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    The Disciple

    by Rudyard Kipling
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    He that hath a Gospel
    To loose upon Mankind,
    Though he serve it utterly--
    Body, soul and mind--
    Though he go to Calvary
    Daily for its gain--
    It is His Disciple
    Shall make his labour vain.

    He that hath a Gospel
    For all earth to own--
    Though he etch it on the steel,
    Or carve it on the stone--
    Not to be misdoubted
    Through the after-days--
    It is His Disciple
    Shall read it many ways.

    It is His Disciple
    (Ere Those Bones are dust )
    Who shall change the Charter,
    Who shall split the Trust--
    Amplify distinctions,
    Rationalize the Claim;
    Preaching that the Master
    Would have done the same.

    It is His Disciple
    Who shall tell us how
    Much the Master would have scrapped
    Had he lived till now--
    What he would have modified
    Of what he said before.
    It is His Disciple
    Shall do this and more....

    He that hath a Gospel
    Whereby Heaven is won
    ( Carpenter, or cameleer,
    Or Maya's dreaming son ),
    Many swords shell pierce Him,
    Mingling blood with gall;
    But His Own Disciple
    Shall wound Him worst of all!
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