December 12
Morning Exercises for the Closet"And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre." Matthew 27:61.
WHILE upon the cross He hung, The Marys near him stayed; And when from the tree released, Behold where he was laid: Fearless to the place they ran; All their hope was buried there; And, with grief and wonder, sat Before the sepulchre.
Love it was detained them here, And sacred was the spot; Soon the scene revived their faith, And memory never forgot. From the crowd I glad withdraw, And with them, to muse I'm come; And prefer, to Eden's bliss, One tear at such a tomb.