Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-06-13
The Now Church Organ.


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They've gotta bran new organ, Sue, y
For all their f,iss and search
They've done just as they said they'd do.
And fetched it into church.
They're bound the critter shall be seen,
And on the preachers right
They've hoisted up their new machine
In evcrybodys sight.
They've got chorister and choir,
{. .Agin my voice and vote:
For 1t was never my desire
To praise the Lord by note!
I've been a sister good an true
For FIVE an thirty year
I've done what seemed my part to do,
A1' prayed my duty clear
I've sung the hymns both slow and quick,
Just as the preacher read
And twice, when Deacon Tubbs was sick
! l took the fork An ledls <
And now. their bold. nsw-fangled ways
10 comm al about
And l, rightSin my latter dsys, IN
Am fairly crowded out
To-day tho preacher, good old dear, 1
With tears Ill in his eyes,
Read can read my title clear +.
To mansions in the'skies." 's< sa~ e
arays liSel Tint blessed hymn-- = 'ltt
Is'posc l al'ays will;
1t somehow gratihes my whim -. III
In good p,d Orsonvilici W sA So
But when that choir got up to sing,
could MT catch word;A : : s3.&.
They sung the most dog-geadest thinge,--z-.
A body ever heard
Some worldly chaps was stAndin near, ~
An Wien seed ahcm.srin, e
4 BID farewc1l- to every fear,
! And boldly waded in.
/ thought I'd chase their tune along,
An tried with all my might;
But though my voice,is good an ,Tstrong,
c6uld mt steer nright
When they was high, then was low,
An ALEC contrawise -. ssis44isfga 10
And too fast, or they too slow,
Te4n.n,ions in the is1ies.p FISH:
An after every verse, you know,
! They played little tune !: s'Hfss-foo
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| pitched it pretty midlin' high, = -
J fetched lusty toue, s'Qod
An, oh, alas found that.r .s9;4saaT,l +.
( Was singin' there alone! ,dn
They laughed q little, ! am told.
But had done my best: .->'-'
And not wave Of trouble rolled 81 u
Across my peaceful breast.
Aud sister Erovsun!--i could but look .''7n
She sits right front Of me:
She never was no sin gin book, il,a-o 1.
An never wont to 30: t''ss2 Y
Bntitfen she al'Ays tried tJtio iea7'ii'sI
The best she could, she said;
She understood the time right through,
An,sksp, LIfsr- -Nak:s. = s..sSs -
But when she tried this mornin, oh,
had to laugh, or.au'ghss1 Z bas TT
1t KEEP her head bobbin 50,
Ievea a,dostscSme Of ST c1fEsfgal
III TSE.E ElslsGMssul
And Deacon rab6s-hs all broke down,
As one might we'll suppose:
He took one look st SistersR sREown,~
And mtskly scratched hisnpse.
IIe looked his hymn book THROUGH and
through shl -
And lairit ~ The Seat. s O
And then = pensiys sigh .hsdrcx, a4
And looked completely beat +
An whom they sook another bout, =
He did MT even rise;
Bqtdra we'd his red bandanner eata n !.
An'lwiped his weepin' eyes, !,
I've been sister, good an true -
For Ave and thirty Ss4rs;F p4,gsT
I've done what seemed my part to do. N :
An prayed my duty clear;
But death will stop my voice. know,
For he is on my track
And some day, to church will 60,
And never moro come back,
And when the folks got up to sing tl.
Whene'er that time shall be- i!@
do not want no patent thing
A saucaliu' over me s,.4 .ts
The relative needs OF evangelical
tion Tor different parts Of the Uni
ted States is illustrated by the statis-
tical computation that, in the aver,
age of them, the number Of profess
ing Christians is rs one to- eight Of
THO population, while i'll California it
is as one to twenty, and in Nevada
about one to- forty five.
In the Green Bay (Wls.) postoffice
a notice is uD which reads as follows.