Show r I I I t t Vagaries o of or Poets I Probably the question of oC hymns for Cor 1 Jt children has never been pr very seriously f considered d' d db bj by b tho the churches It Jt la is good however ho to find that some sensible folk tolk ic are arc beginning to protest against some 1 of ot tho the absurdities contained In the time 1 hymnals One critic takes takeR as 09 an ex- ex example f ample two versos verses which run thus thUR J Theres There's a l wicked spirit t t round you till still iY 1 f And nt h he h trios trio to tempt y you u j h F J To ajl harm and ill r. r r I IA A a i But ut ye 6 must not hear him I 1 Though tl hard for tor you OU I i fi To resist the tho evil J 1 l And Ant the good to do S t Such nonsense as this ho says would if It s sent nt to any publishers who 7 did not deal de-a. In n hymn books booke bo promptly prompt prompt- 1 ly Iy con consigned to the Ute waste paper pIper ba has baa k ket C Certainly the hymn writers of or past times times particularly particularly tho those o of oC the severe sovere j school school adopted adopted a somber omber viol view of t. t everything C thing There was an effusion written written writ writ- ten for tor for children children by the tho la 11 la a Dr Ur Watts aUlt t d 4 which went vent this way and way and a curious t way to go it most certainly In is i I If t Why WItY hy do I love lovo rn my sport sports so 10 w well JI r So constant at fT my play And lose loan the thought of oC heaven on and hell And then forget to pray i tr i I i 1 i 1 t IIi 1 t. t Wh Why Indeed d What were the th poor IOOr children expected to think about about- about dropping their little sister Bister In hi the water butt or having a deal In home rails The Th Sunday schools of this kingdom arc are In some wa ways ver very estimable hut but If th the ho pupils took the thA tip convoyed conveyed In Inthis inthis this vers verse 1 I expect tit they would have a avery avery L very vory dull lull time limo A man may be a 0 poet yet yet preserve pro pre r serve PCr a most alarming condition of fog fog- In hi his inspirations Inspiration In fact tact If lC poetry be Intelligible on the he face tace of It we Cr frequently consider It not to tn be hp poetry poetry po po- etry tr at nil all Tho The observer l r Df C the stran strange ways of or hymns quotes this verse ce and asks uk tho the meaning of or it O 0 Shepherd of oC Ute the sheep he p High priest of oC Things Thing to conic Who In grace Th Thy servant keep Sail And nd tak take lake him wifely surely home Without attempting to give an answer answer an an- saver I would mention that dubious ls composition Is IA not confined ll to hymns alone Do we Wo not recollect the tho Poet Munn who wrote the for tor The Tho Bohemian Girl Girl You know the lines When the fair land o of Poland was ploughed plou hod b by the hoof hOI Of tho the ruthless Invader invader and and might Here Is Ie explicitness for youL you OU A l L l t i r. r J |