THE CHINAMAN'S PRAYER.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 264, 16 May 1888, Page 6

THE CHINAMAN'S PRAYER.

" 0. help v«. Hvicklha ! ' the heat-hen cried, And his i-atlion taee \mi- pale ; "Tin chiUhen sutler at stianiroi^' hands, 0, Buddha, heai oui wail ! When tin sou- most need thee, O mighty god, Wilt thou turn aw a> th) faro? Because we ha\e *tia>ed fioin the Flowery Land, Ha\e wo toiteited all j^racc ? "We ha\e heard the boast in our far-oil home That thi* land is f-,ee toall— No mattei what colour or lace or cieed. It. l 1l 1 - t'ice to both meat and small : We heaid ot a b.mnei beneath whose foldr-Opj)ic-Nion c.in neAei li\e, \\ lio-o I'inon .iaeU to tlie v. oak and stion;j, Hoth e4u.1l 01 ;^i\e. " \et sonm and cui-inL; and and stone ll.neths Nvorshipneib availed. (). l'.uddha. open th\ lips ' in w hat lla\t tin ( hosen (.hildien failed .' ]lid st thou not g\\c ib oui sUill in woik. And oui simple wa\ ot lite ' When the-e, th) ;j.iti-, make mn inait>i dosn, Shall ih> hind not -Ui\ the state ; " The\ -.<s wdrxoiu thru suli-laiKe, > ct The\ add we U\e tuo pool : W e wink to eit, and we eat to li\e— It it s httle, we can t net moie. The\ (ile.id thai we do oui wotk innwin, Allll .'sk I'ni' s\! \\A, Xl \\ \Kl> : hat. a baibaunis ai turnout the} u-o To de-tu\\ i he ' \ ellow hoidt '" C \Kir\s.