At the rich man’s gate, an abiding mystery,
Receiving his evil things.
A Parable
By James Russell Lowell
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Said Christ our Lord, “I will go and see
How the men, my brethren, believe in me.”
He passed not again through the gate of birth,
But made himself known to the children of earth.
Then said the chief priests, and rulers, and kings,