The Coming of the King

enician thiasos,[2] who was making a pilgrimage to gather information and organize societies. When introduced to the little group, the kurios said, "I see the table spread for the supper.

e of the living; care for the dead; hope for the future; worship of a divinity and belief that a Savior cometh. Long hath it come to the ears of the thiasos how Galilee doth

ndex finger he pointed at his hearers seemed to have been thrust suddenly from between his eyes. When the sle

not hear-say, and to learn of thy hope, i

f silence. Then a pe

I did say, 'Nay,' they did beat me, take the wheat and cast me into the chaff to die. And it hath since come to me that these ruffians are none other than servants o

this the worst. The Sicarii, those murderers that do so grievously afflict the whole province, these too ply their bloody business at the hands of Herod and Annas. For no sooner have the pirates been caught than they give over to Herod and Annas their

rom a young fisherman whose head was bound in a fa

everal other voices

er it from open corruption! Behold-" and from his breast he took a cord with a bit of cloth attached, which he held up. "Behold all that Jael the fisherman hath left of his betrothed-a little tallith found upon the floor where she had struggled! And look! Look, thou!" and he snatched from his head the dull red cloth which had bound an angry wound and waved it with savage swiftness befo

of the world? And what is red the color of the toiler since those flaming deities, Ceres and Minerva, first presided over their destinies? Who first gave homage to the crimson of the rising sun? Kath it not ever been he who labors? Whose strength bringeth forth the wheat and wine that maketh the red blood of mankind? Cometh it not of the toiler? Is it not told in ancient song that those of white robes dwell on thrones o

hen, in a voice vibrant with gladness, she repeated the words, "The way of Brotherhood

ce, which shone as if fresh from a glory bath, silvery threads shone

Lord is upon me. He hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor. He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to captives, to set at liberty them that are

spoken, "cometh not with swords and banners, for hath he not said 'They that lift the sword shall

uld bring Brotherhood?" and there was interest in

erily a new law it is so that no more forever shall an eye be gi

down. Slow grows the Brotherhood. Yet since the mighty Solomon did weld into one whole his stone-cutters and builders, hath those of like kind in toil and poverty come together; fruit sellers, wool carders, perfume makers, fortune-tellers, linen weavers, patch workers, wash women, dyers, image makers, ivory carvers,

the roast kid with great haste! Let every man be gat

or and drew from his mantle, his long keen knife. When the soldiers entered shortly, with steps as stealthy as those

d, while the other walked across th

"A kinsman whose father is my fat

his attention to the table. "The

uet they give-Ho! Ho! For a better one w

ey that shinet

? Methought

s bones will but

ted us?" and lifting his sword he brought it down on the roast

hey did not want on to the floor, and devouring the tender, until their cheeks shone like ruddy apples and their beards were drabbled with gravy. Then they dropped the remains on the floor and with their boot toes rubbed them over the mud that had dropped from their heels.

sacred goats

ten. Let us go hence! Ugh!" and pinching

id in low tones, holding his hand toward the door to enjoin cau

a growl from the th

wilt thy

ned to James as h

the fruit of the tree of op

ld and silver is cankered and the rust of them shall be a witness against you and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days! Behold! The hire of the laborers who have reaped down thy fields, which you kept back by fraud, crieth, and the cries of them which have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of S

stillness that had fallen after the words of James. All eye

wn the mighty f

d them of

the hungry wi

hath he sen

g hush filled the room. Her voice, while mellow with sweetness and

e while it is yet forming in the womb of pain? Who is thi

her son who hath come t

her soul doth great

d there was keen int

ter. But he doth many mighty works and his

this Jesus.

his custom. But tarry thou among us until he come,

answered

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