Sir, how is it Thou askest drink of me?
CHRISTUS.
If thou hadst known The gift of God, and who it is that sayeth Give me to drink, thou wouldst have asked of Him; He would have given thee the living water.
SAMARITAN WOMAN.
Sir, thou hast naught to draw with, and the well Is deep! Whence hast thou living water?
Say, art thou greater than our father Jacob, Which gave this well to us, and drank thereof Himself, and all his children and his cattle?
CHRISTUS.
Ah, whosoever drinketh of this water Shall thirst again; but whosoever drinketh The water I shall give him shall not thirst Forevermore, for it shall be within him A well of living water, springing up Into life everlasting.
SAMARITAN WOMAN.
Every day I must go to and fro, in heat and cold, And I am weary.

Give me of this water, That I may thirst not, nor come here to draw.
CHRISTUS.
Go call thy husband, woman, and come hither.
SAMARITAN WOMAN.
I have no husband, Sir.
CHRISTUS.
Thou hast well said I have no husband.

Thou hast had five husbands; And he whom now thou hast is not thy husband.
SAMARITAN WOMAN.
Surely thou art a Prophet, for thou readest The hidden things of life! Our fathers worshipped Upon this mountain Gerizim; and ye say The only place in which men ought to worship Is at Jerusalem.
CHRISTUS.
Believe me, woman, The hour is coming, when ye neither shall Upon this mount, nor at Jerusalem, Worship the Father; for the hour is coming, And is now come, when the true worshippers Shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth! The Father seeketh such to worship Him.
God is a spirit; and they that worship Him Must worship Him in spirit and in truth.
SAMARITAN WOMAN.
Master, I know that the Messiah cometh, Which is called Christ; and he will tell us all things.
CHRISTUS.
I that speak unto thee am He! THE DISCIPLES, returning.
Behold, The Master sitting by the well, and talking With a Samaritan woman! With a woman Of Sychar, the silly people, always boasting Of their Mount Ebal, and Mount Gerizim, Their Everlasting Mountain, which they think Higher and holier than our Mount Moriah! Why, once upon the Feast of the New Moon, When our great Sanhedrim of Jerusalem Had all its watch-fires kindled on the hills To warn the distant villages, these people Lighted up others to mislead the Jews, And make a mockery of their festival! See, she has left the Master; and is running Back to the city! SAMARITAN WOMAN.
Oh, come see a man Who hath told me all things that I ever did! Say, is not this the Christ?
THE DISCIPLES.
Lo, Master, here Is food, that we have brought thee from the city.
We pray thee eat it.
CHRISTUS.
I have food to eat Ye know not of.
THE DISCIPLES, to each other.
Hath any man been here, And brought Him aught to eat, while we were gone?
CHRISTUS.
The food I speak of is to do the will Of Him that sent me, and to finish his work.
Do ye not say, Lo! there are yet four months And cometh, harvest?
I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look upon the fields, For they are white already unto harvest! VII THE COASTS OF CAESAREA PHILIPPI CHRISTUS, going up the mountain.
Who do the people say I am?
JOHN.
Some say That thou art John the Baptist; some, Elias; And others Jeremiah.
JAMES.
Or that one Of the old Prophets is risen again.
CHRISTUS.
But who say ye I am?
PETER.
Thou art the Christ?
Thou art the Son of God! CHRISTUS.
Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona! Flesh and blood hath not Revealed it unto thee, but even my Father, Which is in Heaven.

And I say unto thee That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I build my Church, and all the gates of Hell Shall not prevail against it.

But take heed Ye tell no man that I am the Christ.
For I must go up to Jerusalem, And suffer many things, and be rejected Of the Chief Priests, and of the Scribes and Elders, And must be crucified, and the third day Shall rise again! PETER.
Be it far from thee, Lord! This shall not be! CHRISTUS.
Get thee behind me, Satan! Thou savorest not the things that be of God, But those that be of men! If any will Come after me, let him deny himself, And daily take his cross, and follow me.
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it, And whosoever will lose his life shall find it.
For wherein shall a man be profited If he shall gain the whole world, and shall lose Himself or be a castaway?
JAMES, after a long pause.
Why doth The Master lead us up into this mountain?
PETER.
He goeth up to pray.
JOHN.
See where He standeth Above us on the summit of the hill! His face shines as the sun! and all his raiment Exceeding white as snow, so as no fuller On earth can white them! He is not alone; There are two with him there; two men of eld, Their white beards blowing on the mountain air, Are talking with him.
JAMES.
I am sore afraid! PETER.
Who and whence are they?
JOHN.
Moses and Elias! PETER.
O Master! it is good for us to be here! If thou wilt, let us make three tabernacles; For thee one, and for Moses and Elias! JOHN.
Behold a bright cloud sailing in the sun! It overshadows us.