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WHY JESUS WEPT. 
Behind, and for this reason not previously observed by the vigilant eye of 
the reader, are Sir Percy Percivale and Molly Tyson. 
Near the ‘ Lord’s Table ’ a brother is standing and praying ; he intersperses 
his prayer with repeated ‘ you know’s, like the Cairene bore in Marryat’s 
novel. 
 
I AGÉD SISTER, sotto voce. 
Yes !  it’s all so blesséd and romantic, my dear, thank the 
Lord !  They were both brought to Jesus on one night, Ascen-
sion Day, as the poor PaganI bodies call it, through the minis-
tration of Mr. Hogwash, the Baptist minister at Brixton 
(Mr. Chesterton executes the cake-walk), who they say is a good man, 
and very much blessed of the dear Lord, my dear, in his 
ministrations, though of course he has not been brought out of 
sect2 as yet. 
 
II AGÉD SISTER, do. 
 
Dear !  Dear !  Very sad !  Perhaps the dear Lord will 
open his eyes.  (The praying brother sits down suddenly, satisfied with himself.) 
 
A HORNY-HANDED BROTHER, who rises grunting, as if the action were 
painful or unfamiliar. 
 
Matthew Twenty-fourth and Forty-third and he said unto 
them :  Whither of the twins will ye that I deliver unto you, 
Barabbas, or Djeesas that is cawled Croist ?  Deer Bro-
theren — (But let him expound it to himself while we listen to the agéd sisters !) 
 
I.  By Plymouth Brethren all so-called Christian festivals are (rightly, of course, 
from a historical standpoint) considered mere aliases of pagan feasts. 
2.  Godly for “ become a Plymouth Brother ”.