Is lit by the Hand of God.

To lighten the outer darkness,

To hasten the halting feet,

He lifts a lamp in the desert

Like the lamps of men in the street.

Only the wanderers know it,

The lost with those who mourn,

That lamp in the desert darkness,

And the joy that comes in the dawn.

That the lost may come into safety,

And the mourners may cease to doubt,

The Lamp of God will be shining still

When the lamps of men go out.

 

PART I

 

 

I.—BEGGAR'S CHOICE

 

II.—THE PRISONER AT THE BAR

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