WORDS O' CHEER.
[By Robert Burns.] Lo ! Calvin, Knox, and Luther cry I hae the truth— and I— and I ; Puir sinners if ye gang agly The Deil will hae ye ; And then the Lord will stand abeigh And will na save ye. But, hoolie ! lioolie ! na sac fast, When Gabriel shall blaw his blast, And Heaven and Earth awa' hae passed, These lang-syne saints Shall find baith Deil and Hell at last Mere pious feints. The upright, honest-hearted man Wha strives to do the best he can Need never fear the church's ban Or Hell's damnation, For God will need n»e special plan For his salvation. The Ane wha feels our deepest needs Becks little how man counts his beads, For righteousness is not in creeds Or solemn faces, But rather lies in kindly deeds And Christian graces. Then never fear. Wi' purpose leal, A head to think, a heart to feel For human woe or human weal— Nae preaching loon Your sacred birthright e'er can steal To heaven aboon. Tak' tent o' truth, and heed this well : The man wha sins inaks his am hell ; There's nae worse Deil than his ainscl' ; But God is strongest, And when puir human hearts rebel, He hands oot longest.
Ihe above poem has never been published in any form, save a few copies printed on slips many years ago.
Overheird in a quiet corner in a public park. George (rather huskily) : "'Ow quiet it is 'ere, 'Arriet." Harriet (testily) : " Yes. George ; you could almost hear an H drop !'
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Tuapeka Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 4258, 17 July 1895, Page 5
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257WORDS O' CHEER. Tuapeka Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 4258, 17 July 1895, Page 5
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