feet, and take them up the mountain. Well might this

heavenly messenger exclaim, “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [25]

thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which

are sent unto thee,... Behold, your house is left unto

you desolate.”

Discerning in his path the penitent one who had groped

his way from the dwelling of luxury, the Stranger saith [30]

unto him, “Wherefore comest thou hither?”

He answered, “The sight of thee unveiled my sins, and

turned my misnamed joys to sorrow. When I went back [1]