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St. Matthew,” he said, “from the fifty-first to the
fifty-fourth verse, reads as follows: ‘And, behold, one of them
which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew
his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest’s, and
smote off his ear. Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again
thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword
shall perish with the sword. Thinkest thou that I cannot
now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me
more than twelve legions of angels? But how then shall
the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?’
“Ay, my beloved friends, thus it must be. The poor
walls and feeble garrison of this city are at this moment
encompassed by a strong host of armed warriors, and their
king and commander has ordered them, by fire and sword,
by attack and siege, to subdue this city and make us all his
servants.
“And those who are in the city and see their peace
threatened and their ruin contrary to all feelings of
humanity determined upon, they arm themselves, they bring
catapults and other harmful implements of war to the
ramparts, and they say to one another: Should not we with
flaming fire and shining sword fall upon the destroyers of
peace who would lay us waste? Why has God in heaven
awakened valor and fearlessness in the heart of man if
not for the purpose of resisting such an enemy? And, like
Peter the Apostle, they would draw their glaive and smite
off the ear of Malchus. But Jesus says: ‘Put up again thy
sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall
perish with the sword.’ ’T is true, this may seem like a
strange speech to the unreason of the wrathful and like
foolishness to the unseeing blindness of the spiteful. But
the Word is not like a tinkle of cymbals, for the ear only.
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