E'en John the Baptist did not know <br />Who Christ the Lord could be, <br />And bade his own disciples go <br />The strange event to see. <br /> <br /> <br />They said, Art thou the one of whom <br />'Twas written long before? <br />Is there another still to come, <br />Who will all things restore? <br /> <br /> <br />This is enough, without a name-- <br />Go, tell him what is done; <br />Behold the feeble, weak and lame, <br />With strength rise up and run. <br /> <br /> <br />This is enough--the blind now see, <br />The dumb Hosannas sing; <br />Devils far from his presence flee, <br />As shades from morning's wing. <br /> <br /> <br />See the distress'd, all bath'd in tears, <br />Prostrate before him fall; <br />Immanuel speaks, and Lazarus hears-- <br />The dead obeys his call. <br /> <br /> <br />This is enough--the fig-tree dies, <br />And withers at his frown; <br />Nature her God must recognize, <br />And drop her flowery crown. <br /> <br /> <br />At his command the fish increase, <br />And loaves of barley swell-- <br />Ye hungry eat, and hold your peace, <br />And find a remnant still. <br /> <br /> <br />At his command the water blushed, <br />And all was turned to wine, <br />And in redundance flowed afresh, <br />And owned its God divine. <br /> <br /> <br />Behold the storms at his rebuke, <br />All calm upon the sea-- <br />How can we for another look, <br />When none can work as he? <br /> <br /> <br />This is enough--it must be God, <br />From whom the plagues are driven; <br />At whose command the mountains nod, <br />And all the Host of Heaven!<br /><br />George Moses Horton<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-the-truth-of-the-saviour/
