UNACCEPTABLE PRAYERS.
X do not like to hear him pray On bended knee about an hour, Fpr grace to spend aright the day. Who knows his neighbor has no flour.
I'd rather see him go to milt, And buy the luckless brother bread, And see his children eat their fill,. And laugh beneath their humble shed.
I do. not like to hear him pray, “Let blessings on the widow be,” Who never seeks her home to say, “IC want o’ertake you, come to me."
I hate the prayer, so loud and long. That’s offered for the orphan's weal, By him who sees him crushed by wrong. And only with the lips doth feel.
I do not like to hear her pray, With jewelled ear and silken dress. Whose washerwoman toils all day, And then is asked to work for less.
Such pious shavers I despise ; With folded hands and face demure, lhey lift to heaven their “angel eyes,” And steal the earnings of the poor.
I do not like such soulless prayers; If wrong, I hope to be forgiven. Nb angel’s wing them upward bears; They’re lost a million miles from Heaven,
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZMAIL18860611.2.5.1
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Mail, Issue 745, 11 June 1886, Page 4
Word Count
192UNACCEPTABLE PRAYERS. New Zealand Mail, Issue 745, 11 June 1886, Page 4
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in