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Show I THi: GOOD SHKPHKHDS. By Barton Braley. !once in a while, ft minister docs something some-thing bad and sinister And all tho papers handle such aj scandal, For It's news' But, by and largo, I urge a man who has the job of clergyman Is far too good and kindly for ua. blindly To abuse. I say, in accents audible, most minis-! t. rs are laudable; With faithfulness unswerving they are serving Ood and man; They play not to tho gallery, hut on a paltry salary They counsel, soothe, upbraid us, and they aid us All they can. Their usefulness Is various: they christen chris-ten ua and marry us. They help us face the morrow, after sorrow Lines the brow; They teach us faith and charity in i want and In prosperity. Their hearts are waim and ample; j their example Show un how! ' Of all the greed and vanity of sad. confused humanity They show i comprehension worth , the mention. So I pen This verse enthusiactieal to this ecclesiastical. eccle-siastical. This underpaid, hard-working, never-shirking B)ineh of men' (Copyright. 1822. NEA Service.) |