He then declared That Jesus was a poet, but he said: “What are his figures? Never a word of stars, And never a word of oceans, nor of mountains Save Olivet or Zion, so you see His limitations as to imagery. Then have you noted how his sombre soul Picked blasted fig-trees, tares, the leprous poor, And sepulchres and sewers, dirty cups, Wherewith to make interpretations, yes He spoke of lilies, too. Well, so have I. And yet you people call me pessimist Because I’ve tried to rescue Winston Prairie, And have not shrunk from charging Winston Prairie With Cato Braden’s death. The difference Between the Man of Galilee and me Is this: He wanted to fulfill the law Of Moses and Isaiah, make Jerusalem, Which was a Winston Prairie in a way, A Hebrew citadel to rule the world. And I, if I could have my way, would make Of Winston Prairie Athens.” Then he said “I have four thoughts to-day to touch upon. The first one is concerning hogs--you start: Well, look at Matthew chapter eight and find How certain hogs had cast in them the devils Of fierceness, blindness, lustfulness and ran Down in the sea to kill themselves for being Made perfecter as hogs. Go get some hogs And let me try my hand at exorcising The Winston Prairie devils which destroyed Poor Cato Braden. “My next thought is found In Matthew chapter nine; and it is this; When Jesus saw the multitude all fainting, And scattered abroad as sheep without a shepherd, His soul was stirred--that is a way with genius, Whether it be your Altgeld, Pericles, Or yet your artist soul like Heinrich Heine. But think of this: If you would lead and save The multitude, assuming that can be, Shall you accomplish it by rules and laws Applied externally, which is the way Ecclesiastic powers pursue and find Divine authority in Jesus for it? Or shall you teach the way of opening up The soul of man to sun-light, letting in The Power which is around us, in the which We live and move, and so give chance for growth To what is in us? For your shepherd drives. No, Jesus hit it better when he spoke Of leaven than of shepherds. “So if one Find leaven and would give it, let there be A few to watch the final hour with him, When he would be delivered from the cup, But knows it cannot be, that to refuse The cup is to deny the inexorable law.