Zacchaeus + 

To whom the heavy burden clings, + 

It yet may serve him like a staff; + 

One day the cross will break in wings, + 

The sinner laugh a holy laugh. + 

The dwarfed Zacchaeus climbed a tree, + 

His humble stature set him high; + 

The Lord the little man did see + 

Who sought the great man passing by. + 

Up to the tree he came, and stopped: + 

“To-day,” he said, “with thee I bide.” + 

A spirit-shaken fruit he dropped, + 

Ripe for the Master, at his side. + 

Sure never host with gladder look + 

A welcome guest home with him bore! + 

Then rose the Satan of rebuke + 

And loudly spake beside the door: + 

“This is no place for holy feet; + 

Sinners should house and eat alone! + 

This man sits in the stranger’s seat + 

And grinds the faces of his own!” + 

Outspoke the man, in Truth’s own might: + 

“Lord, half my goods I give the poor; + 

If one I’ve taken more than right + 

With four I make atonement sure!” + 

“Salvation here is entered in; + 

This man indeed is Abraham’s son!” + 

Said he who came the lost to win⁠— + 

And saved the lost whom he had won. + 