554

In the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, what befell the representatives of vagrancy and respectability?

“The beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom” (Luke xvi, 22).

“The rich man also died, ... and in hell he lifted up his eyes” (22, 23).

“See the red flames around him twine

Who did in gold and purple shine!

“While round the saint so poor below,

Full rivers of salvation flow.

“Jesus, my Lord, let me appear

The meanest of thy creatures here.”