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Show JESUS OF NAZARETH. Ty JULIA A. S:-IITHSON. BIRTir Sof My round Jurlean va le? Tlie. ancient world lies sleeping. While shcphcr.1 hoys, by ptarHght pale. Their nightly watch aro koeping. when, lo! one stri r more bravt an-1 hri'ht, To juitle tlicir fuotstepy lowly. Shines where the Christ child ranitv- that ni'ht To Mary, chaste and holy. DEATH Darkly loom .ludean hills Through bleak winds sadly moaning, And Galileo with snrgin, rills And . tempest-tossed is foaming. On Calvary's hill the Naarene His Father's pledge is keeping, And Mary of Mag-da -la kneels Before her hsivior, weeping. "Inio Thy hand?, O Lord, My spirit passeth, willing; I Bringing not peace, but the sword" I (But the prophecy fulfilling). Impending darkness fall;;! (Unrest and chaos blending.) 'Tis the hour of three in the evening And the veil of the temple rending. "RESTKEECTION Faintly o'er Judean hills The morn's pale light is gleaming, And Galilee is murmuring low, lier wavelets gently streaming. For night hath passed, and a new-born day Ia the wrath of Peat I transcending. "Pawn is the hour" (the watchman calls), "And the sepulchre, ia rending." Oh, hour of throe in the evening, That wailed n the Crucifixion, I Kesurgent morn hath conquered thee j And lo! the IJosti rreet ion ! I And Mary of Mag-da-la i Her risen Lord is greeting. 'The, Shepherd to His fold rot urns Oh, bright and -.joyful meeting! |