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9.
Many are standing here with me
Who will not die before they see
The world in God’s ascendancy.
So Peter, James, and John he led
Up and across the mountainside.
Up here he was imbued with light;
That dazzled them both sense and sight.
Then Moses and Elijah came,
And Jesus stood and spoke with them.
Peter complained to Jesus, Lord,
Our life on earth below is hard,
You could remain up here with us,
We each could have a little house,
We do not know just what to say,
But we could learn, if we can stay.
Then a cloud came across the sky
A voice from out the cloud did cry:
THIS IS MY OWN BELOVED SON,
LISTEN TO HIM, AND YOU WILL LEARN.
And when they turned and looked again,
Elijah and Moses were gone.
So then they left the mountain peak;
As they descended, Jesus spoke:
Do not betray a word of this
Till from the tomb you see me rise.
And they followed him close at hand
Although they did not understand.
They asked, Why do the scribes declare
That Elijah must first appear?
Elijah first restores all things,
Then I must suffer many wrongs.
Elijah has already come,
And they did what they would with him.
From the crowd a man called, Come,
I brought my son, for he is dumb,
And when the spirit seizes him,
Then his clenched mouth begins to foam;
He falls and twists upon the ground,
And all his teeth begin to grind;
And I had asked your people here
To make the devil disappear,
But now I see they have not pow’r
The health of my boy to restore.
Jesus asked him, What faith have you?
How long am I to suffer so?
Bring the boy here and I will see
How that spirit answers to me.
When they brought him to Jesus, then
The boy and spirit both fell down.
How long has this thing been in him?
Asked Jesus of the father then.
From childhood it has cast him down
In fire to burn, and water drown,
O Lord, have pity on my son
And free him from this if you can.
If I can! Where now is your love?
All things can be if you believe!
The father cried, You have my love!
Lord, help me with my unbelief!
And as the crowd grew thick and hot,
Jesus called the boy’s devil out
With a convulsion terrible,
Out it came. Then the boy lay still.
Ev’rybody thought he was dead,
So like a corpse his body laid;
But Jesus took him by the hand,
Lifted him up, and helped him stand.
His followers expressed regret
That none of them could cast it out,
But he counseled them that this kind
Only by prayer would loose its bind.
As they traveled through Galilee
He did his healing secretly,
And he told all the twelve again,
Soon they will kill the Son of Man,
He will descend into a tomb,
And will rise up in three days’ time.
They could not fathom what he said;
They pondered it and were afraid.
Then they came to Capernaum,
And in the house, he asked of them,
As we were walking here today,
What then did you disciples say?
They wouldn’t tell him they had said
‘Who should be leader when he died?’
So he sat down and called them forth,
Saying, Here gauge each others’ worth:
The one who is first will be last,
The servant of all leads the rest.
He put a child among the men.
Holding this child, he told them then:
If you receive the innocent,
You have the one by whom I’m sent.
John said, Today we saw a man
Casting out demons in your name.
We said to him, You can’t do this
Because you are not one of us.
Jesus said, Do not forbid it,
For if the demons will get out,
Then such a man must give us praise,
And not speak evil of our ways;
If he does not speak against us,
Then he is for us when he heals,
And if he shares his drink and food,
He will not lose his just reward.
Spoil not the faith of innocents,
Lest the Father would take offence,
And tie a millstone round your neck,
And throw you in wi
