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“Behold your King!”—John xix. 14.
“To-day shalt thou be with me in Paradise.”—Luke xxiii. 43.
“Behold your King!” Look, ye to whom He gave
Your sight: and ye whose ears he opened, hear!
Ye healed ones, His royal train, draw near,
And whom his voice remanded from the grave.
What! are all silent, while his murderers rave
Against the Prince of Life?—struck dumb with fear,
Or guiltier shame? And this the brutal jeer:
“Others He saved; Himself He cannot save.”
Infinite love! He cannot:—'tis the price
Of man's redemption. Yet, Almighty power
Beams from His Cross; and while the flames devour
The flesh of that self-offered Sacrifice,
The conscious Godhead speaks:—“This very hour
Thou shalt be with thy Lord in Paradise.”
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