Richmond Democrat

The Savior as Described by a Roman Governor.

We do not remember ever to have read any personal description so perfect, beautiful and vivid as the following description of our savior, by a Roman ruler. It is so clear and complete that the artist can take it and produce his portrait without difficulty. At the period when his fame began to spread in Judea, Publius Lentulus, who was then its governor, wrote to the Roman Senate:

"There is here at the present time, a man of singular virtue, who is called Jesus Christ. The Barbarians esteem him as a prophet, but his sect adore him as a descendant of the immortal Gods. He restores the dead to life, and heals diseases by a word and by his touch. He is tall and graceful of stature: his aspect is mild and venerable; his hair is of a color which cannot be described, falling in ringlets below his ears and spreading over his shoulders with infinite grace. He wears it parted on the top of his head, after the manner of the Nazarenes. His forehead is broad and smooth, his cheeks are tinged with a lovely bloom. His nose and mouth are admirably regular; his beard bushy, and of the same color as his hair, descends an inch and separated in the middle it assumes the form of a fork. His eyes are beautiful sparkling and clear. He reproves with majesty, and his exhortations are full of sweetness.

Whether he speaks or acts, he does all with eloquence and gravity. He has never been seen to laugh, but has often been known to weep. He is very temperate, very modest and very wise. In a word, he is a man who by his great beauty and his divine perfections surpasses the children of men."

-Ex.