The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-16

The Lord with Ills olSclpleS met ana Suppe0;
And Christus saw the trouble in his mind,
And said. Behold, among you here is one
That shall betray me-he to whom L give
This sop'-and he the sop to Judas gave;
And added-'That thou doest, quickly dos
And judas left him, hearing these last words
Now shall the Son of man be glorifed.
'Ab YES his master had OWNED his thought
His master should be glorifed through him.
"Straiehtway unto me and the high priests
he came,
Filled with this hope, and said, Behold me
here,
Judas. follower of Christus!-Come
1 will point out my master whom ye SEEK
And out at once they sent me with my band;
And as we went, / said, rebulxing him,
How, Judas, is it you who thus betray
The Lord and Master whom you love, to
death?'
And, smiling then he answered: Fear you
not
De you your duty take no heed Of me-
Such baseness in you Though it seems so
Still smiling, he replied, wait till the end.
Then turning round as to himself he said
Now comes the hour that L have prayed to
see
The hour of JOY to all who know the truth
Is this man mad b.! l thought and looked at
him
And, in the darkness creeping swiftly on,
His face was glowing, almost shone with
And rapt as if in visionary thought
He walked beside me, gazing at the sky.
passing at last beyond the Cedron brook,
We reached a garden on whose open gate
Dark vines were loosely swinging Here we
paused,
And lifted up our torches, and beheld
Against the blank white wall shadowy
group,
There waiting motionless, without a word:
A moment and with rapid nervous step
Judas alone advanced, and, as he reached
The tallest figure, lifted quick his head;
| And crying, Master Master! kissed his
cheek.
We, knowing it was Christus, forward pressed
Malchus was at my side, when suddenly
| A sword flashed out from one among them
there,
And sheared his ear. At once our swords
flashed out,
! But Christus, lifting up his hand said, Peace,
Sheathe tiy sword, Peter-I must drink the
cup
And I cried also, Peace, and sheathc your
swords.
Then on his arm placed nay hand and said,
! In the laws name. He nothing said, but
His arms out, and we bound his hands with
cords.
This done I turned, but all the rest had fled,
| And he alone was left to meet his fate.
'My men ordered then to take and bear
| Their prisoner to the city; and at once
| They moved away. I, seeing not our guide,
| Cried, Judas but no answer; then groan
| SO sad and deep it startled me. L turned,
And there, against the wall, with CHASTITY face,
| And eyeballs starting in frenzied glare,
| As in a fit, lay Judas; his weak arms
Hung lifeless down, his mouth half open
| twitched,
His hands were clutched and clenched into
| his robes,
And now and then his breast heaved with a
gasp.
Frightened, dashed some water in his face,
Spoke to him, lifted him, and rubbed his
hands.
At last the sense came back into his eyes,
Then with a sudden spasm fled again,
And to the ground he dropped. 1 searched
him DER,
Fearing some mortal wound, yet none I
found
Then with gasp again the life returned,
And stayed, but still with strong convulsion
twitched.
Speak, Judas speak !! I cried. What does
this mean !?
No answer! Speak, man = Then at last he
groaned.
go, leave me leave me- Lysias. Oh, my
God
What have done? Oh, Christus Master,
Lord,
Forgive me, oh, forgive me = Then cry
Of agony that pierced me to the heart,
AS grovelling on the ground he turned away
And hid his face, and shuddered in his robes.
Was this the man whose face an hour ago
Shone with joy so strange? What means
Is this sudden madness? Speak !! cried
What means this, Judas Be man and
speak =
Yet there he lay, and neither moved mol
spoke.
I thought that he had tainted, till at last
Sudden he turned, and grasped my arm, and
cried,
Say Lysias is this true, or am I mad?
what true ? 1 said. True that you seized
the Lord
You could not seize him-he is God the
Lord
thought saw you seize him. Yet know
That was impossible, for he is God
And yet you hve-you live. He spared you
then.
Where am 1? what has happened? A blacl
cloud
Came DER me when you laid your hands OF
him,
Where are they all? Where is he? Lysias
speak,
Judas, said, what folly is all this
Christus my men have bound and borne
away;
The rest have fled. Rouse now and com
with me