At the rich man’s gate, an abiding mystery,

Receiving his evil things.

A Parable

By James Russell Lowell

(See page [189])

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,