The Two Sayings
TWO 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
God's fellowship as if on heavenly seat.
The first is J ESUS WEPT , — whereon is prest
Full many a sobbing face that drops its best
And sweetest waters on the record sweet:
And one is where the Christ, denied and scorned,
Looked UPON P ETER . Oh, to render plain,
By help of having loved a little and mourned,
That look of sovran love and sovran pain
Which H E , who could not sin yet suffered, turned
On him who could reject but not sustain!
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
God's fellowship as if on heavenly seat.
The first is J ESUS WEPT , — whereon is prest
Full many a sobbing face that drops its best
And sweetest waters on the record sweet:
And one is where the Christ, denied and scorned,
Looked UPON P ETER . Oh, to render plain,
By help of having loved a little and mourned,
That look of sovran love and sovran pain
Which H E , who could not sin yet suffered, turned
On him who could reject but not sustain!
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