CHRIST AT THE BAR

Christ stands at the bar of the world to-day,

As He stood in the days of old.

And still, as then, we do betray

Our Lord for greed of gold.

When our every deed and word and thought

Should our fealty proclaim,

Full oft we bring His name to nought

And cover Him with shame.

Not alone did Judas his Master sell,

Nor Peter his Lord deny,

Each one who doth His love repel,

Or at His guidance doth rebel,

Doth the Lord Christ crucify.

Like the men of old, we vote His death,

Lest His life should interfere

With the things we have, or the things we crave,

Or the things we hold more dear.

Christ stands at the bar of the world to-day,

As He stood in the days of old.

Let each man tax his soul and say,—

“Shall I again my Lord betray

For my greed, or my goods, or my gold?”