Show f ABBE FINDS AN OLD PARCHMENT Parl Paris May oIn 16 Abbe a distinguished dis di- di and antI writer on ecclesiastical subjects has hns di discovered co in Upper Fg Egypt It an ancient parchment which has tins an Important bearing on ona ona ona a much discussed Incident In early church his history tor Accor According to Eusebius bishop of oC Caesarea who iho ho etl In Christ sent senta a n portrait of oC himself to Abgar king kingor of or Edes Edessa a in In Mesopotamia Ah Abgar Ahr r learning of or the Saviors Savior's miraculous powers sent him a n. letter Jetter begging him to cure him of or the leprosy with which he was lie proCess l faith In In Jesus whom ho hailed as ns Son of or God Cod Jesus sent a reply b the by disciple ci- ci pie felicitating the king on his ardent faith in one whom he had never nc seen and promising tho sovereign sorer sorer- eign temporal and spiritual happiness After Alter th the tho crucifixion Thaddeus Journeyed Jour jour- to lo Edessa where lie he baptized tho ho king and presented to lo him hUn a n. leller letten letter let let- ten ler and anti portrait of ot Christ the tue latter iatter being supposed sU to to be tho only one Ine in e existence In the century the original was sent to Constantinople and in the fourteenth century to Genoa Genoa Genon Ge Ge- noa non where It Is said to rest Jealously guarded lit HI the church of or St St. Bar Dar A copy COP of or the tho portrait also exists in Ital Italy S The Tho parchment discovered by the t which is la about ton tan feet teel long oner i iy hy three r recounts Jim Ih ij l 1131 i rif or with portrait portrait J The document is of oC the seventh se century school and Is ls enriched with 20 O bel beautiful miniatures ing ng the tory story |