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The Writings of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Christus: a mystery.
The Writings of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Christus a mystery Author:Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHRISTUS. The food I speak of is to do the will Of Him that sent me, and to finish his work. Do ye not say, Lo ! there are yet four months And cometh harvest ... more »? I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look upon the fields, For they are white already unto harvest! VII. THE COASTS OF CSABEA PHILIPPI. CHRIBTCS, going up the mountain. Who do the people say I am ? John. Some say That thou art John the Baptist; some, Elias ; And others Jeremiah. James. Or that one Of the old Prophets is arisen again. Christus. But who say ye I am? PETER. Thou art the Christ! Thou art the Son of God! CHRISTUS. Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona ! Flesh and blood hath not Revealed it unto thee, but even my Father, Which is in Heaven. And I say unto thee That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I build my Church, and all the gates of Hell Shall not prevail against it. But take heed Ye tell to no man that I am the Christ. For I must go up to Jerusalem, And suffer many things, and be rejected Of the Chief Priests, and of the Scribes aud El- ders, And must be crucified, and the third day Shall rise again! Peter. Be it far from thee, Lord ! This shall not be! CHRISTUS. Get thee behind me, Satan ! Thou savorest not the things that be of God, But those that be of men ! If any will Come after me, let him deny himself, And daily take his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it, And whosoever will lose his life shall find it. For wherein shall a man be profited If he shall gain the whole world, and shall lose Himself or be a castaway ? James, after a long pause. Why doth The Master lead us up into this mountain ? PETER. He goeth up to pray. JOHN. See, where He standeth Above us on the summit of the hill! His face ...« less