The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-03-18

Episcopal Church op not, is an offense and q
reproach to religion.ED. CEs. PsEs.
Tying g-a-ling-ting.
"oh, sayl Brother Stubs, have you heard how
Of this ho,Eid @ Low charchnaa Who's coming
And who VOWS that, next Sunday, he'll preach
without gown
In the Methodist meeting house here in our town.
Why, it's ali in the papers, and men, as they run,
Can read of the deed that will shortly be done:
1t will empty our churches for most of our sheep
viii take the occasion 10 listen and peep;
AnG,for many day will our parishes ring
With the tiresome jingle of Tyug a-ling ting
" Oh, what's to be done? can't this outrage be
stopped?
Can't our tottering pulpits, in some way, be
propped?
Let's run to our Bishop, and tell him the news:
His Reverence, doubtless viii shake in his shoes,
When he hears that without, nay against, our
consent
A son Of the Church has declared his intent
To follow, so blindly, his Masters command
And to SOW his good seed on another man $ land.
Come on, let us hurry to settle this thing
BY sitting the chorus of Tyng a-ling r
So straight to their Bishop journey they make,
Aud al first the sad news makes him quiyer and
quake;
But his courage reyiyes as their tale they unfold
And lie says, with an accent decided and bold,
Dear friends, there's canon long buried in
And terribly choked up with ashes and rust;
But we'll oil it, and give il some wipes and some
And well load it with charges of Boggs and Of
Stubs,
And then. as a p,can of triumph We sing,
Ven fire it off with Tyug-a-iiGg;;iEg.
she Bis5sp ne lc Go an s Bishop, ;le grabs.
ln b{ :, 1T Of assistance rom Boggs]4.ad ] fro9,
The canon is dug from the rubbish which chokes
Its ugly old muzzle and loud are the jokes
Which its obsolete pattern and straight narrow
bore
Excite in the crowd who are waiting its roar;
And then they compel our good Bishopof' York"
To hear all the grievance, and stand all the talk
And by night and by day dreary changes they
ring,
AB lney Snlule tnelr EAU antneIn VI lyuS a-iins
ting.
And then to st. Peters. to open the court,
The judges and jury and counsel resort;
And good Christian people, with wide-open ears,
Are waiting to hear priest tried by his peers.
And they call up the case, and the lawyers begin
TO indulge in their usual professional din,
And, by bitter invective and quibble and sneer,
To show what mass OF corruption is here;
And really tbs shocking! what charges they
bring,
As they peal the loud slogan of Tying -a-lng-;ing.
All me It's sight at which angels might weep
| '1is harvest of tares for our churches to reap
Sweet Charity presence has fled from the scene,
And good men lose temper and revel in spleen
And the Doubters and Scoffers, who RELISH such
suits,
Cry "Lo, these are Christiansl come, judge OF
their fruits' ~
And the canon has burst, and with dissonance
loud
Has deafened the ears of the wondering crowd (;
And the pail of its smoke like garment doth
cling
To the walls that still echo with Tying a-lng ting.
VII.
Oh! servants of Him whose sole mission was
Love,
Do ye still bear as emblems the Lamb aud the
Dove?
When ye read from your desks the sweet records
that tell
How He preached in the Temple and taught at
the we'll,
Do the sapient eyes of your wisdom detect
That He bounded your duties by parish or sect
Oh! bid these small envies and jealousies cease?
Join all in one brotherly anthem Of peace
And when your glad voices in harmony ring,
They'll drown the harsh discord of Tynga ling
ting 2. K. 5.
Flushing Bay, Feb. 81, 1863