[Gutenberg 56750] • Tarry thou till I come; or, Salathiel, the wandering Jew.

Excerpt from Tarry Thou Till I Come: Or Salathiel, the Wandering Jew

I had headed the multitude: where others shrank, I urged; where others pitied, I reviled; I scoffed at the feeble malice of the priesthood; I scoffed at the tardy cruelty of the Roman; I swept away by menace and by scorn the human reluctance of the few who dreaded to dip their hands in blood. Thinking to do God service, and substituting my passions for my God, I threw fire brands on the hearts of a rash, jealous, and bigoted peo ple - I triumphed!

In a deed, which ought to have covered earth with lamentation, which was to make angels weep, which might have shaken the universe into dust, I triumphed! The decree was passed: but my frenzy was not so to be satiated. I loathed the light while the victim lived. Under the charge of treason to Caesar, I demanded instant execu tion of the sentence - Not a day of life must be given; not an hour; - death, on the instant; death! My clamor was echoed by the roar of millions.

But, in the moment of my exultation, I was stricken. F He who had refused an hour of life to the victim, was, in terrible retribution, condemned to know the misery of life interminable. I heard through all the voices of Jeru salem - I should have heard through all the thunders of heaven, the calm, low voice, Tarry thou, till I come!

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