WORDS O' CHEER.
(By Robert Burns). Lo! Calvin, Kox and Luther cry "I ha'e the truth —and I —and I; Puir sinners, if ye gang agly The de'il will ha'e ye, An.l then the Lord will stand abeigh And will no save ve." But, hoilie, hoilie! nae sae fast! When Gabriel shall blow his blast, And heaven and earth aws' hae passed, These lang syne saints Shall find baith de'il an' 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 nae special plan For his salvaiton. The Ane wha feels our deepest neeria Recks 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 wea; — Nae preaching, loon Your sacred birthright e'er can steal To heaven aboun. Ta' tent o' truth, and heed this well ; The man nae worse de'il than his ain sel'. , But God is strongest, And when puir human hearts rebel'. He hauds oot longest^ The above poem has never been published in any or, save a few copies printed on slips many years ago. —'Extract from an old newspapsr cutting.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 525, 11 December 1912, Page 6
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229WORDS O' CHEER. King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 525, 11 December 1912, Page 6
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