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What means this gathering multitude	A
Upon thy shores O Galilee	B
As various as the billows rude	A
That sweep thy ever restless sea	B
Can but the mandate of a King	C
So varied an assemblage bring	C
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Behold the noble rich and great	D
From Levite Pharisee and Priest	E
Down to the lowest dregs of fate	D
From mightiest even to the least	E
Yes in this motley throng we find	F
The palsied sick mute halt and blind	F
	-
Is this some grand affair of state	D
A coronation or display	G
By some vainglorious potentate	D
Or can this concourse mark the day	G
Of some victorious hero's march	H
Homeward through triumphal arch	H
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Or have they come to celebrate	D
Some sacred sacerdotal rite	I
By civic feast to emulate	D
Some deed on history's pages bright	I
Or can this grand occasion be	B
Some battle's anniversary	B
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But wherefore come the halt and blind	F
What comfort can the pain distressed	J
In such a tumult hope to find	F
What is there here to offer rest	J
To those whom adverse fate has hurled	K
Dismantled on a hostile world	K
	-
Let us approach A form we see	B
Fairest beyond comparison	L
For such an heavenly purity	B
From other eyes hath never shown	M
Nor such a calm majestic brow	N
On earth hath ne'er appeared till now	N
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Draw nearer Lo a voice we hear	O
Resonant soft pathetic sweet	P
In ringing accents calm and clear	Q
He sways the thousands at his feet	P
With more than mortal eloquence	R
Or man's compassion in his glance	S
	-
Ah Strange that such a form should stand	T
In raiment soiled and travel stained	U
Yes mark the contour of that hand	T
A hand by menial toil profaned	T
Can one from such a station reach	V
All classes by sheer force of speech	V
	-
Can eloquence from mortal tongue	W
Break through the barriers which divide	T
The toiling and down trodden throng	X
From affluence and official pride	T
Then how can yonder speaker hold	T
An audience so manifold	T
	-
He spake as never orator	Y
Before or since with burning thought	T
In parable and metaphor	Z
Each simple illustration taught	T
Some sacred truth some truth which could	T
By sage or fool be understood	T
	-
With similes of common things	A2
The lilies of the field the salt	T
Which lost its savour gently brings	A2
A lesson from the common fault	T
Of self admiring Pharisee	A2
Of ostentatious piety	T
	-
And from the prostrate penitent	T
The Publican who beat his breast	T
Remorsefully his garment rent	T
And thus with tears his sin confessed	T
Lord Lord a sinner vile am I	B2
Be merciful and hear my cry	B2
	-
And from that man beset by thieves	A2
And left upon the road to die	B2
No aid or comfort he receives	A2
From Priest or Levite passing by	B2
How the despised Samaritan	L
Proved the true neighbor to that man	C2
	-
Yes finished with such fervency	A2
Of gesture and similitude	B2
Such depths of love and purity	B2
His hearers marvelled as they stood	B2
Nor through his discourse was there heard	B2
Abusive vain or idle word	B2
	-
Who may this wondrous speaker be	B2
Is he some judge or orator	Y
Some one in high authority	B2
Physician prince or conqueror	Y
Answer thou ever restless sea	B2
Who may this wondrous person be	B2
	-
With echoes soft the sea replies	A2
This is a Judge and Orator	Y
A Judge beyond all judges wise	A2
And eloquent as none before	Z
A Judge majestic calm serene	D2
And yet an humble Nazarene	D2
	-
He is a Ruler whose command	B2
The myriads of the skies obey	G
As in the hollow of His hand	B2
He holds all human destiny	D2
The tempest wild concedes his will	E2
And calms before His Peace be still	E2
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A great Physician too is He	D2
Whose word the leper purifies	A2
The mute converse the blind ones see	A2
At his command the dead arise	A2
He cures the ravages of sin	D2
And makes the foulest sinner clean	D2
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He is a Prince a Prince whose power	Y
Knows neither limit nor degree	A2
Whose glory not the passing hour	Y
Nor cycles of futurity	B2
Can augment alter or decrease	A2
Prince is He the Prince of Peace	A2
	-
He is earth's greatest Conqueror	Y
But conquers not with crimson sword	B2
Love is the weapon of His war	Z
Forgiveness and gentle word	B2
But greatest of all victories	A2
O'er the dark grave His banner flies	A2

Alfred Castner King

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