THE SACRIFICE REJECTED BY BARNABAS AND SAUL. ACTS xiv. 13-15. HEARD ye the clang of the far-pealing voices? Sweet are the odours that bid the gods hail! See in white garments the priest is advancing; What may these travel-soiled strangers do here? Why, as if grief-struck, their vests are they rending? Not yet accomplished their warfare as sinners, Not yet attained is their martyrdom's crown; U Strong were their passions, and weak were their powers; What from these vanities won their affection? |