THE MARRIAGE FEAST IN CANA . THERE was a marriage feast in Galilee; The festal board was spread with viands rare; The joyous guests had me...

 THE BAPTISM AND TEMPTATION At last th' appointed hour has come; Christ bows 'neath Jordan's swelling wave; The mighty Baptist l...

 CLEANSING THE TEMPLE. AGAIN the Paschal feast had come, And strangers throng the busy street; While in the temple's sacred courts The b...

 SERMON ON THE MOUNT O holy, sacred mount! where sat. In human form, the Prince of Heaven; When, neath Judea's purple skies. The sweet b...

HEALING THE NOBLEMAN'S SON O'er old Capernaum the sun had set, And evening shadows gathered, dark and gray, As silent watchers bent,...

REPULSE AT NAZARETH. He came unto his own, O shameful story! His own received him not— the Prince of Glory. THEY hated him; and yet he came ...

 THE DRAUGHT OF FISHES THE rising sun was scarcely seen Above Judea's hills so green, And springtime flowers, bright and rare, Dotted th...

 THE WOMAN AT THE WELL. THE sun rose high o'er Gerizim And Ebal's mountains dark and grim, As through Samaria s busy street Echoed a...

IN THE TEMPLE. O'ER Judah's plains sweet Spring had thrown Her flowery robe of living green. And Nature in her gala robes Was mantl...

 SLAYING OF THE INNOCENTS. THUS one by one the days go by Since, in the brightening orient sky, The wise men saw the shining star Gleam over...

 BIRTH O'ER Bethlehem's hills the stars of night Were softly shining, clear and bright; The flocks and herds were sleeping still, On...