"Till seven times?" The Saviour said,

      "This is the law of Heaven,

      Thou shalt thy brother's sin forgive,

      Till seventy times seven.

      My kingdom, therefore, I will like

      Unto a certain king,

      Who said that he his servants all

      To an account would bring.

      The first who came was one who did

      Ten thousand talents owe;

      And when he could not pay his lord,

      His heart was fill'd with wo."

      The lord unto his servants said,

      "This debt must now be paid,

      Go sell his wife and children too,

      Let payment now be made."

      The debtor to his master came,

      And at his feet did fall,