The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-12-18
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And sheared his ear. At once our sword
flashed out.
But Christus. lifting up His hand, said,
Peace,
cup"
And cried also, "Peace, and sheathe your
Then on His arm I placed my hand, and
said,
''In the laws name" Henothing said. but
reached
His arms out, and we bound his hands with
cordE.
This done, turned, but oil the rest had
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. /, seeing rot our guide,
Cried. Judas "-but no answer; then q
So sad and deep it startled me. turned,
And there, against the wall, with ghastly
face,
And eyebans starting in q frenzied glare,
Hung liieless down, his mouth half open
twitched,
His hands were clutched and clenched into
his robes,
And now and then his breast heaved with q
gasp.
Frightened, dashed some water in his Gee.
Spoke TO him, lifted him, and rubbed his
hands. NJ
AZ last the sense came back into his eyes,
Then with sudden spasm fed again,
and to the ground he dropped. 1 searched
him DER,
Fearing some mortal wound, yet none I
found.
Then, with o gasp. again the life returned
And stayed, but still with strong conyulsion
tw:.c!ed!.
Speak, Judas, speak" / cried. "What
does this mean?'
No answer. Speak, manP' Then at last
he groaned:
go, leave mel leave me, Lysias. ., my
What have done9 0, ohristusl Master,
Forgive ,ne, oh, forgive mel" Then cry
of agony that pierced me to the heart;
AS, groveling 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 g sudden madness? "speak p' 1
cried
What means this, Judas? BE nan and
speak ~ n
Yet there hc lay, and neither moved nor
I thought that he had tainted, till at last
sudden he turned, and grasped my arm and
cried,
."say, Lysiaa, is this true, or am mad!"
What true" said. :'True that you
seized the Lord
You could not seize Him-He is the God
the Lord
1 thought saw you seize Him. Yet Iknow
That was impossible, for He is GodI
And yet you live-you live. He spared
Where S;s,s am MI, II What has happenede A
Came Ger me when you laid your hands on
Where are they allr Where is Her Lyaias,
speak r.
After describing how Judas fell .in a
fit and was carried away, and relating
how Peter denied his Lord, The Centu.
rion says:
That night saw not Judas. Tine next dav
Chastity, clay white, shadow of q man.
With robes eli soilsd and torn, and tangled
beard, -
Into the chamber where the council sat
Oahie ieebly staggering; scarce should I
have known
Twas Judas, with that haggard. blasted
So had the nights great horror altered him.
A. AS one all blindiy walking in d,eam
He to the table came-againsti it leaned
diared wildly round awhile-then stretch
ing forth
From his torn robes trembling hand flung
down, % o
AS If Q snake had stung him, small purse.
That broke and scattered its small white
coins about, t
And, with shrill voice, cried, ssTake back
the purse! f's
Twas not for that fond dross did the deed
Twas nnt for that-oh, horrorI not for
But that did believe BE was the Lord
And that He is the Lord still believe.
But ohl the sin the sin ! I have BETRAYED
The innocent blood, and am lost am
lost t-fss6 Ns
So crying, round his face his robes he threw
And blindly rushed away; and we. aghast,
Looked round-and no one for q moment
spoke"
Then comes o startling picture of the
finding of the body of j Judas hanging in.
q tree, and the story of the old Centurion
gives place to the reflections of the Ro-
man laws er, who, comparing the ac-
counts of John and Potter and the rest,o
reaches the conclusion that Judas
Was o rash and visicnefy man,
Whose faith wss firm. " no lad no thought
of crime,
But whom o terrible mistalc drove mad.
Accepting the views oe John and
james, the lawyer is troubled, hat taxing
the view -h st e II-.sy==ias takes,
All is at once consistent, clear, complete.
Firm in the faith that Christus was his God,
The great Messiah sent to save the world,
He, seeking for q s:gn--rot for himself,
But to show proof to oil that He was Cod
Conceived this plan, rash if you win, bat
grand. t.l3i ~
"ThinEing Him man,. hesaid, ''mers NOR
They neck TO seiae Him. I viii make pre-.
tense - ls, $3.50
To take the public bribe and point Hin ont.
And they shall go, all armed with swords
Strong with the power of law, to seize on
Him,
And { as :6eir soucia ae. God himself shall
Revealed before ihenss and their swords
And prostrsss all before Him snail adore,
And cry. Behold the Lord and King of
But when the soldisss laid their hands ca
And I, holhd Him as they would q prisene-.
with taanti. and mockery, and threats of
d DEATH 80
Heail the whiIesubniitting- -then his dream.
Burst into fragments with q crash aghast
The whole truth seeled before him : the
dread truth
swoopad Ike q sea upon him, bearing down
His thoughts In wild confusion. re who
dreamed
No open the gotes of glory to bis Lord,
Opef,esl IN their stead fhe prifonIs farriff1