The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-10-20
70 the Scion

(The following lines appeared originally in
the Detroit Tribune. Our readers will excuse
the absence Of correct photography, and the
imperfect poetic meas, re. in view of the earn
estness of the writer in a humane and noble
cause. We hope all concerned in ehsrch-
erection will read and profit. Its philosophy
is admirable
A APPkEL FOR ARE TO THE sExrANT OF THE OH
BRICK MEETINUusE-
By A CASPER.
o sextant of a meetinouse, which sweeps
And dusts, or is supposed tool aud makes
fers,
And litcs the gass and sumtimes leaves q
screw loose,
In which case it smells orful-worse than lam.
And wrings the Bel and toles it when men
dyes
to the grief of su%rvivin pardners, and sweeps
pafhes;
And for the servasses gits 500 per annum,
Which them that thinks deer, let EN- try it;
Getin up befoar star-lite in all wethcrs and
Kindlin fires when the wether is as cold
AS zero. and like as not green wood for kin
dlers;
wouldn't be hired to do it for no some
But o Sextant ! there are l kermoddity
Which's more than gold, which doant cost
nothin,
Worth more than anything except the Sole Of
Manni
mean pewer Are, ~sextant, i mean pewer Are
o it is ple'ty out o dores, so plenty it doant
no
Wb,t On a;rtb to. Ja,x 18th ;taaif but Ave ahout
scaterin leavs and bloin of mems hats /;
in short. it's jest fire as are" out dOres.
But o sexiant, in our church its-scarce as piety
scarce as bank bills wen against beg for mis-
ehuns,
Which some says is purity often (taint nothin
Vat 1 give amt nothin to nobody but o SEX
tant,
u shet 500 men. wi,nmen and childreu,
Speshally the latter, up in a tite place,
Some has bad breths, none amt 2 swete,
Some Is fevery, some is scrufilus, some has
bad teeth.
And some haint none. and some amt over
eileen
But every l on EN- breethes in & out and out
and in ;
Say so times a mint. or l million and a half
breths an hour.
Now how long will a church full of are last at
that rate
1 ask you say Is minits. and then watts to be
did2
Why then they must bree'he it all over agin.
And then agin, aud 80 on, TIL each has took it
down
At least 10 times. and let IL up agin and watts
more,
The same individible don't have the priveliGge
of brethen his own are. and no one else;
Each one must take whatever comes to him.
o ~sextant, doaut you know your lungs is
belusses,
TO bio the fer of life. and keep it from
soiH out ; and how can belusses bio without
wind,
And amt wind are ? i put it into your con-
Are is the same to us as milk to babies,
Or water is to fish, or pendlums to clox-
orroots d al BIS unto an injun Doctor,
Or little pills unto an onepath,
Or boys to gurls. Are Is for us to breathe,
Fat signifies who preeches if i cant breethe 2
Watts Pol Waits PoIlus 2 to sinners who are
ded
Ded for want of breth why sextant. wheu
We dye
Its only coz we cant breeth no more-that all.
And now, o ~sexthut, let me beg of you
2 let a little are into our church.
(Pewer are is sert,in profer for the pews)
And do it weak days and Sundays tew--
It mint rurtch frnnhla--npI ~ p1aEa n hnla
And the are will come of itself
II luvs to come in where it can git warm j
And o how it viii rouse the peopieup
And sperrit " the preacher, aud stop garps,
Aud yuwns and flights as cfectooal
As wind on the dry Boans the Profit tells of.