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First Line: So judas came and sought the priests and said
Last Line: Knowing divine forgiveness even his!
Subject(s): Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.)


So Judas came and sought the priests and said
"Take thou this silver for it drips of blood,
The blood of One I loved and Who loved me --
Yes, even me. Have pity on me! Take
This outward sign of inward rottenness.
The blood is innocent; mine is the guilt."
Refusal lightly lay upon their tongues;
He cast the pieces at their feet and fled
To suffer, in his own Gethsemane,
A pain which burned his very soul -- nor knew
A hope of comfort though he died of it.
In either world there yawned a fiery hell;
And yet -- if he should die -- a moment of
Release before the aching knowledge came
Again! One moment's ease before he stept
From one hell to the next! Pray God that when
He died, he looked upon Christ's loving face just once
Knowing Divine forgiveness even his!





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