Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1861-01-25
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NO SECT IN HEAVEN.

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Of the Various doctrines that Saints believe.
That night I stood in a troubled dream,
! By the side of darkly flowing stream.
And Churchman down to the river came,
When l heard strange voice call his name,
/ GOOD father. stop when you cross this tide,
! You must leave your robes on the other side ,
But the aged father did not mind,
And his long gown foated out behind,
As down to the stream his way he took,
His pale hand clasping gilt-edged. book
| ''I'm bound for heaven, and when I'm there,
/ [ shall want my book Of Common Prayer
! And though put on a starry crown,
I should feel quite lost without my gown.n
! Then ne fixed his eyes on the shining track,
But his gown was heavy and held him back,
And the poor old father tried in vain,
A single step in the food to gain.
saw him again on the other side,
But his silk gown foated on the tide;
! And no one asked in that blissful spot,
| Whether he belonged to ''the church, or not.
Then down to the river Quaker strayed,
/ His dress ola sober hue was made
| my coat and hat must be made all gray,
cannot go any other way"
Then he buttoned his coat straight up to hi:
chin,
And staidly, solemnly, waded in,
And his broad-brimmed hat he pulled down
tight,
Over his forehead, cold and white.
But strong wind carried away his hat
A moment ne silently sighed over that,
And then. as he gazcd the farther shore,
The coat slipped off, and was seen no more.
As he entered heaven, his suit of gray
Went quietly sailing-away-away.
And none of the angels questioned him
About the width of his beavers brim.
Next came DR., Watts with bundle of Psalms
Tied nicely up in his aged arms,
And hymns as many, very wise thing,
That the people in heaven, 9 all round !" might
sing.
But thought that he heaTed an anxious sigh,
As he saw that the river ran broad and high.
And looked rather surprised as, one by one,
The Psalms and Hymns in the wave went
down.
And after him, with his MSS.
Came Wesley, the pattern of godliness
But he cried, Dear me, what shall do
The water has soaked them through and thro' =
And there on the river, far and wide,
Away they went on the swollen tide,
And the saint astonished, passed through alone,
Without his manuscripts, up to the throne.
Then gravcly walking, two saints by name,
Down to the stream together came,
But as they stopped at the rivers brink,
saw one saint from the other shrink.
:'sprinkled or plunged, may I ask you, friend,
How you attained to life's great end?"
Thus, with few drops on my brow"
'But I've been dipped, as you'll see me now.
And l really think it will hardly do,
As Pm close communion, TO cross with you;
You're bound 1 know to the realms of bliss,
But you must go that way, and III 90 this"
Then straightway plunging with all his might,
Away to the left-his friend to the right,
Apart they went from this world of sin,
But at last together they entered in.
And now, when the river was rolling on,
A Presbyterian church went down;
Ofwomen there seemed an innumerable throng,
But the men I could count as they pass'd along.
And concerning the road they could never agree,
The old or the aes0 way, which it should be,
Nor ever moment paused to think
That both would lead to the rivers brink.
And sound of murmuring long and loud
Came ever up from the moving crowd,
YOU'RE in the old way, and I'm in the new,
That is the false, and this is the true p
Or, ''Tm in the old way, and you're in the new,
THAT is the false, and THIS is the true"
But the brethren only seemed to speak,
Modest the sisters walked, and meek,
And if ever one of them chanced to say,
What troubles she met with on the way,
How she Ionged to pass to the other side,
Nor feared to cross over the swelling tide,
4 voice arose from the brethren then:
''Let no one speak but the holy men, y
For have ye not heard the words Of Paul,
'Oh let the women keep silence all q "
watched them long in my curious dream,
IT'LL they stood by the borders Of the stream,
Then, just as l thought the two ways met,
But all the brethren were talking yet,
And would talk on, till the heaving tide
Carried them over, side by side;
Side by side for the way was one,
The toilsome journey of life was done,
And all who in Christ the Savior died,
Came out alike on the other side.
No forms, or crosses, or books had they,
No gowns of silk, or suits Of gray,
No creeds to guide them, or MSS,
For all had put on Christ.s righteousness"
A colored firm in Newark, New Jer-
sey, having suffered some pecuniary en-
barrassments, recently closed business, and
the senior member gave to the public the
following ''notis DE dissolution OF
coparsnips heretofore resisting twixt me
and Nose Jones in de barber perfession.
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