Now, when the sun was setting low
They brought all the diseased;
He laid His hands on every one;
To heal them He was pleased.
And many devils He cast out
By His command and power;
And all the people quickly came
Together at the door.
The devils He forbad to speak,
As they around Him trod--
For one and all acknowledged Him
The Christ--the Son of God.
And so the word Esaias spoke,
Foretelling Him, came true:
"Himself bare our infirmities,
And all our sickness knew."
The next morn, rising early,
Before the break of day,
He went out to a desert place,
To meditate and pray.
And Simon and his company
Went after Him, and said:
"All seek for Thee and are amazed,
Supposing Thou hast fled."
He said to them: "I go to preach
In other cities too:
For therefore came I down from heaven,
To teach the Gospel true."
And He preached in their synagogues
Throughout all Galilee;
While, from before Him, as He went,
He made the demons flee.
