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TWO VIEWS OF THE CROSS 1 CORINTHIANS
“I heard two soldiers talking.
I heard two angels singing
As they came down the hill,
Ere yet the dawn was bright,
The somber hill of Calvary,
And they were clad in shining robes,
Bleak and black and still.
Robes and crowns of light.
And one said, ‘The night is late,
And one sang, ‘Death is vanquished,’
These thieves take long to die.’
And one in golden voice
And one said, “I am sore afraid,
Sang, ‘Love hath conquered, conquered all,
And yet I know not why,’
O heaven and earth rejoice!'”
I heard two women weeping
As down the hill they came,
And one was like a broken rose, And one was like a flame.
One said, “Men shall rue
This deed their hands have done.’
And one said only through her tears,
‘My…