A Little Group Went to Capernaum
St. John ii. 12

By C. M. S. Mason

A little group went to Capernaum,
Radient in glow of an unspoken hope, ---
The glory of a kingdom not revealed, ---
Jesus, His mother, His brethren, and the five :
Note how they hang behind and tell the signs
Whereby they know Messias in their midst !
How beg again from Mary's lips the tale
Of marvelous Birth, confirmed by heavenly signs ; ---
His brethren seeing, as ne'er saw they yet,
In Him in their midst a Great One sent from God !
Jesus, reading all their thoughts, knew, as they went,
The loneliness their craving hopes imposed
On Him, the Separate One, offered alway !
Simon, graced with a new name, we may believe
Had leave to lead the band to his own house,
And lay his little wealth before his King,

Not many days abode they in Capernaum.