Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-12-09

ahce. from TINS portion We make the following
For the kiI gdom of God is at hand.
And all the land
Full OF the knowledge of the Lord shallbe
As the waters cover the sea,
And encircle the continent
r. pent repent repent
For 10, the our appointed,
By the Pro ,he;s Of old,
OF the coming Of the Anointed,
The desire IF the nations, is nigh
BE shall not strive cry.
Nor his voice be heard in the street;
Nor auencf he smoking FAX Y'''A'
And many Of them that s,eep
On that great and terrible day.
And be blown like a smoke away,
And be mel ed away like wax.
Repent repent repent!
o Priest AMI Pharisee,
Who hath warned You to nee
From the wrath that is to be-
From the c. ming anguish and ire:
The AK is laid al the root
That brinetth not forth good I. nit,
lie hewn down and cast into the fire
Ye scribes, why come ye hither?
In the hour that is uncertain.
In the day If anguish and trouble,
He that stretched the heaY ems as curtais
And spreadeth them out az a tent,
And the ~kiFi1ind shall take You away a. ..b.l,
Repent repent !! rep Mt
Who art tbou, o man Of prayer,
In rsiment Of camel's hair,
Beg,rt with l. atbern thong,
That here, in the wilderness
Preseheth unto this throngE
Art thou the Christ;
Priest of jerusalem,
In meekness and humbleness,
1 deny not Il confess
am not the Christ!
What .hall we say unto them
That sent here? Reveal
Thy psme and nought conceal.
JOHN No.
PRIEST
Art thou that Prophet, then,
OF lame ntation and woe,
Who, as symbol and sign
Ofimpendng wrath divine
Upon uhbeleving man,
In The Valley of slaughter?
Nay,
/ am not he thou namestl
Who art thou. and what is the word
That here thou proclaimests
am the voice Of one
CIying in the wilderness alone
Make his paths straight
In the land that 10 desolatel
II thou be no. the Christ has'
Nor yet klia, nor he
That, in sign of the things to be,
In the Valley Of Slaughter,
Then declare unto us, and say
BY what authority now
Baptizest thou?
indeed bspti.e you with water
Into repentance; but He,
That cometh after me,
The latchet of whose shoes
am not worthy to unloose;
And sHsi IN p APP Ho kG GS %,sn hre'
Whose fan il in his hand;
BE- will purge TO the pt,eImcst
But will burn the chan in the brand
And IRE OF uDquenchable heat
repent repent repent
The scheme OF the poem permits the rehcarsal
OF most Of the important incidents in the public
these, the story of Mary Hagialene is remarka.
BILE for the charitable sentiment and beautiful
dicton Of sOlilo1uy in which the penitent wo-
man reviews her wasted years; the interviews
with Nicodemus and the woman of Samaria for
the skilful adaptation OF the Scripture dialogue
to the metre of the poem, and the suicide of
Judas for the intensity OF feeling with which he
Ii overpowered when the enormity of his treach-
cry is revealed TO his conscience. The following
IL Judas solilo9uy:
Lost lo-t forever lost have betrayed
by ddst thou leave me 70 t the ~.
by didst thou not commission thy swift lightning
With those by Herod slain, the innocent Children
Who went with playthings in their little hands
As If to bed Or wherefore was i born,
u thou in thy foreknowledge didst perceive
All that am, and all that must be,.
know am not generous. am not gentle
Like other men; but have tried TO be,
And have failed. 7 thought by following Him
should grow liks Hum; but the unclean spirit
bath H been too cunning and too strong for me.
and me- 70 hs1e known
The love Of woman or the love Of children
marx, thss hath been s set upon my forehead,
That none shall slay me, for IL were mercy
That were dead, or never had been born.
Too late, too iassi lshali no. see him more,
i'll never more rsbake ne, nor those lips
Repeas the words: Ons OF yqn shall betIsy Ne!
Vel ss,ed Si% But But r Is. other void ,GtTo
Lei. Ill b Be there BEIGE S "a hin, and viii rait
And kin his feet, inploring pardon, pardoa,
heeId him say: All sins shall bs forgiven.
!xcept the sis aGsinss the Holy Ghost;
Shes ahsli not Pc forgiven in this world,
Have o1.sdsi . ,Ss:: |. 40 hope ss - M
Hsrs pcs herssitsrs That soon shall know
Ts,osss limssV isadiess rem rae et;E.
The eracifixioa scene Is one which REQUIRES
the utmost reverence and forbearance IN its
has managed this Incident win better tAsS snv
words exenpiify aaA commend the spirit a TIE
whole work. The eonelusl0n Of the Divine IRA
gedy ID thus simply and grandly rendered.
Three crosses IN this ncondsy night upliftsd,
Three human nsyres, that in mortal pain
Two thieves, thAt vriths in torture, snd between
The snfieriug Messiah. the Son of Joseph,
s%crn. Sss D1
Those hands that healed the Sick nov pierced With
Those feet that wandered homeless through the
And the three faithful Mary :, overwhelmed
How viz sonp s::.ss fo1 fti SsSds
4, ih.se days. ave y:sli; end i iSSs be '11"