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how can it be that thou being a jew askest to drink of me which am a woman of samaria
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sir thou hast naught to draw with and the well is deep whence hast thou living water
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say art thou greater than our father jacob which gave this well to us and drank thereof himself and all his children and his cattle
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some say that thou art john the baptist some elias and others jeremiah
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for wherein shall a man be profited if he shall gain the whole world and shall lose himself or be a castaway
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lo this is my beloved son hear him
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it is the voice of god he speaketh to us as from the burning bush he spake to moses
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again he speaks of it what can it mean this rising from the dead
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he is mine only child a lunatic and sorely vexed for oftentimes he falleth into the fire and oft into the water
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dumb and deaf spirit come out of him i charge thee and no more enter thou into him
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how motionless he lieth there no life is left in him
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behold the master stoops and takes him by the hand and lifts him up
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from my youth up all these things have i kept what lack i yet
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with what divine compassion in his eyes the master looks upon this eager youth as if he loved him
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children how hard it is for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of god
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't is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye than for the rich to enter the kingdom of god
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only to be with thee only to see thee sufficeth me my heart is then at rest
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martha martha careful and troubled about many things art thou and yet one thing alone is needful
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it is not he but like him for that beggar was blind from birth it cannot be the same
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a man that is called jesus made a clay and put it on mine eyes and said to me go to siloam's pool and wash thyself
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what is this crowd gathered about a beggar what has happened
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the sabbath day this man is not of god because he keepeth not the sabbath day
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whether he be a sinner i know not one thing i know that whereas i was blind i now do see
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inventions of abriman the spirit of the dark the evil spirit
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i regret the gossip of friends and neighbors at the open door on summer nights
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but the dishonor helen let the ships of tarshish howl for that
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wake helen from thy sleep the air grows cold let us go down
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he flits before us tarries not is gone when we approach like something unsubstantial made of the air and fading into air
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he is at nazareth he is at nain or at the lovely village on the lake or sailing on its waters
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and his disciples said beseeching him send her away she crieth after us
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perhaps thou wilt for i have brought thee here to keep the holy passover and lay thine offering of thanksgiving on the altar
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a great multitude of people fills all the street and riding on an ass comes one of noble aspect like a king
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what sweetness what compassion i no longer wonder that he hath healed me
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but i have seen him and have heard his voice and i am satisfied i ask no more
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it is that loud and turbulent galilean that came here at the feast of dedication and stirred the people up to break the law
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o rabban simeon how must thy bones stir in their grave to hear such blasphemies
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o master though all men shall be offended because of thee yet will not i be
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simon behold how satan hath desired to have you that he may sift you as one sifteth wheat
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wherefore can i not follow thee i am ready to go with thee to prison and to death
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my spirit is exceeding sorrowful even unto death tarry ye here and watch
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under this ancient olive-tree that spreads its broad centennial branches like a tent let us lie down and rest
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it is for sorrow that our eyes are heavy i see again the glimmer of those torches among the olives they are coming hither
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beloved master alas we know not what to answer thee
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it is enough behold the son of man hath been betrayed into the hands of sinners
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the hour is come rise up let us be going for he that shall betray me is at hand
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ah me see from his forehead in the torchlight great drops of blood are falling to the ground
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what lights are these what torches glare and glisten upon the swords and armor of these men
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what do we clearly something must we do for this man worketh many miracles
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i am informed that he is a mechanic a carpenter's son a galilean peasant keeping disreputable company
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the people say that here in bethany he hath raised up a certain lazarus who had been dead three days
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now surely thou art also one of them thou art a galilean and thy speech betrayeth thee
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who art thou tell us plainly of thyself and of thy doctrines and of thy disciples
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if i have spoken evil bear witness of the evil but if well why smitest thou me
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hereafter shall ye see the son of man sit on the right hand of the power of god and come in clouds of heaven
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how couldst thou see me i swear unto thee i do not know this man of whom ye speak
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ye have a god who seemeth like yourselves incomprehensible dwelling apart majestic cloud-encompassed clothed in darkness
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i was once to say it in brief a highwayman a robber-chief in the open light of day
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so much i am free to confess but all men more or less are robbers in their way
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what think ye would he care for a jew slain here or there or a plundered caravan
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therefore was herod wroth with matthias margaloth and burned him for a show
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therefore his wrath did smite judas the gaulonite and his followers as ye know
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already those women of mine are mixing the myrrh and the wine i shall not be with you long
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put on thy royal robes put on thy crown and take thy sceptre hail thou king of the jews
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i bring him forth to you that ye may know i find no fault in him behold the man
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we have a law and by our law he ought to die because he made himself to be the son of god
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ah there are sons of god and demigods more than ye know ye ignorant high-priests
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dost thou not answer me dost thou not know that i have power enough to crucify thee
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here take ye this inscription priests and nail it upon the cross above your victim's head jesus of nazareth king of the jews
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it stung me into madness how i loved yet hated him: but in the other world
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i will be there before him and will wait until he comes and fall down on my knees and kiss his feet imploring pardon pardon
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that shall not be forgiven in this world nor in the world to come is that my sin
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have i offended so there is no hope here nor hereafter that i soon shall know
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those hands that healed the sick now pierced with nails those feet that wandered homeless through the world now crossed and bleeding and at rest forever
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thou that destroyest the temple and dost build it in three days save thyself and if thou be the son of god come down now from the cross
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in god he trusted let him deliver him if he will have him and we will then believe
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father forgive them they know not what they do
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golgotha golgotha oh the pain and darkness
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oh the uplifted cross that shall forever shine through the darkness and shall conquer pain by the triumphant memory of this hour
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but go your way and say to his disciples he goeth before you into galilee there shall ye see him as he said to you
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we have come back again to the old life the peaceful life among the white towns of the galilean lake
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't is like an apparition he hath kindled a fire of coals and seems to wait for us
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how that reminds me of the days gone by and one who said: launch out into the deep and cast your nets
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lo we again have found thee leave us not
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how more than we do he remaineth ever self-confident and boastful as before
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will follow thee through fasting and temptation through all thine agony and bloody sweat thy cross and passion even unto death
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bartholomew he ascended into heaven and sitteth on the right hand of god the father almighty
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the fear of god is in his book the pages of the pentateuch are full of the terror of his name
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then reigned the son his covenant was peace on earth good-will to man with him the reign of law began
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already the whole land is white with convent walls as if by night a snow had fallen on hill and height
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founder of convents in the west who built on mount cassino's crest in the land of labor thine eagle's nest
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from its station drag the ponderous cross of iron that to mock us is uplifted high in air
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seize the loud vociferous bells and clashing clanging to the pavement hurl them from their windy tower
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aim your lightnings at the oaken massive iron-studded portals
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a chamber in a tower prince henry sitting alone ill and restless
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that like o'erflowing streamlets started and now are dwindled one by one to stony channels in the sun
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rest rest oh give me rest and peace
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the thought of life that ne'er shall cease has something in it like despair a weight i am too weak to bear
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and it is not a matter of special wonder that when god is walking overhead you should not hear my feeble tread
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my being here is accidental the storm that against your casement drives in the little village below waylaid me
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and there i heard with a secret delight of your maladies physical and mental which neither astonished nor dismayed me
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