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THE CHURCHES by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY

First Line: TWO, IN THE DARKNESS, SOUGHT THE CROSS
Last Line: CHRIST'S WOUNDS BROKE IN FRESH AGONY.
Subject(s): RELIGION; THEOLOGY;

Two, in the darkness, sought the Cross,
But in their blindness found it not;
This way and that, in dole and loss,
They sought the Cross, but found it not.

@3"This way!"@1 -- the one insistent cried;
@3"Nay, this!"@1 -- the other quick replied;
And each the other's hope denied.

@3"I tell you, my way is the right!"
"Nay then, you stumbler in the night,
My way alone leads to the light!"@1

@3"Perverse! -- Go then your own wrong road!"
"I go! -- for my way leads to God."@1
And each his own way brusquely strode.

And up above, upon The Tree,
Christ's wounds broke in fresh agony.



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