And those who long His grace despise,
Will grieve His love away.




VIII.


THE UNJUST JUDGE.

He spake another Parable,
To show that men should pray
And never faint, but pray in faith,
And plead from day to day.

There was a judge, who fear'd not God,
Nor yet regarded man;
There came to him a widow poor,
His judgment to obtain.

"Avenge me of mine enemy,"
She cried from day to day;
And though he did not her regard,
Yet she did daily pray.

And soon he said within himself,
"Though I regard no man,
And fear not God, yet to her words
Resistance is in vain.