HE Cross, if rightly borne, shall be The holy monk of Kempen spake. Thou brave and true one! upon whom Thy cross of suffering and of shame 212 THE CROSS. Thine was the seed-time; God alone The harvest-time is hid with Him. Yet, unforgotten where it lies, Shall rise with bloom and fruit at last. WHITTIER. T THE TWO SAYINGS. WO sayings of the Holy Scriptures beat Like pulses in the Church's brow and breast; And by them we find rest in our unrest, And, heart-deep in salt tears, do yet entreat By help of having loved a little, and mourned,- Which He who could not sin, yet suffered, turned On him who could reject, but not sustain ! MRS. E. B. BROWNING. THE LOOK. HE Saviour looked on Peter. Ay, no wordNo gesture of reproach! The heavens serene, Though heavy with armed justice, did not lean Their thunders that way. The forsaken Lord Looked only on the traitor. None record What that look was; none guess: even those who have seen Wronged lovers loving through a death-pang keen, "I never knew this man "-did quail and fall, MRS. E. B. BROWNING. THE MEANING OF THE LOOK. THINK that look of Christ might seem to say, "Thou, Peter! art thou then a common stone Which I at last must break my heart upon, For all God's charge, to His high angels, may Guard my foot better? Did I yesterday Wash thy feet, my beloved, that they should run MRS. E. B. BROWNING. |