A True Comparison

This is a poem which I found interesting, taken from my reader Seeking True Values, published by Pathway Publishing Corporation in Aylmer, Ontario, Canada.

Jesus and Alexander

Jesus and Alexander died at thirty-three,

One lived and died for self; One died for you and me.

The Greek died on a throne; the Jew died on a cross;

One's life a triumph seemed; the other but a loss.

One led vast armies forth; the other walked alone;

One shed a whole world's blood; the other gave his own;

One won the world in life, and lost it all in death;

The other lost his life to bring the whole world faith.

Jesus and Alexander dies at thirty-three;

One died in Babylon, and one at Calvary.

One gained all for himself, and one Himself He gave;

One conquered every throne, the other every grave;

The one made himself god, and God made Himself less;

The one lived but to blast, the other but to bless.

When died the Greek, forever fell his throne of swords;

But Jesus died to live forever Lord of Lords.

Jesus and Alexander died at thirty-three;

The Greek made all men slaves; the Jew made all men free.

One built a throne on blood; the other built on love;

The one was born of earth; the other from above.

One won all this earth; to lose all earth and heaven;

The other gave up all, that all to Him be given.

The Greek forever died; the Jew forever lives;

He loses all who gets, and wins all things who gives.

-Anonymous