of his surviving relatives and
the destincd spot, called the place of skulls; andiiriends was still the solicitude of his dying
with him two ruffians who were to be crucified|thoughts. Close to the cross stood John, his
atthe same time. To them was given, as usu.
dearest disciple and bosom-friend, and beside
al, the bitter draught which benumbs the con-
demped against the pain of death : but he took
none.
him Mary, the widow of Joseph the carpenter
and mother of Jesus, Doth seemed inconscla-
ble. I have felt lit-
tle at the sight of woe : my heart is from nature
1t wanted yet three hours of noon, when From my youth upwards,
| the cross was at length fastened, Jesus wholly
| stripped, and lifted up to it.
were nailed to each end of the cross beam, and
First his hands|hard ; but I swear to thee, Josephus, that For
these two persons I felt more than for any oth-
next his feet to the main stem. He bore alller mortal woe. Jesus had lived thirty years
patiently without a murmur, without any words
but these: « Father! forgive them; they
with his mother, and bad long provided exclu-
sively for her maintenarce : save for about
The two criminals {three years that he had been engaged in preach-
know not what they do.”
also crucified ; one on
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gboyve mentioned were
af
ing ia Judea. She was not, perhaps, precisely
I
Bat thou shalt know all
The more 1 think of the past, the more 1 star-
te at having refused him rest.
vibe to thee. I am too much agitated.
mprehend it not
It is not, surely,
possible that his words should affect my frame.
[ am tired of life ; I am very old ; and yet my
strength feels green. I shall shortly write
more. God help thee.’
ty CD Tis
Clergymen and two ladies: he remarked tha
during the whole of the repast, the youngest of |
the two clergymen bad his eyes stedily fixed on
one of the ladies, who was yery bandsome.
The Bishop, after dinner, when the ladies had |
reured, asked him what he thought of the
beauty he had been looking at—The clergyman
answered,‘* My lord, in looking at the lady,
was reflecting that one day her beautiful fore
head will be covered with wrinkles ; that the
oral of her lips will pass to her eyes, the viva-
city of which will be extinguished; that the
livory of her teeth will be changed to ebony ;
jioat to the roses and lillies of her compiexion,
ithe withered appearance of care will succeed ;
that her fine soft skin wil become a dry parch-
ment ; that her agreeable smiles will be con-
verted into grimaces ; and at length she will be-
come the antidote of Love.”—I never should
have supposed, said the Bishop, thatthe sight
of a fine woman would bave inspired a young
man with such profound meditation.
1 EEWI—
An ignorant feilow being about to be married
resolved to make himself perfect in the respons
es of the service, but by mistake got beheart
the office of baptism for riper years ; so When he
Singuiar effects of beauty on a Young Man. |
Bishop Dapoy invited one day to dinner two
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Two merchants in the s rect ot St. Honore
in Paris, united by friendship and interest and
equal fortunes had the one a son and the other
+ daughter who were brought up together and
flattering by their parents with hopes of being
nited forever. ‘The happy time was now
drawing near, when a man who had nothing
recommend him buta large fortuoe, falling
{ove with the young lady applied to her rele
{ions, and obtained her against her conscal, @
spite ot all her intreatics and tears.
This misfortune so sensibly teuched her that
it visibly affected her constitution ; and after a
lingering illness she was carried off and buried.
The lover, instead of giving way to despair, cose
ceived some hope ; remembering that she had
onee been in a lethargy ; be therefore went in
the night to the church yard with the grave
digger, whom he had bribed, took her out of
(he grave, brought her to his house, and used
the best of his endeavors with such succies
that in a short time she recovered.
How great her surprise to sce ber lover. Hg
was difficult to meke her sensible how much she
was indebted to him ! She was prevailed ups
to forget ber lormer husband, and think that be
who had restored her to life had the bes! right
to it. fn short, as it was not quite safe te ro-
main at Paris, for fear of her former husband,
they thought it most prudent to go over to Eng-
Jand, where they soon arrived, aud puichased a
ittle estate in the country, upon which they lie
ed in an uninterrupted felicity the rest of their
ays.
nT (TF CRT
RULES FOR BEHAVIOR IN COMPANY.
it you bea rich man; you my enter the room
with three loud hems, march deliberately vp to
the chimney, and turn your back to the fire. If
you be a poor man, I would advise you to shrink
into the room as fast as you can, and place your-
self as usual upon a corner of a chair in a res
mote corner.
When you are desired to sing in company, 1
would advise you to refuse fort is a thousand to
one but you torment us with affectaiion or a
had voice.
A Tavern Dinner. A party of bon vivants,
who recently dined at a ceicbrated tavern, after
baving drank .an immense quanlity of wine,
rang for the bill. The bill was accordingly
brought, but the amount appearcd so enor-
mons to one of the company, ( not quite so far
gone as the rest, ) that he st.mmered out, ®
was asked in church—Wilt thou bave this
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