The miracles of Jesus - Classical Christian Literature by Athleo.net

AND THE LIFE 355
during the life of Jesus, so after His departure from
the world, the life of Lazarus was one of quietness
and obscurity, not unfaithful, not, we may well believe,
unfruitful. The circumstances, however, which would
have made him the centre of a wondering curiosity,
made it impossible for him to assume a position of
prominence. The miracle itself, important as it
was, was probably left unrecorded until
of that little circle had passed away.
the members
" When Lazarus left his charnel-cave,
And home to Mary's house return'd,
Was this demanded— if he yearn'd
To hear her weeping by his grave
" '
Where wert thou, brother, those four days
There lives no record of reply
Which, telling what it is to die,
Had surely added praise to praise.
" From every house the neighbours met,
The streets were filled with joyful sound.
A solemn gladness even crown'd
The purple brows of Olivet.
" Behold a man raised up by Christ
The rest remaineth unreveal'd ;
He told it not ; or something seal'd
The lips of that Evangelists
Our Lord, in whatever circumstances He might be
placed, was never unmindful of the work which the
Father had given Him to do ; while He ministered
with unwearied diligence and devotion to the bodily
needs of men, He never left out of view their higher
interests ; moved as He was by every pang that rends
the heart, sympathising with human grief and