Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-09-11
DR.. HOLLANDS PASTOR.
What He WAS and W hat He wasns, - De-
seribed In, the Doctors Pal UpsiIon Poem
Delivered At New Haven.

Behold the youthful preacher, as he stands, 81
While he receives. With laying on Of hands, Il
The Office OF a pastor OF the flock
That gathers close around to interlscK
It's hie with his. and in obeisanes sweet,
10 TRACK the le.dings Ct his careful feet.
The years pass on, and q great multitude
Zee him grow gray at last In doing good.
And md in him q character whose light
shines round him like candle in the night
o happy man ~ There = no man like theei
Worn out in reverie of humanity
sun working on through all thy failing years.
Anddead at last, mid universal tears +
Thy name fragrance In the speakers breath
And tiny divine example life in death.
Thus have brought my pastor to yonr view.
Now let NE tell you what he did not do.
His sanity record he did not besmirch
BY seeking calls and flirting with Church,
Re never got his name in public print.
roked with statement, or a quiet hint,
That he was greatly wanted, with his gown,
To grace the pulpit In another town,
Aud thus to break dozen peoples rest.s
And ind himself enjoyed with fresher zest.
OF all the trifiers that the world have cursed
surely the cleric trifer is the worst - gf
The man who plays with calls as cats with mice.
Or CANDLES with them as with loaded dice,
Using peoples love and confidence
To push himself and plot for power AMI pence.
There are SEINE ministers, grieve to say
He was not one OF them-who have a way
Of bringing out their nice ornamental faces
On great occasions and in public places,
As fine gsrnish for the loaves aud fishes
That furnish forth our intellectual dishes.
All the broad platforms within fifty miles
Have borne their forms and blossomed with thei
smiles. hs se
They mingle with the evergreens and roses
The same old glasses and the old noses
At lectures, courts, conventions and oyations
AS most familiar platform decorations.
And in the daily papers one may see
That Reverend Mr.. So-and-So, y. D.,
Either presided with accustomed grace"
Or on the platform had an honored place.
These be our men of weight-for boon or bale
Measured in public by the platform scale!
There was another thing he did not do =
This best of ministers I've shown to you
He did not drop his pride OF manhood down
Till he could curry favor like clown;
Or take a benefaction. nothing loath,
From sneering worldiiugs who despised his elcth
He did not claim for groceries or rent
discount clerical OF ten per cent.
He did not run his neckcioth for fare
On railroads, as he travelled here and there, sst
Till keen directors, with business eye,
Came 10 regard 1t as a railroad tie.
He did not claim, privilege pelf,
Through honor to his Office for HIMSELF
But from his stalwart youth to failing age
He did his honest work for honest wage, 81
And he'll the pauper spirit under ban r. 'e
And paid his bill like any other man. +s 4ft
He never was the pet OF women no,
The sweet and sensuous magn etisms that flow
From sympathetic heart and kindling brain
Religious partly, partly base ard vain
Found never birth in him-vipere at best;
Or If they did, he crushed them in their nest.
cleric captor OF the female heart,
Acting thy foul aud most unchristian part
Know'st thou some gentle-hearted devotee
Who greatly likes TO be alone with thee
Some wife or mother in melting mood,
Some comedy sprig of youthful widowhood,
Some maiden lady quite beyond her teens.
Who reads your sermons with her magazines
neel for yourself. and say your humble prayer
Then brskiy rise and show her down your stairs.