Now if from these five points a line be traced To each alternate point, we shall obtain Demons esteemed, and gave the Syrian The sacred name of Soter, or of Savior. Thus Nature works mysteriously with man; And from the Eternal One, as from a centre, All things proceed, in fire, air, earth, and water, And all are subject to one law, which broken Even in a single point, is broken in all ; By this will I compel the stubborn spirits, That guard the treasures, hid in caverns deep On Gerizim, by Uzzi the High-Priest, We should soon learn which of us twain usurps And from their graves, o'er all the battle- The titles of the other, as thou sayest. Even as thou wilt. And from that very Jesus of Nazareth! hour Thou wast made whole, my darling! my delight! THE DAUGHTER. Mother, it is He! VOICES. He hath called Lazarus of Bethany To the transcribing of the Law and Prophets. Out of his grave, and raised him from the He used to say, and never tired of saying, dead! Hosanna in the highest ! PHARISEES. Ye perceive That nothing we prevail. world Is all gone after him! THE DAUGHTER. What majesty, What power is in that care-worn counte nance ! What sweetness, what compassion! I no longer Wonder that He hath healed me ! VOICES. And glory in the highest! PHARISEES. Rebuke thy followers! CHRISTUS. The world itself was built upon the Law. But he who gains a knowledge of the Law Great is the Written Law; but greater still The lovely words of Levites, spoken first And sequence of divine authority, Peace in heaven, The Written Law is water; the Unwritten Rabbi! Rabbi! Is but the body; the Unwritten, the soul He looked as one astonished, and made answer, How is it that ye sought me? Wist ye not Often since then I see him here among us, Perhaps a poor mechanic, like his father, CHRISTUS in the outer court. GAMALIEL. The Scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses' This brawler is no Jew, he is a vile Samaritan, and hath an unclean spirit! seat; CHRISTUS. Woe unto you, ye Scribes and Pharisees, Ye hypocrites! because ye build the tombs Of prophets, and adorn the sepulchres Of righteous men, and say: If we had lived III LORD, IS IT I? CHRISTUS. When lived our fathers, we would not have One of you shall betray me. Ay, thou hast said. And that thou doest, do quickly. JUDAS ISCARIOT, going out. Oh, had I here my subtle dialectician, point, He would delight to foil this noisy wran gler! CHRISTUS. Jerusalem! Jerusalem! O thou That killest the Prophets, and that stonest them Which are sent unto thee, how often would I Have gathered together thy children, as a hen Gathereth her, chickens underneath her wing, And ye would not! Behold, your house is O Master! though all men shall be of fended |