The Conquerors
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.
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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 win the whole world's faith.
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Jesus and Alexander died at thirty-three,
One died in Babylon, and One on Calvary.
One gained all for himself; and One himself He gave.
One conquered every throne; the other every grave.
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The one made himself a god, Our God made himself less.
The one lived but to blast, the other but to bless.
When died the Greek, forever fell the throne of swords;
But Jesus died to live, forever Lord of Lords.
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Jesus and Alexander died at thirty-three,
The Greek made men slaves, The Jew made men free.
One built a throne on blood; the other built on love.
The one was born of earth; the other from above.
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One won all of 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.
Charles Ross Weede
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