Squatter sovereign., 1856-01-22

Wo udaSltSIS Oh iSdt iEoio tns SiOlS
OF glory
Their names, you perceive. grace the head
of our story
The fairest of sisters. and 6rss bora OF
Heav'n;
To whose sacred keeping. sss world has
been given.
On an evening cloud these two sisters re-
And the world al. in view, each thas open'd
her mind.
Dear Sister, It's long since 20 as has been
gis'n
The care of this worl6, by osr Father in
Heay'n;
And despite all our efforts, is sorrows and
woes,
Its suf,rings ard wrongs are net broughs
&c close.
1t grieses me to and men 50 little approve
Our mission to them of truth, freedom and
How I'm treated BY those have come to
redeem,
Regarded as though ! am not what I
Tin banished away from the halls Of the
great,
Save when they want ms for an engine Of
state.
Then, blush while ] name it, they will
rue employ,
To add to the evils came TO DESTROY.
With the meek and the lowly make my
abode.
To console ;hcn in sorrow and lead them
to God.
In the dungeons deep gloom where mis-
fortune and crime
Have consign'd TO despair tie frail chill
rem OF time.
1 am glad when I get from sfiiic,ion
hearing;
'Tis seldom I get it from men of proud
bearing.
BY many, alas, am misunderstood,
Both by rich and ty roor. as thing of
Blu, ONE thing. dear Sister, most grisves
me 10 see.
Many labor and strive to divorce THEE
from me.
Though you know. nay dear Sister, we're
bo.h ef one mind,
To seek and secure the joint good of man.
kind
l have much more to tell. bM will that
delay
Till hear, my dear Sister, whs, yos have
to say.
LIBERTY.
Dear Sister, I've roam'd through the es.id
long and far.
To bless it with peace, and free il from
war:
To inspire ev'ry heart with devs.isu ,e me-
Without which, no country 10 happy or
To raise the down-irodden, to free the op.
press'd.
That the poor might have homes and the
weary find resi-.
But how .hankIess my labor, how fIuitlsss
my toll.
To bring into order this worlds w;iid tur.
mol
Like you, I'm perverted or nisunde. stood:
as al evil destructive oil good.
The tyrants assaii me, and bind me in
chains,
And doom me to dungeons, to iOrtures and
pains.
Oh, I'm borne down with Sorrows, Tn
weary of life,
Ny path is all sirown with contention and
slTIfe.
But to dwell o n this suljec: mus, give you
much pain,
Therefore. my dear Sister. III hear you
again.
RELIGION.
4 las, for nv cause. l have little TO do.
Than to make lamentations Of my case to
you,
The chief Of them is, there is too much re-
ligion
In this world at present; their names now
is legion:
Religion Of taste and Of manner and fash.
Religion of dulInsss. of grossnsss and pas
sion;
Religion ascetic, moreseness and cant;
Religion Of folly, of madness and rant;
Religion of sight. and religion of sound;
Religion that would sll common sense con.
found;
Religion of discord, OF strife and debate;
Religion that leads not to lore hu, to hate:
Religisa of pride high enihron'd On the
brow,
Saying, Come not nigh to me, am ho-
her than thou;''
Religion that can but its own kind approve;
Religion Of all sorts little OF love.
The religion Of truth and lose from on
high,
Teaching men how to live, and in hope
hovs TO die.
Each sentiment. passion and folly now
find
In my name religion TO suit er'ry mind
But what each claims for himself he denies
to his brother,
And thus they rcvile and abuse one an
other.
FIIow zap mep n,issate the plain tnnhs ol
~ Lsrdi