In the Vestry (46)....

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The Pilgrim stood amazed, aghast,
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Was this the man who led the Mass,
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Who offered up the blood of Christ
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In memory of His sacrifice?
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"Let me be clear in what you've said,
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I stand alarmed in fear and dread,
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My eyes and ears ope' amazed
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I doubt my senses on such days;
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Had Jesus submitted to the Priests
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And been a servant in His own fief,
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He might have risen to be Chief,
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Not crucified for His beliefs?
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Had He not engaged in monologues
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But risen in the synagogue,
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He would've changed our human course,
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And we'd have known far less remorse?"
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The Bishop smiled, "You get my point,
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His only error, He did Self-anoint;
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Oh, He had the blessing of wild man John
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Who roused Herod with false alarm,
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A desert rat who lived on locusts,
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A man whose mind was out of focus;
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A man who had no Authority,
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From Temple in his ministry;
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Had Jesus been the Chief Rabbi
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So many Jews would have survived;
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The Temple Curtain would've not been rent;
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The Roman siege  a non-event;
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The Zealots would not have rebelled;
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The city's towers would have not been felled;....

The Jews and Romans reconciled
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Within His beatific Holy smile;
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Jerusalem would stand today
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And so would Rome, I dare to say!
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Caesar would have talked to Christ
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And benefited from His advice."....