The midnight peal, "Behold, I come!"

—Horatius Bonar.

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THE EVANGELIST

Walking with Peter, Christ his footsteps set

On the lake shore, hard by Gennesaret,

At the hour when noontide's burning rays down pour.

When they beheld at a mean cabin's door,

A fisher's widow in her mourning clad,

Who, on the threshold seated, silent, sad,