OUR FATHER'S BUSINESS:
HOLMAN HUNT'S PICTURE OF "CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE."
CHRIST-CHILD, Everlasting, Holy One, Sufferer of all the sorrow of this world,
Redeemer of the sin of all this world,
Who by Thy death b roughest life into this world,—
Christ, hear us!
This, this is Thou. No idle painter's dream
Of aureoled, imaginary Christ,
Laden with attributes that make not God;
But Jesus, son of Mary; lowly, wise,
Obedient, subject unto parents, mild,
Meek—as the meek that shall inherit earth,
Pure—as the pure in heart that shall see God.
Of aureoled, imaginary Christ,
Laden with attributes that make not God;
But Jesus, son of Mary; lowly, wise,
Obedient, subject unto parents, mild,
Meek—as the meek that shall inherit earth,
Pure—as the pure in heart that shall see God.
O infinitely human, yet divine!
Half clinging childlike to the mother found,
Half clinging childlike to the mother found,
