Thomas Henry Kendall

“ From the priests of the city, the chiefs of the town
(The lords with the sword, and the sires with the gown) ,
To harry the Christians, and trample, and drown,
⁠And waste them like water.
He was ever a fighter, this son of the Jews—
⁠A fighter in earnest;
And the Lord took delight in the strength of his thews,
For He knew he was one of the few He could choose
To fight out His battles and carry His news
Of a marvellous truth through the dark and the dews,
⁠And the desert lands furnaced! ”

“ It is right, till all learn to look further, and see,
⁠That our Master should use us!
It is right, till all learn to discover and class,
⁠That our Master should task us:
For now we may judge of the Truth through a glass ”