Was Jesus humble, or did He
Give any proofs of humility;
Boast of high things with a humble
tone,
And give with charity a stone?
When but a child He ran away,
And left His parents in dismay.
When they had wandered three days
long,
This was the word upon His tongue:
"No, earthly parents, I confess
I am doing My Father's business.
When the rich learned Pharisee
Came to consult Him secretly,
Upon his heart with iron pen
He wrote, " Ye must be born again."
He was too proud to take a bribe;
He spoke with authority, not like a
scribe.
He says, with most consummate art,
" Follow me : I am meek and lowly of
heart,"
As that is the only way to escape
The miser's net and the glutton's
trap.
He who loves his enemies hates his
friends.
This surely was not what Jesus
intends,
But the sneaking pride of heroic
schools,
And the scribes and Pharisees' virtuous
rules ;
But He acts with honest triumphant
pride,
And this is the cause that Jesus died.
He did not die with Christian ease,
Asking pardon of His enemies.
If He had, Caiaphas would forgive:
Sneaking submission can always live.
He had only to say that God was the
Devil,
And the Devil was God, like a Christian
civil.
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Was Jesus humble, or did He
Give any proofs of humility?
When but a child He ran away,
And left His parents in dismay.
When they had wandered all day long,
These were the words upon His tongue:
"No, earthly parents, I confess
I am doing My Father's business."
When the rich learned Pharisee
Came to consult him secretly,
He was too proud to take a bribe;
He spoke with authority, not like a
scribe.
Upon his heart with iron pen
He wrote, "Ye must be born again."
He who loves his enemies hates his
friends.
This surely is not what Jesus intends.
He must mean the mere love of
civility,
And so He must mean concerning
humility.
He says, with most consummate art,
"Follow me, I am meek and lowly of
heart,"
As that is the only way to escape
The miser's net and the glutton's trap !
But He acts with triumphant, honest
pride,
And this is the reason Jesus died.
If He had been Antichrist — creeping
Jesus —
He'd have done anything to please us :
Gone sneaking into synagogues,
And not used the elders and priests
like dogs.
Humble toward God, haughty toward
man,
This is the race that Jesus ran.
But when He humbled Himself to
God,
Then descended the cruel rod.
If thou humblest thyself thou humblest
Me;
