And when a penny each received, They murmured at the pay, Which was the same for one hour's work As for the long, warm day. The good man answered one of them: "Friend, I do thee no wrong; A penny I agreed to give-- That doth to thee belong. "Take that thine is and go thy way, I will to this last one Give just the same as unto thee-- Is it not all my own? "So shall the last be as the first, And first as last to view; For many be the called of God, And yet, the chosen, few." Foretells His Death. THEN Jesus took the twelve apart, And gravely said to them: "Behold, we now are on our way Up to Jerusalem, "And all things that the prophets wrote About the Son of Man, Shall be accomplished in that place, True to the ancient plan. "And He shall be betrayed unto The chief priests and the scribes, Delivered up to the Gentiles, And mocked with taunts and jibes; "And they shall scourge and spit upon, And crucify your Lord; The third day He shall rise again, According to His Word." The apostles listened, yet these things They could not realize; The meaning of the truths they heard Was hidden from their eyes. The Request of James and John. THEN came, as they were walking on, The wife of Zebedee, Who said: "Lord, what I most desire Wilt Thou grant unto me?" He said unto her: "What wilt thou?" She answered: "That my sons May at Thy right and left sit down, Thy kingdom's greatest ones." Then Jesus to the young men said: "Ye know not what ye ask. To drink my cup, my baptism bear, Would be too hard a task." They answered: "We are strong enough.' Then He said: "Ye shall try To drink my cup, my baptism bear, While grace shall strength supply. "But to sit at my right and left I cannot give to you; My Father doth reserve those seats For whom He deems them due. "Be not such lords as Gentiles are, And who would highest be Let him be servant to the rest, And take a low degree. "E'en as the Son of Man came not To take a lofty place, But to be minister, and give His life to save the race." Blind Bartimeus. AND now the Lord His way must take Through ancient Jericho. The people crowd around Him there, And make His progress slow. And Bartimeus, blind and poor, Was sitting by the way; Another beggar, sad and blind, Sat by his side that day. And when they heard the tramping crowd, And asked the reason why, They learned that Christ of Nazareth Was just then passing by. Then each man cried aloud at once, In tones of earnest plea: "Jesus, Thou Son of David, Have mercy upon me." And Jesus had compassion on Their dark and helpless plight, And gently touched their eyes and said: "Your faith doth give you sight."