The Person of Jesus Christ.
THE following description was found in an ancient manuscript sent by Publius Lentulus, president of Judea, to the Senate of Rome:— "There lives at this time, in Judea, a man of singular character, whose name is Jesus Christ. The barbarians estimate him as their prophet; but his followers adore him as the immediate offspring of the immortal God. He is endowed with such unparalleled virtue as to call back the dead from their graves, and to heal every kind of disease with a word or touch. His person is tall and elegantly shaped; his aspect amiable and reverent; his hair grows in those beauteous shades which no united color can match, falling in graceful curls below his ears, agreeably couching on his shoulders and parting on the crown of his head; his dress is of the sect of Nazarines; his forehead is smooth and large; his cheeks without either spot, save that of lovely red; his nose and mouth are formed with symmetry; his beard is thick and suitable to the hair of his head, reaching a little below his chin, and parting in the middle like a fork; his eyes are bright, clear and serene. He rebukes with mildness, and invites with the most tender, persuasive language; his whole address, whether in word or deed, being elegant, grave, and strictly characteristic of so exalted a being. No man has ever seen him laugh; but the whole world beholds him weep frequently; and so persuasive are his tears, that the whole multitude cannot withhold their tears from joining in sympathy with him. He is modest, temperate and wise. In short, whatever the phenomena may turn out in the end, he seems at present to be a man of excellent beauty and divine perfections, every way surpassing men."