The Altar or, Meditations in Verse On The Great Christian Sacrifice By The Author of "The Cathedral," [i.e. Isaac Williams] |
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The Altar | ||
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“Though they curse, yet bless thou.”
To Pilate's judgment-hall again returned,
With sorer woes oppress'd, and bearing still
At each remove a heavier weight of ill,
From place to place His love more brightly burn'd,
At each remove His patience was discern'd.
While evil winds turn'd not His steadfast will,
Whose flame burnt upward, but its rising fill,
Till He the length, and breadth, and depth hath learn'd
Of human bitterness. Of ills they pour
Full measure pressèd down and running o'er
Into His bosom, which He doth restore
To them again steep'd in His precious Blood;
While Satan's darts, by patient love withstood,
Are by Him made to work eternal good.
The Altar | ||