And wants to tell me how to preach,
And thinks a pastor should refrain
From those too practical remarks
Which give a sensitive conscience pain.
And thinks a pastor should refrain
From those too practical remarks
Which give a sensitive conscience pain.
And further down sits Stephen Black,
A man of doctrine, cut and dried,
Of narrow mind and sordid aims,
Brimful of Pharisaic pride.
A man of doctrine, cut and dried,
Of narrow mind and sordid aims,
Brimful of Pharisaic pride.
And there are many, many more
To whom my duty bids me speak,
Men whose religion is, I fear,
"A Sunday garb donned once a week."
To whom my duty bids me speak,
Men whose religion is, I fear,
"A Sunday garb donned once a week."
And yet my fate is in their hands—
The very bread by which I live,
So if I fail to lead aright
Through impotence—O Lord forgive.
The very bread by which I live,
So if I fail to lead aright
Through impotence—O Lord forgive.
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