Then fear came over those flaccid men: "Thou wilt not damn us thus?

* I judge no man.

* God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through Him. He that believeth on Him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed.

THERE came three men of the latter age, and stood at Peter's gate, And searched through all the courts of Heaven to find some advocate; The Eternal Father shook His head: "I know not who they be . . . I never have heard in all their heart one thought of love to Me.

"How sayest thou, Lady Mary, that wast the carpenter's wife, Did they lose the vision of All that Is in the little cares of life?" "Alas! alas! their hearts were barred from the hallowed, humble things . . . I have no knowledge of them before Thee, King of kings."

The Father looked on all the Saints, from Paul to Magdalene, That wit so well what a sinner is, from the sinners that they have been, But every eye was casten down, and dumb was every lip, The Saints know nothing of any man that scorns man's fellowship.

We led such pretty, delightsome lives . . . will no man speak for us?" The Father furrowed His brow in doubt: "It may be there is one . . . Canst Thou find aught to say for these, Prince Jesus, My meek Son?"

O then up rose Prince Jesus Christ, the fieriest Lord in Heaven, His feet clear as the burning brass among the candles seven, His words were swifter than edged swords, they were more sharp than wine: "Though My Father and mother cast them off, I claim the men for Mine.

"How shall I say I know not these, when these knew me so well, They stormed all day on the doors of Heaven to drag Me out to hell? They were blind to the banners and deaf to song, they drowsed beside the ships, But the call of the Cross could startle them up with fury on their lips.