“Eh, Jerusalem! Jerusalem! wha slays the prophets and stanes the messengers sent to her! Hoo aft and fain would I hae gaitherʼt thy bairns thegither, like as a hen gaithers her cleckin aneath her wings! — and ye wadna.
And Jesus says to them, “Can the bairns oʼ the bridal‐bower fast whan the bridegroom is wiʼ them? But the days come, whan the bridegroom is taen awa frae them, and than wull they fast!
“O Jerusalem! Jerusalem! that slays the prophets, and stanes them that are sent to thee! hoo aft hae I been fain to gaither in thy bairns, like as a hen her cleckin under her wings — and ye wadna!
Tak ye tent that ye rejeck‐na him that speaks! for gin they escapʼt?-?na wha rejeckit him wha on yirth was warnin them, hoo muckle less sal we escape, gin we turn oorsels awa frae him wha warns us frae Heeven!
And for sic a reason is he the Mediator oʼ a new covenant; to the end, that a death haein taen place, for the redeemin oʼ sins aneath the first covenant, thae that hae been invitit may receive the promise oʼ Eternal inheritance.
“And the Spirit and the Bride say, ‘Come ye!’ And he wha hears, lat him say, ‘Come ye!’ And he that is drouthie, lat him be comin! He that wull, lat him hae the Watir oʼ Life freely!