Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-05-08
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THE COMIC CHRISTIAN CLER-
GYMAN.

THE COMIC CHRISTIAN CLER.
GYMAN
BY oRPHEUs c. KERR.
or all the incongruities terrestrial Nature
The splendid peacock horrid voice. the thorn
beneafh the rose,
The lowest range Of Reason Joined 10 Beauty .
highest air
There's none, for shocking mortal sense Of IT.
ness. cal. compare
With the Comic Christian Clergyman,
une Of tie latest time.
by bonds of poor estate In youth 10 huinblesi
schools coanned,
Aud then, mayhap. In knowledge versed-ol
Western College kind.
Too cruds 70 doctor bodies sick, or sas attorn e!
plod.
lies bold 10 dose the dy Is,;s soul. aud prtte In,
Laws of God
sLue comic CHRISTIAN Clergyman,
one OF the latest lime.
Within the rustic meeting house Installed a
first. hes
That something of a startling sort with com
mon taste agrees.
And burns therein 10 emulate your city preach
er's fame, ,als.
By saying things unorthodox and earning thu
the name
OF Comic Christian Clergyman,
One OF the latest time.
'Tis whispered in the mighty town, q Stunnel
new is foundi
perhaps funny Lecture there he tries, tho
way 10 sound).
Then comes a picked committee forth, C
churchmen. greatand small,
To hsar, to laugh with aching sides, and
strightway give call
To this Comic Christian Clergyman,
Oneof the latest time. - Il
They build specIous shurch tor him fantastic
tsstsae.s eyEzs @aE3Fz - - =
With sr,ees Of The play houss-iorin. In ga:lsr,
szntisisse;S 60 = - -
Audon 4 structure like stage the arch per.
former stands.
Prepared 70 beat The best. il .ne'd. by watkins 6
ou his hands, - AEU- &s--G--a- .. u
Like a Comic Christian Clergyman,
One OF thc latest Time.
Then 10 the s;rsfed s'diiie She iapuini
wiihex xpeetatioa, " treat surpassii,s 2. Il be-
roe: q Z 9,-2ai's =. = fil5'Ss, y z
The ssrp'sl tsus Inv Tint I.stul was Epgyish
4Aecauset-ij II --liA -4-- q Fs5-o -. o.
lie had'tbscp Congressman and this,,e ,,eyo!,es
applause s,.e-iy5 "a. - iti7.-gse.
For the Comic Christian Oierg yinsn,
-71golie Of the iatesttfIse. - - 81 ,aIsi7'
lie coughs and then goes ON to say. that Pau
In all his life. ss.f7-,l1.
Appeared opposed TO woman's righis-bui
never had a wife; - is4
For had he owned ..thesex'ssway. not thus
speak ont he'd. dare! r. -sa..I : = .-.a
And alihis hearers laugh and say-he surely
had'him there - Ia 10 z3sE cz sllz u q.
Did our Comic Christian Clergyr an.
One of the latest time. 2 5-o si.5-s.-
The clap OF hands, the trill OF Inirth, respond
to him throughout - s. E5Fit5 90 EzE1
His most faoetious ministry and Wild rhetoric
rout; DR. 1s.E t-B2 -e3 T1E -.lte-7r r1
And when his windy Book appears, uncouth o
Stoneand wit. SIS Al9o1 t7ta sI-tl ~ .
And more amusing moral work. they say, was
never writ : - =. - go ~ = l.,.e-
Byaoomic Christian Clergy man, {
- 6neofsthe latest time.s ssza-, ssrt5 .
His greatest joke of all. howe'er, is when his
church is burned. eH''- ''''.
Aud he and all his motley flock upon the town
arc turned; is,.-7st .r.o7aT g.ae ba.l.5l.J
since Providence makes light of It, our
Church was naughr!' Hei Het
Lets hire q theater, aud hold a fancy fair
levee," -s--5a4-i
.ssysthe Comic Christian Clergyman,
One Of the latest time.
This giving of hum'rous twist to serious
mishap,
Another gorgeous feather adds unto the testers
But when he marries. on the Stage, in mas
querade. a pair,
He's advertised to come and be feature of the
Fair ..
What q Comic Christian Clergyman,
One OF the latest timei
Not ours 30 doubt his honesty, since mean the
right he may;
Yet In another manner. far, the Master walked
His way:
The high OF soul, the meek Of heart, the hum
BILE unto death,
How different, in His solemn truth, was He o
Nazareth
From the Comic Christian Clergyman
One OF the latest time
When gather dark the clouds upon the spirit
In despair,
And thunders OF the Judgment roll around Ii
everywhere o'*
For him that gave the scoffer's sneer the po
rency TO kill,
Whatif the dying hand should point-and
be pointing still
At the ionic Christian Clergyman,
One of the latest timel