SHRIEKS OF SALVATION ||
fl UEARD ye the bjare of the oornet If || Steal through the half-open door? f| ff . Heard ye the voice of the Uplift ll || Giving the devil what for ? ff || Satan, he lived m the village, |J || ;So all the Uplif tors said, || || And though ev'ry bugle went goofy [| || They swore not to rest till he fled. - II jf So they blew through the streets and the byways f j jl And the drummer grew terribly lean — If jj And they sang till their throats were quite blistered ff f| And red-hot the old tambourine. ff fl And the populace suffered theni sadly If || Till the godly themselves at last swore 11 || And many. m- man had his shotgun || 1 1 Close to his well-shuttered door. ,11 ff And the devil sat home with his feet up, . ' if. If And grinned with most devilish glee || || And said: "I've no blooming objection — jf || It's very good business for me I" || ll "For you can't save a sinner by shrieking fl fl And a cornet will DRIVE man to sin— II f| Salvation's a drug on the' market . jf Ii When it has to be sold with a Bin!" ll Jl* - v — C.H.O. || ilimimiiimiiiiiiimimiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiitiii iimiiiiimiiimiiiiiu iiiiiuiiiiiiiimii|iiiiuiHiiMi|iiHiii|iiuiiiuiiuuuiiii»»iiiiuu»uiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiuiiHiiiiiiiiinniimi|iiiuiAi _uiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiimmluiiiiiiiiniuuiiiiiHiiiuM^
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NZ Truth, Issue 1188, 6 September 1928, Page 7
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208SHRIEKS OF SALVATION || NZ Truth, Issue 1188, 6 September 1928, Page 7
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