The Jews in ancient, mediaeval and modern times . that somethings are to be questioned, to try to ascertain theline beyond which a just faith becomes credulity. Tosome this child of the Jew is the incarnate Deity ;to others, while not divine, he is nevertheless super-human ; to others still he is a man with no otherinspiration than the light which lighteth ev^ery manthat Cometh into the world. But whatever differ-ences of view may exist as to the nature of Jesus ofNazareth and the real facts of his career, Jew,Christian, Heathen, all have, at any rate, this stand- THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS. 93 in
The Jews in ancient, mediaeval and modern times . that somethings are to be questioned, to try to ascertain theline beyond which a just faith becomes credulity. Tosome this child of the Jew is the incarnate Deity ;to others, while not divine, he is nevertheless super-human ; to others still he is a man with no otherinspiration than the light which lighteth ev^ery manthat Cometh into the world. But whatever differ-ences of view may exist as to the nature of Jesus ofNazareth and the real facts of his career, Jew,Christian, Heathen, all have, at any rate, this stand- THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS. 93 ing-ground in common—that there is no higherwisdom or excellence than is contained in his pre-cepts and was lived out in his life. It is the verybeauty of holiness ; and the remembrance of this life,the hope of the realization of its promises, and thefaith in the truth of its teachings, have been thesupport and the inspiration of thousands upon thous-sands of weary pilgrims, patient sufferers, and noblemartyrs in the long ages that have CHAPTER VII. VESPASIAN AND JOSEPHUS. More than a century had passed since the Jewshad paid tribute to Rome, when Gessius Floras, aman of tyrannical nature, became procurator. TheJews resisted his exactions, in .spite of the exhorta-tions of the more prudent spirits among them, whoforesaw that Rome would make a pretext of therefusal to raise a charge of rebellion, and after thatdestroy the nation. The counsel prevailed among theJews to refuse the offerings sent by the Romans for theTemple service, but this was a practical casting-off ofthe Roman yoke. The party known as the Zealots,fanatical maintainers of independence, gained power,and at length Roman blood was shed, upon whichFlorus marched against Jerusalem with the 12thlegion. At a battle in the suburbs of the city, themasters of the world were roughly handled ; never-theless, made bold by dissensions which broke outamong their adversaries, they entered the city andbesieged the rebel
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