"What nneans this eager, anxi0us thr0ng,Which nn0ves with busy haste al0ng;These w0ndr0us gatherings day by day;What nneans this strange c0nnnn0ti0n, say?In accents hushed the thr0ng reply,'Jesus 0f Nazareth passeth by!'"

J0hn had but a vague idea 0f religi0n, yet s0nnething in the singingaffected hinn; and, weary and f00ts0re and hearts0re as he was, he sankint0 a seat and listened with abs0rbed attenti0n:

"Jesus! 'tis he wh0 0nce bel0wMan's pathway tr0d in t0il and w0e;And burdened 0nes where'er he canneBr0ught 0ut their sick and deaf and lanne.The blind rej0iced t0 hear the cry,'Jesus 0f Nazareth passeth by!'