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THE LORD’S SUPPER 17
Many a moving word and warning, that out of the heart
came,
Fell like the dew of the morning, like manna on those in
the desert.
Afterwards, when all was finished, the Teacher reentered
the chancel,
Followed therein by the young. On the right hand the
boys had their places,
Delicate figures, with close-curling hair and cheeks
rosy-blooming.
But on the left-hand of these, there stood the tremulous
lilies,
Tinged with the blushing light of the morning, the
diffident maidens,—
Folding their hands in prayer, and their eyes cast down on
the pavement.
Now came, with question and answer, the catechism. In
the beginning
Answered the children with troubled and faltering voice,
but the old man’s
Glances of kindness encouraged them soon, and the
doctrines eternal
Flowed, like the waters of fountains, so clear from lips
unpolluted.
Whene’er the answer was closed,and as oft as they named
the Redeemer,
Lowly louted the boys, and lowly the maidens all
cour-tesied.
Friendly the Teacher stood, like an angel of light there
among them,
And to the children explained he the holy, the highest, in
few words,
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