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JESUS' KINGSHIP, by                    
First Line: Twere well the soldiers stripped the finery
Last Line: And own thee king in thy great sacrifice.
Subject(s): Bible; Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice; Religion; Theology


'Twere well the soldiers stripped the finery
Of purple from him in that hour of shame;
For dressed again in the simplicity
Of peasant's garb, a seamless robe—the same
He wore when He the little children blessed,
And when He made the ailing bodies whole—
They knew Him theirs, a comrade heart possessed
Of love, and saw the kingship of His soul.

O Son of Man, do we, too, in our pride
Of tawdry symbols mock Thy kingliness,
And give to Thee a strange and alien guise?
Then be these, O our Christ, all cast aside,
That we may see Thee in Thy naturalness
And own Thee king in Thy great sacrifice.





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