Casting Out Devils.
NOW, when the sun was setting low
They brought all the diseased;
He laid His hands on every one;
To heal them He was pleased.
And many devils He cast out
By His command and power;
And all the people quickly came
Together at the door.
The devils He forbad to speak,
As they around Him trod—
For one and all acknowledged Him
The Christ—the Son of God.
And so the word Esaias spoke,
Foretelling Him, came true:
"Himself bare our infirmities,
And all our sickness knew."
The next morn, rising early,
Before the break of day,
He went out to a desert place,
To meditate and pray.
And Simon and his company
Went after Him, and said:
"All seek for Thee and are amazed,
Supposing Thou hast fled."
He said to them: "I go to preach
In other cities too;
For therefore came I down from heaven,
To teach the Gospel true."
And He preached in their synagogues
Throughout all Galilee;
While, from before Him, as He went,
He made the demons flee.