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They saw him bleeding from the crown of thorns. They saw him, still followed by the barking mob, sink beneath the burden of his cross. They saw the woman wipe the bloody sweat from off his face. THEY SAW HIM BLEEDING FROM THE CROWN OF THORNS THEY SAW HIM STILL FOLLOWED BY THE BARKING MOB SINK BENEATH THE BURDEN OF HIS CROSS THEY SAW THE WOMAN WIPE THE BLOODY SWEAT FROM OFF HIS FACE
ray his Master. He was so poor--he wanted the money so badly! We cry out in horror against Judas. Let us pray rather that we are never tempted to do a shameful action for a few pieces of silver. The fear of poverty ever did, and ever will, make scamps of men. We would like to be faithful, and noble, and just, only really times are so bad that we cannot afford it! As Becky Sharp says, it is so easy to be good and noble on five thousand a year, so very hard to be it on the mere five. If Judas had only been a well-to-do man, he might have been Saint Judas this day, instead of cursed Judas. He was not bad. He had only one failing--the failing that makes the difference between a saint and a villain, all the world over--he was a coward; he was afraid of being poor.) "They saw him, pale and silent, dragged now before the priests of his own countrymen, and now before the Roman Governor, while the voice of the people--the people who had cried 'Hosanna' to him--shouted 'Crucify him! crucify him! HIS FEAR OF POVERTY THAT MADE HIM BETRAY HIS MASTER HE WAS SO POOR HE WANTED THE MONEY SO BADLY WE CRY OUT IN HORROR AGAINST JUDAS LET US PRAY RATHER THAT WE ARE NEVER TEMPTED TO DO A SHAMEFUL ACTION FOR A FEW PIECES OF SILVER THE FEAR OF POVERTY EVER DID AND EVER WILL MAKE SCAMPS OF MEN WE WOULD LIKE TO BE FAITHFUL AND NOBLE AND JUST ONLY REALLY TIMES ARE SO BAD THAT WE CANNOT AFFORD IT AS BECKY SHARP SAYS IT IS SO EASY TO BE GOOD AND NOBLE IN FIVE THOUSAND A YEAR SO VERY HARD TO BE IT ON THE MERE FIVE IF JUDAS HAD ONLY BEEN A WELL TO DO MAN HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SAINT JUDAS THIS DAY INSTEAD OF CURSED JUDAS HE WAS NOT BAD HE HAD ONLY ONE FAILING THE FAILING THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SAINT AND A VILLAIN ALL THE WORLD OVER HE WAS A COWARD HE WAS AFRAID OF BEING POOR THEY SAW HIM PALE AND SILENT DRAGGED NOW BEFORE THE PRIESTS OF HIS OWN COUNTRYMEN AND NOW BEFORE THE ROMAN GOVERNOR WHILE THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE THE PEOPLE WHO HAD CRIED HOSANNA TO HIM SHOUTED CRUCIFY HIM CRUCIFY HIM
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