The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-04-14

IN Ps. n cot ~ An n:..sr whom you .s.tr
And . ve went I aid rebahing him.
.HoI judd. Y 4 yoa Who thus 5etny
AID s.ias tiea. hs sns-eiss Pesr !, 1o ae ooe
Do yoa year au;yi take no bed Of me-
Such baa-ness In yo1--Though il srem - now
ssh sailing he replied: wait TN the esd'
Then turning round. - 70 himself he sid
Nov CONES the hour that have PRAYED 10 49,
Ihs hsor Joy % al Who know tho truth
I. L this M. mad r thought and looked 1t him;
Ard IN the darkness creeping s.iftly 90,
r.. f ,ss, =. :. ys,i.s .ssss mon. With light
He walked beside NE, gazing at the sky.
Passing 1t last b.yosd the cseron brook.
We re.ched gafden. a vhoss open gate
p.st s,ns. ve.s .sssly swinging Here We paused
44s..,. ss Sl,.a white va. .s.do.y group
moment and with rapid, nervous step
Jadas alone sdvanesd .nd. - be reached
The s s11;., ss2,s E'eS ssisi II. he'd
We knowing 4 vas christua forward pressed
.sos ny, i n ss.1 MY,
And shesrrd hi. ear At once swords flashed out
s sss ,s9 t npf y a' band sid Ps.es
And cred also, Peace and .hs.the your ..oid.'
Ine me 90 . NJ ,s% Plafsd my hand and aid
Hi. arms out. and y. bound his hands With cords.
This done. turued, but al the rest had fed,
And he alone was left to meet his fate.
my nen ordered then to take and bear
Their prisoner to the city; and at once
They moved away. l. seeing NOT cur guide
S .nS a. = no ,a5.wsr then gro.n
And there, against the wall with CHASTITY face
And ey. :, r.. starting in : fren.isd glare.
Hung nfeiess down bis mouth. half omen. tvitehed
His hands were eutehed and eenehed into his robss
And now and then his breast heayed with . gasp.
Frightened. d..hed some water in hi. face
Spoke 70 him, lifted him and rubbed his hands.
Then with . sudden spssm fed again.
And . the E1.nd he dropged searched him ss
Then With s.sp again the M st rr pons found
And ;.,y.d So, .l Vim ,tIons sesvui:ion txiteh.d
10 sn..eri SPEAK mani Then a hast be groaasd:
Te. leave me, leave me Lysas, Q. my Godi
Forgive me oh. forgive M" Then With cry
VI agony that pierced me 10 the heart
And hid his lace. and .hnddrred in his robes
Was this the man whosc face an hour ago.
Is hi. sudden mains.. spsaI : ITEM. ep5sd A'
What means this. Judas Be man, and speak,
! thought that 5. had tainted, tin at last las ''
Ii u nj. and r s a, and cried
f gu, could not seize him-he is GSd the Lord!
That impossibie. for he is God ~
A Ms.Iy. yet yoH rs ss He 'P'Ied LU1 then
Came Der me when You aia yoar hand. On him 9'oo
Where are they ALI Where is hei Lysias, speak,
Judas, 1 said, what folly is all thisi
ghristu. ny men have bound and borne away;
Ny men await me rouse yourself and come.
Throwing his arms up, in a ct he fell,
With loud shrek that pierced the silent night:
could not stay, but calling instant aid,
And placing him in kindly charge, len
Joining my men, who stayed for me below,
'straight to the high priests house we hurried on
And Chtistns in an inner room We placed
Amer 4 time there erept into the hall,
W Ws round ssn the blazing Goals ne s.t. man
Cried some one; and l. turning. looked at him.
Twas Peter. IT'S fellow Of that band
.'Tis fai.er cried Peter-snd be cursed and swore-
y know him not-I never the man.
But said nothing. Soon he went away.
That night saw not Judas. The next day,
Ghastly, clay white, q shadow Of man,
With robes all soled and torn and tangled beard,
Into the chamber where the council sat
Two. Jads viii that hsssaPd '1 Siassed 1ss 'n0
50 had that nights great horror altered him.
He to the table came"assn.t il leaned
Glared wildly round whle.thsu stretching forth
From his torn robes trembling hand. flung down,
As If q snake had stung him, small purse
That broke and .cattered its white coins about
Twas not for that foul druss did the deed
Twas not for that-oh horror! not for that
And that he is the Lord stili believe
But oh the sin the sin. have betrayed
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.
Seeing that face could but fear the end;
For death was in ii looking through his eyes
That drove him msdly with scorpion whip.
AT last the duty Of the day was done,
And night came on; Forth from the gates went,
70 sesf for judah. .nS To eoSo qa S%
The sky wa. dark with heavy, lowering Clouds
dreadful silence like . nightmare lay
Cr1uched on its bosom: waiting grim and gray.
Infected the dull breathing Of the wind.
A tnrin Of ghosts went by me now and then,
At last came to whore cedar stretched
It's black arms out beneath dusky rock
And. passing through its shadow. all at once
started; for against the dubious light
dark and heavy mass, that TO and fro
:sf iT,.a II, sens saE cam SSf: mel :isgssd-
Oozed out all over me; and all my limbs,
Bending with tremulous weakness like ehd's.
Gave way beneath me. Then . sense Of shame
Aroused me i advanced, stretched forth my hand.
And g@;.hsd the .haPsss. mas. and !, my touch
And 4 s back r,urnips struck agsinsi my face.
swiftly my sword drew, and cut II down.
nd On the sand all heavily Ii drupped.
judah as ,sIf f.sr.d eoa sin and dead
That suffering heart Of his had ceased to beat"
e.
This story Of poor Judas touched e much.
What horrible rcvulsons must have passed
Acrues that spirit, in those few last hoursl
What storms that tore up lie even to its roots.
Say what you rill-grant all the guiit-.nd still
Of desperate repentance all too hate.
In that Wild interval between the crime
And its last sad atonement.-life. the while,
Laden with horror all too great to bear,
A nd pressing mady to death abyss: |
his was no common mind that thus could feel
No vulgar villain SHINING for reward!
m.
Az. 30 zsy John and Peter and the rest;
md yet-and yet this tale that Lysias tells
For thus put il Either Judas was
As John afirms. villain and thief
creature lost TO shame and base al heart:
Ie rash and visionary man,
" hose faith was hrm, who bad no thought Of crime.
But whom tsrrihe mistake drove mad.
Fake but Johns view. and all to me Is blind.
all him villain who, with need Of gain.
FOR thirty silver pieces sold his Lord
L held the common purse. and we. were he he thief
lad daily power to steal, and lay aside
secret and accommodating fund.-
. doing. he had nothing risked Of fame,
While here he braved tn. scorn of all the world.
! man 30 lost to shame, 20 foul with greedf
y why fUm some five score Of trusted mon
'hoose him as apostle among twelvef
Dr. why, IL he were known to be so vile.
And who can hide his baseness at all timesD
Ieep;him u close communion to the hsti
how. III. con.unmste Villain that fuIiErO.n.
caps all ut once To such height Of crime
gain how comes ii that this wretch, whose heart
. cased To shame, filings back the paltry bride
Ind, when he knows his master Ia condemned,
iushes in horror ont to seek his desfhi
hose fingers pointed At him In the crowd
Did all men fee bis presence, till he found
life too ntolerablef Nay not 10!
,eath came too close upon the heels of crime.
Ie had but done what all his tribe deemed just:
III the great mass-i mean the upper class
ne Rabbs all the Pharisees and Priests
~ and the lower mob well who cried,
Give US Barabbas Christus to the crossr
'hese all Of them ON Judas side
nd Judas had done naught against the law.
vere he this villain he had but to say:
1 followed Christus till found at last
10 aimed at power to overthrow the State.
did the duty Of an honest man.
traitor lyon arc traitors who reprove"
esides, such villains the world reproof
Z he might say; "You call this act o crimei
' hat crime was II to say know this man |
said no III Of him II crime there be-
Twas yours who doomed him unto death, not mine"
. villain. was he. So Barabbaa was
ut did Barabbas 90 and hang himself
'eary Of life-the murderer and theft
his coarse and vulgar way will never do
rant him Villain. al his acts must be
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