The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-02-07
THE NEW CHURCH DOCTRINE.
a.4s BIZ WILL CARLETON.


There's come a sing'lar doctrine. Sue.
Into our church to aay;
These Gurus words are what the new
Young preacher had to say:
That literal everlastin' FIRE -'th
Was mostly in our eye;
That sinners dead. fthey desire.
Can get another try: et.2t
He doubted if warmer cline iar
Than this world could lie proved;
The little snipe-I fear sometime
He'll get his doubts removed.
I've watched my duty, straight an true,
An tried to do it well .1f
Part Of the time kept heaven in view,
An part steered clear o. hell;
An now half of this work is naught,
I'll must list to him. sn r1.
An this ere devil have fought
Was only just whim; .fu
Vain are the dangers have braved.
The sacrifice they cost; --st...
For what fun is it to be saved, ..s. .
II no one else is lost?
just think !-Suppose. when once view
The heaven Eve t0iled to win,
A lot 81 unsaved sinners, too,
Comes walkin' grandly ini ~
Au' acts to home. same as if they
Had read their titles clear, -;
An'looks at me, as il to say,
sWe're glad to see you herc,''
As if to say. While you have ben
So fast to toe the mark.
We waited till it rained, and then
Got tickets for the arkp'
Yet there would be some in that crowd
I'D rather like to see: ... a,.,
NJ, boy Jack-it must be allowed,
There was no worse than he,
I've always felt somewhat to blame,
In several different ways,
That he lay down on tborns o. shame
To end his boyhoOd's days;
An I'd be willin' to endure. .-t
II that the Lord thought best, y
A minutes quito hot temperture.
To clasp MIN to my breast. s..1
Old Captain Barnes was evils SON
With heterodoxy cramned:
I us ed to think he'd be the one :
If any one was damned; @
Still, when I saw a lot o. poor. -4'A
That he had clothed and fed. t.l'
Cry desol ately round his door
= As sson as he was dead. SEQ 5li - 8
There came a thouahtI couldn't control,
That in some neutr al land, SG5n.
I'd like to meet that scorched-up soul.
An shake it by the hand. snf ~ -s
Poor Jennie Willis, with a cry
OF hopeless, sad distress,
Sank sudden down. one night to die,
e All in her ball room dress,
She had a precious little while ir
To pack UP and away; ull5
She even left her sweet good smile
Twas on the face next day;
Her soul went off unclothed By even
One stitch of saving grace:
How could she hope to 20 to Heaven,
AM start from such place?
l,ut once. when lay sick an weak.
She came and begged to stay;
She kissed my faded. wrInkled cheek
And soOthed my pain away; b.
She brought me sweet bouquets of flowers
AS fresh as her young heart.
Through many long and tedious hours
She played u Christian part;
An ere long will stand aronn' f-
The singin' saints among,
I'LL try to take some water down,
To cool poor Jennie's tongue.
But tears can newer quench my creed.
Nor smooth Gods righteous frown.
Though all the preachers learn to read
Their Bibles upside down.
hold mine right side up with care
To shield mine eyes from sin.
An COAX the Lord, with daily prayer,
To call pOOr wanders in:
But if the sinners won't draw nigh.
An take salvatiOn's plan.
I'll have to stand an see 'em try
To dodge hell if they can.
-fFrom the N, Y. Sunday Times.