A WEEK-DAY LITANY

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1848, 23 May 1888, Page 3

A WEEK-DAY LITANY

Suited to the Times. « I From politicians' empfy rant, Tho " working man " and all such cant, Freetrade, misery, and want, Good Lord, deliver us ! 11. From rabbit p9stß and such small door, From winged plagues we hate and fear, Wren, finch, and spa r row, tit and kea, Good Lord, deliver us ! 111. From codlin moth and Hessian fly, From ticks, • Wha kens," and such email fry, From low-priced wool and poverty, ! Good Lord, deliver ub 1 I IV. Frcm Mongol artlesaness likewiao, From yellow skins and almond eyes, From pigtails, iaulun, puppy pios, Good Lord, deliver us ! V. From Preabyter'3 conceit of bliss— Frcm Abram's bosom, down the abyaa, To see his neighbor fizs and bias, Good Lord, deliver ub 1 VL From High < Lurch, Low Church, and all tlo crowd — From B te's zeal unduly loud, From A ft's fervouß humble-proud, Good Lord, deliver us 1 VII. From new-old eacordotal tricks, From alb and chasuble and pix, From banners aud from candlesticks, Good Lord, deliver us 1 VIII. From each unholy thought or wish, The World, the Devil, and Flesh, and Fißb, From claptrap and gibberish, Good Lord, deliver us ! IX. . ' From sins and appetites that teazo us, Lust, lying, greed, and such diseases, Confined by no means to Chinoßes, Good Lord, deliver us I — " Otago Daily Times. "