Chapter XI: The Message of the Three Men

The night came on, and unto sleep we gave Our spirits. When the golden day was born Veera awoke, and told me all her dream; "Lo, in the night three men have talked with me-- Three strange good men who said the kindest words, And said that only those who were released From sin, could find the garden of the Lord. And this release was bought upon a cross By One, a Nazarene, with priceless blood. If He would bear our sins, then we might reach The garden; but we must not touch or eat The tree of life that flourished in the midst." Then I abased my soul, and prayed again, And cast off all the burden of my sins, Tearing my strange ambition from my heart. And Veera, too, embraced the Christian Faith. So we arose, and went upon our way, And journeying eastward, Eden found at last!