the  face  of  the  Lord.  Oh,  that  calm  and  solemn  brow,
that  unutterable  smile,  that  careworn  and  sorrowful  face,
lighted  up  with  a  God's  benignity — it  chased  away  the
shadows  of  the  grave!  I  rose,  I  spoke,  I  was  living,  and  in
my  mother's  arms — yes.  Jam  the  dead  revived!  The  peo-
ple shouted,  the  funeral  horns  rung  forth  merrily :  there  was
a  cry,  *God  has  visited  His  people!'  I  heard  them  not—
I  felt — I  saw — nothing — but  the  face  of  the  Eedeemer!"

The  old  man  paused,  deeply  moved;  and  the  youth  felt
his  blood  creep,  and  his  hair  stir.  He  was  in  the  presence
of  one  who  had  known  the  Mystery  of  Death!

"Till  that  time,"  renewed  the  widow's  son,  "I  had  been
as  other  men:  thoughtless,  not  abandoned;  taking  no  heed,
but  of  the  things  of  love  and  life;  nay,  I  had  inclined  to
the  gloomy  faith  of  the  earthly  Sadducee!  But,  raised
from  the  dead,  from  awful  and  desert  dreams  that  these
lips  never  dare  reveal — recalled  upon  earth,  to  testify  the
powers  of  Heaven — once  more  mortal,  the  witness  of  immor-
tality, I  drew  a  new  being  from  the  grave.  0  faded— 0
lost  Jerusalem! — Him  from  whom  came  my  life,  I  beheld
adjudged  to  the  agonised  and  parching  death! — Far  in  the
mighty  crowd,  I  saw  the  light  rest  and  glimmer  over  the
cross;  I  heard  the  hooting  mob,  I  cried  aloud,  I  raved,  I
threatened — none  heeded  me — I  was  lost  in  the  whirl  and
the  roar  of  thousands !  But  even  then,  in  my  agony  and
His  own,  methought  the  glazing  eye  of  the  Son  of  Man
sought  me  out — His  lip  smiled,  as  when  it  conquered  death
— it  hushed  me,  and  I  became  calm.  He  who  had  defied
the  grave  for  another, — what  was  the  grave  to  Him?  The
sun  shone  aslant  the  pale  and  powerful  features,  and  then
died  away!  Darkness  fell  over  the  earth;  how  long  it  en-
dured I  know  not.  A  loud  cry  came  through  the  gloom— a
sharp  and  bitter  cry! — and  all  was  silent.
