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For Zion's sake I will not hold my peace��
And for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest
Until its righteousness be as a brightness��
And its salvation as a lamp that burneth��
Thou shalt be called no longer the Forsaken��
Nor any more thy land the Desolate。
The Lord hath sworn�察�by his right hand hath sworn��
And by his arm of strength�此�I will no more
Give to thine enemies thy corn as meat��
The sons of strangers shall not drink thy wine。
Go through�察�go through the gates� �Prepare a way
Unto the people� �Gather out the stones��
Lift up a standard for the people��
A PRIEST。
Ah� �
These are seditious words��
CHRISTUS。
And they shall call them
The holy people�察�the redeemed of God��
And thou�察�Jerusalem�察�shalt be called Sought out��
A city not forsaken��
A PHARISEE。
Is not this
The carpenter Joseph's son�拭 �Is not his mother
Called Mary�拭�and his brethren and his sisters
Are they not with us�拭 �Doth he make himself
To be a Prophet��
CHRISTUS。
No man is a Prophet
In his own country�察�and among his kin。
In his own house no Prophet is accepted。
I say to you�察�in the land of Israel
Were many widows in Elijah's day��
When for three years and more the heavens were shut��
And a great famine was throughout the land��
But unto no one was Elijah sent
Save to Sarepta�察�to a city of Sidon��
And to a woman there that was a widow。
And many lepers were then in the land
Of Israel�察�in the time of Eliseus
The Prophet�察�and yet none of them was cleansed��
Save Naaman the Syrian��
A PRIEST。
Say no more��
Thou comest here into our Synagogue
And speakest to the Elders and the Priests��
As if the very mantle of Elijah
Had fallen upon thee� �Are thou not ashamed��
A PHARISEE。
We want no Prophets here� �Let him be driven
From Synagogue and city� �Let him go
And prophesy to the Samaritans��
AN ELDER。
The world is changed。 We Elders are as nothing��
We are but yesterdays�察�that have no part
Or portion in to´day� �Dry leaves that rustle��
That make a little sound�察�and then are dust��
A PHARISEE。
A carpenter's apprentice� �a mechanic��
Whom we have seen at work here in the town
Day after day�察�a stripling without learning��
Shall he pretend to unfold the Word of God
To men grown old in study of the Law��
CHRISTUS is thrust out。
VI
THE SEA OF GALILEE。
PETER and ANDREW mending their nets。
PETER。
Never was such a marvellous draught of fishes
Heard of in Galilee� �The market´places
Both of Bethsaida and Capernaum
Are full of them� �Yet we had toiled all night
And taken nothing�察�when the Master said��
Launch out into the deep�察�and cast your nets��
And doing this�察�we caught such multitudes��
Our nets like spiders' webs were snapped asunder��
And with the draught we filled two ships so full
That they began to sink。 Then I knelt down
Amazed�察�and said�此�O Lord�察�depart from me��
I am a sinful man。 And he made answer��
Simon�察�fear not�察�henceforth thou shalt catch men��
What was the meaning of those words��
ANDREW。
I know not。
But here is Philip�察�come from Nazareth。
He hath been with the Master。 Tell us�察�Philip��
What tidings dost thou bring��
PHILIP。
Most wonderful��
As we drew near to Nain�察�out of the gate
Upon a bier was carried the dead body
Of a young man�察�his mother's only son��
And she a widow�察�who with lamentation
Bewailed her loss�察�and the much people with her��
And when the Master saw her he was filled
With pity�察�and he said to her�此�Weep not
And came and touched the bier�察�and they that bare it
Stood still�察�and then he said�此�Young man�察�arise��
And he that had been dead sat up�察�and soon
Began to speak�察�and he delivered him
Unto his mother。 And there came a fear
On all the people�察�and they glorified
The Lord�察�and said�察�rejoicing�此�A great Prophet
Is risen up among us� �and the Lord
Hath visited his people��
PETER。
A great Prophet��
Ay�察�greater than a Prophet�此�greater even
Than John the Baptist��
PHILIP。
Yet the Nazarenes
Rejected him。
PETER。
The Nazarenes are dogs��
As natural brute beasts�察�they growl at things
They do not understand�察�and they shall perish��
Utterly perish in their own corruption。
The Nazarenes are dogs��
PHILIP。
They drave him forth
Out of their Synagogue�察�out of their city��
And would have cast him down a precipice��
But�察�passing through the midst of them�察�he vanished
Out of their hands。
PETER。
Wells are they without water��
Clouds carried with a tempest�察�unto whom
The mist of darkness is reserved forever。
PHILIP。
Behold�察�he cometh。 There is one man with him
I am amazed to see��
ANDREW。
What man is that��
PHILIP。
Judas Iscariot�察�he that cometh last��
Girt with a leathern apron。 No one knoweth
His history�察�but the rumor of him is
He had an unclean spirit in his youth。
It hath not left him yet。
CHRISTUS�察�passing。
Come unto me��
All ye that labor and are heavy laden��
And I will give you rest� �Come unto me��
And take my yoke upon you and learn of me��
For I am meek�察�and I am lowly in heart��
And ye shall all find rest unto your souls��
PHILIP。
Oh�察�there is something in that voice that reaches
The innermost recesses of my spirit��
I feel that it might say unto the blind��
Receive your sight� �and straightway they would see��
I feel that it might say unto the dead��
Arise� �and they would hear it and obey��
Behold�察�he beckons to us��
CHRISTUS to PETER and ANDREW。
Follow me��
PETER。
Master�察�I will leave all and follow thee。
VII
THE DEMONIAC OF GADARA
A GADARENE。
He hath escaped�察�hath plucked his chains asunder��
And broken his fetters�察�always night and day
Is in the mountains here�察�and in the tombs��
Crying aloud�察�and cutting himself with stones��
Exceeding fierce�察�so that no man can tame him��
THE DEMONIAC from above�察�unseen。
O Aschmedai� �O Aschmedai�察�have pity��
A GADARENE。
Listen� �It is his voice� �Go warn the people
Just landing from the lake��
THE DEMONIAC。
O Aschmedai��
Thou angel of the bottomless pit�察�have pity��
It was enough to hurl King Solomon��
On whom be peace� �two hundred leagues away
Into the country�察�and to make him scullion
In the kitchen of the King of Maschkemen��
Why dost thou hurl me here among these rocks��
And cut me with these stones��
A GADARENE。
He raves and mutters
He knows not what。
THE DEMONIAC�察�appearing from a tomb among the rocks。
The wild cock Tarnegal
Singeth to me�察�and bids me to the banquet��
Where all the Jews shall come�察�for they have slain
Behemoth the great ox�察�who daily cropped
A thousand hills for food�察�and at a draught
Drank up the river Jordan�察�and have slain
The huge Leviathan�察�and stretched his skin
Upon the high walls of Jerusalem��
And made them shine from one end of the world
Unto the other�察�and the fowl Barjuchne��
Whose outspread wings eclipse the sun�察�and make
Midnight at noon o'er all the continents��
And we shall drink the wine of Paradise
From Adam's cellars。
A GADARENE。
O thou unclean spirit��
THE DEMONIAC�察�hurling down a stone。
This is the wonderful Barjuchne's egg��
That fell out of her nest�察�and broke to pieces
And swept away three hundred cedar´trees��
And threescore villages��Rabbi Eliezer��
How thou didst sin there in that seaport town
When thou hadst carried safe thy chest of silver
Over the seven rivers for her sake��
I too have sinned beyond the reach of pardon。
Ye hills and mountains�察�pray for mercy on me��
Ye stars and planets�察�pray for mercy on me��
Ye sun and moon�察�oh pray for mercy on me��
CHRISTUS and his disciples pass。
A GADARENE。
There is a man here of Decapolis��
Who hath an unclean spirit�察�so that none
Can pass this way。 He lives among the tombs
Up there upon the cliffs�察�and hurls down stones
On those who pass beneath。
CHRISTUS。
Come out of him��
Thou unclean spirit��
THE DEMONIAC。
What have I to do
With thee�察�thou Son of God�拭 �Do not torment us。
CHRISTUS。
What is thy name��
THE DEMONIAC。
Legion�察�for we are many。
Cain�察�the first murderer�察�and the King Belshazzar��
And Evil Merodach of Babylon��
And Admatha�察�the death´cloud�察�prince of Persia
And Aschmedai the angel of the pit��
And many other devils。 We are Legion。
Send us not forth beyond Decapolis��
Command us not to go into the deep��
There is a herd of swine here in the pastures��
Let us go into them。
CHRISTUS。
Come out of him��
Thou unclean spirit��
A GADARENE。
See how stupefied��
How motionless he stands� �He cries no more��
He seems bewildered and in silence stares
As one who�察�walking in his sleep�察�awakes
And knows not where he is�察�and looks about him��
And at his nakedness�察�and is ashamed。
THE DEMONIAC。
Why am I here alone among the tombs��
What have they done to me�察�that I am naked��
Ah�察�woe is me��
CHRISTUS。
Go home unto thy friends
And tell them how great things the Lord hath done
For thee�察�and how He had compassion on thee��
A SWINEHERD�察�running。
The herds� �the herd� �O most unlucky day��
They were all feeding quiet in the sun��
When suddenly they started�察�and grew savage
As the wild boars of Tabor�察�and together
Rushed down a precipice into the sea��
They are all drowned��
PETER。
Thus righteously are punished
The apostate Jews�察�that eat the flesh of swine��
And broth of such abominable thin