Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-10-28
THE OLD MAN IN THE STYLISH
CHURCH.
BY JOHN II. YATES.

BY JOHN II. YATES.
Well, wife, I've been to church to day
been, to, stylish one ,o,
And seein' you can't 60 from home, III
tell you what was done 81,
You would have been surprised to see
what l saw there to-day; 80
The sisters were fixed up so fine they
hardly bowed to pray. r.
1 had ron these coarse clothes of mine
- not much the worse for wear #
But, then, they knew wasn't one they
call millionaire: -
So they led the old man to scat away
back by the door; iss
Twas bookless and uncushioned, a re-
served seat for the poor. tt'
Pretty soon in came a stranger with gold
ring and clothing fine; ~
They led him to cushioned seat far in
advance of mine H
I,thought that wasn't exactly right to
seat him up SO near, y
When he was young, and was old, and
very hard to hear.
But, then, there's no accountin' for what
some people do;
The finest clothes nowadays, oft gets
the finest pew;
But when we reach the blessed home,
and undefiled by sin,
Well see wealth beggin' at the gate
while poverty goes in.
| couldn't hear the sermon | sat so far
away,
So, through the hours of service could
only 'swatch and pray -
Watch the doin's of the Christians sit
ting round about;
Pray that God would make them pure
within as they were pure without
While | sat there, lookin' around upon
the rich and great,
/ kept thinkin' of the rich man and the
beggar at the gate;
How, by all the dogs forsaken, the poor
beggar's form grew cold,
And the angels bore his spirit to the
mansions built of gold.
How, at last the rich man perished, and
its spirit took its flight
From the purple and fine linen to the
home of endless night;
There he learned, as he stood gain at
the beggar in the sky,
'lt isn't all of life to live, nor all Of
death to die"
l doubt not there were wealthy sires in
that religious fold ..4t.,
Who went up from their dwellings like
the Pharise of old;
Then returned home from their worship
with head uplifted high,
To spurn the hungry from their door
with naught to satisfy.
Out, outl with such professions they
are doing more to-day
To stop the weary sinner from the gos
pel's shinin' way
Than all the books of infdels than al
i ~ that has been tried
Since Christ was born in Bethlehem
since Christ was crucifed.
How simple are the works of God, AM
yet how very grand
The shells of ocean caverns-the flower
on the land
He gilds the clouds of evenin' with gol
light from His throne,
Not for the rich man only; not for tn
poor alone. NJ ffr
! Then why should man look down on MAI
, because of lack of gold ?
Why seat him in the poorest pew bt
cause his clothes are old?
A heart with noble motives-a heal
that God has blest-,
May be beatin' Heavens music neat
that coat and vest.
, I'm old may be childish-but [ 10y
: simplicity
|, | love to see it shinln' in a Christian
; piety;
: Jesus told us in his sermon, in Judea
mountain wild,
He that wants to go to Heaven must
like little child.
" Our heads are growing gray, dear wi
our hearts are beating slow
In little while the Master will call
us to go;
s When we reach the pearly gateway
and look in with joyful eyes,
Well see no stylish worship, in the tel
% % pie of the skies