At Bethany.

AND now behold a lawyer roseWith tempting question vain,And said: "Master, what must I doEternal life to gain?"Jesus addressed His questionerWith manner frank and kind,And by a parable He taughtHis keen and doubting mind;Told of the good SamaritanWho succored a poor Jew;Then, in conclusion, counseled him:"Go thou and like wise do."

AND now behold a lawyer roseWith tempting question vain,And said: "Master, what must I doEternal life to gain?"

AND now behold a lawyer rose

With tempting question vain,

And said: "Master, what must I do

Eternal life to gain?"

Jesus addressed His questionerWith manner frank and kind,And by a parable He taughtHis keen and doubting mind;

Jesus addressed His questioner

With manner frank and kind,

And by a parable He taught

His keen and doubting mind;

Told of the good SamaritanWho succored a poor Jew;Then, in conclusion, counseled him:"Go thou and like wise do."

Told of the good Samaritan

Who succored a poor Jew;

Then, in conclusion, counseled him:

"Go thou and like wise do."

AND as they went, He and the twelve,Along the public road,They entered into Bethany,Where Martha, kind, abode;Who hospitably welcomed HimInto her house to rest,Then hastened to provide for HimRefreshments of the best.Meanwhile her sister Mary,Who long had wished to meetThe gracious Lord and hear His voiceSat meekly at His feet.But Martha, cumbered and perplexedWith anxious, household care,And wishing for her welcome GuestA banquet to prepare,Entered the room where Jesus sat,And said: "Lord, dost Thou knowMy sister lets me serve alone?Bid her some help bestow."And Jesus answered in a toneOf grace yet kind concern,"O, Martha, Martha, good and true,Thou something hast to learn."Thou careful art, and troubled muchAll good things to enjoy,And that thy friends may feast full wellThy time and means employ;"And yet there's but one needful thing,Worthy thine utmost thought,And that good part is Mary's choice,Which from her take thou not."

AND as they went, He and the twelve,Along the public road,They entered into Bethany,Where Martha, kind, abode;

AND as they went, He and the twelve,

Along the public road,

They entered into Bethany,

Where Martha, kind, abode;

Who hospitably welcomed HimInto her house to rest,Then hastened to provide for HimRefreshments of the best.

Who hospitably welcomed Him

Into her house to rest,

Then hastened to provide for Him

Refreshments of the best.

Meanwhile her sister Mary,Who long had wished to meetThe gracious Lord and hear His voiceSat meekly at His feet.

Meanwhile her sister Mary,

Who long had wished to meet

The gracious Lord and hear His voice

Sat meekly at His feet.

But Martha, cumbered and perplexedWith anxious, household care,And wishing for her welcome GuestA banquet to prepare,

But Martha, cumbered and perplexed

With anxious, household care,

And wishing for her welcome Guest

A banquet to prepare,

Entered the room where Jesus sat,And said: "Lord, dost Thou knowMy sister lets me serve alone?Bid her some help bestow."

Entered the room where Jesus sat,

And said: "Lord, dost Thou know

My sister lets me serve alone?

Bid her some help bestow."

And Jesus answered in a toneOf grace yet kind concern,"O, Martha, Martha, good and true,Thou something hast to learn.

And Jesus answered in a tone

Of grace yet kind concern,

"O, Martha, Martha, good and true,

Thou something hast to learn.

"Thou careful art, and troubled muchAll good things to enjoy,And that thy friends may feast full wellThy time and means employ;

"Thou careful art, and troubled much

All good things to enjoy,

And that thy friends may feast full well

Thy time and means employ;

"And yet there's but one needful thing,Worthy thine utmost thought,And that good part is Mary's choice,Which from her take thou not."

"And yet there's but one needful thing,

Worthy thine utmost thought,

And that good part is Mary's choice,

Which from her take thou not."

AGAIN, did Jesus journey on,When, in a certain place,He lifted up His voice in prayerWith unction, power and grace.When He had ceased one of the twelveSaid: "Lord, teach us to pray,As John taught those who followed him,"We wish to do as they."He taught them then that form of prayerWhich pure devotion is;Known asThe Lord's Prayerever since,Because the words are His.Then on He went, and preached the truth,Along each country road,And taught the people, high and low,The love and fear of God;And told them how God answers prayer,If prayer be warm and true—With far more loving, swift responseThan earthly parents do.

AGAIN, did Jesus journey on,When, in a certain place,He lifted up His voice in prayerWith unction, power and grace.

AGAIN, did Jesus journey on,

When, in a certain place,

He lifted up His voice in prayer

With unction, power and grace.

When He had ceased one of the twelveSaid: "Lord, teach us to pray,As John taught those who followed him,"We wish to do as they."

When He had ceased one of the twelve

Said: "Lord, teach us to pray,

As John taught those who followed him,

"We wish to do as they."

He taught them then that form of prayerWhich pure devotion is;Known asThe Lord's Prayerever since,Because the words are His.

He taught them then that form of prayer

Which pure devotion is;

Known asThe Lord's Prayerever since,

Because the words are His.

Then on He went, and preached the truth,Along each country road,And taught the people, high and low,The love and fear of God;

Then on He went, and preached the truth,

Along each country road,

And taught the people, high and low,

The love and fear of God;

And told them how God answers prayer,If prayer be warm and true—With far more loving, swift responseThan earthly parents do.

And told them how God answers prayer,

If prayer be warm and true—

With far more loving, swift response

Than earthly parents do.

NOW, in a synagogue, as HeOne Sabbath day did preach,Behold a woman, quite bowed downAnd listening to His speech,A poor, afflicted sufferer,Who bore with groans and tears,A spirit of infirmityFor fully eighteen years.Upon her Jesus laid His hand,And, suddenly made straight,She rose and glorified her God,Whose mercies are so great.The ruler of the synagogue,Indignant that the LordUpon the Sabbath day had wroughtThis healing by His word,Unto the people said: "There areSix days in which you mayDo all your works;—in them be healed—Not on the Sabbath day."Then Jesus answered: "Hypocrite,Doth not each of you thinkIt right, on Sabbath day, to leadHis beast away to drink?"And ought not this poor woman, whoIs Abraham's daughter, beMade loose from pain she bore so longThrough Satan's tyranny?"And all His adversaries wereAshamed when thus He chid,While others wondered and rejoicedFor all the works He did.

NOW, in a synagogue, as HeOne Sabbath day did preach,Behold a woman, quite bowed downAnd listening to His speech,

NOW, in a synagogue, as He

One Sabbath day did preach,

Behold a woman, quite bowed down

And listening to His speech,

A poor, afflicted sufferer,Who bore with groans and tears,A spirit of infirmityFor fully eighteen years.

A poor, afflicted sufferer,

Who bore with groans and tears,

A spirit of infirmity

For fully eighteen years.

Upon her Jesus laid His hand,And, suddenly made straight,She rose and glorified her God,Whose mercies are so great.

Upon her Jesus laid His hand,

And, suddenly made straight,

She rose and glorified her God,

Whose mercies are so great.

The ruler of the synagogue,Indignant that the LordUpon the Sabbath day had wroughtThis healing by His word,

The ruler of the synagogue,

Indignant that the Lord

Upon the Sabbath day had wrought

This healing by His word,

Unto the people said: "There areSix days in which you mayDo all your works;—in them be healed—Not on the Sabbath day."

Unto the people said: "There are

Six days in which you may

Do all your works;—in them be healed—

Not on the Sabbath day."

Then Jesus answered: "Hypocrite,Doth not each of you thinkIt right, on Sabbath day, to leadHis beast away to drink?

Then Jesus answered: "Hypocrite,

Doth not each of you think

It right, on Sabbath day, to lead

His beast away to drink?

"And ought not this poor woman, whoIs Abraham's daughter, beMade loose from pain she bore so longThrough Satan's tyranny?"

"And ought not this poor woman, who

Is Abraham's daughter, be

Made loose from pain she bore so long

Through Satan's tyranny?"

And all His adversaries wereAshamed when thus He chid,While others wondered and rejoicedFor all the works He did.

And all His adversaries were

Ashamed when thus He chid,

While others wondered and rejoiced

For all the works He did.

FINDING OF THE LOST SHEEP.St. Matthew 18.12-14; St. Luke 15.3-7

WHEN, coming near His journey's end,Jerusalem was nigh,He, one day, saw a man, born blind,As He was passing by.And His disciples questioned Him:"Master, whose sin hath doneSuch evil as is this man's lot—His parents' or his own?"And Jesus answered: "Neither hathHis parents sinned nor he,But that the works of God, in him,Might be made plain to see."I must perform my Father's worksWhile it is day; the nightIs coming, when no man can work;But I am the world's light,"As long as I am in the world."And when He thus did sayHe spat upon the ground, and madeThe spittle into clay;And with it He anointed thickThe eyes that ne'er had seen,Then said unto the man: "Go washIn water pure and clean."Then went the man obediently,And washed his sightless eyes,And instantly he saw all round,With grateful, glad surprise.The neighbors said: "Is this the manWho begged, and could not see?"Said others: "He is like to him."But he said: "I am he."They asked him how he gained his sight,And he, with thankful voice,Told all about the wondrous workThat made his heart rejoice.And now unto the PhariseesThe happy man they brought;And it was on the Sabbath dayThis miracle was wrought.Questioned by doubting Pharisees,He did to them relateThe way by which he was relievedFrom his unhappy state.They said the man who gave him sightA sinner, sure must beOr He would not, on such a day,Make a blind man to see.Yet others said: "How can a manWho is a sinner doSuch miracles?" The healed man said:"He is a prophet true."The Jews would not believe the manWas ever blind at all;And, to find out if it were so,They did his parents call,And asked them: "Is this man your son,Who without sight was born?How, then, doth he now see so well,Yet blind until this morn?"The parents said: "He is our son,And was born blind, we know;But know not how he gained his sight;Himself the truth must show."The Jews straightway recalled the man,And said: "Give God the praise,We know this man's a sinner, byHis Sabbath-breaking ways."He answered them: "I know not ifThis man a sinner be;One thing I know, that whereas IWas blind, yet now I see."We know that God regardeth notA sinful man's appeal;But to obedient worshippersHe will Himself reveal."Since first the world began can yeSuch wondrous power findAs that a mortal man could healThe eyes of one born blind?"And if this man were not of God,Nor down from heaven came,He could do nothing in my case—All glory to His name!"And then they answered, wrathfully:"Thou, who believest thus,Wast altogether born in sin,And art thou teaching us?"They cast him out; which Jesus heard,And found him, when alone:"Believ'st thou on the Son of God?"He asked in gentle tone.The man said: "Lord who is He, thatMy faith to Him might bow?"Said Jesus: "Thou beholdest Him,He talketh with thee now."Then he said: "Lord, I do believe,"With fervent voice, and loud,And bending forward to the earth,In reverent worship bowed.

WHEN, coming near His journey's end,Jerusalem was nigh,He, one day, saw a man, born blind,As He was passing by.

WHEN, coming near His journey's end,

Jerusalem was nigh,

He, one day, saw a man, born blind,

As He was passing by.

And His disciples questioned Him:"Master, whose sin hath doneSuch evil as is this man's lot—His parents' or his own?"

And His disciples questioned Him:

"Master, whose sin hath done

Such evil as is this man's lot—

His parents' or his own?"

And Jesus answered: "Neither hathHis parents sinned nor he,But that the works of God, in him,Might be made plain to see.

And Jesus answered: "Neither hath

His parents sinned nor he,

But that the works of God, in him,

Might be made plain to see.

"I must perform my Father's worksWhile it is day; the nightIs coming, when no man can work;But I am the world's light,

"I must perform my Father's works

While it is day; the night

Is coming, when no man can work;

But I am the world's light,

"As long as I am in the world."And when He thus did sayHe spat upon the ground, and madeThe spittle into clay;

"As long as I am in the world."

And when He thus did say

He spat upon the ground, and made

The spittle into clay;

And with it He anointed thickThe eyes that ne'er had seen,Then said unto the man: "Go washIn water pure and clean."

And with it He anointed thick

The eyes that ne'er had seen,

Then said unto the man: "Go wash

In water pure and clean."

Then went the man obediently,And washed his sightless eyes,And instantly he saw all round,With grateful, glad surprise.

Then went the man obediently,

And washed his sightless eyes,

And instantly he saw all round,

With grateful, glad surprise.

The neighbors said: "Is this the manWho begged, and could not see?"Said others: "He is like to him."But he said: "I am he."

The neighbors said: "Is this the man

Who begged, and could not see?"

Said others: "He is like to him."

But he said: "I am he."

They asked him how he gained his sight,And he, with thankful voice,Told all about the wondrous workThat made his heart rejoice.

They asked him how he gained his sight,

And he, with thankful voice,

Told all about the wondrous work

That made his heart rejoice.

And now unto the PhariseesThe happy man they brought;And it was on the Sabbath dayThis miracle was wrought.

And now unto the Pharisees

The happy man they brought;

And it was on the Sabbath day

This miracle was wrought.

Questioned by doubting Pharisees,He did to them relateThe way by which he was relievedFrom his unhappy state.

Questioned by doubting Pharisees,

He did to them relate

The way by which he was relieved

From his unhappy state.

They said the man who gave him sightA sinner, sure must beOr He would not, on such a day,Make a blind man to see.

They said the man who gave him sight

A sinner, sure must be

Or He would not, on such a day,

Make a blind man to see.

Yet others said: "How can a manWho is a sinner doSuch miracles?" The healed man said:"He is a prophet true."

Yet others said: "How can a man

Who is a sinner do

Such miracles?" The healed man said:

"He is a prophet true."

The Jews would not believe the manWas ever blind at all;And, to find out if it were so,They did his parents call,

The Jews would not believe the man

Was ever blind at all;

And, to find out if it were so,

They did his parents call,

And asked them: "Is this man your son,Who without sight was born?How, then, doth he now see so well,Yet blind until this morn?"

And asked them: "Is this man your son,

Who without sight was born?

How, then, doth he now see so well,

Yet blind until this morn?"

The parents said: "He is our son,And was born blind, we know;But know not how he gained his sight;Himself the truth must show."

The parents said: "He is our son,

And was born blind, we know;

But know not how he gained his sight;

Himself the truth must show."

The Jews straightway recalled the man,And said: "Give God the praise,We know this man's a sinner, byHis Sabbath-breaking ways."

The Jews straightway recalled the man,

And said: "Give God the praise,

We know this man's a sinner, by

His Sabbath-breaking ways."

He answered them: "I know not ifThis man a sinner be;One thing I know, that whereas IWas blind, yet now I see.

He answered them: "I know not if

This man a sinner be;

One thing I know, that whereas I

Was blind, yet now I see.

"We know that God regardeth notA sinful man's appeal;But to obedient worshippersHe will Himself reveal.

"We know that God regardeth not

A sinful man's appeal;

But to obedient worshippers

He will Himself reveal.

"Since first the world began can yeSuch wondrous power findAs that a mortal man could healThe eyes of one born blind?

"Since first the world began can ye

Such wondrous power find

As that a mortal man could heal

The eyes of one born blind?

"And if this man were not of God,Nor down from heaven came,He could do nothing in my case—All glory to His name!"

"And if this man were not of God,

Nor down from heaven came,

He could do nothing in my case—

All glory to His name!"

And then they answered, wrathfully:"Thou, who believest thus,Wast altogether born in sin,And art thou teaching us?"

And then they answered, wrathfully:

"Thou, who believest thus,

Wast altogether born in sin,

And art thou teaching us?"

They cast him out; which Jesus heard,And found him, when alone:"Believ'st thou on the Son of God?"He asked in gentle tone.

They cast him out; which Jesus heard,

And found him, when alone:

"Believ'st thou on the Son of God?"

He asked in gentle tone.

The man said: "Lord who is He, thatMy faith to Him might bow?"Said Jesus: "Thou beholdest Him,He talketh with thee now."

The man said: "Lord who is He, that

My faith to Him might bow?"

Said Jesus: "Thou beholdest Him,

He talketh with thee now."

Then he said: "Lord, I do believe,"With fervent voice, and loud,And bending forward to the earth,In reverent worship bowed.

Then he said: "Lord, I do believe,"

With fervent voice, and loud,

And bending forward to the earth,

In reverent worship bowed.

RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL SON.St. Luke 15.15-32

OF Martha you've already heard,Who entertained the LordWhen once He passed through Bethany,And Mary heard His word.They had a brother, Lazarus,And Jesus loved the three,And now the young man was brought low,And very ill was he.And his sisters sent a messageUnto the Lord, in haste:"Behold, he whom Thou lovest wellIs sick and failing fast."But Jesus said: "This sicknessComes not that he must die,But for God's glory, that His SonBe glorified thereby."Our friend, Lazarus, sleepeth,"Were the next words He spake:"And I go hence that I may himOut of his sleep awake."Then said they: "Lord, if Laz'rus sleepHe surely shall do well"—Thinking that it was natural restThat o'er his eyelids fell.Then He said, plainly: "LazarusIs cold and still in death.But well, for your sakes, 'tis that IWent not while he had breath."For so your faith shall be made bright,That may be somewhat dim;But now arise and leave this place,That we may go to him."Then Thomas said—called Didymus—To the disciples all,"Let's go, that we may die with Him,If death should Him befall."And now all hearts are sad and still,And many throb with fear,As Jesus and His followersTo Bethany draw near.And those who meet Him tell the newsOf sorrow and of gloom,That Lazarus has already lainThree days within his tomb.Now Bethany was very nearUnto Jerusalem;And many to the sisters came,To see, and comfort them.And as they sat in silence,Their hearts with grief bowed down,The word was brought that JesusWas coming into town.Then Martha went to meet the Christ,And said unto Him: "Lord,If Thou hadst been here, my brotherHad recovered by Thy word.""Thy brother," thus the answer came,"Shall rise again, I say.""Yea, in the resurrection morn,"She said, "at the last day.""I am the resurrection, andThe Life," the Lord replied."He that upon my name believesShall live, though he had died.""Oh, Lord," she answered fervently,"I truly do believeThou art the Christ, the Son of God,Whom this world should receive."When Jesus saw the sisters' tears,And tears of those around,He groaned in spirit and was sad,With troubled thoughts profound.He said to them: "Where have ye laidYour friend and mine to sleep?"They say to Him: "Lord, come and see,"Then all beheld Him weep.And then they took away the stoneFrom where the dead was laid,And Jesus lifted up His eyes,And solemnly He said:"Father I thank Thee that Thou hastHeard my heart's secret prayer,And I know that Thou dost alwaysBow down to me Thine ear."And when He thus had spoken,He cried in accents loud:"Lazarus, come forth," and the deadCame forth, bound in his shroud,And his face bound with a napkin;His movements thus were slow;But Jesus called out, with command:"Loose him and let him go."Then O, what deep and solemn joyThe sisters' hearts conceived!While many of the Jews aroundOn Jesus Christ believed.

OF Martha you've already heard,Who entertained the LordWhen once He passed through Bethany,And Mary heard His word.

OF Martha you've already heard,

Who entertained the Lord

When once He passed through Bethany,

And Mary heard His word.

They had a brother, Lazarus,And Jesus loved the three,And now the young man was brought low,And very ill was he.

They had a brother, Lazarus,

And Jesus loved the three,

And now the young man was brought low,

And very ill was he.

And his sisters sent a messageUnto the Lord, in haste:"Behold, he whom Thou lovest wellIs sick and failing fast."

And his sisters sent a message

Unto the Lord, in haste:

"Behold, he whom Thou lovest well

Is sick and failing fast."

But Jesus said: "This sicknessComes not that he must die,But for God's glory, that His SonBe glorified thereby.

But Jesus said: "This sickness

Comes not that he must die,

But for God's glory, that His Son

Be glorified thereby.

"Our friend, Lazarus, sleepeth,"Were the next words He spake:"And I go hence that I may himOut of his sleep awake."

"Our friend, Lazarus, sleepeth,"

Were the next words He spake:

"And I go hence that I may him

Out of his sleep awake."

Then said they: "Lord, if Laz'rus sleepHe surely shall do well"—Thinking that it was natural restThat o'er his eyelids fell.

Then said they: "Lord, if Laz'rus sleep

He surely shall do well"—

Thinking that it was natural rest

That o'er his eyelids fell.

Then He said, plainly: "LazarusIs cold and still in death.But well, for your sakes, 'tis that IWent not while he had breath.

Then He said, plainly: "Lazarus

Is cold and still in death.

But well, for your sakes, 'tis that I

Went not while he had breath.

"For so your faith shall be made bright,That may be somewhat dim;But now arise and leave this place,That we may go to him."

"For so your faith shall be made bright,

That may be somewhat dim;

But now arise and leave this place,

That we may go to him."

Then Thomas said—called Didymus—To the disciples all,"Let's go, that we may die with Him,If death should Him befall."

Then Thomas said—called Didymus—

To the disciples all,

"Let's go, that we may die with Him,

If death should Him befall."

And now all hearts are sad and still,And many throb with fear,As Jesus and His followersTo Bethany draw near.

And now all hearts are sad and still,

And many throb with fear,

As Jesus and His followers

To Bethany draw near.

And those who meet Him tell the newsOf sorrow and of gloom,That Lazarus has already lainThree days within his tomb.

And those who meet Him tell the news

Of sorrow and of gloom,

That Lazarus has already lain

Three days within his tomb.

Now Bethany was very nearUnto Jerusalem;And many to the sisters came,To see, and comfort them.

Now Bethany was very near

Unto Jerusalem;

And many to the sisters came,

To see, and comfort them.

And as they sat in silence,Their hearts with grief bowed down,The word was brought that JesusWas coming into town.

And as they sat in silence,

Their hearts with grief bowed down,

The word was brought that Jesus

Was coming into town.

Then Martha went to meet the Christ,And said unto Him: "Lord,If Thou hadst been here, my brotherHad recovered by Thy word."

Then Martha went to meet the Christ,

And said unto Him: "Lord,

If Thou hadst been here, my brother

Had recovered by Thy word."

"Thy brother," thus the answer came,"Shall rise again, I say.""Yea, in the resurrection morn,"She said, "at the last day."

"Thy brother," thus the answer came,

"Shall rise again, I say."

"Yea, in the resurrection morn,"

She said, "at the last day."

"I am the resurrection, andThe Life," the Lord replied."He that upon my name believesShall live, though he had died."

"I am the resurrection, and

The Life," the Lord replied.

"He that upon my name believes

Shall live, though he had died."

"Oh, Lord," she answered fervently,"I truly do believeThou art the Christ, the Son of God,Whom this world should receive."

"Oh, Lord," she answered fervently,

"I truly do believe

Thou art the Christ, the Son of God,

Whom this world should receive."

When Jesus saw the sisters' tears,And tears of those around,He groaned in spirit and was sad,With troubled thoughts profound.

When Jesus saw the sisters' tears,

And tears of those around,

He groaned in spirit and was sad,

With troubled thoughts profound.

He said to them: "Where have ye laidYour friend and mine to sleep?"They say to Him: "Lord, come and see,"Then all beheld Him weep.

He said to them: "Where have ye laid

Your friend and mine to sleep?"

They say to Him: "Lord, come and see,"

Then all beheld Him weep.

And then they took away the stoneFrom where the dead was laid,And Jesus lifted up His eyes,And solemnly He said:

And then they took away the stone

From where the dead was laid,

And Jesus lifted up His eyes,

And solemnly He said:

"Father I thank Thee that Thou hastHeard my heart's secret prayer,And I know that Thou dost alwaysBow down to me Thine ear."

"Father I thank Thee that Thou hast

Heard my heart's secret prayer,

And I know that Thou dost always

Bow down to me Thine ear."

And when He thus had spoken,He cried in accents loud:"Lazarus, come forth," and the deadCame forth, bound in his shroud,

And when He thus had spoken,

He cried in accents loud:

"Lazarus, come forth," and the dead

Came forth, bound in his shroud,

And his face bound with a napkin;His movements thus were slow;But Jesus called out, with command:"Loose him and let him go."

And his face bound with a napkin;

His movements thus were slow;

But Jesus called out, with command:

"Loose him and let him go."

Then O, what deep and solemn joyThe sisters' hearts conceived!While many of the Jews aroundOn Jesus Christ believed.

Then O, what deep and solemn joy

The sisters' hearts conceived!

While many of the Jews around

On Jesus Christ believed.

ONE day the mothers, who believed,Their little children brought,And from the Master's gentle handA gracious blessing sought.But the disciples, in their zeal,Said: "Take these children home,They're in the way of older ones,Who for some good have come."But Jesus loved the little lambs,And much displeased was He,Saying: "Suffer little children,That they may come to me."For 'tis such innocents as theseThat God's high kingdom win;And all must have as simple heartsWho gain a place therein."Then gently lifting in His arms,And folding to His breast,He put His hands upon their heads,And every infant blest.

ONE day the mothers, who believed,Their little children brought,And from the Master's gentle handA gracious blessing sought.

ONE day the mothers, who believed,

Their little children brought,

And from the Master's gentle hand

A gracious blessing sought.

But the disciples, in their zeal,Said: "Take these children home,They're in the way of older ones,Who for some good have come."

But the disciples, in their zeal,

Said: "Take these children home,

They're in the way of older ones,

Who for some good have come."

But Jesus loved the little lambs,And much displeased was He,Saying: "Suffer little children,That they may come to me.

But Jesus loved the little lambs,

And much displeased was He,

Saying: "Suffer little children,

That they may come to me.

"For 'tis such innocents as theseThat God's high kingdom win;And all must have as simple heartsWho gain a place therein."

"For 'tis such innocents as these

That God's high kingdom win;

And all must have as simple hearts

Who gain a place therein."

Then gently lifting in His arms,And folding to His breast,He put His hands upon their heads,And every infant blest.

Then gently lifting in His arms,

And folding to His breast,

He put His hands upon their heads,

And every infant blest.

NOW, as He went forth in the way,A certain ruler came;"What shall I do," he frankly asked,"That I may heaven claim?""Why callest thou me good?" the LordEnquired in gentle tone."There is none good in earth or heavenBut God, and God alone."Thou knowest the Commandments;Keep them in deed and truth,He answered and said: "Master, I'veObserved them from my youth."Then Jesus looked at the young man,And loved him in His heart,And said: "One thing thou lackest yet,Thou with thy wealth must part."Go sell, and give all to the poor,And stored in heaven 'twill be,Then come and cheerfully take upThe cross and follow me."But the young man was sad at heart,Unwilling to obey;His riches he would not give up,So, grieved, he went away.And then to His disciplesThe Lord said, grave but kind:"How hardly shall the rich their wayInto God's kingdom find?"It is easier for a camelThrough a needle's eye to goThan he who loves his worldly goodsThe bliss of heaven should know."

NOW, as He went forth in the way,A certain ruler came;"What shall I do," he frankly asked,"That I may heaven claim?"

NOW, as He went forth in the way,

A certain ruler came;

"What shall I do," he frankly asked,

"That I may heaven claim?"

"Why callest thou me good?" the LordEnquired in gentle tone."There is none good in earth or heavenBut God, and God alone.

"Why callest thou me good?" the Lord

Enquired in gentle tone.

"There is none good in earth or heaven

But God, and God alone.

"Thou knowest the Commandments;Keep them in deed and truth,He answered and said: "Master, I'veObserved them from my youth."

"Thou knowest the Commandments;

Keep them in deed and truth,

He answered and said: "Master, I've

Observed them from my youth."

Then Jesus looked at the young man,And loved him in His heart,And said: "One thing thou lackest yet,Thou with thy wealth must part.

Then Jesus looked at the young man,

And loved him in His heart,

And said: "One thing thou lackest yet,

Thou with thy wealth must part.

"Go sell, and give all to the poor,And stored in heaven 'twill be,Then come and cheerfully take upThe cross and follow me."

"Go sell, and give all to the poor,

And stored in heaven 'twill be,

Then come and cheerfully take up

The cross and follow me."

But the young man was sad at heart,Unwilling to obey;His riches he would not give up,So, grieved, he went away.

But the young man was sad at heart,

Unwilling to obey;

His riches he would not give up,

So, grieved, he went away.

And then to His disciplesThe Lord said, grave but kind:"How hardly shall the rich their wayInto God's kingdom find?

And then to His disciples

The Lord said, grave but kind:

"How hardly shall the rich their way

Into God's kingdom find?

"It is easier for a camelThrough a needle's eye to goThan he who loves his worldly goodsThe bliss of heaven should know."

"It is easier for a camel

Through a needle's eye to go

Than he who loves his worldly goods

The bliss of heaven should know."

CHRIST BLESSING LITTLE CHILDRENST. MATTHEW 19:13-15; ST. MARK 10:13-16; ST. LUKE 18.15, 16.

AND Peter then began to say:"Lo! we have given up all,And followed and believed on Thee;What shall to us befall?"And Jesus answered, "Verily,I say, no man hath leftParents or brethren, wife or child,Of home or lands bereft,"To suffer for the Gospel's sake,Who shall not find much more,Both in this world and that to come,Laid up for him in store."But they who will be first on earthShall be the last in heaven;And they who here take lowest seatsShall then have highest given."

AND Peter then began to say:"Lo! we have given up all,And followed and believed on Thee;What shall to us befall?"

AND Peter then began to say:

"Lo! we have given up all,

And followed and believed on Thee;

What shall to us befall?"

And Jesus answered, "Verily,I say, no man hath leftParents or brethren, wife or child,Of home or lands bereft,

And Jesus answered, "Verily,

I say, no man hath left

Parents or brethren, wife or child,

Of home or lands bereft,

"To suffer for the Gospel's sake,Who shall not find much more,Both in this world and that to come,Laid up for him in store.

"To suffer for the Gospel's sake,

Who shall not find much more,

Both in this world and that to come,

Laid up for him in store.

"But they who will be first on earthShall be the last in heaven;And they who here take lowest seatsShall then have highest given."

"But they who will be first on earth

Shall be the last in heaven;

And they who here take lowest seats

Shall then have highest given."

AND Jesus taught them as they walked,By pointed parable,That all shall have an equal rightWho serve the Master well.He told them of a man who hiredSome laborers to work,And promised each a penny, forThe day, from morn to dark.Again at noon, and later still,He others idle found,And sent them into his vineyardTo work upon the ground.And then again, and just beforeThe closing of the day,He hired others who should getA penny for their pay.But when the eventide had come,And the day's work was done,The men were called, that each might getWhatever was his own.The last come were paid first, and eachA pleased expression wore.But when the first were paid they thoughtThat they should get still more.And when a penny each received,They murmured at the pay,Which was the same for one hour's workAs for the long, warm day.The good man answered one of them:"Friend, I do thee no wrong;A penny I agreed to give—That doth to thee belong."Take that thine is and go thy way,I will to this last oneGive just the same as unto thee—Is it not all my own?"So shall the last be as the first,And first as last to view;For many be the called of God,And yet, the chosen, few."

AND Jesus taught them as they walked,By pointed parable,That all shall have an equal rightWho serve the Master well.

AND Jesus taught them as they walked,

By pointed parable,

That all shall have an equal right

Who serve the Master well.

He told them of a man who hiredSome laborers to work,And promised each a penny, forThe day, from morn to dark.

He told them of a man who hired

Some laborers to work,

And promised each a penny, for

The day, from morn to dark.

Again at noon, and later still,He others idle found,And sent them into his vineyardTo work upon the ground.

Again at noon, and later still,

He others idle found,

And sent them into his vineyard

To work upon the ground.

And then again, and just beforeThe closing of the day,He hired others who should getA penny for their pay.

And then again, and just before

The closing of the day,

He hired others who should get

A penny for their pay.

But when the eventide had come,And the day's work was done,The men were called, that each might getWhatever was his own.

But when the eventide had come,

And the day's work was done,

The men were called, that each might get

Whatever was his own.

The last come were paid first, and eachA pleased expression wore.But when the first were paid they thoughtThat they should get still more.

The last come were paid first, and each

A pleased expression wore.

But when the first were paid they thought

That they should get still more.

And when a penny each received,They murmured at the pay,Which was the same for one hour's workAs for the long, warm day.

And when a penny each received,

They murmured at the pay,

Which was the same for one hour's work

As for the long, warm day.

The good man answered one of them:"Friend, I do thee no wrong;A penny I agreed to give—That doth to thee belong.

The good man answered one of them:

"Friend, I do thee no wrong;

A penny I agreed to give—

That doth to thee belong.

"Take that thine is and go thy way,I will to this last oneGive just the same as unto thee—Is it not all my own?

"Take that thine is and go thy way,

I will to this last one

Give just the same as unto thee—

Is it not all my own?

"So shall the last be as the first,And first as last to view;For many be the called of God,And yet, the chosen, few."

"So shall the last be as the first,

And first as last to view;

For many be the called of God,

And yet, the chosen, few."

THEN Jesus took the twelve apart,And gravely said to them:"Behold, we now are on our wayUp to Jerusalem,"And all things that the prophets wroteAbout the Son of Man,Shall be accomplished in that place,True to the ancient plan."And He shall be betrayed untoThe chief priests and the scribes,Delivered up to the Gentiles,And mocked with taunts and jibes;"And they shall scourge and spit upon,And crucify your Lord;The third day He shall rise again,According to His Word."The apostles listened, yet these thingsThey could not realize;The meaning of the truths they heardWas hidden from their eyes.

THEN Jesus took the twelve apart,And gravely said to them:"Behold, we now are on our wayUp to Jerusalem,

THEN Jesus took the twelve apart,

And gravely said to them:

"Behold, we now are on our way

Up to Jerusalem,

"And all things that the prophets wroteAbout the Son of Man,Shall be accomplished in that place,True to the ancient plan.

"And all things that the prophets wrote

About the Son of Man,

Shall be accomplished in that place,

True to the ancient plan.

"And He shall be betrayed untoThe chief priests and the scribes,Delivered up to the Gentiles,And mocked with taunts and jibes;

"And He shall be betrayed unto

The chief priests and the scribes,

Delivered up to the Gentiles,

And mocked with taunts and jibes;

"And they shall scourge and spit upon,And crucify your Lord;The third day He shall rise again,According to His Word."

"And they shall scourge and spit upon,

And crucify your Lord;

The third day He shall rise again,

According to His Word."

The apostles listened, yet these thingsThey could not realize;The meaning of the truths they heardWas hidden from their eyes.

The apostles listened, yet these things

They could not realize;

The meaning of the truths they heard

Was hidden from their eyes.

THEN came, as they were walking on,The wife of Zebedee,Who said: "Lord, what I most desireWilt Thou grant unto me?"He said unto her: "What wilt thou?"She answered: "That my sonsMay at Thy right and left sit down,Thy kingdom's greatest ones."Then Jesus to the young men said:"Ye know not what ye ask.To drink my cup, my baptism bear,Would be too hard a task."They answered: "We are strong enough.'Then He said: "Ye shall tryTo drink my cup, my baptism bear,While grace shall strength supply."But to sit at my right and leftI cannot give to you;My Father doth reserve those seatsFor whom He deems them due."Be not such lords as Gentiles are,And who would highest beLet him be servant to the rest,And take a low degree."E'en as the Son of Man came notTo take a lofty place,But to be minister, and giveHis life to save the race."

THEN came, as they were walking on,The wife of Zebedee,Who said: "Lord, what I most desireWilt Thou grant unto me?"

THEN came, as they were walking on,

The wife of Zebedee,

Who said: "Lord, what I most desire

Wilt Thou grant unto me?"

He said unto her: "What wilt thou?"She answered: "That my sonsMay at Thy right and left sit down,Thy kingdom's greatest ones."

He said unto her: "What wilt thou?"

She answered: "That my sons

May at Thy right and left sit down,

Thy kingdom's greatest ones."

Then Jesus to the young men said:"Ye know not what ye ask.To drink my cup, my baptism bear,Would be too hard a task."

Then Jesus to the young men said:

"Ye know not what ye ask.

To drink my cup, my baptism bear,

Would be too hard a task."

They answered: "We are strong enough.'Then He said: "Ye shall tryTo drink my cup, my baptism bear,While grace shall strength supply.

They answered: "We are strong enough.'

Then He said: "Ye shall try

To drink my cup, my baptism bear,

While grace shall strength supply.

"But to sit at my right and leftI cannot give to you;My Father doth reserve those seatsFor whom He deems them due.

"But to sit at my right and left

I cannot give to you;

My Father doth reserve those seats

For whom He deems them due.

"Be not such lords as Gentiles are,And who would highest beLet him be servant to the rest,And take a low degree.

"Be not such lords as Gentiles are,

And who would highest be

Let him be servant to the rest,

And take a low degree.

"E'en as the Son of Man came notTo take a lofty place,But to be minister, and giveHis life to save the race."

"E'en as the Son of Man came not

To take a lofty place,

But to be minister, and give

His life to save the race."

AND now the Lord His way must takeThrough ancient Jericho.The people crowd around Him there,And make His progress slow.And Bartimeus, blind and poor,Was sitting by the way;Another beggar, sad and blind,Sat by his side that day.And when they heard the tramping crowd,And asked the reason why,They learned that Christ of NazarethWas just then passing by.Then each man cried aloud at once,In tones of earnest plea:"Jesus, Thou Son of David,Have mercy upon me."And Jesus had compassion onTheir dark and helpless plight,And gently touched their eyes and said:"Your faith doth give you sight."Immediately their eyes were healed,And both with joyful mind,Followed the Master, praising God,And all the people joined.

AND now the Lord His way must takeThrough ancient Jericho.The people crowd around Him there,And make His progress slow.

AND now the Lord His way must take

Through ancient Jericho.

The people crowd around Him there,

And make His progress slow.

And Bartimeus, blind and poor,Was sitting by the way;Another beggar, sad and blind,Sat by his side that day.

And Bartimeus, blind and poor,

Was sitting by the way;

Another beggar, sad and blind,

Sat by his side that day.

And when they heard the tramping crowd,And asked the reason why,They learned that Christ of NazarethWas just then passing by.

And when they heard the tramping crowd,

And asked the reason why,

They learned that Christ of Nazareth

Was just then passing by.

Then each man cried aloud at once,In tones of earnest plea:"Jesus, Thou Son of David,Have mercy upon me."

Then each man cried aloud at once,

In tones of earnest plea:

"Jesus, Thou Son of David,

Have mercy upon me."

And Jesus had compassion onTheir dark and helpless plight,And gently touched their eyes and said:"Your faith doth give you sight."

And Jesus had compassion on

Their dark and helpless plight,

And gently touched their eyes and said:

"Your faith doth give you sight."

Immediately their eyes were healed,And both with joyful mind,Followed the Master, praising God,And all the people joined.

Immediately their eyes were healed,

And both with joyful mind,

Followed the Master, praising God,

And all the people joined.

AND now, as Jesus passed along,A rich man hasting came—A chief among the publicans,And Zaccheus by name.Jesus he sought to see, as didThe people, one and all,But could not overlook the crowd,His stature was so small.So he ran on before, and climbedInto a sycamore tree;That, perched above the surging throng,He might the better see.And when the Lord came near, He raisedHis eyes, saw him, and said:"Zaccheus, in thy house, to-day,I will take rest and bread."And then in haste the man came down,And joyfully receivedInto his house, which stood near by,The Lord, whom He believed.And when the crowd saw what was done,To murmur they began,That Jesus was content to beGuest with a sinful man.Yet Zaccheus heeded not, but stood,And said unto the Lord:"Behold, Lord, half of all my goodsI to the poor afford."And if I aught have taken,Through falsehood to me told,More than is right from any man,I give it back fourfold."And Jesus said: "Salvation isTo this house come to-day;For this man is of Abraham's line,Though having gone astray."For I, the Son of Man have comeInto this world below,To seek the straying and the lost,And save from guilt and woe."

AND now, as Jesus passed along,A rich man hasting came—A chief among the publicans,And Zaccheus by name.

AND now, as Jesus passed along,

A rich man hasting came—

A chief among the publicans,

And Zaccheus by name.

Jesus he sought to see, as didThe people, one and all,But could not overlook the crowd,His stature was so small.

Jesus he sought to see, as did

The people, one and all,

But could not overlook the crowd,

His stature was so small.

So he ran on before, and climbedInto a sycamore tree;That, perched above the surging throng,He might the better see.

So he ran on before, and climbed

Into a sycamore tree;

That, perched above the surging throng,

He might the better see.

And when the Lord came near, He raisedHis eyes, saw him, and said:"Zaccheus, in thy house, to-day,I will take rest and bread."

And when the Lord came near, He raised

His eyes, saw him, and said:

"Zaccheus, in thy house, to-day,

I will take rest and bread."

And then in haste the man came down,And joyfully receivedInto his house, which stood near by,The Lord, whom He believed.

And then in haste the man came down,

And joyfully received

Into his house, which stood near by,

The Lord, whom He believed.

And when the crowd saw what was done,To murmur they began,That Jesus was content to beGuest with a sinful man.

And when the crowd saw what was done,

To murmur they began,

That Jesus was content to be

Guest with a sinful man.

Yet Zaccheus heeded not, but stood,And said unto the Lord:"Behold, Lord, half of all my goodsI to the poor afford.

Yet Zaccheus heeded not, but stood,

And said unto the Lord:

"Behold, Lord, half of all my goods

I to the poor afford.

"And if I aught have taken,Through falsehood to me told,More than is right from any man,I give it back fourfold."

"And if I aught have taken,

Through falsehood to me told,

More than is right from any man,

I give it back fourfold."

And Jesus said: "Salvation isTo this house come to-day;For this man is of Abraham's line,Though having gone astray.

And Jesus said: "Salvation is

To this house come to-day;

For this man is of Abraham's line,

Though having gone astray.

"For I, the Son of Man have comeInto this world below,To seek the straying and the lost,And save from guilt and woe."

"For I, the Son of Man have come

Into this world below,

To seek the straying and the lost,

And save from guilt and woe."

AND as the people all aroundAttentively did hear,Believing that God's kingdom wouldWithout delay appear;He taught the listening company,By parable profound,How God expects His faithful onesTo occupy His ground.And as He does commit to themTen pounds, or five, or one,He will reward them, at the last,By what they each have done.And having finished His discourse,Wisely instructing them,He went before them, in the way,Up to Jerusalem.

AND as the people all aroundAttentively did hear,Believing that God's kingdom wouldWithout delay appear;

AND as the people all around

Attentively did hear,

Believing that God's kingdom would

Without delay appear;

He taught the listening company,By parable profound,How God expects His faithful onesTo occupy His ground.

He taught the listening company,

By parable profound,

How God expects His faithful ones

To occupy His ground.

And as He does commit to themTen pounds, or five, or one,He will reward them, at the last,By what they each have done.

And as He does commit to them

Ten pounds, or five, or one,

He will reward them, at the last,

By what they each have done.

And having finished His discourse,Wisely instructing them,He went before them, in the way,Up to Jerusalem.

And having finished His discourse,

Wisely instructing them,

He went before them, in the way,

Up to Jerusalem.

SIX days before the PassoverThe Lord appeared againIn Bethany, where Lazarus dwelt,And his good sisters twain.There, by a supper in the house,Their welcome was expressed,And Martha served, but Lazarus satAt table with the guest.Then Mary came and took her placeDown at the Master's feet,And broke an alabaster box,Of odor very sweet.And tenderly she did anointThe feet of Jesus there;And wiped them with the flowing locksOf her luxuriant hair.Then Judas, called Iscariot,His sullen silence broke,And of the woman's costly giftThus, with a sneer, he spoke:"For three hundred pence, in money,This ointment would have sold,And that would feed and clothe the poor,Who hungry are, and cold."He said this, though he had no careOr pity for the poor;But was a thief, and had the bag,And coveted the store.Then Jesus said: "Let her alone;Against my burial dayShe poured this ointment on my feet,Her last regards to pay."The humble poor ye always haveWith you, to help their needs;But me ye cannot always haveTo show me loving deeds."Now many people of the JewsSoon knew that He was there,And crowded in, that they might see,And His discourse might hear.Yet not for Jesus' sake aloneHad they the visit made,But to see Lazarus, whom HeHad raised up from the dead.

SIX days before the PassoverThe Lord appeared againIn Bethany, where Lazarus dwelt,And his good sisters twain.

SIX days before the Passover

The Lord appeared again

In Bethany, where Lazarus dwelt,

And his good sisters twain.

There, by a supper in the house,Their welcome was expressed,And Martha served, but Lazarus satAt table with the guest.

There, by a supper in the house,

Their welcome was expressed,

And Martha served, but Lazarus sat

At table with the guest.

Then Mary came and took her placeDown at the Master's feet,And broke an alabaster box,Of odor very sweet.

Then Mary came and took her place

Down at the Master's feet,

And broke an alabaster box,

Of odor very sweet.

And tenderly she did anointThe feet of Jesus there;And wiped them with the flowing locksOf her luxuriant hair.

And tenderly she did anoint

The feet of Jesus there;

And wiped them with the flowing locks

Of her luxuriant hair.

Then Judas, called Iscariot,His sullen silence broke,And of the woman's costly giftThus, with a sneer, he spoke:

Then Judas, called Iscariot,

His sullen silence broke,

And of the woman's costly gift

Thus, with a sneer, he spoke:

"For three hundred pence, in money,This ointment would have sold,And that would feed and clothe the poor,Who hungry are, and cold."

"For three hundred pence, in money,

This ointment would have sold,

And that would feed and clothe the poor,

Who hungry are, and cold."

He said this, though he had no careOr pity for the poor;But was a thief, and had the bag,And coveted the store.

He said this, though he had no care

Or pity for the poor;

But was a thief, and had the bag,

And coveted the store.

Then Jesus said: "Let her alone;Against my burial dayShe poured this ointment on my feet,Her last regards to pay.

Then Jesus said: "Let her alone;

Against my burial day

She poured this ointment on my feet,

Her last regards to pay.

"The humble poor ye always haveWith you, to help their needs;But me ye cannot always haveTo show me loving deeds."

"The humble poor ye always have

With you, to help their needs;

But me ye cannot always have

To show me loving deeds."

Now many people of the JewsSoon knew that He was there,And crowded in, that they might see,And His discourse might hear.

Now many people of the Jews

Soon knew that He was there,

And crowded in, that they might see,

And His discourse might hear.

Yet not for Jesus' sake aloneHad they the visit made,But to see Lazarus, whom HeHad raised up from the dead.

Yet not for Jesus' sake alone

Had they the visit made,

But to see Lazarus, whom He

Had raised up from the dead.

THE morning rose with peaceful skies,The first day of the week,And Jesus forthwith went His way,Jerusalem to seek.He knew what waited Him—the thoughtHis lofty spirit thrilled—That all His Father's' work be done,And Scripture be fulfilled.Along the road towards Olive's mount—That oft-trod road—He went,Then two of His disciplesInto Bethphage He sent;And said: "Into the village go,Where straightway ye shall seeAn ass tied, and a colt with her;Loose them and bring to me."If any may say aught to you,This shall be your reply:'The Lord hath need of them,' then heWill cheerfully comply."Then the disciples went their way,And found, as they were bidden,An ass tied, and a colt, whereonNo man had ever ridden.And their owners, as they loosed them,Enquired: "Why do ye so?"They said: "The Lord hath need of them."And then they let them go.And they brought them unto Jesus,And put on them their clothes;And Jesus rode upon the colt,While loud Hosannahs rose.And multitudes of people spreadTheir garments in the way,While others strewed palm branches whereThe Master rode that day.And "Hosannah, Son of David!"They cried with one accord,"Blessed is He that cometh thusIn the name of the Lord!"But the Pharisees said: "Master,Rebuke this noisy shout."Said Jesus: "Should they hold their peace,The stones would then cry out."Now they descend fair Olive's Mount,Jerusalem appears,And Jesus beholds the city,And over it sheds tears,Saying: "Hadst thou but known the thingsWhich belong to thy peace:But now from thine eyes they are hid;Thy day of hope shall cease."The city's gate they enter now;Much moved, the people say:"Who is this?" Some answer: "Jesus,Prophet of Galilee."Then to the temple went the Lord,To clear its spacious courtsOf those who bought and sold withinIts sanctified resorts.And when the chief priests and scribes sawHis wondrous works and ways,And children in the temple courtsShouting these words of praise:"Hosannah to great David's Son!"They very angry were,And said to Him: "These babbling criesAround, dost thou not hear?"And Jesus saith unto them: "Yea,Have ye not read the Word:'The mouths of babes and sucklings dothThy perfect praise accord?'"The Pharisees, among themselves,Said: "Do ye not perceiveThat ye prevail naught while the worldDoth on this man believe?"

THE morning rose with peaceful skies,The first day of the week,And Jesus forthwith went His way,Jerusalem to seek.

THE morning rose with peaceful skies,

The first day of the week,

And Jesus forthwith went His way,

Jerusalem to seek.

He knew what waited Him—the thoughtHis lofty spirit thrilled—That all His Father's' work be done,And Scripture be fulfilled.

He knew what waited Him—the thought

His lofty spirit thrilled—

That all His Father's' work be done,

And Scripture be fulfilled.

Along the road towards Olive's mount—That oft-trod road—He went,Then two of His disciplesInto Bethphage He sent;

Along the road towards Olive's mount—

That oft-trod road—He went,

Then two of His disciples

Into Bethphage He sent;

And said: "Into the village go,Where straightway ye shall seeAn ass tied, and a colt with her;Loose them and bring to me.

And said: "Into the village go,

Where straightway ye shall see

An ass tied, and a colt with her;

Loose them and bring to me.

"If any may say aught to you,This shall be your reply:'The Lord hath need of them,' then heWill cheerfully comply."

"If any may say aught to you,

This shall be your reply:

'The Lord hath need of them,' then he

Will cheerfully comply."

Then the disciples went their way,And found, as they were bidden,An ass tied, and a colt, whereonNo man had ever ridden.

Then the disciples went their way,

And found, as they were bidden,

An ass tied, and a colt, whereon

No man had ever ridden.

And their owners, as they loosed them,Enquired: "Why do ye so?"They said: "The Lord hath need of them."And then they let them go.

And their owners, as they loosed them,

Enquired: "Why do ye so?"

They said: "The Lord hath need of them."

And then they let them go.

And they brought them unto Jesus,And put on them their clothes;And Jesus rode upon the colt,While loud Hosannahs rose.

And they brought them unto Jesus,

And put on them their clothes;

And Jesus rode upon the colt,

While loud Hosannahs rose.

And multitudes of people spreadTheir garments in the way,While others strewed palm branches whereThe Master rode that day.

And multitudes of people spread

Their garments in the way,

While others strewed palm branches where

The Master rode that day.

And "Hosannah, Son of David!"They cried with one accord,"Blessed is He that cometh thusIn the name of the Lord!"

And "Hosannah, Son of David!"

They cried with one accord,

"Blessed is He that cometh thus

In the name of the Lord!"

But the Pharisees said: "Master,Rebuke this noisy shout."Said Jesus: "Should they hold their peace,The stones would then cry out."

But the Pharisees said: "Master,

Rebuke this noisy shout."

Said Jesus: "Should they hold their peace,

The stones would then cry out."

Now they descend fair Olive's Mount,Jerusalem appears,And Jesus beholds the city,And over it sheds tears,

Now they descend fair Olive's Mount,

Jerusalem appears,

And Jesus beholds the city,

And over it sheds tears,

Saying: "Hadst thou but known the thingsWhich belong to thy peace:But now from thine eyes they are hid;Thy day of hope shall cease."

Saying: "Hadst thou but known the things

Which belong to thy peace:

But now from thine eyes they are hid;

Thy day of hope shall cease."

The city's gate they enter now;Much moved, the people say:"Who is this?" Some answer: "Jesus,Prophet of Galilee."

The city's gate they enter now;

Much moved, the people say:

"Who is this?" Some answer: "Jesus,

Prophet of Galilee."

Then to the temple went the Lord,To clear its spacious courtsOf those who bought and sold withinIts sanctified resorts.

Then to the temple went the Lord,

To clear its spacious courts

Of those who bought and sold within

Its sanctified resorts.

And when the chief priests and scribes sawHis wondrous works and ways,And children in the temple courtsShouting these words of praise:

And when the chief priests and scribes saw

His wondrous works and ways,

And children in the temple courts

Shouting these words of praise:

"Hosannah to great David's Son!"They very angry were,And said to Him: "These babbling criesAround, dost thou not hear?"

"Hosannah to great David's Son!"

They very angry were,

And said to Him: "These babbling cries

Around, dost thou not hear?"

And Jesus saith unto them: "Yea,Have ye not read the Word:'The mouths of babes and sucklings dothThy perfect praise accord?'"

And Jesus saith unto them: "Yea,

Have ye not read the Word:

'The mouths of babes and sucklings doth

Thy perfect praise accord?'"

The Pharisees, among themselves,Said: "Do ye not perceiveThat ye prevail naught while the worldDoth on this man believe?"

The Pharisees, among themselves,

Said: "Do ye not perceive

That ye prevail naught while the world

Doth on this man believe?"

BUT now the eventide was come,And Jesus turned away,And with His twelve disciples wentAnd lodged in Bethany.Next morning, as the Lord returned,Quite early in the day,He wanted bread, and looking, sawA fig-tree in the way.Without delay He went to it,To get some figs to eat;But He found only leaves thereon,Which are not good for meat.And then the Master spoke to it—Spoke to the useless tree—And said: "Henceforth, forevermoreLet no fruit grow on thee."Into the city then He went,And in the temple taught,And preached to all who thronged aroundAnd His instructions sought.But the chief priests and elders came,And asked Him: "Who gave theeAuthority to do these thingsThat we both hear and see?"And Jesus answered: "I, also,Will ask one thing of you,Which, if you tell me, I will tellWho prompts the things I do."The baptism of John, whence was it,From heaven, or of men?"This question, which He asked of them,They could not answer then.For thus they reasoned with themselves:"If we shall say from heaven,He will say: 'Why not, then, to himWas your attention given?'"But yet, if we shall say of men,The people's wrath we fear;For all hold John a prophet true,And his name they revere."And so they said: "We cannot tell."He answered: "Nor to theeTell I by what authorityI do the things you see."And then, as evening fell, the LordWith His disciples wentUnto the mount of Olives, whereThe night they often spent.And in the morning they returned,And lo! as they passed by,They saw the fig-tree in the way,All withered up and dry.And Peter then remembered well:"Master, behold," he said,"The fruitless tree which Thou didst curseIs withered all and dead."And Jesus, answering, said to them:"Verily, I say to you,Have faith in God and doubt Him not,And ye shall such things do."And who shall to this mountain say,In firm, believing faith,'Be thou cast forth into the sea,'It shall be as he saith."And whatsoever ye desireAnd ask for when ye pray,Believe that ye receive the gift;It shall be yours straightway."And when you pray forgive all thoseWho have offended you,That so your Heavenly Father mayForgive the wrongs you do."

BUT now the eventide was come,And Jesus turned away,And with His twelve disciples wentAnd lodged in Bethany.

BUT now the eventide was come,

And Jesus turned away,

And with His twelve disciples went

And lodged in Bethany.

Next morning, as the Lord returned,Quite early in the day,He wanted bread, and looking, sawA fig-tree in the way.

Next morning, as the Lord returned,

Quite early in the day,

He wanted bread, and looking, saw

A fig-tree in the way.

Without delay He went to it,To get some figs to eat;But He found only leaves thereon,Which are not good for meat.

Without delay He went to it,

To get some figs to eat;

But He found only leaves thereon,

Which are not good for meat.

And then the Master spoke to it—Spoke to the useless tree—And said: "Henceforth, forevermoreLet no fruit grow on thee."

And then the Master spoke to it—

Spoke to the useless tree—

And said: "Henceforth, forevermore

Let no fruit grow on thee."

Into the city then He went,And in the temple taught,And preached to all who thronged aroundAnd His instructions sought.

Into the city then He went,

And in the temple taught,

And preached to all who thronged around

And His instructions sought.

But the chief priests and elders came,And asked Him: "Who gave theeAuthority to do these thingsThat we both hear and see?"

But the chief priests and elders came,

And asked Him: "Who gave thee

Authority to do these things

That we both hear and see?"

And Jesus answered: "I, also,Will ask one thing of you,Which, if you tell me, I will tellWho prompts the things I do.

And Jesus answered: "I, also,

Will ask one thing of you,

Which, if you tell me, I will tell

Who prompts the things I do.

"The baptism of John, whence was it,From heaven, or of men?"This question, which He asked of them,They could not answer then.

"The baptism of John, whence was it,

From heaven, or of men?"

This question, which He asked of them,

They could not answer then.

For thus they reasoned with themselves:"If we shall say from heaven,He will say: 'Why not, then, to himWas your attention given?'

For thus they reasoned with themselves:

"If we shall say from heaven,

He will say: 'Why not, then, to him

Was your attention given?'

"But yet, if we shall say of men,The people's wrath we fear;For all hold John a prophet true,And his name they revere."

"But yet, if we shall say of men,

The people's wrath we fear;

For all hold John a prophet true,

And his name they revere."

And so they said: "We cannot tell."He answered: "Nor to theeTell I by what authorityI do the things you see."

And so they said: "We cannot tell."

He answered: "Nor to thee

Tell I by what authority

I do the things you see."

And then, as evening fell, the LordWith His disciples wentUnto the mount of Olives, whereThe night they often spent.

And then, as evening fell, the Lord

With His disciples went

Unto the mount of Olives, where

The night they often spent.

And in the morning they returned,And lo! as they passed by,They saw the fig-tree in the way,All withered up and dry.

And in the morning they returned,

And lo! as they passed by,

They saw the fig-tree in the way,

All withered up and dry.

And Peter then remembered well:"Master, behold," he said,"The fruitless tree which Thou didst curseIs withered all and dead."

And Peter then remembered well:

"Master, behold," he said,

"The fruitless tree which Thou didst curse

Is withered all and dead."

And Jesus, answering, said to them:"Verily, I say to you,Have faith in God and doubt Him not,And ye shall such things do.

And Jesus, answering, said to them:

"Verily, I say to you,

Have faith in God and doubt Him not,

And ye shall such things do.

"And who shall to this mountain say,In firm, believing faith,'Be thou cast forth into the sea,'It shall be as he saith.

"And who shall to this mountain say,

In firm, believing faith,

'Be thou cast forth into the sea,'

It shall be as he saith.

"And whatsoever ye desireAnd ask for when ye pray,Believe that ye receive the gift;It shall be yours straightway.

"And whatsoever ye desire

And ask for when ye pray,

Believe that ye receive the gift;

It shall be yours straightway.

"And when you pray forgive all thoseWho have offended you,That so your Heavenly Father mayForgive the wrongs you do."

"And when you pray forgive all those

Who have offended you,

That so your Heavenly Father may

Forgive the wrongs you do."

NOW, "Master," said a Pharisee,Thus tempting Him again:"Which commandment is the greatestThat the law doth contain?"Jesus said: "Thou shalt love the LordThy God with all thy heart,And all thy soul and all thy mind—This is the first great part."And the second is like to it:Thou shalt thy neighbor loveIn the same way thou lov'st thyself;By deeds this new law prove."Upon these two commandments—Within the spirit wrought—Hang all the law that Moses wrote,And all the prophets taught."

NOW, "Master," said a Pharisee,Thus tempting Him again:"Which commandment is the greatestThat the law doth contain?"

NOW, "Master," said a Pharisee,

Thus tempting Him again:

"Which commandment is the greatest

That the law doth contain?"

Jesus said: "Thou shalt love the LordThy God with all thy heart,And all thy soul and all thy mind—This is the first great part.

Jesus said: "Thou shalt love the Lord

Thy God with all thy heart,

And all thy soul and all thy mind—

This is the first great part.

"And the second is like to it:Thou shalt thy neighbor loveIn the same way thou lov'st thyself;By deeds this new law prove.

"And the second is like to it:

Thou shalt thy neighbor love

In the same way thou lov'st thyself;

By deeds this new law prove.

"Upon these two commandments—Within the spirit wrought—Hang all the law that Moses wrote,And all the prophets taught."

"Upon these two commandments—

Within the spirit wrought—

Hang all the law that Moses wrote,

And all the prophets taught."

AND now the Lord was sitting whereHe could the people seeAs they cast their gifts of moneyInto the treasury.And many rich cast in large sums;Then came a widow, poor,And she threw in two mites, which makeOne farthing, and no more.Then the Lord called His disciplesAnd said to them: "Verily,This poor widow has cast the mostInto the treasury."For all they, of their abundance,Offered, some less, some more,But she, of want and penury,Did cast in all her store."

AND now the Lord was sitting whereHe could the people seeAs they cast their gifts of moneyInto the treasury.

AND now the Lord was sitting where

He could the people see

As they cast their gifts of money

Into the treasury.

And many rich cast in large sums;Then came a widow, poor,And she threw in two mites, which makeOne farthing, and no more.

And many rich cast in large sums;

Then came a widow, poor,

And she threw in two mites, which make

One farthing, and no more.

Then the Lord called His disciplesAnd said to them: "Verily,This poor widow has cast the mostInto the treasury.

Then the Lord called His disciples

And said to them: "Verily,

This poor widow has cast the most

Into the treasury.

"For all they, of their abundance,Offered, some less, some more,But she, of want and penury,Did cast in all her store."

"For all they, of their abundance,

Offered, some less, some more,

But she, of want and penury,

Did cast in all her store."

THE WISE AND FOOLISH VIRGINS.St. Matthew 25:1-13

JESUS spoke to the multitude,That gathered at His feet:"The scribes and Pharisees do sitIn Moses' sacred seat."Do, therefore, what they bid you do,But follow not their way;For they, themselves, keep not the law,Nor do they what they say."For they bind heavy burdensFor other men to bear;But will not give a helping handTo ease another's care."And all they do is to be seenOf men they daily meet;Their outward garments they adorn,Down to their very feet;"And love the upper rooms at feasts,And greetings in the crowd;And the chief seats in synagoguesAnd titles make them proud."But be not ye called 'Rabbi,' forTo Christ that name is given;And call no man father on earth;Your Father is in heaven."Nor be ye masters called, for One,Even Christ, your Master is,And he that would be greatest, letThe servant's place be his."And whoso shall exalt himselfShall be low and abased,And he that humbles himself shallTo lofty seat be raised."

JESUS spoke to the multitude,That gathered at His feet:"The scribes and Pharisees do sitIn Moses' sacred seat.

JESUS spoke to the multitude,

That gathered at His feet:

"The scribes and Pharisees do sit

In Moses' sacred seat.

"Do, therefore, what they bid you do,But follow not their way;For they, themselves, keep not the law,Nor do they what they say.

"Do, therefore, what they bid you do,

But follow not their way;

For they, themselves, keep not the law,

Nor do they what they say.

"For they bind heavy burdensFor other men to bear;But will not give a helping handTo ease another's care.

"For they bind heavy burdens

For other men to bear;

But will not give a helping hand

To ease another's care.

"And all they do is to be seenOf men they daily meet;Their outward garments they adorn,Down to their very feet;

"And all they do is to be seen

Of men they daily meet;

Their outward garments they adorn,

Down to their very feet;

"And love the upper rooms at feasts,And greetings in the crowd;And the chief seats in synagoguesAnd titles make them proud.

"And love the upper rooms at feasts,

And greetings in the crowd;

And the chief seats in synagogues

And titles make them proud.

"But be not ye called 'Rabbi,' forTo Christ that name is given;And call no man father on earth;Your Father is in heaven.

"But be not ye called 'Rabbi,' for

To Christ that name is given;

And call no man father on earth;

Your Father is in heaven.

"Nor be ye masters called, for One,Even Christ, your Master is,And he that would be greatest, letThe servant's place be his.

"Nor be ye masters called, for One,

Even Christ, your Master is,

And he that would be greatest, let

The servant's place be his.

"And whoso shall exalt himselfShall be low and abased,And he that humbles himself shallTo lofty seat be raised."

"And whoso shall exalt himself

Shall be low and abased,

And he that humbles himself shall

To lofty seat be raised."

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