The Lost Parson

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Excerpt from The Lost Parson: And Other PoemsSad by the pulpit cushion lurks to list Dry platitudes, or 'scape the pounding fist. And impudence can mount the pulpit stair Without a thought of what will happen, there AS one commenced once, ignorant but bold, We are told my friends, and then again We are told, But know not what. Heaven sent no tongue of fire Some fools not an Archangel could inspire. And what avails the chasuble or cope If still the Silly lips refuse to ope?Men went not to his Church as to a play, Nor women to be seen in smart array. 'twas no commercial temple where each took Degrees and honours from his banker's book Where rustling silks, a late and scented show, Disturbed the prayers of stuff and calico Where wholesale men might retail cousins spurn, Who elbowed out commission in their turn Where jealously when these have crammed each stall The pious poor might line the clammy wall, And broken farmers hide themselves away, Far from the seats for which they once could pay, While death-like damps, and cold uncovered stones Restore rheumatics to the accustomed bones.Not much he spoke of dogma 'twas his thought That he Spoke best who taught what Jesus taught Jesus who came to draw men's hearts above Showed them the Father, and the law of Love. Therefore he owned no name of any sect.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.