JOHN

Consciously loved and leaning on his Lord

Who seems to us more spiritual than John?

Yet this was he whose fierce discordant thought

Showed he mistook the spirit they were of;

While his ambition was great enough to cause

Grave indignation and make the brethren wroth.

What changed the man? This was what grace had wrought:

This was what grace and grace alone could form.

Till at the end he lay within the warmth

In Jesus' bosom from whence to draw upon

The power to make him fit to meet the call

To care for Mary from Jesus on the cross.